Jade Jones hailed her European Taekwondo Championships victory as one of her best wins as she successfully defended the title in Russia. Wales’ double Olympic champion was pushed all the way in the -57kg final before she retained the crown she first won in Montreux two years ago.

Gareth Anscombe revealed patience, perseverance and pinpoint accuracy enabled him to win the European Challenge Cup for Cardiff Blues. The Wales star – who was denied a match-winning role with a disputed try attempt against England at Twickenham in the Six Nations – showed nerves of steel to land a penalty kick that snatched a thrilling 31-30 victory over Gloucester in Bilbao. It meant the perfect send-off for departing head coach Danny Wilson, who is joining Wasps as forwards coach this summer.

If Swansea City have decided to get rid of their manager, then no-one has told Carlos Carvalhal. The club may be destined for the Championship, the flickering red needle of hope may have gone into the implausible zone on the survival gauge, but the Portuguese with a liking for seafood and marine life metaphors is toughing it out. His press conference on Friday featured a long statistical analysis of why his time in charge was not the reason the club are heading for the Championship.

Barry Town have their sights set on European football as they look to finish their first season back in the JD Welsh Premier League in style. The Dragons have made an impressive return in the top-flight following promotion last summer but are now two games away from returning to Europe for the first time in […]

Danny Wilson admits lifting a trophy in his final game as Cardiff Blues head coach would be the cherry on the cake. The Blues face Gloucester in the European Rugby Challenge Cup Final at Bilbao on Friday night.(8pm)

Wales captain Craig Kopczak has announced his retirement from international rugby league. The current skipper of Salford Red Devils, the 31-year old has also turned out for Bradford Bulls, Halifax and Huddersfield Giants in this, his 13th season in the professional game.

Lauren Williams says she does not feel under added pressure to retain her European Taekwondo Championships title in Russia on Saturday. The Blackwood teenager claimed her first major senior gold medal at the Europeans in Switzerland two years ago.

Rhondda Netball are hosting a netball fun day on Saturday May 12 as they seek to boost playing opportunities for girls and women across their patch. The CT Netball Fun Day will be held at the Rhondda Fach Sports Centre, Tylorstown from 10.00am to 5.oopm with opportunities for all ages to get back involved in the sport or try for the first time. There’s no doubt that 2017/18 has seen female sport make a mark in Wales and further afield.

The last threads of the rugby season are about to be tied up, with three of the four regions still having key matches remaining. The Dragons, though, are already under pressure to deliver from the opening week of next season, says Robin Davey. A runners-up finish for Wales in the Six Nations, with three of the four regions still left with something to play for in the closing weeks of the season – not exactly vintage, perhaps, but reasonably successful all the same. A Wales squad, minus many leading players who have been rested, head off to North America where they face South Africa in a fairly odd arrangement, then travel to Argentina where they will play two Tests.

Angel Rangel will leave Swansea City at the end of the season as the revamp of the squad begins. Just 24 hours after the Swans were all but condemned to relegation, it was revealed the club captain’s contract will not be renewed.

West Wales Raiders have only their second home game of the season on Sunday as they take on Doncaster at Stebonheath Park in Llanelli (3pm). And the club’s chairman Andrew Thorne has called on the south and west Wales public to give their full support to the side.

Ellis Jenkins will captain Cardiff Blues in the European Challenge Cup final against Gloucester on Friday night (8pm) Jenkins, who was named Wales co-captain earlier in the week is one of 10 changes to the starting line-up that faced the Ospreys two weeks ago.

As a double Olympic taekwondo champion just a few months past her 23rd birthday, Jade Jones had the world at her golden feet. Having shot to sporting prominence in London 2012 she defended her title in Rio two years ago. That success, though, takes a toll mentally and physically.

Miracles aside – proper ones, not the attainable ones Carlos Carvalhal had spoken about before the Bournemouth game – Swansea City are down. Kevin Elphick from fans’ site Vital Swansea https://swansea.vitalfootball.co.uk/ says the club have become greedy and complacent and need to re-connect with fans through promoting young talent. Huddersfield have demonstrated in their last two games just what was required to stay in the Premier League. Fighting spirit, effort and desire and that ability to score goals now and then. Things that we’ve struggled for in the last couple of months at least.

Ed Slater will skipper Gloucester Rugby against Cardiff Blues in the European Rugby Challenge Cup Final in Bilbao on Friday evening. The second row leads a side that is very similar to the one that took the field against Bath a fortnight ago, the one exception seeing Ruan Ackermann start at number eight instead of Ben Morgan.

Former Wales flanker Geraint Lewis will take charge of Wales at the U20s World Cup next month – but he will be assisted in the build-up by departing head coach Jason Strange. Lewis has been appointed as interim head coach after the decision of Strange to join the Cardiff Blues next season. But the pair have combined for the selection of the squad and Strange will stay on board until the players leave for France.

By Rob Cole Has Welsh cycling unearthed a new star? Or is it Welsh athletics that is going to benefit from the obvious talent of Eluned King? Whichever sport she turns to in the end, the 15-year-old Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr student looks set for a bright future judging by her success at the weekend in the Youth A section of the Isle of Man Youth Circuit Series.

Girls’ rugby in Wales is enjoying a huge explosion of interest and participation. The number of girls playing rugby in one of the 95 schools and colleges with full-time hub officers has gone from less than 200 to almost 10,000 in the last three years.

Twenty-four hours after the disappointment of their senior counterparts in their JD Welsh Cup final defeat, Aberystwyth Town’s Under 19 side lifted the club with their first ever National League Trophy. Managed by former Aber player Bari Morgan, Jack Rimmer stepped up from the penalty spot to earn the Seasiders a 1-0 win over Development […]

Swansea City’s seven-year stay in the Premier League is all but over after Huddersfield Town’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea. The point took the Terriers to 37 points and out of reach of Carlos Carvalhal’s side with one game left.