Kiran Carlson made sure Whitchurch High School remains the centre of the sporting universe as he guided Glamorgan to a crucial victory on Tuesday night. The 20-year-old batsman struck a maiden T20 half century to guide his team to a thrilling four-wicket win against Surrey at The Oval. His innings ensured Glamorgan are still in the hunt for a quarter-final place in the Vitality Blast as the tournament reaches its halfway stage and means his old school can toast more success from another former pupil.

Matt Parry and the #23 GT Sport Motul Team RJN Nissan made a second consecutive appearance amongst the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup point-scorers after a dogged drive secured seventh place at the 70th Total 24 Hours of Spa. Following a dramatic introduction to twice-round-the-clock endurance racing in the #22 Nissan at last year’s Spa event, Parry was confident that both he and the 2018 line-up in the lead GT-R NISMO GT3 would be able to build on the fifth place result they took from round three of the series, at Paul Ricard, in early June.

Joe Cordina will pick up the baton for Welsh sport this weekend when he aims to follow in the footsteps of Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas by bringing another title home to the capital city. After two appearances on Anthony Joshua bills at the Principality Premiership, Cordina is the main attraction at Cardiff’s Ice Arena Wales on Saturday night when he meets Sean Dodd for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title.

New Swansea City signing Bersant Celina has revealed Graham Potter’s success in Sweden convinced him to move to Wales. Celina, who grew up in Norway, says the transformation Potter achieved at Ostersund was a major factor in his decision to leave Manchester City on a four-year deal. The 21-year-old striker, who is understood to have cost around £4m, spent six years at the Ethiad but will now be in contention for the Swans’ Championship opener at Sheffield United on Saturday.

Vicky Thornley has withdrawn from the European Rowing Championships in Glasgow revealing she is not at her “physical best”. The reigning women’s single sculls champion has had a disappointing season after failing to make the World Cup regattas in Belgrade and Linz. Thornley was knocked out of Henley Royal Regatta at the semifinal stage by Australia’s Madeline […]

Michael Hogan is closing in on a century of T20 wickets as Glamorgan bid to put injuries behind them and kick-start their Vitality Blast campaign against Surrey at The Oval on Tuesday night. Hogan needs just three wickets for the 100-mark in the T20 format, with 86 of those coming for the Welsh county. With Glamorgan back in sixth position in the south table, and a back injury ruling out Joe Burns, coach Robert Croft’s side could do with some Hogan inspiration.

Alfie Mawson is due to undergo a medical on Tuesday ahead of a proposed £20m move from Swansea City to Fulham. The deal is believed to be worth an initial £15m, with a further £5m dependent on appearances. Only two weeks ago, the Swans were asking for around £25m for Mawson after enquiries from both West Ham and Burnley, but it appears they did not want to allow the deal to rumble on towards the transfer deadline as happened a year ago with Gylfi Sigurdsson’s move to Everton.

Bluebirds’ defender Ciaron Brown is heading back to his former club in North West London on Tuesday. Brown, 20, was signed from Wealdstone midway through last season and part of the deal was that Cardiff City would play the Vanarama National League team in a friendly. Coaches Andy Legg and Jarred Harvey take Cardiff’s development […]

Geraint Thomas’ epic Tour de France victory has come 51 years on from the debut of a Welsh rider in the world renowned event. Colin Lewis blazed the trail for Thomas and Team Sky teammate Luke Rowe when he took part in the 1967 and 1968 tours as part of a British team. It wasn’t until Thomas made his debut in the race in 2007 that a Welsh rider once again appeared at the tour.

One of Wales leading international rowers, Rebecca Chin, has had to abandon her Tokyo Olympic dreams due to injury. The 26-year-old north Walian had hoped to complete the remarkable journey from teenager Para-athlete at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008 to fully fledged Olympian in 2020, but has been forced to quit due to on-going back problems.

The Lewis sisters sum up the job opportunities for women in golf – Rachel is the first female professional at St Andrew’s, while Georgia is just starting her career at the Vale Resort near Cardiff. They are a great example of the career opportunities in golf being highlighted as part of Women and Girls Week by Wales Golf, the R&A and around the Home Nations. Both came through the Wales Golf ranks, representing their nation at international level, before turning professional and turning a hobby into a career.

West Wales golfer Carys Worby made up for the disappointment of being left out of the Wales team for the European Masters by winning the Welsh Girls title. While Cardiff schoolboy Ben Davies claimed the Welsh Boys title, both players putting in a series of impressive performances at Newport golf club in Gwent.

The biggest autograss race meeting of the year takes place this weekend, when 400 cars assemble at Castle Lloyd Farm in Carmarthenshire for the annual National Autograss Championships. A vast variety of highly modified saloons and custom-built specials will race around a dirt oval on 4-5 August. It’s one of the biggest and most spectacular motorsport events of its kind, and it takes place on a track located between Red Roses and Pendine. Such is the huge demand for places on the grid that the number of competitors is capped to 40 per class – meaning that only the very best drivers in the country will battle it out to become 2018 Class National Champion.

Torrential rain, strong winds and narrow twisty unforgiving roads weren’t the ideal combination to rally a powerful rear-wheel drive Escort on asphalt for the first time, but that didn’t stop Osian Pryce finishing second on a wet, wild and extremely slippery SGC Printing Harry Flatters National A Rally. Having starred on two gravel rallies, Suffolk-based specialists RallyXtreme was keen for Pryce to give its John Wilcox BDG engined Escort Mk2 a run on asphalt. Despite the atrocious conditions, and with no prior testing, the 25-year old Machynlleth-born driver set the third fastest time on the opening stage and was up to second after the first loop of stages, held over the famous undulating asphalt roads of the Epynt military range, north of Sennybridge. Co-driven by Dale Furniss, from Llanfyllin in Powys, Pryce started the second loop of stages just five seconds behind Gareth James/Steffan Evans, but a misfire and an overshoot at a chicane cost him time. Nevertheless, a great final loop saw him secure an excellent second place, finishing 24 seconds behind James, after all 11 stages and 70 stage miles had been completed. Neil Williams/Peter James finished third, a further 1min 18secs behind, in another Escort Mk2.

West Wales motorsport squad Spencer Sport has regained the lead in the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship after scoring victory at Croft Circuit. The last time the Penrhiwllan-based team raced at the North Yorkshire track was in May – when an accident saw its Mitsubishi Mirage RX Supercar roll heavily, costing them the lead of the series and initiating a major mid-season rebuild. It was therefore a case of unfinished business at Croft this time around, with driver Julian Godfrey on great form and scoring two seconds and a first in the three heats before winning the final.

Wales’ bold bid for promotion to Tier 1 of the EuroHockey Youth Championship was thwarted by the Russians as they reached the final with a 4-1 win in Cardiff. That set-up a third-place play-off against Austria, which ended up in a 3-0 defeat at Sophia Gardens. Russia beat Scotland 6-3 in the final.

Damian Cole put his recent run of bad luck behind him by winning a very wet, windy and slippery SGC Printing Harry Flatters Rally. Co-driven by Craig Drew, the Abergavenney driver led from start to finish in his Get Connected Ford Fiesta WRC to win the 11 stage event by 21 seconds. This was Cole’s fifth consecutive victory on the Harry Flatters, giving him a record seven event wins in total. It also secured him his seventh King of Epynt Challenge title and his 20th rally victory on Epynt – having scored his first win there in 2003.

They have cleared a yellow jersey-sized space on the wall at Geraint Thomas’s old school – right next to Gareth Bale’s framed Real Madrid shirt and the rugby jersey worn by Lions captain Sam Warburton. Teachers and pupils hope it won’t stay empty for long. Nothing underlines the incredible roll of sporting honour at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff, more than those three trophies.

“The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame would like to join with everyone else in Wales and beyond in congratulating Geraint Thomas in becoming only the first Welsh cyclist to win the Tour de France. It is a hugely significant victory for one of the greatest sportsmen ever produced in Wales.

Geraint Thomas rode himself into the record books as he was crowned Tour de France champion. The Cardiff-born rider became the first Welshman and only the third Brit in history to win the coveted Yellow Jersey of the world’s greatest cycle race.