Dragons vice-captain Clare Jones has admitted her team’s first win for two years had left her almost lost for words. Jones and her teammates earned a hard-fought 48-39 victory over Surrey Storm on Friday night to give the Welsh outfit their first victory of the season following 12 straight losses in the Vitality Netball Superleague. It was the Dragons’ first win in the competition since April 2019, when they also beat Storm.

Star Welsh race walkers Heather Lewis and Bethan Davies have been selected in a five-strong Great Britain team for the 2021 European Race Walking Team Championships in the Czech Republic next month. Pembrokeshire Harrier Heather Lewis and Bethan Davies, of Cardiff Athletics, have dominated the British women’s race walking scene in recent years.

Mark Williams insists he is back enjoying snooker again despite his Betfred World Snooker Championship thrashing by Mark Selby. Wales’ three-time world champion Williams was beaten 13-3 by Selby with a session to spare in Sheffield to end his bid for a fourth title at the age of 46. Reaching the last eight underlined a decent tournament for the cueman from Cwm, whose world ranking has slipped to No.12 since he won a dramatic third world title in 2018.

Danny McKerlich is back on the road to being a competitive athlete again after a year he describes as “absolutely awful.” The Welsh international race walker competed in a 5K race in Leeds for the first time last week and is due to get another outing again in Stourport on May 23. After a lonely year of being forced to train on his own, the return to action is not just a welcome resumption of McKerlich’s athletics career but also a much needed lift to the mental health of the 20-year-old Cardiff Athletics walker.

Marnus Labuschagne has revealed his relief at being in Wales for another spell with Glamorgan when he might have been caught up in the coronavirus crisis in India. The Australian batsman – ranked number three in the world at present – is set to make his first appearance of the season for the county on Thursday against Kent in the County Championship. But having been overlooked in the IPL auction for players, he is instead in Cardiff for a follow up spell after his prodigious first season with Glamorgan in 2019.

Wales’s Para legend Aled Davies will chase his fourth successive F63 shot-put title at the European Championships in Poland in June. The six-time Euro champ is one of seven Welsh para-athletes names in the GB team for the championships in Bydgoszcz from June 1-5.

Geraint Thomas took time out of most of his General Classifications rivals on the opening stage of the Tour de Romandie. The 2018 Tour de France champ was second fastest on the short, 4km long prologue in Switzerland as part of an Ineos Grenadiers clean sweep.

Alys Thomas will realise her dream of a first Olympic Games this summer after being named as one of a record six Welsh swimmers who are heading to Tokyo with the Great Britain squad. At 30, Thomas will be the oldest swimmer in the 24-strong group, but as she proved in becoming Commonwealth champion 18 months ago, hers is a career that is defying convention in the sport and she will head to Japan as a genuine medal prospect in the women’s 200m butterfly. Joining Thomas will be Harriet Jones – after her stunning showing at the recent British selection trials – along with Dan Jervis, Matt Richards, Calum Jarvis and Kieran Bird, who also upset the form book at the trials with a huge personal best in the 400m freestyle.

Table tennis prodigy Anna Hursey has made history again after becoming the first Welsh player to be ranked No 1 in Europe at U15 level. The 14-year-old – who became the youngest person to ever compete for Wales when aged 11 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia – is top in the latest rankings.

Rosie Eccles fought her way to a superb gold medal at the Belgrade Winner tournament in Serbia. Wales’ 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medalist triumphed over Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan.

Rising Welsh discus star James Tomlinson is delighted to be back in action after going the whole of last season without competing. The Pembrokeshire Harrier continued his build-up for this summer’s European Under-23 Championships in Norway with a win in Aberdare on Sunday.

Cardiff student Jake Smith produced a performance straight out of comic book fiction at the Cheshire Elite Marathon on Sunday afternoon. Smith, who was supposed to pace as far as the 25k mark, decided to keep on running to the finishing line to win on what turned out to be his full marathon debut.

Rosie Eccles will go for gold on Monday after reaching the final of the Belgrade Winner tournament in Serbia. Wales’ 2018 Commonwealth Games silver stopped local boxer Aleksandra Rapaic in her welterweight bout on Sunday night.

Matthew Maynard made no apologies for Glamorgan chasing victory over Northampton – even though his side have now lost their opening two County Championship matches. Glamorgan – who will be boosted this week by the arrival of Australian star Marnus Labuschagne – lost to Northants by seven wickets after losing control of the match on the final day. Head coach Maynard watched his team set the home side a target of 355 runs in 79 overs and then fail to stem the flow of runs that followed.

Elfyn Evans agonisingly saw victory prized away from him by just 0.6 seconds on the final stage of Rally Croatia.The Dolgellau-born ace had to settle for second as Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Sebastien Ogier snatched the win in thrilling fashion.

Rosie Eccles is guaranteed her second medal of 2021 after reaching the semi-finals of the Belgrade Winner tournament in Serbia. Wales’ 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist guaranteed herself a medal after beating Balzhan Askar.

Charlotte Carey fought to the end but finally saw her Olympic dream ended after another seven game thriller in Portugal. The 24-year-old lost her second phase European Singles Qualification Tournament to Bulgaria’s Polina Trifonova, who had ended her fellow Brit Tin-Tin Ho’s Tokyo hopes in the first phase of the competition.

Elfyn Evans is heading for his second podium of the season – and aims to be on the top step at Rally Croatia on Sunday. The Dolgellau-born ace goes into Sunday’s final four stages lying in second place in a three-man battle for the top step.

Charlotte Carey suffered her first defeat in the European Olympic Qualifying tournament in controversial fashion in Portugal. The 24-year-old from Ebbw Vale had staged a superb comeback from 3-1 down in games against Portugal’s China-born world No 63 Jieni Shao in the quarter-finals.

Elfyn Evans is in the thick of a three-way battle for victory at the Croatia Rally. The 32-year-old from Dolgellau is third after the opening day but just eight seconds separates him from leader Thierry Neuville of Belgium.