Father’s Day is probably the perfect occasion to tell the story of Welsh Commonwealth Games athlete Amber Simpson. A pair of running shoes bought by her step-dad helped Simpson combat the bullying which plagued her school days and led to the launch of her career as an international hammer thrower.

By Graham Thomas Heroes of a different kind will be honoured at Chepstow Race Course later this year. As well as the normal parade of winning horses and their jockeys, the course will salute both serving and former members of the military with the inaugural Chepstow Military Race Day. The event – on November 18 […]

By Paul Evans Having won a third British rally title last November, Matt Edwards’ wait to compete in a modern R5 car is finally over. After a frustrating seven months, Edwards will contest this weekend’s Donegal International Rally (17-19 June) in a Pirelli-shod Citroën C3 R5. The Colwyn Bay-based driver hasn’t been sitting around twigging […]

By Gareth James Will Rowlands has been awarded Wales Player of the year by the Welsh Rugby Writers Association, following what has been a tremendous season from the Dragons second row. The 18-times capped Dragons lock was a consistent performer in Wales’ boiler house during the 2022 Six Nations and despite the absence of stalwart […]

By Harry Corish Brennan Johnson says he had to improve his finishing to hit the goal trail for Wales. Johnson backed up his 19-goal season at Nottingham Forest by showing his scoring prowess in the Nations League. The 21-year-old scored his first Wales goal in the 1-1 home draw with Belgium on Saturday and was […]

Welsh basketball stars of the future will be on court on Wednesday when the finals of the Junior NBA Basketball Wales League take place at Aberystwyth University. Adding prestige, the day will also feature a guest appearance by NBA European ambassador and former WNBA player Anastasia Kostaki.

By Stuart Taylor While football and rugby fans continue to squabble over which sport is Wales’s No.1, boxing managed to deliver a timely ‘remember me’ dig with its resurgence into the Welsh sporting psyche. The metaphorical dig was issued by Cardiff fighter  Joe Cordina who became the 13th Welsh World Champion boxer as he knocked out Kenichi […]

By Paul Jones Gareth Bale says it is better Wales make their mistakes now and not at the World Cup after suffering more stoppage-time heartbreak against the Netherlands. Memphis Depay secured an eventful 3-2 Nations League victory for the Dutch in the third minute of stoppage time in Rotterdam, just seconds after Bale had equalised […]

Olympian Brinn Bevan will head a team of 13 gymnasts selected by Wales to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month. Bevan – who competed for Great Britain at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016 – will be the most experienced gymnast in the group of five men and eight women. The three rhythmic gymnasts selected are Gemma Frizelle, Elizabeth Popova and Lauryn Carpenter.

In Geneva, on Saturday evening, Joe Brier ran the fastest 400m time by a Welshman in 13 years and then showed an equally impressive turn of speed to return to Cardiff by Sunday afternoon. The Swansea Harrier wanted to be back in time to watch his girlfriend run in the 400m final at the Welsh Athletics Championships where he would also be cheering on his sister, Hannah, to the 100m title. It had been something of a whirlwind few days for the Brier siblings, who were both named last Wednesday in the Welsh athletics squad for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Wales manager Robert Page wants to see an increase in World Cup squad size from 23 to 26 players. He and his players head to Qatar in November – when average temperatures are 29C – after qualifying for a first World Cup since 1958. Squads for last year’s European Championship, which Wales played in, were capped at 26.

By Matthew Burgess Cardiff Devils coach Brodie Dupont might just have established two-thirds of the most dangerous forward line in British ice hockey. Namesake Brodie Reid has become the latest Cardiff Devil to recommit for next season, with the right-handed, left-wing shooter tipped to form an intriguing partnership with returning star Joey Martin. Thirty-two year-old […]

I once had reason to walk down the high street in Llanelli one afternoon, alongside Phil Bennett. It felt like the scene from a sentimental Hollywood film. Women shouted their hellos from every shop front, men yelled down from scaffolding and every other car beeped cheerily and drivers waved at the town’s most famous and best-loved resident. But the really striking thing was that as the Scarlets’ greatest ever rugby player responded, he seemed to know the name of every well-wisher.

Dylan Thomas once described Swansea as an ugly lovely town. On Sunday, Swansea Harrier Hannah Brier produced an ugly lovely race on day two of the Welsh Athletics Championships.

By Graham Thomas Neco Williams has lavished praise on Rob Page for the manager’s faith in giving youngsters their opportunities with Wales. The Liverpool wing-back – who has carried his brilliant form on loan at Fulham this season onto the international stage – is one of a clutch of young Wales kids thriving under Page. […]

By Paul Jones Wales visit Holland after putting their first top-tier Nations League point on the board by drawing 1-1 with Belgium on Saturday. Holland lead the way in Group A4 with seven points from three games. Here we look at the main talking points ahead of the game at the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam. […]

By Steffan Thomas Sam Wainwright has spent 12 years fighting against the odds and has no plan to stop his hard work anytime soon as he is scheduled to meet with the Wales squad at their Vale of Glamorgan training base in two weeks’ time. His inclusion, a replacement for the injured Leon Brown, was […]

New mum Elinor Barker may have grabbed the attention with her recent selection for the Commonwealth Games, but there’s plenty more happening in Welsh cycling at present. Owen Morgan sampled two events either side of selection for Birmingham, which both underlined how the sport in Wales is currently enjoying a boom time. Wales once again this week showed off what a wonderful cycling venue it has become. From Wrexham in the north to the Black Mountain in the south – with Aberystwyth and Welshpool enjoying starring roles in between – the nation showed off its finery.

Lauren Evans and Lemarl Freckleton were two of the stand-out performers on the first day of the Welsh Athletics Championships in Cardiff on Saturday. With members of the Welsh Commonwealth Games athletics team announced on Wednesday being introduced to the crowd, Evans celebrated her own selection for Birmingham in fine style. The Cardiff heptathlete, who received an invitation to join Team Wales direct from the Commonwealth Games Federation, marked the achievement by winning the 100m hurdles Welsh title at the city’s International Sports Campus in Leckwith.

Rob Page praised the blossoming talent of Brennan Johnson after the Wales striker scored his first international goal to earn a 1-1 draw with Belgium. Johnson slid home Aaron Ramsey’s pass three minutes from time, to give Wales their first points in their Nations League campaign at a vibrant Cardiff City Stadium. But the Nottingham Forest star – who will be playing in the Premier League next season – had to endure an agonising VAR check for offside before the celebrations could begin.