By Paul Jones Robert Page hailed his stand-in strikeforce after Wales preserved their long unbeaten home record with a friendly draw against the Czech Republic. Brennan Johnson starred, Rubin Colwill scored his first Wales goal and Rabbi Matondo showed his pace as Daniel James and Aaron Ramsey sat out the night and Gareth Bale only appeared for the final 10 minutes.

By Carl Field Rio Olympian Brinn Bevan was among the medal winners at the 2022 Artistic British Championships in Liverpool over the weekend. His bronze in the senior men’s parallel bars competition on Sunday was one of 20 medals won by Welsh gymnasts in the various categories across four action-packed days of competition at the M&S Bank Arena.

By Paul Evans  A clean sweep of four stage wins on the repeat runs through the Pantperthog, Dyfi, Big Ray and Gartheiniog forest tests was enough to give Matthew Hirst and co-driver Declan Dear victory on the WKD Trained Dogs Rally North Wales. Hirst made changes to his Delta Salvage-backed Ford Fiesta R5+ at the midday service halt in Dolgellau which transformed the car – enabling him to stretch his one second mid-distance advantage to a 24 second winning margin.

By Gareth James Newport will now have their eyes firmly fixed on a possible league and cup double after finally achieving their quest for four wins in the same season over arch-rivals Cardiff after beating them 34-28 in the WRU Premier Cup semi-final at Sardis Road. Unbeaten at the top of the Indigo Group Premiership, […]

By David Williams Wayne Hennessey will join the exclusive Welsh football 100 cap club when he leads the side in the friendly against the Czech Republic in Cardiff today. It is a landmark that threatened to elude him when Leicester’s Danny Ward took his spot at last year’s European Championships. Some may have thrown in […]

By Graham Thomas Helen Ward believes sport is moving in the right direction when it comes to dealing with pregnancy and motherhood – but that didn’t stop her stressing over seeing her own kids on Mother’s Day. The iconic Wales striker – who is closing in on 100 international caps for her country – was […]

By Paul Jones Lee Selby is contemplating retirement after his latest loss, to Argentine Gustavo Lemos in Buenos Aires on Saturday night. Wales’ former world featherweight champion Selby was bidding for a shot at another world title at lightweight but suffered the first stoppage of his long career. The 35-year-old has now been beaten in […]

Rabbi Matondo is learning the knuckleball secrets from Gareth Bale a year after a knucklehead decision cost him his place in the Wales squad. Matondo is set to face the Czech Republic on Tuesday, as Wales seek to ride the wave from their stunning Bale-inspired World Cup play-off victory over Austria. But only 12 months ago, Matondo was sent home by manager Rob Page for breaking a hotel curfew, along with Hal Robson-Kanu and Tyler Roberts, and his international future was in doubt.

Natasha Cockram hopes her stunning victory at the Cardiff Half Marathon has put her on the road to running for Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Cockram produced the run of her career over 13.1 miles on Sunday to clinch the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon title in style on home soil. The reigning British Marathon champion slashed two minutes off her previous personal best to become the first Welsh woman to win the event since Helen Yule 18 years ago.

Alisha Butchers insists there is a lot more to come from Wales after their stunning opening victory in the first round of the TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Butchers was named player of the match after his side’s dramatic 27-19 comeback victory over Ireland in Dublin, which has given Wales instant lift-off in the tournament. Next, Wales host Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday and Butchers reckons she and her teammates are in the mood to continue their rapid improvement from last season.

By Hannah Blackwell Wales wing Lisa Neumann is confident Wales Women can be very competitive in the TikTok Women’s Six Nations which kicks off on Saturday. Ioan Cunningham’s side start with a tough assignment in Dublin against a strong Ireland side. This is the first Six Nations tournament since the Welsh Rugby Union’s historic decision […]

Students who took charge of Ffos Las for race day in a ground-breaking collaboration have been congratulated on a job well done. The group helped manage the entire operation for the Match 23 meeting, working across a variety of roles from general manager to organising kitchen staff. Working alongside new Ffos Las general manager Kevin Hire, the tourism and events students from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in to help produce a memorable day’s racing for the public in glorious early spring sunshine.

Wales are one win from “living the dream” at the World Cup and manager Robert Page says they would have to “strip the emotions away” were they to meet war-torn Ukraine for a place in Qatar. Page’s side booked their place in the World Cup play-off final by beating Austria 2-1 on Thursday and will now meet Scotland or Ukraine. That semi-final has been postponed due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with June being the most likely option for a new date.

By Paul Evans Rallying is thriving in Wales. That’s the encouraging post-pandemic prognosis based on the quality and quantity of competitors for this weekend’s two big rallies, with a total of almost 140 cars entered for the opening rounds of Welsh forest and asphalt championships. And that’s in addition to the 86 cars that contested […]

By Lucy Rees Alisha Butchers has just agreed to a pay cut – and she couldn’t be happier. The Wales rugby international will be heading into the forthcoming Women’s Six Nations tournament as one of the destined dozen, the 12 players who made history by becoming the country’s first group of female full-time professional players. […]

By Graham Thomas The Bulls insist the Dragons will not be lambs to the slaughter when they become the last of the four Welsh teams to test themselves in South Africa this weekend. Taken at face value, it looks like a home banker in Pretoria with a sizeable winning margin, given that both the Scarlets […]

Gareth Bale labelled Spanish newspaper headlines targeting him as “disgusting” after his two goals against Austria put Wales within one game of reaching the World Cup. Wales moved one step closer to their first World Cup since 1958 as Bale stole the show in a 2-1 win over Austria in the play-off semi-final. Spanish media outlets had criticised Bale after he linked up with Wales having been absent for Real Madrid in Sunday’s El Clasico against Barcelona.

By Paul Evans Roger Thomas will return to the Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy for a selected programme of events in 2022, driving his HT Installations-backed Ford Fiesta Supercar. The Llandysul driver began using the Fiesta in 2019, and whilst he is yet to claim an outright victory in the M-Sport built […]

By Gareth James The Welsh Rugby Union has been accused of sexism and misogyny in a formal complaint by a senior employee, according to reports. The woman – who has since left the WRU – has claimed she was subjected to abusive comments and witnessed racist remarks being made. The claims – made in the […]

Wales have been backed to beat Austria on Thursday night by the manager who took his own nation to the threshold of the World Cup finals. Former Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill reckons Wales can move to within one step of making it to Qatar – and their first World Cup finals appearance since 1958 – by winning their play-off semi-final at the Cardiff City Stadium, in a match that is live on S4C. O’Neil believes the cards have all fallen in Wales’ favour, with a home tie, the apparent fitness of superstar pair Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, and the delay in any play-off final until June because of the conflict in Ukraine.