Former world number one judoka Natalie Powell has insisted it was the right time to bring down the curtain on her glittering career. The Welsh star reached the top of the sport and became Great Britain’s first female to lead the rankings, but at 33 she has opted to retire.

Glamorgan coach Grant Bradburn insists the county have enjoyed a successful season, despite their failure to mount a promotion charge from Division Two of the County Championship. Bradburn’s team won their final game of the season against Gloucestershire to finish fifth in the table, but some distance behind the promoted top two. But with Glamorgan having won the One Day Cup, Bradburn believes the 2024 campaign should be viewed in a positive light.

The North Wales pairing of Debbie Roberts and Heather Wathan produced a remarkable performance to win the 2024 Coronation Foursomes Grand Final in St Andrews. On a cold but still day at the home of golf, the pair from Barons Hill Golf Club triumphed in the popular championship for women and girls’ golfers across Great Britain and Ireland – by scoring 50 stableford points.

Sam Northeast has been hailed as Glamorgan’s matchwinner after the batsman’s vital contribution ensured the county lifted the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Northeast hit 63 not out as Glamorgan beat Somerset in the final at Trent Bridge to lift the trophy for the second time in four years.

Wales Golf have paid tribute to Brian Huggett as a legend of Welsh sport, who played a big role in bringing the Ryder Cup to Celtic Manor in 2010. Huggett has passed away at the age of 87, with tributes pouring in from the world of golf.

Colin Ingram’s innings of 82 made him the highest run-scorer in County Championship cricket so far this season – but that failed to satisfy the Glamorgan captain after his team lost the initiative in their match at home to Yorkshire. The visitors took a significant step towards a return to Division One by taking control of Glamorgan’s penultimate Division Two fixture, despite a late fightback from the home tail in saving the follow-on.

Abergavenny’s Alicia Kelly became the first girl to win the Gareth Bale Championship at Celtic Manor, dominating the field to earn a seven-shot victory. Beating the boys in such a prestigious competition is a boost for girl’s golf with less than a year to go before hosting the biggest female sporting event ever held in Wales when the AIG Women’s Open takes place in Royal Porthcawl next summer.

Golfers from across Wales picked up prizes as Wales Golf Finals Week, held at Holyhead Golf Club in North Wales, proved to be a celebration of the sport. “Finals Week is one of the most rewarding of the year, as players from different clubs and levels all come together for the culmination of a series of events,” explained Wales Golf competitions manager, Daniel Fullager.

Sam Northeast has admitted Glamorgan were flattened by a “freight train” after promotion-chasing Sussex closed in on a return to Division One of the Vitality County Championship. Skipper Northeast conceded Glamorgan had been totally outplayed Sussex after the home side wrapped up their seventh win of the season with a day to spare.

Glamorgan spinner Ben Kellaway admits his team are already hanging on by their fingernails after two days of their County Championship Division Two match against Sussex at Hove. Kellaway took three wickets but Glamorgan need something dramatic to avoid defeat and slip further behind the promotion-chasers.

A dominant display at Donington Park secured the Protyre Ginetta GT Championship crown for Fox Motorsport’s Welsh Wizard Mckenzie Douglass on Sunday. And with Irish teenager Colin Cronin claiming his first-ever car-racing victory in the Ginetta Junior Championship on Saturday, it was one of the best weekends for many years for the team from Maldon, Essex.

Stevie Williams says he could not be prouder after becoming the first Welshman to win the Tour of Britain. The Welsh rider Williams, 28, who won stages two and three, secured victory in 21 hours 25 minutes 14 seconds, with fellow Briton Oscar Onley 16 seconds behind him in second place.

Aled Davies has admitted he is finding it hard to offer an explanation for his failure to win a fourth Paralympic gold medal. Wales’ greatest current Paralympian was unable to follow up his titles of the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Games and had to settle for shot put silver in Paris on a final weekend where Laura Sugar took gold in para canoeing and Phil Pratt earned a silver in wheelchair basketball.

Rob Davies was overjoyed to be back on the Paralympic podium after winning silver at Paris 2024, eight years after his first medal. The table tennis player last competed at a Paralympic Games in Rio and won men’s singles class one gold but was unable to defend his title at Tokyo 2020 after he was side-lined with a shoulder injury.

Stevie Williams paid tribute to his teammates after he rode to a back-to-back victories at the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain. The Welshman rider took his second stage win of the race to extend his lead at the top of the general classification.

Olivia Breen took a fourth-place finish on the chin after she was cruelly pipped to a second consecutive long jump Paralympic bronze. The 28-year-old from Wales jumped a distance of 4.99m in Paris, the exact same as Columbia’s Karen Palomeque Moreno.

Rob Davies described his securing of another Paralympic final as “awesome” as he made his way into the gold medal showdown of the men’s class 1 singles final of the Para Table Tennis in Paris. The Welsh star – Paralympic champion in 2016 – produced another great performance to reach the final for Great Britain.

David Smith has urged more investment into British boccia after he suffered defeat in the mixed team quarter-finals at Paris 2024. Having already failed to defend his title in the singles – and losing out on a medal to long-time rival Muhamad Syafa the Swansea-based athlete was unable to get revenge as he, Kayleigh Haggo and Claire Taggart lost to Indonesia in a tie-break.

Stevie Williams has vowed to fight to hold onto the leader’s jersey after powering to his first ever victory in the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain. The 28-year-old rider from Aberystwyth outsprinted Oscar Onley, and former race winner Julian Alaphilippe for the stage two win in Redcar on Wednesday.

Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/4 – which first came to Pembrey Circuit in 1988 and dominated that year’s Formula 1 World Championship – will be the centrepiece of a Senna tribute at the Welsh Motorsport & Supercar Festival. The festival takes place on Sunday 22 September, exactly 31 years to the day since the Brazilian F1 driver set the fastest lap around the home of Welsh motorsport.