Wales has a new world champion and a first in the sport of boat sea angling in Pembrokeshire’s Gareth Protheroe – but only after an anxious wait. The 41-year-old from the village of Cold Inn was part of the Welsh team that competed at the 59th edition of the World Senior Boat Angling Championships staged last month in Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland.

In London, it used to be said that you were never more than six feet away from a rat. In some parts of Cardiff last Saturday, there’s a fair chance you were never more than six feet away from a runner.

Wales’ Aidan Heslop was full of pride after he was crowned cliff diving world champion on Sunday as the world’s elite competed in a season finale in Sydney for the second time. Heslop finished fifth on the day but it was enough to see him clinch his first world championship title with 121 points, 14 ahead of James Lichtenstein of the United States.

One of the jewels in Cardiff’s sporting crown will attract athletes from across the globe to the capital on Saturday. Some of the world’s finest runners, including the man dubbed “Europe’s fastest teenager” will compete in the annual Cardiff Cross Challenge at Llandaff Fields on the outskirts of the city centre.

For a cyclist who enjoys spending his down time away from the bike watching movies, the past year has read like a film script for Stevie Williams.

Phil Salt is optimistic Brendon McCullum can get the best out of him when the England Test head coach also assumes control of the white-ball sides. The parallels between them as ultra-aggressive opening batter-wicketkeepers were remarked upon during Welsh star Salt’s stint this year with Kolkata Knight Riders, the Indian Premier League franchise McCullum previously played for and coached.

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame added five new names to its Roll of Honour at the 33rd annual dinner at the Parkgate Hotel, Cardiff on Thursday evening. The ‘Famous Five’ took the number of inductees over the past 34 years to 186 and there were also three other special awards.

The slimming industry has always been a place for chancers with dubious strategies and now it appears they have moved into the Commonwealth Games. The only multi-sport tournament where Wales competes as an independent nation is being “slimmed down” in the words of some of the organisers, so that it is “lean and healthy.”

Hockey Wales have expressed their “deep disappointment” at the decision to drop the sport from the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Hockey – along with a number of other sports, including rugby sevens, T20 cricket, triathlon, diving, squash and badminton – have all been excluded from the Games programme for Glasgow.

Wales’ Olympic medallist Sarah Jones has insisted some of her best memories in hockey came playing for Great Britain as she revealed she was retiring from the GB squad. The decision marks the end of a six-year career at the sport’s highest level.

Anna Morris has admitted she was in shock after becoming Wales’ latest cycling world champion. Morris, from Cardiff, followed in the bike tracks of Emma Finucane as she rode her way to a first world title in the women’s individual pursuit, knocking out cycling legend Chloe Dygert on the way, on the penultimate day of the 2024 UCI Tissot Track World Championships. It means Wales now has two individual world champions and three members of a world champion team after the penultimate day of the Championships in Denmark.

We’ve all heard about the matches that are watched by one man and his dog, but what about the sport that is played by them? One man and his dog will be bidding for Welsh glory this weekend when Ron Mason and Agnes try to become world champions in Italy.

Emma Finucane has revealed she is even more proud of retaining her sprint world title than she was in winning it for the first time a year ago. The Welsh cycling superstar retained her women’s individual sprint title for her second gold medal of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark on Friday night.

Meg Barker claimed it felt “easy” after she struck gold as Great Britain successfully defended the women’s team pursuit title at the Cycling World Championships in Denmark. The Welsh rider – who joined the line-up for the final in place of Jess Roberts – was alongside Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Katie Archibald as Team GB stormed to a victory in Ballerup, reeling in Germany to secure another title.

Wales’ Olympic champion Emma Finucane and her fellow Paris gold medal-winners Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant stormed to more gold for Great Britain in the women’s team sprint at the Cycling World Championships. The trio defeated the Netherlands with a time of 45.949 in Ballerup, Denmark.

Welsh driver Ella Lloyd has been selected to drive for the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team for the Women’s Test, as part of Pre-Season Testing for the 2024/25 Season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Lloyd, 19, recently joined the McLaren Driver Development programme and will represent the team in the 2025 F1 Academy season with Rodin Motorsport.

Jodie Grinham and a host of other Welsh star of the Paris Parlympic Games have been honoured with a celebrations night, hosted by Disability Sport Wales. Grinham – who made headlines around the world when she became the first pregnant women to win a Paralympic medal – spoke of overcoming a difficult year before she won gold and bronze in para-archery this summer.

Hannah Mills described Athena Pathway’s opening win at the PUIG Women’s America’s Cup as “an epic day.” Wales’ double Olympic sailing champion captained her British team to success as they kicked off the history-making event with a race win off the coast of Barcelona.

Patrick Mosin and Miriam Chebet completed a Kenyan clean-sweep at the 2024 Principality Cardiff Half Marathon. The 24-year-old Mosin surged away from 2023 champion Vincent Mutai to take the men’s title before his compatriot Chebet smashed her personal best to claim the women’s first place at the biggest Cardiff Half yet. It was a family affair in the wheelchair race as husband and wife Callum and Jade Hall battled it out across the streets of Cardiff.

Matthew Maynard has spoken of his pride and emotion after receiving the Professional Cricketers’ Association Outstanding Contribution Award at the cinch PCA Awards. The former England and Glamorgan player accepted the prestigious prize following a standing ovation of appreciation from everyone in attendance at the Troxy in East London.