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.

DAVID Smith admits it will be a tough task to become a triple individual Paralympic champion, but believes he is on track with 100 days to go to Paris. Great Britain’s three-time gold medal winner – he also picked up a team gold at his first Games in Beijing in 2008 – will be chasing a hat-trick of successive individual BC1 titles at the Games in France this summer.

Glamorgan coach Grant Bradburn believes his team can take much from their narrow home Vitality County Championship defeat to Middlesex. The visitors secured a two-wicket victory at Sophia Gardens with Mark Stoneman top-scoring in a win that came right down to the last few overs on the fourth day.

Anna Hursey believes she produced some of the best form of her career to qualify for the table tennis women’s singles at this year’s Olympic Games. The teenager became the first Great Britain player to book a place for Paris and will also become the first Welsh player to play at an Olympics after coming through the European singles qualification tournament in Sarajevo at the weekend.

Unusually warm conditions proved challenging for athletes assembled for the flat and fast Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay 10K, meaning no course records were broken, but more than 5,000 registered runners enjoyed a run in the sun. The event was the second fixture of the Run 4 Wales 10K Series, seeing a re-match from the top three athletes in last month’s ABP Newport 10K in the men’s race.

Sabrina Fortune broke the women’s F20 shot put world record twice as she powered to a third successive gold medal at the World Paralympic Champs in Kobe.

Joe Cordina will consider moving up to lightweight after the shock loss of his world super-featherweight title in Saudi Arabia. The Welsh fighter lost his belt – and his previously unbeaten professional record to Belfast boxer Anthony Cacace, who delivered the performance of his career to win the IBF crown. Cordina was stopped in the eighth round of a fight that appeared to slip away from him from the early stages.

Anna Hursey admitted she had to overcome fatigue as she became the first Welsh table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games. The 17-year-old – who became the youngest athlete to compete at a Commonwealth Games as an 11-year-old six years ago – is through to compete in Paris after a hugely impressive qualification tournament. Hursey beat a string of players above her in the world rankings to take one of five players on offer.

Geraint Thomas saw his risky approach pay off as he regained second place at the Giro d’Italia following the individual time trial.

Joe Cordina is in confident mood as he prepares to make a second defence of his IBF super-featherweight crown in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night against Belfast’s IBO world champion, Anthony Cacace. Cordina – already Wales’ most successful boxer since the days of Joe Calzaghe – knows he will have the eyes of the world upon him as the warm-up act in Riyadh for Tyson Fury’s monumental undisputed heavyweight title clash against Oleksandr Usyk.

Cardiff Dragons goal attack Laura Rudland has urged her team to provide a memorable farewell to fans at the House of Sport in Cardiff when they host Loughborough Lightning on Saturday. The match is the Dragons’ last at the venue this season, before they switch to the bigger Utilita Arena in the capital for their final two home games. The move is part of the club’s strategy to try and increase their fan base in tandem with changes in the Netball Superleague aimed at growing the sport more broadly.

Hollie Arnold won a sensational sixth consecutive world title to give Great Britain a golden start at the World Para Athletics Championships Kobe24.

More than 60 girls in North Wales can look forward to improved golf this summer thanks to the Girls Golf Cymru Programme which ran over the winter.

Anna Hursey will bid to become the first Welsh table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games when she competes in a five-day tournament Bosnia, starting on Wednesday (May 15). The teenager will play in the European Olympic qualification event in Sarajevo, aiming to finish in the top five to earn her place in Paris this summer. Hursey, 17, is the British number one female player and broke into the world’s top 100 earlier this year. She is currently ranked 98.

The Dragons are bringing home former Wales U20 hooker Oli Burrows next season after the 21-year-old agreed a summer switch from Exeter Chiefs. Capped at U18 level and eight times with the U20’s, Burrows joined up with the Chiefs in the summer of 2020 alongside Welsh compatriots Dan John, Dafydd Jenkins and Christ Tshiunza. Prior to that he was at Millfield School and part of the Ospreys Academy. He went on to study for a business degree at the University of Exeter, helping his uni side to win the BUCS Super Rugby title in 2022 in the same team as Jenkins and John.

Two professional golfers will take on the captaincy of the Wales Golf Women’s and Girls teams for the first time

James Williams admitted he lifted “a ‘massive weight off my shoulders’ after scoring his first overall rally win. The Newcastle Emlyn driver achieved what he’s been aiming to do for a while in style, by dominating last weekend’s Manx National Rally.

New Vale Resort Club Captain Richard Jones has pledged to turn his year-long role into a money-making term for the Y Bwthyn palliative care unit at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. Jones has made a commitment to fundraise for the Friends of Y Bwthyn volunteers who selflessly give up their own time to support the unit in Llantrisant and patients in the community with life-limiting illnesses.

Lauren Price’s promoter Ben Shalom believes major opportunities await Wales’ new world champion in both welterweight and middleweight divisions. Price has expressed her determination to unify a stacked women’s welterweight division after winning world belts in only her seventh professional fight.

Andy Gorvin plans to build on his first five-wicket haul after the Glamorgan bowler inspired the county to their first County Championship win for a year. Glamorgan secured a nine-wicket victory over Sussex at Sophia Gardens with Gorvin starring on his way to career-best figures of five for 40.