Glamorgan hero Dan Douthwaite can’t wait for the Metro Bank One Day Cup Final at Trent Bridge next month, having missed out on the 2021 tournament victory. Douthwaite turned into a matchwinner with both bat and ball as he guided Glamorgan towards a 39-run victory over Warwickshire at Sophia Gardens.

Beaten Welsh Fire captain Tammy Beaumont insisted she was proud of her team despite their defeat to London Spirit at Lord’s in the women’s final of The Hundred. Spirit successfully chased down 115 to beat Welsh Fire and claim the title in front of a record 22,008 fans.

Glamorgan safely booked a home semi-final slot on Sunday in the Metro Bank One Day Cup as they made it six wins out of eight to top Group B with a 62 run victory over the Yorkshire Vikings at Sophia Gardens. The champions in 2021, Glamorgan had already booked a play-off spot before the final round of games but now happily miss out on a quarter-final game on Friday.

Hayley Matthews continued her remarkable all-round form as Welsh Fire cruised to a commanding nine-wicket victory over bottom side Southern Brave at the Utilita Bowl. The margin of victory ultimately guaranteed the Fire top spot and progression to the Hundred’s final on Sunday at Lord’s.

By Ian Gordon Josh Tarling will make his Grand Tour debut when the Vuelta a Espana begins on Saturday – and a maiden leader’s jersey well within sight. The 20-year-old’s bow in one of cycling’s three major Tours comes just a couple of weeks after he agonisingly missed out on an Olympic medal by little […]

Clara Evans ended an unforgettable week with a battling 46th-place finish in the Olympic women’s marathon in Paris. Welsh runner Evans, from Pontypridd Roadents AC, only discovered she was racing the previous weekend after the withdrawal of Charlotte Purdue, but led the Team GB contingent home in a time of 2:33.01.

Glamorgan’s Timm van der Gugten is confident the county can still clinch a home semi-final in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, despite suffering their first defeat of the tournament. Australian international Peter Handscomb rescued Leicestershire from 59 for five with a superb 103 to set up a winning score against previously unbeaten Group B leaders Glamorgan and keep the defending champions in contention for the knock-out stages.

Emma Finucane has labelled her Paris Olympic achievements as “a dream” after she became the first British woman in 60 years to win three medals at a single Games. Having already joined the small Welsh band of double Olympic medalists with a gold and bronze, Finucane took another bronze in the individual sprint on Sunday.

Jeremiah Azu insisted he had earned “redemption” with his 4 x 100m relay bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. The Welsh sprinter was part of a Great Britain squad that finished third in a rain-drenched Stade de France on Friday night.

Elinor Barker has voiced her pride at becoming Wales’ most decorated female athlete with her fourth Olympic medal. The 29-year-old Cardiff rider won silver along with teammate Neah Evans in the women’s madison.

Hector Pardoe earned a top six finish in the men’s open water swimming in Paris, but was unable to make the Olympic podium. The Welsh athlete – who won bronze at the World Championships last year – finished sixth in the marathon which was won by Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary.

Jade Jones has firmly stated that she has never used performance-enhancing drugs, after facing questions for the first time since the revelation the Welsh taekwondo legend refused to take an anti-doping test in December. Her insistence came shortly after the Flint fighter crashed out of the Paris Olympics in her opening contest, for the second successive Games.

Emma Finucane will focus her attention on the women’s individual sprint after a bronze medal in the keirin ended her dreams of a golden Olympic hat-trick. The Welsh cyclist – world champion in the one event she has left – still believes she can pick up a second gold medal in Paris at the age of just 21.

The controversial defeat for Wales boxing star Rosie Eccles is still part of a wider debate about the future of the sport at the Olympic Games. Former world champion Carl Frampton has urged authorities to get the sport’s house in order to ensure it makes to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Jade Jones is determined to shrug off any lingering controversy over her missed drugs test and become a three-time Olympic taekwondo champion at the Grand Palais in Paris on Thursday. The 31-year-old Welsh star opens her account in the women’s -57kg division against Miljana Reljikj of North Macedonia, despite her appearance at the Games being thrown into doubt earlier this year when she was suspended pending further investigations.

Elinor Barker voiced her pride at winning her first Olympic medal since becoming a mother as Great Britain won a bronze in the women’s team pursuit. The Welsh cyclist – who won gold in Rio in 2016 and silver in Tokyo three years ago – finished on the podium while her two-year-old son Nico watched on inside the velodrome in Paris.

With five days left, the Olympic Games is now coming off the final bend – but there is still time for Emma Finucane to become a legend of Welsh sport. The 21-year-old track cyclist has won one gold medal already in the women’s team sprint but still has two further opportunities in the keirin – the weird one, where the riders start by chasing a motorbike – and the individual sprint.

Hector Pardoe’s preparations to try and win an Olympic medal have been thrown into doubt – along with the rest of the swimmers in the open water marathon event – due to more pollution in the River Seine. Welsh star Pardoe is bidding to make amends after his Great Britain debut at Tokyo 2020 in 2021 was marred by a freak injury.

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.

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.