Wales have failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the women’s EuroHockey Championship II after being held to a 2-2 draw against Poland in Glasgow. Despite a late rally, which included a second equaliser from skipper Leah Wilkinson, Wales could not find the winner which they needed to take them through. It means Wilkinson and her team must settle for fifth to eighth placing matches in the tournament which is the second level of the three European field hockey championships organised by the European Hockey Federation.

Lauren Price will miss the EUBC Women’s European Boxing Championships in Madrid to focus on the World Championships. GB Boxing chiefs have decided not to consider the middleweight for selection given her recent busy schedule including winning European Games crown in Belarus.

The Backstedt sisters – Elynor and Zoe – were born to cycle. Easy for them, they just have to get on their bikes. Not so easy for their parents, Magnus and Megan, as they try to cope with the practical difficulties of helping the careers of two of Welsh cycling’s most promising youngsters. Owen Morgan found out how they do it.  Parents the length and breadth of Wales will understand the challenges of delivering sporting offspring to various training sessions and competitions on time. Number one child may need to be dropped off at gymnastics at 6pm, while number two child has to be at football a few miles up the road at exactly the same time.

Elfyn Evans will miss the next round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally Germany, as he continues to recover from an injury sustained on a non-championship event. The 30-year old M-Sport driver suffered a back injury following a heavy and awkward high-speed landing on the recent Rally Estonia. The injury forced him out of last weekend’s Rally Finland, and it will also put him out of the next round of the series as well, which takes place in Germany in a few weeks time.

The dress rehearsals ahead of the World Cup are primed and Robin Davey says a Wales squad with 14 wins behind them should want to keep the habit – even if it means some chopping and changing. It’s World Cup warm-up time and though the matches may be friendlies before the real thing gets under way next month, don’t tell that to the Wales or England camps. The outcome in Japan this autumn is what really counts, of course, but there is no such thing as a friendly when Wales and England get to grips with one another.

Harry Wilson has revealed he was inclined to join Bournemouth because of their reputation for attractive football. The Wales winger has moved from Liverpool on a season-long loan and will help fill the gap left by his Welsh teammate David Brooks, who is facing three months on the sidelines with the Cherries following an ankle operation.

New Swansea City striker Sam Surridge is hoping some of the stardust he picked up from rubbing shoulders with Jermain Defoe and Callum Wilson can be sprinkled at the Liberty Stadium. Surridge, 21, has completed a loan move from Bournemouth, where he was able view the England international strike pair at close quarters. The sixth player to arrive at the club this summer, Surridge will compete with Borja Baston and Courtney Baker-Richardson for the central striker’s role vacated by Oli McBurnie.

Cardiff Fire, who will play in National Ice Hockey League South One this season, have announced their first signing. Elis Sheppard returns for a fifth year with Fire, having won players player and coaches player of the season awards last time out. He joined Cardiff Fire from Slough in the club’s first year and his […]

British GT Championship racer Seb Morris is at home recovering today following a frightening conclusion to the penultimate round of the season at Brands Hatch where the JRM driver had to be dragged from his Bentley Continental after passing out behind the wheel. Ventilation issues, which meant the interior of the car filled with boiling-hot air throughout Morris’ stint in the second half of the two-hour race on Sunday, worryingly caused the Wrexham-born racer to begin to lose consciousness. With no relent from the Saharan-like air which billowed inside the No.31 car, a result of engine overheating from damage caused during an accident in the opening hour for team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr, Morris still somehow managed to take the Bentley GT3 to an unthinkable ninth place and he also achieved the fastest average stint time.

England are unlikely to bother with much homework on Wales before the two nations clash in Cardiff this weekend. That’s the view of England hooker Jamie George, who claims the attention of the red rose brigade will be too focussed on the World Cup itself, rather than Sunday’s Grand Slam-winning opponents at Twickenham on Sunday. “We have not looked too much at Wales yet,” said Saracens’ Lions front rower George.

Hayley Parsons has followed in the footsteps of Debra Williams in joining a Welsh regional rugby board as a non-executive director. Williams became the first woman to get involved at boardroom level with one of the four Welsh regions back in 2012 and came from a similar commercial background to Parsons, who has been announced as the latest recruit to the Cardiff Blues board. Williams, who was managing director of insurance company Confused.com, helped in a major financial turn-around at the Ospreys before standing down early in 2015. The Ospreys had posted an annual loss of £1.9m in 2012, but had reduced that to a mere £6,000 two years later.

Southampton 0, Cardiff City 5 The Bluebirds produced a five-star performance in their under-18 pre-season match against Southampton at Staplewood Campus. The Saints have one of the most acclaimed youth academies in Britain, but their under-18 team could not contain rampant Cardiff City. Isaak Davies (2), Joel Bagan, Ryan Kavanagh and Rubin Colwill were the […]

Welsh Commonwealth Games hurdler Caryl Granville showed she is running back into form in time for this month’s British Athletics Championships with two wins at Swansea Harriers’ UK Women’s Athletics Fixture in Wigan on Sunday. Granville, who was plagued by injuries for a year since competing for Wales at the Gold Coast Commonwealth in April 2018, claimed a hurdles double as the Harriers finished third in their final fixture of the 2019 UKWAL season. Granville won the 100m hurdles B race in 14.48 and clocked a season’s best time of 57.78 in the 400m hurdles A race as she helped the Harriers to a fifth placed finish in Division One.

You can’t keep a good coach down and it seems the only way is up for the former Dragons boss Paul Turner. Hot on the heels of steering Ampthill to the Division 1 title in England, and into the Championship for the first time in their history, he has just signed a new contract at the club he first joined seven years ago. Since joining the Bedfordshire minnows he has overseen three promotions and turned a community club into a fiercely ambitious rugby outfit.

Less than 24 hours after extending his own Welsh hammer record for the second time this season, Osian Jones went and did it again with a massive throw on Sunday. The Liverpool Harrier, who broke his own record at the Welsh Athletics International in Cardiff last month, had improved it once again in Portugal on Saturday afternoon with a throw of 72.19m. But competing at the same event on Sunday, he obliterated the new mark with a monster effort of 73.85 as he finished second to Windsor Slough and Eton’s Taylor Campbell.

Brecon Corries 4, Merthyr Town 3 The Martyrs suffered a second pre-season defeat in less than 24 hours, but player-manager Gavin Williams won’t be at all worried. Merthyr Town deserved far more than a 2-0 home defeat against Cymru Premier club Penybont at the MetCoaches Stadium and then Williams fielded a young team against Brecon […]

Archie Davies claimed his first senior title by winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in commanding fashion at Tenby golf club. Davies beat Aberdovey’s Connor Jones 8&7 in the final, describing it as the biggest win of his career as he prepares for a busy few weeks of competition before heading for college in the United States.

Rising Wales star Ffion Tynan was the best Under 16 at the English Girls’ Open Amateur Championship, with two Wales players in the top ten of the Under 18 event. Tynan, from Pontyclun, finished tied seventh overall, with Newport Links’ Cary Worby one shot further back tied ninth in a strong showing for the Wales pair.

Cardiff Devils have started their pre-season training camp and are three weeks away from their first competitive match. Devils players took to the ice for their first day of training camp this morning in preparation for the 2019-20 season. All the remaining players arrived safely over the weekend to join the rest of their teammates. […]

Wrexham are in the Vanarama National League promotion chase for the long-haul this season – and they will prove that over their next two fixtures. The Dragons will travel almost 1,000 miles to play Boreham Wood in Hertfordshire, a town 12 miles from Charing Cross, and then Dover in Kent. Manager Bryan Hughes and his […]