Not many 16-year-old Welsh athletes have an eye on competing at next year’s Olympic Games – but then not many have had the kind of meteoric rise of Ruby Evans. When 2023 began, the then 15-year-old Cardiff schoolgirl had not even begun her senior career in the sport, but by the start of this month she was first reserve for the five-member Great Britain squad that won an historic women’s team gold at the European Championships.

It has been a busy time for Wales No 8 Sioned Harries, but there was one thing she wasn’t going to miss in her heavy rugby schedule – being at Principality Stadium for the National Girls U12 final at ‘Road to Principality 2023’.

Every successful Hollywood movie deserves a sequel – so get ready for Wrexham 2 or, more specifically, Wrexham League Two. The club that recorded every cough and spit of their near miss last season through the “Welcome To Wrexham” documentary series spent this season filming series two. They got their Hollywood ending.

Niall Flint is the hero Aberystwyth Town will toast this summer after the club made sure they will be in the JD Cymru Premier next season – for the 32nd consecutive time. It was Flint who grabbed the Aber winner in stoppage time in their weekend thrilling 3-2 win over Caernarfon Town.

Elfyn Evans has taken the joint led of the FIA World Rally Championship after winning Rally Croatia at the weekend. But the Welsh driver said that the sporting triumph felt “so insignificant” as he dedicated his win to his friend and fellow WRC driver Craig Breen, who was killed in a pre-event testing accident. It was an extremely emotional end to the event, as Evans and co-driver Scott Martin (who used to navigate for Breen) climbed onto the top step of the podium.

Jonny Clayton secured his second Interwetten Austrian Darts Open championship and his first PDC ranking title since October 2021, beating Josh Rock 8-6 in a high-quality and dramatic match in Graz. Welsh star Clayton defeated Jelle Klaasen, Damon Heta, Joe Cullen, and Daryl Gurney to reach the final, where he faced Rock.

Dan Fish masterminded a narrow 13-10 win for Cardiff in the WRU Premiership Cup final, picked up the man of the match award and then promptly announced he will be retiring as a player as the end of the season. It as his boot, both off the kicking tee and in a tactical battle with opposite number Matt O’Brien, that kept Cardiff in a fight before he created enough space for replacement full back Joe Goodchild to win the game with a spectacular corner try.

Glamorgan coach Matthew Maynard has told his players they need to rapidly improve after the weather helped them escape with a draw in their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Durham in Cardiff. Glamorgan secured a draw despite being forced to follow on with Kiran Carlson’s hundred the highlight for the home side. A century stand between Carlson and Timm van der Gugten brought Glamorgan close to the follow-on target but wickets shared amongst the Durham seamers were enough to bowl Glamorgan out for 305 and allow the visitors to ask them to bat again.

Thomas Young took a starring role in the absence of his dad as Cardiff beat the Ospreys 38-21 to clinch the Welsh Shield and Heineken Champions Cup qualification in their final URC game. Director of Rugby Dai Young wasn’t at the Principality Stadium for the Judgement Day showdown having been suspended by the region ahead of the game.

Two second half tries gave Hannah Jones’ Welsh side something positive to cling to at the end of their 39-14 defeat to France in the fourth round of matches in the TikTok Six Nations in Grenoble.

Cardiff City Women’s manager Iain Darbyshire compared Ffion Price to David Beckham after they secured their second consecutive victory in the FAW Women’s Cup. The Bluebirds earned a comfortable 4-0 win over Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies at Merthyr Tydfil.

Joe Cordina paid tribute to his opponent and he regained the IBF super-featherweight title with a thrilling split decision win over Shavkat Rakhimov at the Cardiff International Arena. “He is a tough fighter but I felt no-one could beat me tonight,” Cordina said.

Ben Foster was left clinging on to his GoPro camera “with dear life” after Wrexham fans celebrated promotion back to the English Football League with a mass pitch invasion. Foster’s goalmouth camera which films footage for his popular YouTube videos was targeted as the final whistle blew on Wrexham’s 3-1 victory over Boreham Wood on Saturday night.

Cardiff Demons will make history when they host Wigan Warriors at Cardiff University Sports Fields on Sunday (kick-off 2pm) in what will be the first ever Betfred Women’s Rugby League Challenge Cup match to feature a Welsh side.

Keiran Williams has admitted it could be an emotional Judgement Day for the Ospreys on Saturday as he and his teammates brace themselves for a number of departures. The centre will go up against fellow new Wales squad colleague Mason Grady as the Ospreys attempt to beat Cardiff with a bonus point to pip their great rivals to the Welsh Shield and a place in the Heineken Champions Cup next season.

Wrexham are just 90 minutes away from ending 15 years of pain. A victory over Boreham Wood on Saturday evening and the prize will be in their grasp – a return to the Football League they dropped out of in 2008. It has been a titanic struggle between the Dragons and their National League title rivals Notts County all season, better than anything any of the four leagues above them could muster.

Cardiff have offered no explanation to their supporters over what has happened to their director of rugby, Dai Young. The Arms Park region have confirmed that Young will not attend Saturday’s “Judgement Day” fixture against Ospreys at the Principality Stadium but declined to comment on reports the 55-year-old has been suspended.

Joe Cordina is determined to emulate Joe Calzaghe as a long-reigning world champion and bring big boxing nights back to Wales on a regular basis. Cordina challenges IBF super-featherweight world champion Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday aiming to regain the title he lost outside the ring.

Cardiff versus Newport is not just one of the world’s greatest rugby fixtures – it’s also responsible for one of the greatest quotes. The two clubs meet at the Principality Stadium on Sunday in the WRU National Premiership Cup Final, the final game in the triple header that makes up National Men’s Cup Finals day.

Wales’ Commonwealth Games gymnast Elizabeth Popova has been selected to represent Great Britain at the upcoming Portimão International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament in Portugal. In what will be its 30th staging, the Portimão International takes place from April 30th to May 2nd.