Wales have named their team for the Netball Europe Under-17 championships to be held in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent next month. The Welsh players are intent on more success after winning a silver medal at the 2019 European event at this age level. England, the 2019 winners, are among the teams competing at Ebbw Vale […]

Welshman Jonathan Phillips has been named Great Britain captain ahead of their opening match at the ice hockey Olympic qualifying tournament in Nottingham. Former Cardiff Devils forward Phillips continues to wear the ‘C’ with regular assistant, Devils’ Mark Richardson an assistant captain alongside him. GB’s second assistant captain is Robert Farmer, who picks up the […]

Wales coach Wayne Pivac has admitted Nick Tompkins’ impact has elbowed wing Johnny McNicholl out of the team to face Ireland. Saracens centre Tompkins will make his first Test start in Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash in Dublin. Tompkins, who delivered a try-scoring debut off the bench when Wales beat Italy 42-0 five days ago, partners Hadleigh Parkes in midfield.

Did you know that Ayrton Senna still holds the lap record at the Welsh Motorsports Centre? It’s just one of the hidden historical motorsport gems that the Pembrey circuit will be celebrating this year, as it marks its 30th Anniversary as a fully operational motor racing track. The three time Formula 1 world champion, who is regarded as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, set the unbeaten 44.43 second fastest lap record in a McLaren during testing in 1988 – shortly before winning his first world title. “The surface at the circuit is very smooth,” said Senna at the time. “It’s a high-grip surface which is nice to drive. It’s quite twisty, so it’s demanding. You have to put in a lot of effort, with physical and mental concentration, all the time. It’s a short lap, but for testing it’s a good circuit.”

Wales’ trio of world class amateur boxers are all safely on the first stage of their road to this year’s Tokyo Olympic. Recently crowned world champion Lauren Price, Rosie Eccles and Sammy Lee have all made the Great Britain team for the Tokyo Olympic qualifier at the Copper Box in London in five weeks’ time. It means Wales will have three fighters in the group of eight men and five women who will carry the fight for GB. They will be part of more than 350 boxers from over 40 countries who will compete for 77 places at Tokyo 2020 at the qualifiers from March 14-24.

Wales go to Dublin on Saturday to face Ireland in round two of the Six Nations and the second meaningful match for their new coach, Wayne Pivac. He’s made a decent start, but Geraint Powell assesses the extent to which one coach can leave his imprint and how long it might take. The Wayne Pivac era began in earnest on Saturday, with a comfortable home 42-0 shut out of a poor Italian side that can no longer even has a customary rearguard action from Sergio Parisse. Yes, there was a match against the Barbarians in November, but such a match is usually a far cry from tournament Test rugby and, if truth be told, it was more of a send-off for Warren Gatland after his 12 years and three World Cup cycles at the helm of the Welsh national side.

It’s been a difficult season for player-manager Gavin Williams and his Merthyr Town team this season, but they are showing there is plenty of character and spirit at the MetCoaches Stadium. Money for the player budget is tight, although the club is financially stable, and rival teams are able to splash out far more on […]

Rising Liverpool star Neco Williams believes the form that has put him on the radar of Ryan Giggs and Wales stems from the sky high standards he faces just to get a game at club level. The Wales Under 18 international has been part of the first-team training set up on and off for the last 18 months or so and being close-up and personal with fellow right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has helped him develop his game. Williams, still only, 18 was man of the match in Tuesday night’s 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round replay win over League One Shrewsbury, achieved by a team with an average age of 19 years and 102 days.

Newport County took a century to make their first competitive visit to Wembley Stadium, but now they are within reach of a fifth appearance in eight years. Scott Bennett’s first half winner earned Newport a 1-0 win against Leicester City’s under-21 team a place in the leasing.com Trophy semi-finals against Salford City at home. Portsmouth […]

Ireland and Lions prop Cian Healy insists revenge will not be the motivation when Wales visit Dublin on Saturday. The Leinster forward was part of the bedraggled Irish side who succumbed 25-7 to Wales in last season’s Six Nations, but is adamant that recent history plays no part in his desire to make amends. Ireland started their new era under Andy Farrell with a slightly tentative 19-12 victory over Scotland and now face a Wayne Pivac-refreshed Wales who thumped Italy 42-0.

Cardiff City manager Neil Harris has told his players: “The FA Cup is finished – let’s go for Championship success.” Harris was bitterly disappointed that his team lost 4-1 on penalties against Reading in last night’s FA Cup fourth round replay after the sides had finished locked at 3-3 after extra time. The Bluebirds – […]

Wrexham are still looking to strengthen their squad even though the January transfer window has closed. Manager Dean Keates signed five players in January – Davis Keillor-Dunn, Dan Jarvis, Jordan Ponticelli, Jay Harris, Jordon Thompson – but the Dragons are keen to add more talent. “We are delighted as a football club,” said Keates. “I […]

Tesni Evans has seen her hopes of winning a hat-trick of British titles ended by an ankle injury. Wales’s world No 9 has been forced to pull out of next week’s championships in Nottingham due to the injury she suffered at the Tournament of Champions in New York last month. Evans was seeded two for the event at the University of Nottingham Sport.

Cardiff City U18s led twice against hosts Bristol City at the SGS Wise Campus, but they eventually went down to a 3-2 defeat following a last minute winner. Midfield player Ryan Kavanagh, a former pupil at Cardiff’s Mary Immaculate School, scored both goals for Cardiff City. ‘Kavs’, a dynamic, athletic box-to-box player, shone for Cardiff […]

Merthyr Town are on their way to Dorset for Tuesday’s BetVictor Southern Premier fixture against Poole Town. The Martyrs are keen to bounce back after slipping to a 2-1 defeat against Metropolitan Police at the MetCoaches Stadium. Player-manager Gavin Williams and his team suffered during January with three players moving on – Kyle Patten to […]

Kevin Nugent’s Lions proved too strong for the young Bluebirds in their Professional under-23 Development League match at Calmont Road in London – as Cardiff City U23s lost 3-0 at Millwall. George Alexander, the 19-year-old son of former Millwall striker Gary, scored two second half goals to clinch Millwall’s victory and extend their unbeaten run […]

Meirion Evans got his 2020 Irish Tarmac Championship campaign off to an excellent start with a solid fourth place finish on the opening round of the series, the Galway International Rally. Having driven both a Škoda Fabia R5 and Hyundai i20 R5 in 2019, this was the Lampeter driver’s first event in a new Volkswagen Polo R5 – which, like the cars before it, is run by the family’s hugely successful Llanwrda-based rally preparations business, Melvyn Evans Motorsport. Co-driven by Colwyn Bay-born Jonathan Jackson, Evans looked immediately at home in the Polo R5 and was quick out of the blocks in the wet and extremely slippery conditions, setting third fastest time on the opening stage. A loss of power at the start on SS2 cost him over 20 seconds, but he pressed on and set his first fastest time in the car on SS7.

Six Welsh para athletes have been named as part of British Athletics World Class Programme for 2020. Hollie Arnold, Olivia Breen, Aled Davies, Sabrina Fortune, Kyron Duke and Harri Jenkins all returned from last year’s World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai with medals. They are joined by 22 other athletes, including Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock, to be named as part of the Paralympic Podium group.

Neil Harris will send out a much-changed Cardiff City side to face Reading tonight, but insists he still values the FA Cup. On a night when Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp have left their kids at home to take on Shrewsbury in their fourth round replay, Bluebirds boss Harris is also planning to rest a number of players. Harris is in the middle of a spell of four matches in 12 days as the Royals return to Cardiff where they drew 1-1 last Friday.

Wales Women backs coach Gareth Wyatt insists his team will fix their problems in time for this weekend’s round two Six Nations trip to Ireland. Wales were beaten 19-15 by Italy at Cardiff Arms last weekend, where centre Hannah Jones and hooker Kelsey Jones both scored tries and fly-half Robyn Wilkins kicked a conversion and a penalty. Italy came back to edge the encounter and scored three tries in the process through Melissa Bettoni, Sofia Stefan and Maria Magatti.