Wales’ Jonny Clayton could hardly contain his pride after he claimed to have put Pontyberem on the map by being crowned Premier League champion. Clayton beat fellow debutant Jose De Sousa 11-5 in the final on Friday night to claim the biggest prize of his career so far, including a cheque for £250,000. The Ferret, already a World Cup winner and Masters champion, became the first man to win the title from fourth place in the group stage.

Freddie Woodman will be Swansea City’s last line of defence at Wembley today when they face Brentford in the Championship play-off final. The club’s immediate future – and £170m – could literally rest in his hands. But that’s the kind of pressure he thrives on, plus another type, as he tells Graham Thomas. Freddie Woodman has been catching things all season – on the football field or with a fishing rod in hand – but today he hopes to land the biggest prize of his life. If his performances in either activity this year are anything to go by, then calmness under stress should not be an issue.

Caernarfon Town manager Huw Griffiths has called for his side to be at their very best ahead of tomorrow’s European play-off against Newtown (12:00). Griffiths’ side defeated Barry Town last weekend to give themselves home advantage in the final which has been billed as the biggest game in the club’s history. Newtown were underdogs in […]

Steve Cooper believes being an England World Cup winner will help Swansea City seal a return to the Premier League. Swansea meet Brentford in the Sky Bet Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday, three seasons after their seven-year stay in the top flight ended. Cooper says his ethos is all about a collective approach and no hierarchical structure with “everyone having a voice”.

The Dragons play their final home game of the season on Saturday night – in Cardiff. The laying of a new pitch at Rodney Parade means the match against Glasgow is at Cardiff City Stadium. For Richard Hibbard it means the end of another season’s rugby in Wales, his 18th as a professional player, during which time he has learned one invaluable lesson  – it’s not all about rugby, as he tells Graham Thomas. Richard Hibbard has warned that young players who devote all their time to rugby and nothing else risk ending up hating the sport. The Dragons hooker has recently agreed a new one-year contract with the region which will see him pass his 38th birthday midway through next season.

The historic name of Cardiff Demons has been resurrected for a return to rugby league, after the general public voted for this to be the name of the new Betfred Women’s Super League franchise that is being run by Wales Rugby League, and based in the Welsh capital.

Popular Cardiff Devils defenceman Mark Louis will return for the 2021/22 season, the team have confirmed. The forthcoming season will be Louis’ fifth in the Welsh capital after originally joining from ECHL outfit Orlando Solar Bears in 2016. The 33-year-old has made 178 appearances in the EIHL for the Devils, establishing himself as a no-nonsense […]

Ben Llewellin saw his Olympic dream ended in agonising fashion as he just missed out on a place at the Tokyo Olympics. The Pembrokeshire marksmen hit an excellent 122 in qualifying for the men’s skeet at the European Championships in Croatia which went to a shoot-out for the final.

Cardiff Devils forward Matthew Myers will lace up and skate for Team GB for the 100th time in his career this afternoon against ice hockey heavyweights Sweden in the IIHF World Championships in Latvia. Cardiff-born Myers contributed an assist on his 99th appearance as Team GB regained the lead in Wednesday’s 4-3 victory over Belarus […]

Jamal Lowe hopes to complete the journey from PE teacher to Premier League player in the shadows of the Wembley arch he knows so well. Harrow-born Lowe grew up 15 minutes away from England’s national stadium with dreams of making the big time dominating as he set out on his football journey. Those thoughts were a distant dream as Lowe trawled around the non-league circuit, from Hayes to Hampton & Richmond and many points in between.

Welsh international athlete Kate Seary is taking inspiration from an ancient Olympian to champion the rights of modern day sportswomen. Kyniska, Princess of Sparta, won two Olympic gold medals in the four-horse chariot race in 392 and 396.

Beth Munro will make her Para Olympics debut in Tokyo – after only taking up Taekwondo in 2019. Munro will be joined by fellow Welsh para ace Matt Bush as part of a three strong GB team with Amy Truesdale.

Joel Makin saw his title hopes at the El Gouna International Open in Egypt ended despite a superb comeback – in a game that was halted due to humidity and switched to a different court.

Osian Pryce will return to the British Rally Championship (BRC) this year driving a Rocked-!T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 – with his title challenge beginning at the opening round of the 2021 series, the Neil Howard Stages at the Oulton Park Circuit in Cheshire on Monday 31 May.

While Swansea City make plans for Wembley and a shot at promotion to the Premier League, things are a bit more low key at present for Cardiff Ciity. That’s not to say they are inactive, but Jack Price reckons home-grown talent, and its suitability for the Championship, is high on their agenda. Cardiff City have shown a willingness to get their transfer business done early this summer but it could well be players within their own back yard they eventually spend more time weighing up. Striker James Collins has already arrived from Luton Town and while cynics will argue his recruitment is a re-stock job before they sell Kieffer Moore, few would argue it’s cheaper to buy before sellers smell desperation.

Scarlets scrum-half Dane Blacker has been tipped to make his Wales debut this summer. The Pontypridd product is the Scarlets’ top try scorer this season and has made a major impression in Llanelli despite competing with current internationals Gareth Davies and Kieran Hardy for a place in the side. Interim Scarlets head coach Dai Flanagan believes Blacker a player Wayne Pivac should seriously consider for this summer’s Tests against Argentina (twice) and Canada at the Principality Stadium.

Neil Taylor believes Wales can galvanise the nation at Euro 2020 just like the team he played in five years ago – but insists there should be few expectations. Taylor was part of the Wales side which reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and returned from France as heroes with thousands of fans lining the streets of Cardiff to greet them. It was the first time Wales had qualified for a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup, but five years one – including a 12-month delay – Robert Page’s team are back at the European Championship finals again next month and line up in a group also featuring Italy, Switzerland and Turkey.

Wales Rugby League have named a 24-strong Women’s squad out of which they’ll select their 17 for the test match against England in Warrington on Friday June 25 (kick-off 6pm). Eleven players remain from the first ever squad in 2019 who went on to beat England Lions, with a further 11 of the 13 potential new caps coming from the elite athlete ID days that were held by WRL in both the north and south of Wales in April.

Chepstow 16-year-old Isabella Hopkins became one of the youngest ever Welsh Ladies Amateur Champions – before returning to school to finish her GCSE’s. Hopkins beat Welsh international Ffion Tynan 8&7 in the final at Wenvoe Castle, the pair regularly playing together for Gloucestershire where the two Welsh-based girls compete in their club golf.

Kevin Ellison looks more like Ming the Merciless than Roy of the Rovers, but appearances can be deceptive. Not even the old Roy himself could have written a script like the one currently being played out by the Newport County striker. Ellison compared himself to the dark character of the Harry Potter films, Lord Voldemort, when he signed for the club.