This year’s Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship has received a record-breaking number of pre-season registrations – with 155 competitors already lined up to contest the six gravel round series in 2021. There is a strong entry in all 14 classes, including the Juniors (with a top prize of a test in a PCRS Rallysport-prepared Hyundai i20 R5, courtesy of OnThePaceNote) and the Restruct sponsored Two-Wheel Drive category.

The Welsh women’s 3,000m steeplechase record was broken for the second time in less than a fortnight in Birmingham on Wednesday night. On May 29, Cardiff’s Kate Seary broke Jade Williams’ four-year-old record when she clocked 10.21.23 in Manchester.

Piers Copeland clocked a big new personal best and Olympic 1500m qualifying time in France on Wednesday night. The Cardiff-based middle distance star clocked 3:34.62 finishing sixth in a high class field at the Meeting De Marseille World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Level event.

Dave Phillips has been praised for his patience as well as his skills in earning a place in the Great Britain squad for the Paralympics this summer. The Welsh archer won a spot on the GB team this week – almost two years after he first thought he had landed a bullseye with selection. Although Phillips earned his place at the 2019 World Para-archery Championships in the Netherlands, his slot on the team could not be confirmed until after classification was completed – meaning he wasn’t included as part of the archery team announcement back in April.

This year’s Nicky Grist Stages has been given the green light to host the first major forest rally in Wales for 17 months, when it takes place on Saturday 10 July – although one of the compromises in these unprecedented times will be that spectators will unfortunately not be permitted to attend. An online streaming service will broadcast live from the stages instead.

Lauren Price sent out a warning to her Olympic rivals by striking gold at the European qualifying tournament in Paris. The 26-year-old – who has already booked her ticket to Tokyo by reaching the semi-finals – beat Russia’s Zenfira Magomedalieva by unanimous decision in the middleweight final.

It takes energy, commitment and determination to make it to the top in sport. But you can double that if you’re trying to manage it in two. Don’t bother trying to dissuade Adele Nicoll, though. She’s got it all planned out, as she tells Owen Morgan. An impressive training video on Instagram led to Welsh shot put champion Adele Nicoll being head-hunted by the Great Britain Olympic bobsleigh team. When top GB pilot Mica McNeill saw the sheer power and speed generated by Nicoll in a lockdown training session last year, she instantly wanted the bobsleigh novice to bid for a spot on her team at next year’s Winter Olympics.

Lauren Price will bid to give her Olympics preparations a perfect gold medal boost in the final of the qualifying tournament in Paris on Tuesday. The 26-year-old – who booked her spot in Tokyo by reaching the semi-finals – beat Ireland’s Aoife O’Rourke on Monday by unanimous decision in the middleweight category.

Joe Naughalty’s last-minute winner gave Wales a dramatic 3-2 victory over France following a wild, end-to-end battle, boosting their chances of reaching the semi-finals of the Men’s EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam. Naughalty admitted it was not his cleanest ever strike but was thrilled for his team to produce the goods on the European stage as they did two years ago. “Great game! We are all a bit tired now,” Naughalty said. “Lots going on at the end but really important we kept our cool, kept playing our game and managed to sneak it at the end.

There were medals, Commonwealth Games standards and personal bests for Welsh athletes during a thrilling night of top class 10,000m running in Birmingham on Saturday night. The city’s university track hosted the European 10,000m Cup along with the British Athletics 10,000m Championships, which doubled as the Great Britain trials for the Tokyo Olympics.

Aled Davies claimed a magnificent seventh European Para Athletics Championships career gold in Poland on Saturday. The Bridgend athlete may not have been at his best in Bydgoszcz, but he was still good enough to add yet another shot put title to his huge personal haul which also includes a clutch of Paralympic, world and Commonwealth throwing titles.

Welsh boxing ace Lauren Price will fulfil a dream she has held since childhood after booking her ticket to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 26-year-old from Bargoed sealed her place in Team GB for Tokyo after reaching the semi-finals of the qualifying tournament in Paris on Saturday night.

Cardiff Athletics and Swansea Harriers make their long awaited debuts in the new National Athletics League (NAL) Premiership Division on Sunday. Introduced to replace the now defunct British Athletics League and UK Women’s League, the NAL was devised to revamp the domestic club struc

Jenny Nesbitt and Kris Jones lead a host of Welsh athletes heading to Birmingham this evening for what will be a high class festival of 10,000m running. The feature races of the night will incorporate the European 10,000m Cup along with the British Athletics 10,000m Championships, which double as the Great Britain trials for the Tokyo Olympics.

Wales conceded three late goals as their return to men’s EuroHockey action proved a tough assignment against a ruthless Germany. Coach Danny Newcome saw Wales team beaten 8-1 Amsterdam where the Germans found their straps late on to hit Wales with three goals in the final two minutes. Wales – who put themselves on the map in this tournament two years ago with a sixth place finish – were given a torrid time against a hugely experienced German side that found a rich vein of scoring form.

Harrison Walsh celebrated his senior Great Britain debut with a discus bronze medal at the European Para Athletics Championships in Poland on Friday night. The Disability Sports Wales Para Academy athlete produced a huge new personal best, launching the discus out to 54.85m – almost two and a half metres further than his previous best.

Geraint Thomas climbed up the standings as the Criterium du Dauphine headed into the mountains for a decisive weekend. The Ineos Grenadiers rider – who had moved up to sixth after a stunning win on stage five on Thursday – finished 11th on Friday’s 167.km battle from Loriol-sur-Drome to Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse.

Lauren Price is one win away from securing her place at the Tokyo Olympics after winning her opening bout at the European qualifiers in Paris. The 26-year-old comfortably beat local fighter Davina Michel to reach the quarter-finals in the middleweight category.

Olivia Breen bagged her first medal at the Europeans as she struck bronze at she sharpened up ahead of the Tokyo Paralympics. The 24-year-old add to her career medal haul in the Women’s T38 Long Jump as Britain’s success at the championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, continued.

John Bridge blasted his way to a brilliant silver medal on his Great Britain debut at the European Para Athletics Championships in Poland on Thursday evening. The Caerphilly athlete clocked a huge new personal best of 50.75 in the T47 400m final as he took more than a second off his previous fastest time.