Elfyn Evans ended a challenging Rally Sweden on a high by scoring a strong haul of points towards the World Rally Championship after setting the pace on the final day and claiming second overall. The Welsh driver moved into second in the standings for Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team and stands just three points behind Thierry Neuville who was fourth in Sweden.

Piers Copeland produced the most spectacular finish of the day to snatch a brilliant gold medal in the 1500m at the Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday. The Pontypridd Roadents AC man was tucked in behind Callum Elson, of Cambridge and Coleridge AC, and Adam Fogg, of Coventry Godiva AC, for the majority of the race.

Comebacks were the order of the day in the senior races at the 119th Welsh Cross Country Championships in Brecon on Saturday. Senior men’s winner Matt Willis was competing at the championships for the first time in five years after a series of injuries halted his career as one of Britain’s most promising triathletes and endurance runners. While former Commonwealth Games marathon runner Caryl Edwards won her first Welsh Cross Country title for six years.

Jeremiah Azu claimed domestic gold in Birmingham on Saturday, but the Cardiff sprinter has his sights set on global glory this year. The 2022 British 100m champion added 60m gold to his growing medal collection at a sold out Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships. Victory secured Azu a place at next month’s World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow.

Gerwyn Price gained revenge against Luke Littler but was unable to make another final of the last leg of darts’ Premier League. Price had lost his previous two matches against the 17-year-old World Championship runner-up, but knocked him out of the quarter-final at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, 6-5.

A 27-metre platform perched above the Doha Old Port was Aidan Heslop’s launchpad for a first high diving world championship title which one day the young Team Wales star hopes may be a milestone on the way to an Olympic gold. Heslop’s final dive on Thursday was a thing of vertiginous beauty – a forward launch, four somersaults and three-and-a-half twists pike rated the toughest in the business.

Medi Harris has added a silver medal at the Aquatics World Championships in Doha to her growing collection. The Welsh swimmer was part of the Great Britain relay quartet that finished second in the 4x200m women’s freestyle final on Thursday.

Aidan Heslop produced a stunning final dive to be crowned World Champion in Doha.

Matt Richards and Medi Harris have picked up a bronze medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The Team Wales pair were part of the Great Britain mixed 4x100m medley relay team that finished third in a time of three minutes 40.22 seconds.

Matt Richards is safely through to the 100m freestyle semi finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The Wales Commonwealth Games star and 200m world champion finished in the fourth fastest time across the heats to teka his place in Wednesday afternoon’s semi-finals.

Elfyn Evans is hoping a trip to Finland will boost his World Rally Championship hopes

Mark Williams is not expecting to be lifting the trophy at the Welsh Open in Llandudno this week after admitting his preparation was “not the best.” The triple world champion – a two-time former winer of the Welsh Open – looked rusty as he beat John Astley 4-2 in his opening match of the tournament.

Former world champion Gerwyn Price withdrew halfway through his third round match at the Players Championship in Wigan after what he claimed were “absolutely pathetic conditions”. The Ice Man was trailing 4-2 on legs against Brendan Dolan in a best-of-11 encounter when he forfeited the match at Robin Park Tennis Centre and Dolan was handed a bye into the next round.

Liam Williams is at a career crossroads after a devastating first round loss to rising unbeaten middleweight star Hamzah Sheeraz on Saturday night. Wales’ former world title challenger Williams was taken apart by Sheeraz who twice knocked the Clydach Vale fighter down in the opening round, before Williams’ trainer Gary Lockett wisely threw in the towel. It was a fifth career defeat for Williams and leaves the 31-year-old with a lot to consider over his future after such a brutal setback.

Liam Williams can prove his claim that he is back to his best when he faces rising star Hamzah Sheeraz at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday night. It’s a big night for Wales’ former middleweight world title challenger – nicknamed, The Machine – even though he will not be the centre of attention.

Wales’ former middleweight world title challenger Liam Williams is keen to make up for lost time in London on Saturday night. The Clydach Vale fighter faces rising star Hamzah Sheeraz at the Copper Box Arena, with the clock ticking.

Wales’ Olympic medalist Sarah Jones says she will carry the backing of a nation when she represents Great Britain at the Paris Olympics this summer. Jones emphasised the link between the elite end of the sport and the support she was given at grass roots level when she helped launch an initiative to grow the game, held by Hockey Wales. The bronze medal winner with GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics helped deliver an interactive session to around 100 schoolchildren in Cardiff.

Two stalwarts of women’s golf in Wales have passed away, with their contributions being recognised by Wales Golf.

Hannah Mills believes she will sail past another milestone when she leads the British team in the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup in October in Barcelona. The Welsh Olympic legend – the most-decorated female sailor in Olympic history – will captain the British boat and be reunited with Saskia Clark eight years after they won a gold medal together in the 470 class in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Sabrina Fortune has designs on making 2024 a year to remember inside and outside the shot put circle. One of the world’s best F20 throwers, Fortune has her sights on success at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe this May and the Paris Paralympics in August.