Para Sports Festival To Tee Off With The Welsh Para Golf Open The 2023 Para Sports Festival will begin with the Welsh Para Golf Open, which will take place at Langland Bay Golf Club on Monday 10 July.

Ukraine’s national sprint champion has said he will be “eternally grateful” to Wales for the welcome he and his team-mates have received in Cardiff. Stanislav Kovalenko is being hosted by Cardiff Met University as he prepares for next month’s Ukrainian National Championships, along with fellow sprinters Nikita Rodchenkov and Danylo Danylenko.

Rosie Eccles is poised to make amends for her Olympic heartache before Tokyo 2021. The Welsh boxer – who missed out three years ago because of illness – has secured a remarkable opportunity to compete for an Olympic gold medal at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Lewis Prosser has revealed the death of his father, David, was a major factor in his decision to retire from international hockey. Prosser has opted to end his Wales career after winning 180 caps, a phenomenal tally that made him the most capped player in his country’s history.

Glamorgan fans must be wondering what has gone wrong for Marnus Labuschagne. Since the Australian star left the Welsh county he has struggled for runs and he will find a fierce spotlight on him throughout the second Test against England which starts at Lord’s on Wednesday.

The introduction of seated shot put and discus competitions at last weekend’s Welsh Athletics Championships was described as a “beautiful thing to see” by athlete Keiran Jones. The F34 thrower, who is ranked number one in the UK, was delighted to be competing on the same timetable as able-bodied athletes at the nation’s senior outdoor championships.

Cricket Wales and Glamorgan have warned that a damning report on the sport will “be difficult and potentially distressing reading for some of our members, fans, participants, and people involved at all levels of cricket.” The two organisations at the head of the sport in Wales were reacting to the long-awaited Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket report.

A former professional rugby player and a karate teacher were the two main prize winners at the first Wales G4D Open. Wales Golf had held regular disability events in recent years, but this was the first European Disabled Golf Association badged event in Wales with Caernarfon’s Paul Williams winning the Gross event, three shots clear of Monmouthshire’s Mike Jones.

A roar of delight at the end of a closely contested 800m illustrated just how much it means to win a Welsh athletics title. As the 105th edition of the Welsh Athletics Championships neared its finale, Ben Reynolds made his move as he entered the home straight of the men’s two-lap final.

Australian batting coach Michael di Venuto is confident Marnus Labuschagne will bounce back from a disappointing opening Ashes Test. The Glamorgan batsman went into the series against England as the number one Test batsman, and deservedly so, as Labuschagne racked up five centuries – including a 204 against the West Indies – late last year.

Stevie Williams made the podium for the first time at the British National Cycling Championships when he finished third in the men’s road race. The 26-year-old Welsh rider – who rode at the Giro d’Italia last month – finished behind winner Fred Wright and runner-up James Knox on a difficult circuit at Saltburn in Yorkshire on Sunday.

Stuart Manley is hoping his latest victory will launch him higher up the rankings after he won his fourth European Challenge Tour title. The Welsh star clinched the Blot Open de Bretagne title with a birdie at the 72nd hole on Sunday.

The prospect of a Welsh race-walking one-two-three at next month’s British Athletics Championships took a significant step forward on Saturday. Welsh Commonwealth Games athletes Heather Warner (formerly Lewis) and Bethan Davies have dominated British women’s race walking in recent years. Youngster Gracie Griffiths reinforced her growing reputation as the young pretender who is starting to snap on the heels of the established Great Britain internationals on day one of the Welsh Athletics Championships in Cardiff.

Jade Jones has proved she is back to top form after winning taekwondo gold at the European Games 2023. Wales double Olympic gold medalist defeated Hungary’s Luana Marton in the -57kg final on Saturday. Denbighshire star Jones, who suffered a shock early exit in her bid for a third straight Olympic title in 2021, said: “It’s obviously been a long journey. Everyone knows it’s hard to stay on top.

Hannah and Joe Brier achieved a unique family double on day one of the Welsh Athletics Championships on Saturday. Stepping up from the 100m and 200m distances – which have seen her represent Wales at the Commonwealth Games – Hannah won the women’s 400m title at her first attempt. Minutes later, brother Joe took the men’s title over the same one lap distance, which has seen him represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games.

Megan Barker powered to her first senior national title on the second day of the British National Road Championships in Redcar. The Welsh Commonwealth Games star outsprinted junior rider Cat Ferguson and Maddie Leech to claim the title in a hotly-contested circuit race. The younger sister of Olympic gold medalist Elinor Barker, Megan, 25, won after the race was re-started following a huge crash.

Sprinter Sam Gordon will be among the Welsh international athletes taking part in the Welsh Senior Athletics Championships this weekend at the Leckwith Stadium in Cardiff. Reigning Welsh 100m champion Gordon aims to defend his crown against Josh Brown and Joseph Berry with Great Britain star Jeremiah Azu away competing in Europe as he prepares for the European U23 Championships in Finland next month.

Malcolm and Rhys Jones were comfortable winners of the third round of the J D Tyres Welsh Tarmacadam Rally Championship. The pair finished over two minutes ahead of the next car – a result which sees Jones move up to second in the drivers’ standings.

Elinor Barker is hoping to get two for the price of one when Scotland hosts the first ever combined cycling world championships in August. An Olympic and five-time world champion on the track, Barker has been focusing more on the road this season and said the opportunity to compete in both disciplines on home turf this summer would be unique

Teenager Josh Tarling blew away the rest of the field to become the British men’s time trial champion as Lizzie Holden claimed the women’s crown at the Croft Circuit near Darlington. Tarling is just 19 but the 6ft 4in tall Welshman towered over his rivals in more ways than one, putting more than a minute into them over the course of 41.1 kilometres as he won in a time of 48 minutes 50 seconds in windy conditions in north Yorkshire.