The Old Forge Garage Mewla Rally will host the opening round of the revised Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, taking place over the famous rollercoaster roads of the Epynt military range on Sunday 29 August.

Mick McCarthy has told his Cardiff City players the derby win at Swansea City will mean nothing if they do not back it up against Nottingham Forest. The Bluebirds go into the Good Friday clash at the CCS eighth in the Championship but just four points off sixth-placed Reading.

Former fund manager Ashton Bradbury is taking over as the new chairman of Wales Golf, hoping to be able to build the sport in a time of change. A specialist investor in small and medium sized businesses, working for various asset management companies over a 25 year career, Bradbury takes over from Dr Val Franklin in a period when clubs around Wales have only recently re-opened after the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

Welsh weightlifter Hannah Powell should have been in Moscow this month for the European Championships as the next stage towards a medal mission at next year’s Commonwealth Games. Instead, she’s still in Bangor, but her coach says good things come to those who wait – especially in weightlifting – as he tells Graham Thomas. Hannah Powell is still on course for the podium at next year’s Commonwealth Games, despite more obstacles she will have to lift from her path. Wales’ national weightlifting coach Ray Williams is convinced British record holder Powell can make the medal ceremony in Birmingham next year, even though some of the stepping stones have been removed.

By David Williams Olympian Jasmine Joyce is helping raise standards in the Wales Women’s team that open their Six Nations campaign this weekend, according to coach Warren Abrahams. Joyce – who was a star of the Great Britain Sevens side at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro – has been training with the current […]

Robert Page was never one of the big stars of the Wales team when he was a player. But he did his job, backing up the leading lights. Now, as the caretaker Wales manager, his understated style is proving successful again – enough for Fraser Watson to wonder if the return of Ryan Giggs for the Euro finals would be a step forward or a retreat. “Put your tin hat on, dig a trench, and rise to the challenge.” Those were the words of Robert Page, Wales’ caretaker manager after the vital 1-0 win over the Czech Republic the other night.

An extra European qualifying place will be awarded to the JD Cymru Premier this season following today’s cancellation of the JD Welsh Cup. An announcement from the FAW confirmed that the current coronavirus crisis had made it impossible to make the Welsh Cup viable for a second successive season. The National Cup Board (NCB) have […]

Welsh Rugby Union chairman Rob Butcher admits he cannot be sure if the country’s bedrock playing population will come back to the game once lockdown is lifted. With coronavirus cases falling throughout Wales, the WRU last week published a series of steps for community rugby to gradually return to action. The pathway back to participation showed plans for all teams to return to modified contact training by May 1, although there are real fears large numbers may have already been lost from the game.

New Wales manager Gemma Grainger has handed a first call up to Reading defender Bethan Roberts in an otherwise familiar looking squad for matches against Canada and Denmark. Grainger – who replaced Jayne Ludlow earlier this month – has included Roberts in a 26-woman squad, selected with help from the previous coaching regime. Roberts earns her first senior call-up, while Liverpool striker Ceri Holland receives her debut full call-up after joining the squad halfway through last month’s training camp.

Gareth Bale praised Wales’ “heart and desire” after Daniel James’ late header gave them a 1-0 World Cup qualifying victory over the Czech Republic in Cardiff. James headed home Bale’s cross nine minutes from time to get Wales’ campaign up and running after their opening defeat in Belgium last week. Both sides had been reduced to 10 men following separate second-half incidents – Patrik Schick for the Czech Republic and Wales wing-back Connor Roberts.

If you’ve been missing the crack of the starter’s pistol, here’s some good news. Regular competitive athletics is on its way back to Wales this spring and summer.

Gareth Bale has admitted his international career could be drawing to a close, with the current World Cup qualifying campaign possibly his last in a Wales shirt. Wales play the Czech Republic in Cardiff this evening, seeking their first points in Group E after an opening defeat to Belgium. Caretaker manager Rob Page’s team still have the delayed Euro 2020 to look forward to, starting in June, but Tottenham’s Wales captain will be 33 by the time of the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar.

Penybont’s weekend draw with Aberystwyth Town leaves them as one of three sides competing for the two-remaining places in the JD Cymru Premier top-six, but manager Rhys Griffiths insists his team will not take anything for granted going into their final Phase 1 game against Haverfordwest County. Penybont, along with Caernarfon Town and Haverfordwest, are […]

The countdown to the new cricket season has begun and for Glamorgan that means two warm-up games – against Cardiff UCCE and then Somerset – before the County Championship gets underway against Yorkshire at Headingley on April 8. Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie’s chance to return to Glamorgan was an opportunity to seize, as he told Fraser Watson. For Andrew Balbirnie, a huge year lies ahead. But the current Irish captain wasn’t prepared to sit around and wait for things happen.

Wales Under-18’s missed a penalty before losing 2-0 to bitter rivals England at Leckwith Stadium on Monday afternoon. The Welsh side included captain Keelan Williams – brother of Liverpool and Wales senior defender Neco. Charlie Savage – son of former midfielder Robbie – also started the game.

Dean Ryan believes the Dragons are making timely progress ahead of their European Challenge Cup last-16 tie at home to Northampton Saints. The Dragons completed their Guinness Pro14 campaign with a 24-17 victory over Edinburgh at the Principality Stadium at the weekend. It was not enough to give them qualification for next season’s Heineken Champions Cup – a 45-point winning margin always looked a stretch – but it means they have finished the league with six victories in 16 games.

The racist abuse directed at Wales pair Rabbi Matondo and Ben Cabango has resulted in Instgram accounts being closed down, Facebook have claimed. Wales winger Matondo criticised Instagram after he and his teammate were racially abused online following the friendly win against Mexico. The Stoke loanee Matondo and the Swansea defender Cabango started in Wales’s 1-0 victory at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday night.

Geraint Thomas claimed his best finish of the season with third place at the Volta a Catalunya. The Cardiff-born ace was part of an historic clean sweep of the podium by Ineos Grenadiers.

The Ospreys are weighing up a move to sign top Crusaders loose forward Sione Havili ahead of next season. The potential signing of Havili from Super Rugby would be a significant coup for the Ospreys, with the 23-year-old Tongan-born player able to play both blindside flanker and No 8. Havili has a reputation as an explosive ball carrier, with an abrasive edge in defence which is what the Ospreys have lacked at times this season.

Wales have demanded St Pauli release defender James Lawrence for their World Cup qualifier with the Czech Republic – and say they have the support of the German Football Association and FIFA over the issue. Lawrence played in Wales’ opening 2022 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday, the 3-1 defeat to Belgium in Leuven. But the 28-year-old then returned to Hamburg as local Covid-19 quarantine regulations in Germany prevented him from travelling to the UK.