Elfyn Evans was left to rue a ‘clumsy’ error as he was forced to retire from the Safari Rally inflicting a blow to his World Championship hopes. The Dolgellau-born ace struck a rock on stage three forcing his Toyota Yaris WRC to grind to a halt just a kilometre from the end.

Jake Heyward literally strolled into Saturday’s 1500m final at the Muller British Athletics Championships and Tokyo Olympic trials on Friday night. The American-based athlete cruised to victory in the fourth heat of the 1500m with fellow Welshman Piers Copeland finishing second to also qualify automatically for the final.

Sam Costelow will be expected to roll out the big gun when Wales face Ireland on Friday in their second match of the U20 Six Nations championship. The young Scarlets fly-half is going to be told to get his long range kicking boots on as Wales plan to meet fire with fire against an Irish team who kicked a great deal in their opening win over Scotland. It was Costelow’s assured place-kicking that proved critical for Wales in their 25-8 victory over Italy last Saturday at a rain-lashed Cardiff Arms Park.

The Cardiff Devils have announced the signing of talented Canadian offensive defenceman Matt Register, who joins following a successful spell in North America’s ECHL. Register, 31, is a three-time Kelly Cup champion in the ECHL and signs for Cardiff following an impressive 52-point (5 goals, 47 assists) season with the Allen Americans, helping them reach […]

Wales striker Kieffer Moore believes he is an easy target for referees at Euro 2020 because of his size.The 6ft 5in Cardiff City striker was on the bench for Wales’ final group game in Rome as he was on a booking, and manager Robert Page was aware another yellow card would rule Moore out of their last-16 tie against Denmark on Saturday. Moore was eventually sent on with Welsh backs to the wall and an attacking outlet needed following Ethan Ampadu’s 55th-minute dismissal, but Page told the forward “to jump with no arms” against Italy.

More than 50 Welsh athletes travel to Manchester this weekend to take part in the Muller British Athletics Championships and Great Britain Olympic trials. This year’s championships promises to be one of the most keenly contested in recent history with a number genuine world class athletes bidding for places on the plane to Tokyo next month.

Cardiff’s Jake Heyward will be targeting a place at next month’s Tokyo Olympics when he competes at this weekend’s British Athletics Championships in Manchester. The event also doubles at the Great Britain Olympic trials and a top two place in the 1500m final will book Heyward an automatic place on the plane to Japan.

The Six Nations U20 tournament continues on Friday with Wales taking on Ireland at Cardiff Arms Park. Before that, though, there will be an English player facing Scotland who hopes a big Welsh influence tips the balance in his favour. Orlando Bailey is the apprentice learning his trade at Bath from master craftsman Rhys Priestland, as he tells Tom Prosser. England U20 star Orlando Bailey has revealed how Rhys Priestland is his guiding light who he bombards with “10 questions every day.” The highly-rated England U20 full-back is at Bath, where he admits to picking the brains of the 50-cap Welsh international fly-half whenever he has the opportunity.

Llanelli Town have drawn Newport County in the first round of next season’s Nathaniel MG Cup as the return of competitive domestic football in Wales nears. Newport County, entering the competition as an invitational wildcard entrant, will visit Andy Legg’s Llanelli side on Saturday 17th July following last night’s draw. Buckley Town, Conwy Borough, Ruthin […]

A colossus, passionate and a leader are all words that describe this ever improving Welshman. So far at Euro 2020, Wales have put in a series of committed performances and the contributions of a certain Joe Rodon typify all of those qualities. Fraser Watson believes that Rodon’s defensive contributions may be a long lasting memory of Wales at this year’s major tournament. 

By Paul Jones David Brooks has expressed his disappointment about how unlikely it is that many Wales fans will be present for their crucial Euro 2020 fixture against Denmark on Saturday. The Bournemouth ace said the ‘Red Wall’ created history at Euro 2016 in France and they will give everything to make them proud again. Wales supporters are banned from entering Holland due to Covid-19 regulations as the United Kingdom is not on the Dutch Government’s list of safe countries.

Aled Davies is off to another Paralympics with Great Britain this summer, his place having been confirmed earlier this week. He’s an inspiration to a generation, including Kieran Jones, the 19-year-old shot putter and wheelchair basketball star who is making rapid strides towards twin ambitions in two sports, as he tells Graham Thomas. Kieran Jones admits he’s thrilled to be back competing as an elite shot putter – and so are his neighbours. The 19-year-old para athlete has a summer of athletics meetings to look forward to again, while those living near his Anglesey home no longer have to worry about the state of his garden fence.

Three Welsh athletes have been named in the first group selected to represent Great Britain at the rescheduled 2020 Paralympics this summer. Reigning champions Hollie Arnold and Aled Davies are joined by Sabrina Fortune in the first wave of selections for Tokyo. Arnold, who won Commonwealth Games gold for Wales in 2018, will be looking to defend the title she won five years ago in Rio in the women’s F46 javelin.

Welshman Dylan Howells is gearing up to mix it with the world’s best acrobatic gymnasts. The 20-year-old, who hails from Risca, will be part of the Great Britain squad who fly out to Switzerland next week for 2021 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships, which are being staged from July 2 to 4 in Geneva.

Melissa Courtney-Bryant has vowed to be in peak condition for next summer’s Commonwealth Games after admitting injury has denied her a chance to compete for a place at the Olympics. The Wales 5,000m runner had hoped to challenge for the Great Britain team at the Olympic trials this weekend, but a ligament injury in her heel has ruled her out. Instead, Courtney-Bryant has been left on crutches after the injury re-occurred when she was racing in France last week.

By Rob Cole Manon Johnes should have been getting ready to go to the Women’s World Cup later this year, but she is just as happy to be preparing to make her debut in another major sporting occasion, the Women’s Varsity Match at Welford Road. With a season of Premier XVs rugby behind her with Bristol Bears, as well as another Six Nations campaign with Wales, the 20-year-old Oxford fresher should have nothing to fear about facing Cambridge in Leicester on 4 July. First capped by Wales as a 17-year against South Africa in 2018, the back row forward with 13 Welsh caps to her name, has grown in stature on the international stage throughout her teenage years and was looking forward to locking horns with New Zealand and Australia at the World Cup. That is until it was postponed until next year.

Ben Davies wants to make more mad memories in Amsterdam as he looks forward to Wales’ clash with Denmark in the last 16 round of Euro 2020. The Danes booked their spot as Wales next’ opponents on Saturday with an emotional 4-1 victory over Russia in front of their vibrant fans in Copenhagen on Monday night  – summoning every ounce of passion and motivation in the wake of Christian Eriksen’s collapse with a cardiac arrest in their opening fixture. Denmark finished with only three points, but Belgium’s defeat of Finland meant the Danes clinched second place in their group on goal difference and they will now go to the Johan Cruyff Arena to battle Wales for a place in the quarter-finals.

Geraint Thomas, Elinor Barker and Ethan Vernon will be part of a Great Britain cycling team who have vowed to bring home more gold at Tokyo this summer – but without cutting any corners. The Welsh trio are part of a 26-strong squad for the Games which includes a mix of huge experience and youthful ambition. That blend is summed up in the Welsh threesome – with Thomas and Barker being two of six previous gold medal winners, while 20-year-old Vernon – who rode for Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – will be going to his first Olympics.

Ioan Cunningham insists there as fare more to come from his Wales team after they won their opening match of the U20 Six Nations tournament against Italy. Wales eased to a comfortable 25-8 victory at Cardiff Arms Park, but the coach believes they have only shown a glimpse of their capabilities. Despite having not played a competitive game since March 2020, Wales dispatched the Azzurri with a penalty try and 18 points from the boot of Sam Costelow.

Gareth Bale expressed his pride after Wales made the knockout stage of Euro 2020. Wales went down to a 1-0 defeat to Italy in Rome on Sunday but finished second in Group A, above Switzerland on goal difference. Ethan Ampadu was shown a straight red card for his late challenge on Federico Bernardeschi and Wales played the final 35 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico with 10 men.