Charlie Hulson has spoken of his bitter disappointment at having to withdraw from next Friday’s Olympic Marathon Trial in London. The Welshman was targeting the Olympic qualifying time and a place on the plane to Tokyo as part of the Great Britain squad. But a serious stress fracture suffered while training following his 2:13.34 personal best at the Virgin Money London Elite Marathon last October, meant he has been forced to pull out.

Andrew Martin . . .  Know the name? It’s not one that automatically springs to mind when discussing the success of Welsh rugby in recent times, but he’s played as big a part as anyone in delivering the team to so many highlights. In order to be successful in sport, you need everything in place and everything has to be pin-point accurate.

Matt Grimes insists Swansea City are ready to pen the great unwritten chapter in Welsh derby history. Famously, neither Swansea nor Cardiff City have ever managed a league double over the other in the same season. That’s a sequence of evenhandedness that goes all the way back to the first south Wales derby in the old Division Two of the 1929/30 season. Today, at the Liberty Stadium, will be their 60th league meeting.

Liam Williams believes Wales are good enough to create history this evening. The full-back will help his country earn a fifth Grand Slam of the Six Nations era – more than any other nation – if they beat France in Paris. After the Warren Gatland era ended, Wales suffered their worst tournament campaign since 2007, finishing fifth in last year’s 2020 competition under new coach Wayne Pivac.

The Cardiff Devils have been granted automatic qualification into the 2021/22 Champions Hockey League on the fourth anniversary of winning their first Elite League title. Entry to the Champions Hockey League (CHL) is granted to the winners of the previous season’s Elite League champions. The decision to award the Cardiff Devils a place in next […]

Cardiff City manager Mick McCarthy has praised the work Steve Cooper has done at Swansea City – but that’s the only compliment he will dish out before the South Wales derby. The Bluebirds chief says Cooper has done a great job to have the Swans challenging for promotion again after the heartache after last season’s play-offs heartache.

Alun Wyn Jones will become the first player ever to win four Grand Slams if Wales beat France on Saturday night. Gareth Edwards managed three. So, the question is, does that now make AWJ the greatest Welsh rugby player of all time? Steffan Thomas thinks so. Welsh rugby folklore is still dominated by the achievements of the great Wales sides of the 1970s who played starring roles in the most successful British & Irish Lions touring parties of all time. Every era in every sport is dominated by world class athletes, but there are those who occasionally reach god-like status which merits statues and roads named after them.

A host of Welsh sporting legends have paid tribute to former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies in a special television programme to be shown this week. Davies passed away on February 10, aged 72, after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. Born and bred in Glanaman before later settling in Llangollen in later life, Davies was husband to Judy, father to Gareth, Rhian and Bethan, and a grandfather to 12 grandchildren.

There will be more than just a Six Nations title and Grand Slam at stake when Wales face France in Paris on Saturday night. For the Welsh players, there are reputations to be made, or broken, as Lions selections this summer, says Harri Morgan. “At the death zone, continue straight on Summit Street for 849m.” The directions a Himalayan adventurer must follow, if they are to achieve the selfie at the top of the hill.

Reigning European Taekwondo champions Jade Jones and Lauren Williams will defend their titles in Bulgaria in April. The Welsh duo have been named in a 15-strong squad for the first of three major tournament’s this year in Sofia (8-11 April).

Gemma Grainger has been appointed manager of the Wales women’s team on a four-year contract. Grainger spent 11 years working with the England women’s age group set-up as head coach of teams from under-15 to under-23 level. She succeeds former manager Jayne Ludlow, who left the position in January after more than six years at the helm.

Shaun Edwards was once the builder of the original red wall. But tomorrow he hopes it’s smashed to pieces, having handed the sledgehammer to Gael Fickou. It’s not the first time Edwards has put his faith in the French centre, as Graham Thomas reports. Shaun Edwards’ defensive general is determined to command a French resistance force which can deny Wales the Grand Slam in Paris on Saturday night. Gael Fickou was famously pinpointed by Edwards as the future of French rugby nine years ago.

Wayne Pivac believes his side’s “painful” autumn helped plants the seeds for what could blossom into a glorious Grand Slam Six Nations for Wales. Going into the final round of the tiurnament, Wales are four from four and a win against France in Paris on Saturday night will secure a fifth Six Nations Grand Slam since 2005. In particular, head coach Pivac has been delighted with the improved set piece.

Andre Ayew won’t miss any Swansea City matches when the Championship resumes after the international window, insists head coach Steve Cooper. The Ghana skipper is due to head to the Cape Coast after Saturday’s crucial Welsh derby against Cardiff City at the Liberty Stadium, to lead his team into a massive qualifying match against South Africa in the Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana have three fixtures lined-up in the international window, two of which will conclude their qualifying campaign.

The JD Cymru North and JD Cymru South – which form the second tier of men’s domestic football in Wales – have had the 2020/21 officially cancelled, following an announcement from the FAW last night. Under Welsh Government restrictions, neither league had been able to start the season and had been preparing for a reduced […]

Wayne Pivac believes Wales’ experience will prove the vital difference in their Six Nations finale against a strong France side in Paris. Wales will field the most experienced starting XV in their history with 987 international caps, with 14 of the starting line-up having won Grand Slams in the past. A sixth Six Nations crown and fifth Grand Slam will be secured if they beat solitary title rivals France on Saturday night and Pivac is confident his experienced players will come to the fore.

Wales’s No 1 badminton player Jordan hart is relishing next week’s Polish Open after being buoyed by her performance at the All England Championships. The 26-year-old from Haverfordwest played above her ranking to take a game off world No 16 Zhang Beiwen of the USA.

Joe Ledley has revealed he has returned to Newport County to repay a debt. The former Wales midfielder has joined the League Two club for the rest of the season after using the club as a training base a year ago before a spell playing in Australia. Now, the 34-year-old has signed for County in a bid to help them achieve success in their topsy-turvy promotion campaign that currently sees them occupying a play-off spot.

It is half a century since Wales last won a Grand Slam on a foreign field. It was a day they overcame a France team that contained Pierre Villepreux. His influence will need overcoming again on Saturday, if Wales are to repeat their triumph in Paris, says Tomas Marks. For any player, to beat the opposition on their own turf has that added satisfaction. While Welsh supporters have been able to celebrate a number of Grand Slams in recent years, each of those final Six Nations games has been in Cardiff.

The New Saints are considering appointing Chris Coleman as their next manager, Dai Sport understands. The former Wales manager – who led his country to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 – has emerged has a shock candidate to replace Scott Ruscoe, who left the club earlier this month. Coleman is understood to be interested in The New Saints vacancy, in what would be his first role back in football since leaving China in May 2019.