Melissa Courtney-Bryant has smashed a second Welsh athletics record inside a week. Five days after breaking the Welsh women’s 1500m mark with a new sub-four minute run of 3:58.01, the Wales Commonwealth Games star broke the mile record at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday night. In, arguably, the greatest female mile race in history – a race in which the world record was shattered by almost five seconds – Courtney-Bryant finished seventh in a Welsh record time of 4:16.38.

Josh Adams insists there can be no holding back when Wales face England in a couple of weeks – even though any injuries could disrupt both teams’ World Cup plans. After a challenging two-week training camp in Switzerland, Adams is looking forward to the next instalment in Turkey as the Wales senior men’s squad starts to turn its attentions to next month’s Vodafone Summer Series.

Oliver Farr missed the cut at The Open as he followed up his opening round 74 with a more wayward 80 in his second round at Hoylake. That gave the only Welshman in the tournament a score of 154 at the halfway stage – 12 over par – with the cut coming at +3.

Former Ospreys forward Sam Underhill has been left out of the updated England training squad as head coach Steve Borthwick steps up preparations for the Rugby World Cup.

The future of the current broadcast deal for the United Rugby Championship is in doubt after Viaplay announced it is ending its coverage in the UK. The Nordic broadcaster currently shows every match in the tournament, including all games featuring the four Welsh regions.

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney won’t just be seeing a return to the Football League this season, but also a return of international football to their refurbished Racecourse Ground. Rob Page’s Welsh side will return to what is now known as the STōK Cae Ras for the first time in more than four years when they face Gibraltar in a friendly on 11 October.

Gareth Anscombe has spoken about his excitement over a new rugby challenge in Japan, but insists he aims to continue his international career. Talking exclusively to Sportin Wales, the World Cup-bound Wales No.10 revealed he has signed a two-year deal with Suntory Sungoliath and will relocate to Japan after the tournament.

Haverfordwest County manager Tony Pennock hailed his club’s achievement as “amazing” after they won on a historic night in Europe. County secured a thrilling victory in the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round against KF Shkendija, prevailing in a tense penalty shootout.

George North was barely out of short trousers when he made his debut as a teenager at the World Cup against South Africa in New Zealand. That was a dozen years ago, and the child prodigy has grown into one of the greatest players of his generation, underlined by two Grand Slams, two more Six Nations titles, two World Cup semi-finals, two tours with the British & Irish Lions and 44 tries in 113 games for Wales and two more in Lions Tests.

Billy Boston has described a statue of him and fellow Welsh rugby greats Clive Sullivan and Gus Risman in his home city of Cardiff as among the “highlights of my life”. Boston celebrates his 89th birthday next month and was in the Welsh capital to see three of rugby’s ‘codebreakers’ honoured with the first statue in Wales to feature non-fictionalised, named black men.

Wales will be without Taulupe Faletau and Alex Cuthbert, who are among five players from the Wales squad who will not travel for the team’s next training camp in Turkey between July 23-31.

Oliver Farr – the only Welshman to qualify for The Open this year – will begin his quest at 10.42 on Thursday morning at Hoylake when he tees off alongside England’s Dan Bradbury and Australian Haydn Barron.

The British and Irish Lions are set to play in front of a record crowd of around 100,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground during their 2025 tour of Australia. The MCG has been announced as the venue for the Lions’ second Test against Eddie Jones’ Wallabies on Saturday, July 26.

Tournament favourite Gerwyn Price and world number one Michael Smith both crashed out the Betfred World Matchplay on a dramatic evening in Blackpool. Price missed a match dart in a thrilling 13-11 tie-break defeat to Joe Cullen before Smith blew a 3-0 lead in an 11-7 last-16 upset against Chris Dobey.

The Welsh government may have ruled out a rescue bid, but others are happy to discuss the possibility of a multinational, multi-venue solution to the Commonwealth Games crisis. Downing Street says it hopes a “viable solution” can be found for the 2026 Games to be held in Australia, insisting the idea of the UK stepping in to host the event is “getting slightly ahead of ourselves”.

Former Wales boss Ryan Giggs is hoping to revive his career in the game after being cleared of domestic violence allegations made by his ex-girlfriend. The ex-Manchester United winger, who left the Wales job in the run-up to the last World Cup while facing trial, has “unfinished business” in football, a source close to the former player said.

The plans of Team Wales, coaches and athletes, have been thrown into confusion by Victoria’s shock decision to pull out of hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2026. The Australian state will not stage the Games due to projected cost overruns, placing the future of the quadrennial multi-sport event in doubt.

Chris Venables may turn 38 next weekend, but Penybont manager Rhys Griffiths is still backing him to be a major goal threat once again this season. Griffiths enticed the former Bala Town skipper to head south to join his side and be a part of their first foray into European competition.

The new rugby season will begin with the country’s brightest youngsters reliving whether or not they reached their true potential. As the senior Wales squad continue their preparations for the World Cup in France, the Wales U20s are reflecting on what might have been.

Hannah Dingley has missed out on being Forest Green’s head coach for the new season, with the club announcing David Horseman has been appointed to the full-time role.