All four Welsh regions will be in action this weekend (Saturday, 31 August) as the big build-up to the new season gathers pace. The Ospreys will welcome Aberavon, Bridgend and Swansea to the Swansea.Com Stadium for their innovative ‘Origin Series’, which will include three 30 minute matches against the new Super Rygbi Cymru teams in their reg

Colin Ingram has revealed that simplicity has been the secret of his resurgent form after he struck a career-best 206 not out for Glamorgan. Ingram became the first batter this summer to reach 1,000 first class runs as he plundered his fifth century of the season, and his highest score, to put Glamorgan into a commanding position at the end of the second day against Leicestershire as they led by 180 runs.

If you go by the numbers, then Neil Robinson’s influence on para table tennis in Wales is easy to recognise. Of the 11 Great Britain squad members currently in Paris for the Paralympic Games, four of them are Welsh.

The New Saints manager Craig Harrison has paid tribute to his players after they became the first Welsh domestic league club to qualify for a major European competition group stage. The Saints have written a new page in Welsh football history after they beat FK Panevezys on aggregate.

Daniel James has been ruled out of Wales’ double header against Turkey and Montenegro by Leeds boss Daniel Farke. James was named by new Wales manager Craig Bellamy in his first squad on Wednesday for the two upcoming Nations League fixtures.

Beth Munro is among the favourites to win gold when the taekwondo competition gets underway at the Paris Paralympics on 29 August. The Welsh fighter surprised everyone, including herself, when she claimed silver at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, her second international competition.

Craig Bellamy has named Aaron Ramsey as captain of his first Wales squad but he doesn’t see it as any big deal. The former Arsenal, Rangers, Juventus and Nice star, now plying his trade at his home town team Cardiff City, won the last of his 84 caps in a friendly against South Korea on 7 September 2023, missing the end of the unsuccessful play-off campaign for the Euros this summer.

The Flat racing continues at Ffos Las on Thursday with day one of the Summer Flat Festival at Ffos Las. Racing on the opening day of action gets underway at 2.25pm with a maiden stakes in class five before coming to a close at 5pm with a two-mile handicap in class six.

Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow has joined the Wales set-up by being named in Craig Bellamy’s first squad. Northampton-born Darlow – the grandson of former Wales international and 1958 World Cup squad member Ken Leek – turned down the chance earlier in his career to join the Dragons’ squad when choosing to focus on club football.

Josh Adams is fit, fresh and raring to go again after a much-needed summer off. The Cardiff Rugby and Wales wing was left out of the Wales tour to Australia in July to enable him to get a knee and groin injury sorted – and to give him a break from the game.

Craig Bellamy has completed his Wales backroom staff set-up with the addition of former England goalkeeping coach Martyn Margetson. The 52-year-old recently stood down from a similar position with England after eight years and being involved in over 100 matches.

Wales’ Nations League game away to Montenegro has been moved to Niksic after UEFA deemed the Podgorica National Stadium pitch unplayable. The September 9 fixture will take place at the 5,000-capacity City Stadium home of FK Sutjeska, although the attendance may be reduced to satisfy UEFA safety criteria.

Creative director Thomas Jolly has some lofty goals for Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, when the heart of Paris will once again become the stage for a stunning artistic display. The outdoor ceremony at the Champs-Elysees and Place de La Concorde — a site where several members of the royal family were beheaded during the French Revolution — is aiming to challenge and reshape society’s perceptions of disabilities.

Welsh Under 14’s Champion Rebecca Del Sol-Gonzalez was delighted to beat the boys to the title – and inspired by the prospect of the AIG Women’s Open coming to Wales next year. While the best women players on the planet are starring at St Andrew’s in this year’s AIG Women’s Open, Del Sol-Gonzalez was competing in North Wales at Northop and edging out Pennard clubmate Thomas Maclean, as well as Wernddu’s Alicia Kelly, by a single shot.

The golden boot of 47-year-old Lee Trundle is still firing to deadly effect. Trundle scored on Monday as his latest club, Trefelin, beat Baglan Dragons 2-0 in the JD Cymru South to move up to second in the table. Charlie Corsby scored Trefelin’s second goal.

Former Wales star Louis Rees-Zammit is expected to miss out when the Kansas City Chiefs name their 53-man roster for the 2024 NFL season on Tuesday. The 23-year-old – who switched sports on the eve of last season’s Six Nations – appears likely to be assigned to the Chiefs’ practice squad to continue his development after crossing the Atlantic at the start of the year.

Bank Holiday Monday sees another round of matches in the JD Cymru Premier, capped by top-of-the-table Cardiff Met hosting Haverfordwest County in a battle between two of the unbeaten sides. While reigning champions The New Saints concentrate on European action the rest of the teams in the league are trying to build up a lead to put pressure on them when they return to domestic matters.

Cardiff City have put Welsh rivals Swansea City in the dock over another advertising hoarding collapse that injured Bluebirds striker Ollie Tanner. Bluebirds substitute Tanner was left needing treatment to his shin after the boards toppled forward when fans rushed forward to celebrate a Cardiff equaliser in their 1-1 draw at Swansea.

Callum Robinson left the Welsh derby with his head held high – rather than losing it as he did in this fixture two years ago. The Cardiff striker grabbed an equaliser in a typically explosive Dai-namite Welsh derby that ended 1-1 with Bluebirds boss Erol Bulut sent off and another potential hoarding horror just a day after the Crystal Palace ball-boy incident.

Javelin star Hollie Arnold feels primed to make “magical things” happen in Paris after rediscovering happiness following the lingering pain of losing her Paralympic title. The 30-year-old Team Wales athlete did little to hide her disappointment when she downgraded the F46 gold she won at Rio 2016 to bronze on a rain-soaked day at the rescheduled Tokyo Games in 2021.