By David Williams While Welsh rugby struggles to stay afloat playing in front of empty stadia, New Zealand will face Australia this weekend with a crowd of 47,000 expected at Eden Park. The WRU this week predicted it could potentially lose £35m of income should if all autumn and Six Nations matches were played behind […]

Jay Harris steps back into the ring on Sunday night for the first time since his valiant world title challenge earlier this year. The Swansea flyweight is hoping a successful defence of his Commonwealth title against Marcel Braithwaite in Wakefield will lead to another crack at a global crown. Harris won widespread praise for his performance in defeat against WBC champion Julio Cesar Martinez back in February.

Young Welsh athletes are being invited to apply for funding under the annual Ron Pickering Memorial Fund Grants.The annual grants were launched in 1992 in memory of the legendary athletics coach and broadcaster, who was a national Welsh coach and guided long jumper Lynn Davies to Wales’ only individual track and field Olympic gold medal.

It could be the grudge match to end all grudge matches – reigning champions Connah’s Quay Nomads against the team that had won the title for the previous eight years, The New Saints. Add in the fact the two clubs are currently unbeaten at the top of the JD Cymru Premier League and the importance of tonight’s clash at Park Hall becomes obvious. But also in the equation is the difficult summer over lockdown that saw the Saints take the Football Association of Wales to the High Court to battle against the governing body’s decision to award the Nomads the title due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gerwyn Price continued his astonishing run of form as he lifted the Boyle Sports World Grand Prix title for the first time. The 35-year-old beat Dutch darter Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-2 to at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena.

By David Williams Welsh preparations for their re-scheduled Women’s Six Nations clash with Scotland on November 1 have been dashed by a positive test for coronavirus at Bristol bears. There are 11 members of the Wales Squad on the books at Bristol and a number of them are among the 19 players who have been […]

Ryan Giggs says Kieffer Moore must wise up to European referees after being banned from Wales’ Nations League game in Bulgaria. Moore was ruled out of Wednesday’s Group B4 tie in Sofia after picking up his second booking of the competition during the 0-0 draw against the Republic of Ireland on Sunday. The 6ft 5in Cardiff targetman was cautioned by Greek referee Anastasios Sidiropoulos for leading with the arm in an aerial challenge which led to Republic defender Kevin Long being forced off with a badly swollen eye.

Gerwyn Price saw his big-match experience will be vital as he faces Dutch outsider Dirk van Duijvenbode in the Boyle Sports World Grand Prix final on Monday. The 35-year-old is 9/2 on to beat the office worker who started the tournament as a 200/1 outsider.

Hollywood stars Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds are hoping Wrexham can move joint top of National League this evening – and they are able to watch live on BT Sport. The pals, who are behind a proposed club takeover bid, can tune in from North America to watch the Dragons’ play bottom of the table Maidenhead United at the Racecourse (7.45pm). Wrexham can join leaders Hartlepool United and second-placed Sutton United on nine points with manager Dean Keates  hopeful they can put on a show for the club’s famous new fans.

Mike Flynn has revealed he would have called for Newport County’s weekend match at Cambridge United to have been called off were it not for the coronavirus pandemic. A first defeat of the League Two season for the Exiles came at Abbey Stadium and in awful conditions with torrential rain arriving in the first half. It soaked the pitch and caused the start of the second period to be delayed, before County eventually lost 2-1.

Cardiff City and Swansea City could be among the last clubs to receive parachute payments if radical plans to overhaul football go ahead. Both Welsh clubs received staggered payments of between £75m and £90m to help soften the blow following relegation for the Premier League. But those would be scrapped under new plans and replaced with a 25% future annual share of Premier League revenue across the EFL clubs.

By Rob Cole Nicky Smith has eaten his way back into the Welsh squad by piling on the pounds in a bid to make it back onto the international stage by being bigger, better and stronger. Dropped by new Wales coach Wayne Pivac after winning his 35thcap in the World Cup Bronze Final last year, […]

Celtic Dragons have re-signed mid-courter Shona O’Dwyer for the 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague Season. O’Dwyer joined from Severn Stars for last season but saw her maiden campaign halted by the league’s suspension due to COVID-19.

Gerwyn Pris survived three match darts to win a seven set semi-final thriller at the Boyle Sports World Grand Prix in Coventry. The 35-year-old’s victory over Dave Chisnall kept him on course for the £110,000 winner’s cheque that would take him to No 2 in the world.

Ryan Giggs has admitted his Wales team must step on the gas if they are to break down international sides as hard-edged as the Republic of Ireland. The Wales manager was disappointed with the pedestrian football that made for a drab 0-0 draw in Dublin in their Nations League clash. Ireland’s 10-man coronavirus-hit side refused to yield late on after Stoke winger James McClean was sent off in the closing stages at the Aviva Stadium.

Joel Makin and Tesni Evans are both out of the Egyptian Open in Cairo. The duo made second-round exits – both had byes in the first round – on Sunday in the tournament played in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

John Mulvihill believes his Cardiff Blues team can make Rodney Parade a home from home as they began their tenancy with a victory over Connacht. The head coach saw the Blues make it two wins from two in the Guinness Pro14 with a 29-7 bonus point win at their temporary new home. With the Cardiff Arms Park surface in need of replacing after damage caused by its support use for the Principality Stadium’s Dragon’s Heart hospital next door, the Blues have re-located to a ground where the surface has often been criticised.

Elfyn Evans saw his lead in the World Rally Championship reduced after finishing fourth in Sardinia. The 31-year-old was always at playing catch-up after being first on the road on the opening day.

Anna Hursey claimed a superb bronze medal at the ETTU Europe Youth Top 10 event in Berlin. The Cardiff-schoolgirl lost just two of her nine matches in Germany in her first tournament since table tennis was suspended by COVID-19.

Wales’ clash with the Republic of Ireland has been hit by more problems with the news that five Irish players have been ruled out after one of them tested positive for coronavirus. The Football Association of Ireland have confirmed one unnamed player tested positive on Friday following the squad’s return from Slovakia after a negative test on Monday, and four others deemed to be close contacts on Saturday night – understood to be John Egan, Callum Robinson, Callum O’Dowda and Alan Browne – have since been stood down.