Team GB sailor Micky Beckett is ready to go hell for leather to win a medal after his men’s dinghy final was postponed. Solva-born Beckett was meant to be sailing for a place on the podium on day 11, but his medal race fell victim to the ever-adverse Marseille weather conditions and was cancelled.

Will Evans has completed a move from Newport County to Mansfield with County chairman Huw Jenkins admitting the £200,000 fee was too good to turn down. Evans has been a jewel in the Rodney Parade crown for the past two seasons and a number of clubs higher up the Football League were understood to be keen to land the former Cymru Premier player.

Tymal Mills and James Vince were too hot to handle for Welsh Fire as Southern Brave put out all the home flames in the men’s clash in The Hundred at Sophia Gardens on Monday night. Brave made it three wins from four in The Hundred this year by thrashing Fire by 42 runs after a poor display from the hosts.

Wales Under 18s head coach Richie Pugh has named his squad to take part in a Men’s U18 Development week involving teams from Italy, Scotland and hosts Ireland this week in Clongowes Wood College and the IRFU High Performance Centre. “It’s the start of our programme, it’s a repeat of last year when we hosted Ireland, Italy and Scotland, but this time it’s in Ireland for what is our first touch point with the boys,” said Pugh.

Welsh Fire cruised to the top of the table in The Hundred women’s tournament with a convincing seven-wicket win against Southern Brave at Sophia Gardens. Hayley Matthews took three for 16 to see the winless Brave bowled out for 84, a total that the hosts had no problem passing, with a loss of just three wickets.

Emma Finucane revealed it was a dream come true for her to win an Olympic gold medal at the age of just 21. The Welsh cycling star – already a world champion – is now an Olympic champion also after she joined with Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell to win gold for Great Britain in the women’s team sprint at Paris 2024.

Emma Finucane wants to take confidence from the expectations that have built up around her Olympics debut, but is determined not to be fazed by them. The 21-year-old Welsh world champion is still a relative newbie, but will start her competition in Paris on Monday with a target on her back after becoming the individual sprint world champion in Glasgow last year, then doubling up as European champion in January at the start of the year.

The New Saints may be a bit pre-occupied with their European campaign at present, but they showed no signs of easing up on their domestic dominance of Welsh football as they kicked off the defence of their Nathaniel MG Cup title with a 5-1 home win over Flint Town United. It turned out to be a good dress-rehearsal for Craig Harrison’s team ahead of Tuesday night’s Europa League third round clash with Moldovan champions, FC Petrocub.

Matt Richards finished his stint at the Paris Olympics by missing out on another medal, but happy with his tally of silver and gold and looking forward to 2028. The Welsh swimmer was part of the Great Britain men’s 4×100 metres medley relay squad that finished just off the podium in fourth place.

The former Wales international Alun Carter, who became one of the most influential people in the establishment of performance analysis in rugby in Wales, has died while out on a walk at the age of 59. The captain of the 1983 Welsh Schools Grand Slam winning team, he went on to enjoy a 15 year senior career of more than 300 first class games that ended in April 1999. In that time he played for Pontypool, SO Millau, Newport and South Glamorgan Institute / UWIC.

Jeremiah Azu will bridge a 56-year gap in Paris when he becomes the first Welsh athlete to run in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games since Ron Jones in Mexico City. Azu starts his campaign in the heats on Saturday morning and will be aiming to line-up for the final on Sunday night.

The summer transfer window used to be a frothy cocktail – all foam, sprigs of mint and mini-umbrellas – before the start of the new football season. But this year’s is more like a flat pint of lager served in a plastic cup. Low on fizz, energy and sparkle.

In the same week in which she became an Olympian, Kayleigh Powell has secured a new deal for next season in the 15-a-side game by signing for Harlequins. She will play for Quins – whose men’s squad this week recruited Leigh Halfpenny – in the 2024-25 Premiership Women’s Rugby campaign.

Welsh rower Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver for Great Britain in the men’s pair at Paris 2024 as Croatia pipped them at the post. The duo pushed hard from the start and held a narrow lead from Romania at halfway.

Leigh Halfpenny has always gone about his business quietly and with minimum fanfare, so it was entirely in keeping that his decision to join Harlequins was low key. No big unveiling, no leaked stories in the previous 48 hours to build the suspense.

Swansea City have signed Slovenian striker Zan Vipotnik on a four-year deal. The club were in desperate need of strengthening their forward resources ahead of the new Championship season and have recruited a 10-cap international who played at this summer’s Euro 2024 finals.

Welsh rower Becky Wilde and her Great Britain teammate Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne shared a remarkable comeback story to win Olympic bronze in the women’s doubles sculls. They powered past a fancied Netherlands crew from lane two to upset the widely predicted top three placings.

Cardiff just confirmed their fourth summer signing today, with ex-Aston Villa winger Anwar El Ghazi arriving on a free transfer. The 29-year-old joins on a yearlong deal, adding quality out wide to the Bluebirds side ahead of what is bound to be a challenging season in the Championship this year.

Matt Richards is already Wales’ greatest swimmer and he might yet become the country’s most celebrated Olympian. He’s 21 years old – not that you would guess watching his TV interviews from Paris, where his maturity and level-headedness is as clear and bright as his talent.

Jasmine Joyce admitted to feeling “numb” after suffering another Olympic heartbreak in a Great Britain shirt. The Wales star, and her country’s best-known female rugby player, saw her quest for a medal crushed by a physical USA in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games women’s Rugby Sevens at Stade de France.