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

Robert Page is confident both Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies will be fit and ready for Wales at the start of Euro 2020. The Wales manager is preparing his final week of plans before his team kick off their campaign against Switzerland on June 12, with one final warm-up match on Saturday when they host Albania at Cardiff City Stadium. Page’s side lost 3-0 to World Champions France on Wednesday and were forced to play most of the match with 10 men as defender Neco Williams was sent off after 25 minutes.

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.

Cardiff Blues head coach Dai Young has named a strong team for their final match of the season against Zebre on Saturday – with a hint at the wealth of options he has at his disposal for the future. The Blues’ final match in the Rainbow Cup sees Tomos Williams on the bench after the Wales scrum-half put pen to paper on a new contract, but fellow current internationals Willis Halaholo, Jarrod Evans Cory Hill and James Botham are all set to start. Young is still without many of their star performers – most notably, seasoned internationals, Josh Navidi, Ellis Jenkins and Hallam Amos.

Wales have one match left before their European Championship finals campaign starts next weekend. They host Albania on Saturday with uncertainty still surrounding whether or not Neco Williams will remain suspended. When the real action starts, former Wales and Swansea City star Alan Curtis reckons it should be Connor Roberts ahead of Williams in the selection pecking order, as he tells Graham Thomas. Connor Roberts has been backed to see off the challenge of youngster Neco Williams and form part of Wales’ defensive shield at the Euros. Former Swansea City manager and Wales international Alan Curtis believes both Roberts and Joe Rodon – players he nurtured in his time at the Liberty Stadium – should be in Wales’ starting line-up for the tournament.

Women’s club football in Wales is being re-shaped. But as well as abandoning the old structures, other things have been dumped by the Football Association of Wales, too – such as fairness, integrity and respect. Fraser Watson suggests a re-think. An elitist, power-fuelled proposal that threatens the very essence of league structure and competition. Six weeks ago, such a theory was being directed, with no shortage of venom attached, towards the 12 clubs assigned to the soon to be defunct European Super League.

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.

Geraint Thomas admitted his thrilling solo attack on the Criterium du Dauphine was not pre-planned as his left his rival stunned. The 2018 Tour de France champ launched himself into a tight right-hand turn with just over 1km left on stage five.

Returning Cardiff Devils defenceman Mark Louis says he is ready to help the team transition into a ‘new era’ next season under new coach Jarrod Skalde. The 34-year-old recently returned to Wales ahead of what will be a fifth season with the Devils following a spell in Slovakia. The Devils are set to make their […]

Tania Hoffman says her decision to leave the Celtic Dragons at the end of the season and return to New Zealand to join the Christchurch-based club, The Good Oil Tactix, has been driven by family reasons. Hoffman – who has endured a difficult season as director during which the Dragons have won just once in 17 Vitality Superleague matches – has also said that the offer of a new role was too good to turn down. The Good Oil Tactix – formerly known as Mainland Tactix before a sponsorship deal – play in the ANZ Championship.

Danny Davies has become the second player in as many days to make the switch between JD Cymru Premier rivals Connah’s Quay and The New Saints. Nomads full-back Davies was unveiled as The New Saints’ first summer signing this morning, after champions Connah’s Quay completed the signing of Saints winger Jamie Mullan on Tuesday. Both […]

Wales’ former world champion Colin Jackson is excited for stars of the future to flourish when the Commonwealth Games come to Birmingham in 2022. With the application process for volunteers now open, the 54-year-old looked ahead to the 22nd edition of the event which will be back in the UK again after he competed in Manchester at the beginning of this century. With the four home nations competing as independent teams, it offers greater opportunities for youngsters to test themselves against some of the world’s best and Wales’ two-time Commonwealth gold medallist is eager to see which prospects will impress at Alexander Stadium next year.