Geraint Thomas will wear the leader’s pink jersey into Saturday’s decisive mountain time trial at the Giro d’Italia after Primoz Roglic could take only a handful of seconds out of the Welshman’s advantage on the Queen stage in the Dolomites. Thomas and Roglic traded attacks in the final kilometre of this beastly stage but at the very top of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo it was Roglic, who had changed bikes on the approach to the last climb to get better gearing, who was able to open up a three-second gap in the final few metres.

Geraint Thomas will bid to strengthen his grip on the leader’s pink jersey on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday. On his 37th birthday, on Thursday, the Welsh superstar was able to follow a late move from Primoz Roglic on the approach to Val di Zoldo as Joao Almeida dropped back, and the two then worked together to keep the Portuguese behind and take 20 seconds out of him, enough to see Roglic move up to second.

Gerwyn Price admitted he was at a loss to fully explain his Premier League Darts final defeat to Michael van Gerwen. Welshman Price had reached the final by hammering his World Cup teammate Jonny Clayton, 10-2, in the first semi-final of the night at the O2 Arena in London.

Darts devotees, those who thirst for tungsten action, and anyone who loves a Welsh sporting rivalry – get a bit of this. On Thursday night at London’s O2 Arena, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton go head-to-head again in the Premier League Darts play-off climax.

Geraint Thomas finished safely to retain the leader’s pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia and revealed he was saving his legs for two tough days to follow in the mountains. Thomas was guided into the finish by Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Ben Swift, staying safe to retain his 18-second advantage over Joao Almeida in the general classification, with Primoz Roglic sat third, 29 seconds down.

Four Welsh players have been named across the Great Britain men’s and women’s squads for the upcoming FIH Pro League Series. Sarah Jones has been named in the senior women’s squad to face Belgium and China, with Jacob Draper, Rupert Shipperley and Toby Reynolds-Cotterill included to face India and Belgium for the senior men’s squad.

Geraint Thomas was edged out by Joao Almeida, who claimed victory on stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia on a summit finish, but it was the Welshman who moved back into the Maglia Rosa leader’s jersey. “It was a very tough day, a lot of climbs,” Thomas said.

The aim was to finish the ORLEN 79th Rally Poland – after all, this was Osian Pryce’s first rally for seven months, in a new team, in a new car and with a new co-driver – and he achieved precisely that with a pitch-perfect, controlled, intelligent and drama free run to 16th on his FIA European Rally Championship debut (out of 58 registered ERC drivers).

Geraint Thomas has no intentions of following Mark Cavendish by riding off into retirement any time soon as he targets Giro d’Italia success and finalising a contract extension at Ineos Grenadiers. Welshman Thomas admits he did not quite believe his friend Cavendish would go through with his plans when he told him in confidence ahead of this year’s Giro.

Marnus Labuschagne signed off from Glamorgan by helping them pile up an epic, history-making score before revealing he could well return to the county next season. The Australian batsman struck 138 – one of three second innings centurions – as Glamorgan battled back for a famous draw at Sussex with a vast total of 737.

Jonny Clayton claimed a first Players Championship title in over two years in Leicester on Sunday, defeating Josh Rock 8-5 in the final of Players Championship 12. Welshman Clayton produced a trio of ton-plus averages en route to his second ProTour title of the year, providing himself the perfect tonic ahead of his bid for a second Cazoo Premier League crown on Thursday at The O2.

Geraint Thomas insists he is biding his time and that winning the Giro d’Italia is still firmly in his grasp and that of his team, Ineao Grenadiers. The Welsh rider remains in second place in the overall classification after Sunday’s Stage 15, following his loss of the pink jersey the day before.

Geraint Thomas has admitted he’s in for a long, tough Friday when the Giro d’Italia hits the Alps. The race leader is expecting to be put to the sternest test in the mountains, but has backed his Ineos Grenadiers teammates to enable him to stay in the pink jersey.

The race for qualification for the Cazoo Premier League Play-Offs concludes in Aberdeen on Thursday as Jonny Clayton and Nathan Aspinall collide in a crunch quarter-final tussle on Night 16. The final night of league phase action in 2023 will take place at P&J Live in front of a bumper Scottish crowd, as Clayton bids to join fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen in next Thursday’s Play-Offs at The O2.

Geraint Thomas admitted he has suffered a big loss as he looks to defend his lead at the Giro d’Italia without injured teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart. British rider Geoghegan Hart – an Ineos Grenadiers teammate of Thomas’s – suffered a hip fracture and will need surgery after being involved in a crash during stage 11.

The change from a Peugeot 207 to a Darrian T90 GTR is proving to be a very successful one for Malcolm Jones/Rhys Jones, who have quickly adapted to their new car. After finishing second on the first round of the Welsh Tarmacadam Championship, the Tour of Caerwent, the pair went one better as they won the opening round of the King of Epynt Challenge, the Dixies Challenge Rally.

Julie Rogers is no stranger to a sporting challenge. In 2012 she competed as a 13-year-old in the seated volleyball at the 2012 Paralympics in London.

Geraint Thomas insisted he was cold but happy as he retained the leader’s pink jersey after stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia. Race leader Thomas, who finished over 11 minutes behind stage winner Magnus Cort, retained his two-second advantage over Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) in the general classification, with fellow Briton and Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Tao Geoghegan Hart five seconds behind in third.

Geraint Thomas has no qualms about donning the pink jersey in the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, despite inheriting it after race leader Remco Evenepoel’s withdrawal due to Covid. Evenepoel’s routine test on Sunday night came back positive, only a few hours after the Belgian world champion pipped Welsh star Thomas by a single second in the stage nine time trial to reclaim top spot in the general classification.

A gold medal on the parallel bars for Team Wales Commonwealth Games gymnast Joe Cemlyn-Jones was one of the highlights of a packed weekend of action at the Men’s London Open in Ilford. Following up on his high bar bronze at the Artistic British Championships in March, City of Birmingham men’s artistic star Cemlyn-Jones delivered a world-class routine packed with super strength which earned him a top score of 14.550.