Welsh Wizards were rocked by selection problems for their Karakal Premier Squash League trip to play RAC away in Pall Mall, London. Cardiff-based Wizards were led by Egyptian Marwan ElShorbagy, while India’s Joshna Chinappa was their women’s number one. But a number of players, including Peter Creed, Emyr Evans and Tesni Evans were unavailable because […]

Dean Ryan insists there is plenty of untapped potential at the Dragons but has warned they won’t move forward without increased investment. Former Gloucester and Worcester boss Ryan was appointed director of rugby at Rodney Parade last summer following the sacking of his predecessor Bernard Jackman. The Dragons have more often than not been the poor relations to the other Welsh regions but Ryan is desperate to reverse that particular trend.

Belfast Giants 0, Cardiff Devils 1 Captain Joey Martin scored for Cardiff Devils in their hard-fought Challenge Cup quarter-final first leg win against Belfast Giants at the SSE Arena. Martin’s men produced an outstanding team performance and powered to a fifth successive win in Elite League and cup. Netminder Ben Bowns stopped 38 shots for […]

Members at The Royal Anglesey Yacht Club are celebrating becoming the only Welsh club among 10 finalists shortlisted for the UK boating club of the year. The annual RYA and Yachts and Yachting Club of the Year Award, supported by Gallagher, recognises the outstanding achievement of sailing clubs across the UK and promotes the hard work and dedication that goes into running a successful club. The Beaumaris-based club has been key in supporting the sailing of classic yachts, developing youth sailing on the North Wales coast as well as starting a successful rowing section.

Celtic Dragons have completed their squad for the 2020 Vitality Netball Superleague season which starts next February at Arena Birmingham. Lucy Howells and Laura Burton have returned to Dragons after playing last season, while coach Tania Hoffman has added Eleri Michael, Brittany Coleman and Eleri Michael. The five signings come from a variety of backgrounds […]

Neil Harris has promised Cardiff City fans his players can make amends for their first defeat under his management by shocking Leeds United on Saturday. The Bluebirds will be huge 9-1 outsiders at Elland Road after succumbing to a tame 2-1 loss at Brentford on Wednesday night. Goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Ollie Watkins had given Brentford a deserved lead. Cardiff launched a fightback when Marlon Pack’s pile-driver made it 2-1 on the hour, but they could not find an equaliser.

Stephen Leonard will follow in some illustrious Welsh footsteps when the Cambridge skipper leads out the Light Blues in the 138th Varsity Match at Twickenham today (Thurs). The former Llandovery College pupil has graduated into a back row regular at Grange Road and will win his third Blue at the home of English rugby, captaining a side that boasts 99 caps in the second row split between former Aussie James Horwill and Springbok giant Flip van der Merwe. A rugby player in his free time, Leonard’s day job as a PhD student is working on a project to try to find ways of fighting cancer. It is important work that will keep him at Cambridge until 2024.

Steve Cooper claimed referee Jeremy Simpson will be dropped three levels after making four big mistakes during Swansea City’ 1-1 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers. The Swans manager gave both barrels to the experienced 44-year-old official who sent off a player from either side as the Swans’ winless run was extended to six matches. As well as the two controversial dismissals, Cooper also felt Simpson had ignored a Swansea penalty claim for handball and got another call wrong when striker Sam Surridge was pushed in the penalty area.

Wales netball head into the New Year intent on ensuring ‘The Welsh Way’ develops into a powerful doctrine for the future. Australian coach Julie Hoornweg did a remarkable job in stabilising netball in Wales over the last couple of years – and her work mentoring assistant coaches Sara Hale and Jenna Culley ensured the national […]

More than 40 Welsh athletes have been named for various levels of funding and support to help them achieve their ambitions of competing at major global championships. Welsh Athletics have named 41 athletes on their Commonwealth Games funding programmes, including 20 young up and coming stars on their Commonwealth Games Futures programme. Meanwhile, endurance runners Dewi Griffiths and Melissa Courtney have been named on the British Athletics Olympic World Class programme. Rising stars Jeremiah Azu and James Tomlinson are named in the Olympic Futures Academy.

Swansea City captain Matt Grimes has urged the club’s fans to stick with their sliding team tonight (Wed), ahead of their home match against Blackburn Rovers. The Swans have dropped from top spot in the Championship to 11th place on the back of form that has brought just three victories in their last 15 matches. That sequence hit a new low point last Sunday when they were thrashed 5-1 at West Brom, the heaviest defeat of the season and a performance manager Steve Cooper branded “naïve”.

Joe Calzaghe was among a number of winners at the Wales Sport Awards at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport on Tuesday night. The former world champion boxer was presented with a lifetime achievement award for the unbeaten super-middleweight champion’s contribution and dedicated the trophy to his late father and trainer, Enzo. Calzaghe was handed the award by last year’s winner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson on an evening when Wales rugby captain Alun Wyn Jones was crowned BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2019.

Alun Wyn Jones insists he wants to play a leading role in “Wayne’s World” under new Wales coach Wayne Pivac. The current captain has revealed he spent three days inside the Wales camp talking with Pivac, even though he was not part of the squad for the recent match against the Barbarians, the New Zealander’s first in charge. After picking up the BBC Wales Cymru Sports Personality of the Year prize at the Wales Sport Awards, the 34-year-old Jones said he intends to target further Six Nations titles, a Lions tour in 2021 and possibly more beyond.

Cardiff City (u-18) 3, Ipswich Town (u-18) 0 Ntazana Mayembe (2) and Isaak Davies led Cardiff City to a resounding three-goal Professional under-18 Development League victory against Ipswich Town. The two clubs now meet again in the FA Youth Cup third round at Cardiff City Stadium thius Saturday (December 14, 3pm). Coach Matthew Bloxham and […]

Merthyr Town have been denied the chance to bounce straight back from their 2-1 defeat at Hendon FC after their scheduled fixture at Truro City this evening was postponed. The BetVictor Southern League fixture at Treyew Road in Cornwall was called off because of a waterlogged pitch. Home club Truro held a pitch inspection at […]

As Mike Ruddock continues his temporary overseeing role at the Ospreys, the former Wales coach represents that rare thing in European rugby these days – a Welshman still involved at the top level. Peter Jackson offers a reminder that it wasn’t always like this. There was a time, believe it or not, when Wales pioneered the science of coaching on a global scale, when the world beat a path to Cardiff Arms Park. There they listened to the gospel preached by a former schoolteacher who claimed to be the amateur game’s first professional coach, the late Ray Williams.

Amy Evans has retired from Test rugby with Wales women to focus on work and family commitments. The 29-year-old, who also represented her country at weightlifting, won 35 caps after making her debut in the famous win against England in 2015. Evans, last season’s Ospreys Women player of the year, owns a gym in Aberdare and recently became engaged.

Danny Ward believes super-slim Lee Tomlin can give Cardiff City extra helpings of goals to fuel the club’s December surge. The Bluebirds visits Brentford on Tuesday night with Tomlin having helped inspire his team to move to the fringes of the Championship promotion race. Tomlin lost almost two stones in weight in an effort to convince former manager Neil Warnock he was worthy of more than odd treats of opportunity.

Head coach Andrew Lord and his Cardiff Devils head for Northern Ireland intent on an ice hockey revenge mission. Belfast Giants and Devils, the most successful Elite League Challenge Cup clubs over the last five seasons, clash in a quarter-final to be decided over two legs. The  have lifted the trophy twice each with Nottingham […]

A sackful of outstanding performances were delivered at this year’s Cardiff Metropolitan University Christmas Classic. The traditional annual curtain raiser to the Welsh indoor season saw a number of personal bests and thrilling competitions against a backdrop of Christmas tunes and officials in festive fancy dress. Perhaps the performance of the day was Owain Lloyd-Hughes’ blistering personal best in the 60m. The Neath Harrier shattered his previous best of 7.04 when he clocked 6.76 in the heats on Sunday – making him the third fastest Welshman indoors this year behind Jeremiah Azu and Kristian Jones.