Josh Tarling underlined his status as one of Britain’s cycling talents with a superb second place in the Criterium de Dauphine’s individual time trial.

Lynn Davies has welcomed new sprint sensation Jeremiah Azu into the pantheon of Wales’ greatest athletes after he smashed through the 10 second barrier for the first time. Davies spent half of his career in track and field athletics trying to break 10 seconds for 100 yards and was delighted to see Azu lower the Welsh record for 100 metres to 9.97 sec in Germany last month.

Nia Jones believes netball’s move towards becoming a full-blown professional sport proves she made the right call when she switched from football. The Cardiff Dragons captain will lead her team for the remainder of the Netball Super League campaign, safe in the knowledge they have secured a place in the new, revamped structure that will replace the existing one next year.

Mason Crane and Sam Northeast combined to give Glamorgan their first win of the 2024 Vitality Blast with a 25-run victory over Sussex in Cardiff. Northeast’s 61 not out was enough to set up a winning target before Crane claimed figures of 2 for 22 from his four overs as Sussex finished on 158 for 6.

Gerwyn Price was just edged out, 8-7, by Rob Cross in a thrilling encounter at the US Darts Masters in New York City. Cross did not hold a lead at any stage of the final – as Price dominated – until the decisive leg.

Elfyn Evans has vowed to make the most of more favourable rallies to come after he dropped to third in the World Rally Championship (WRC), behind Ott Tanak who won Rally Italia Sardegna by just two-tenths of a second. Welshman Evans had been off the pace for much of the weekend in Sardinia, though improved steadily after a puncture on the first stage.

Cardiff Dragons can look forward to being part of a new golden era for UK netball, their chief executive Vicki Sutton has predicted. The bold prophecy came after the only Welsh team in the current Netball Super League were included in the new, slimmed down version of the tournament – for the next decade.

Jeremiah Azu will be gunning for glory at the European Champions in Rome in June.

Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast admitted he had settled for a draw long before the match against Leicestershire left both teams frustrated. The Welsh county have been left back in sixth place in Division Two of the Vitality County Championship with only one win from seven games.

Ollie Wynne-Griffith insists he and teammate Tom George will strive for more improvement after they underlined their favourites’ tag for the Olympic Games by winning the men’s pair final at the World Rowing Cup. Welsh star Wynne-Griffith led the way as they won the first of seven medals for Great Britain on the final day of the regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Jeremiah Azu gave notice of a timely spike in form in Olympic year when he became the first Welsh athlete to run a 100m in less than 10 seconds at the weekend. The Cardiff flier broke the 10 second-barrier for the first time in wind legal conditions at the True Athletes Classic in Leverkusen, Germany.

Geraint Thomas earned a second straight podium finish as Tadej Pogacar wrapped up overall victory and Tim Merlier won the 21st and final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome. Pogacar will now turn his attention to claiming a third Tour de France crown in July and becoming the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both that event and the Giro in the same season.

Aled Davies won the 10th world title of his glittering para career after claiming his sixth successive F63 shot put gold in Kobe.

A late crash gave Geraint Thomas a scare in his bid for a place on the overall podium at the Giro d’Italia. Andrea Vendrame soloed to victory from a breakaway on stage 19 of the race in Sappada after Thomas hit the tarmac.

Glamorgan benefited from some inconsistent Leicestershire bowling as they finished on 352 for 8 on day one of their Vitality County Championship match at Leicester after being put in on a pitch as green as the unprepared strips next to it. With leading run-scorer Colin Ingram rested, Eddie Byrom (86) and Kiran Carlson (80) were the chief beneficiaries as Leicestershire conceded cheap runs in the first half of the day.

Cardiff Dragons believe they can follow the lead of London Pulse and attract a diverse new fan base by switching home venues to a bigger venue. Dragons are away to Pulse on Saturday at the Copper Box Arena, with the Welsh club having already played their final home game at their regular House of Sport location in Cardiff.

Harrison Walsh bagged the first world medal of his Para career as he claimed bronze in the F64 discus in Kobe.

Anna Hursey is dreaming of Olympic glory this summer as she prepares to become the youngest Welsh athlete for 30 years to go to the Games. Dreaming comes easy to the 17-year-old table tennis star from Cardiff, who slept for 15 hours straight after securing her place in the Great Britain squad.

Welsh para-swimmer Rhys Darbey has targeted a medal in Paris after being selected to represent Great Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games. The Nofio Clwyd athlete will make his Paralympics debut when the Games get underway in less than 100 days.

James Ledger has gone from someone who worried sport might not be for him, to an athlete aiming to be wearing a GB vest at the Paris Paralympics this summer. The transformation for the 100m sprinter – who is visually impaired – has not been without hard work and the occasional road block, but he would recommend it to anyone.