Jake Heyward will be among more than 50 young Welsh athletes travelling to Bedford this weekend – with many on the hunt for qualification to this summer’s under-20 and under-23 European Championships. The England Athletics Under-20/Under-23 Championships and European Trials will be the last chance to claim selection for next month’s Euros in Sweden. The European Athletics U23 Championships will be staged in Gavle, between July 11-14 and the European Athletics U20 Championships in Boras, from July 18 to 21.

Craig Bellamy’s arrival at Anderlecht can help the Belgian club recover their status, claims their sports director Michael Verschueren. The former Wales striker has signed a three-year deal to become the club’s under-21s coach – despite an ongoing investigation into bullying allegations at Cardiff City. The move reunites Bellamy with his former Manchester City teammate Vincent Kompany, who left the Etihad Stadium last month to become player-manager at Anderlecht.

The first of back-to-back fixtures likely to decide the destination of the British American Football Association Division Two South West title takes place this weekend. The South Wales Warriors travel to Paignton to put their 5-0 record on the line against the equally perfect Torbay Trojans.  The victors of Sunday’s clash (2pm) will hold the advantage ready for the rematch a fortnight later at the Warriors’ Llanharan home. 

Adam Roscrow insists he has made the right move in leaving Welsh Premier League club Cardiff Met to join League One outfit AFC Wimbledon. The 24-year-old has moved on a two-year deal after firing the Archers to the Nathaniel MG Cup final and into Europe last season. It means he will miss out on the club’s Europa League adventure when they head to Luxembourg to play in the first leg of the preliminary round against FC Progres Niederkorn on Thursday.

Merthyr Town have signed two former Cardiff City players in their quest for promotion from the EvoStik Southern League Premier. Lively winger Jamie Bird and goalkeeper Cameron Clarke are the latest new boys who have committed to the Martyrs for 2019-20. Manager Gavin Williams has strengthened his squad with five new signings with Bird and […]

Wales 5 Thailand 0  Skipper Leah Wilkinson struck twice as wales Women beat Thailand to maintain their unbeaten record in the FIH Series finals in Valencia. Sophie Robinson, Tash Marke-Jones and Xenna Hughes also all found the net as coach Kevin Johnson’s side followed up their deserved draw with South Africa in their opening game.

Former European Junior Champion Nathan Lake, from Gloucestershire, was top seed for a World ranking squash tournament in South Wales this weekend. Cheltenham-born Lake, a 26-year-old who plays out of the East Glos club, has been drawn against Liam Eason in the first round. Eason, aged 21 and from the Rhondda, is intent on working […]

Wales Students head coach Paul Emanuelli has called up George Edge for the Four Nations tournament that opens this Sunday at Edinburgh University. The Warwick University player replaces full-back Rhys Gant who has pulled out after suffering concussion in a recent club match with Valley Cougars.

Drew Schiestel, an Elite League play-offs winner with Cardiff Devils last season, will be combining ice hockey action with university studies in 2019-20. The two-way defenceman will not be back with Devils’, having signed for Elite rivals Coventry Blaze and will also attend Coventry University Business School. “I’m extremely grateful to have the chance to […]

Mansfield are first visitors to Newport County on the opening day of 2019-20 in a repeat of the Sky Bet League Two play-off semi-final first leg from last season. That fixture is at Rodney Parade on Saturday, August 3 (3pm). County’s final game of the season will be against Northampton Town at home on Saturday, […]

The Swans and the Bluebirds meet for the first time in five years in the opening Welsh derby of the Championship season at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, October 26. The return fixture in Cardiff is set for Saturday, January 11 though either could be moved for television purposes. New manager Steve Cooper will lead […]

Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds have been handed a tough start for their return to Championship football. They start 2019-20 at Wigan Athletic and will then welcome newly-promoted Luton Town to Cardiff City Stadium a week later. “The way the fixtures have fallen the first half of the season is the most difficult,” said Warnock. “If we […]

By Alex Donald Matt Clowes and Tracy Barlow will defend their titles at the JCP Swansea Half Marathon on Sunday. They will both return to the popular mid-summer race that was acknowledged as the Uk’s best Half Marathon in 2017 and 2018 at the Running Awards. Clowes is a regular racer who has become a stalwart […]

Steve Cooper admits it was a crowded room when he sat down to be interviewed for the Swansea City job. There was recently appointed chairman Trevor Birch, club president and all-round legend Alan Curtis, new consultant Leon Britton, and a rather large elephant which Cooper says he needed to get rid of. “The elephant in the room was the fact that this would be my first senior job and that I’d not worked before with senior players,” says the Welshman who left the English FA and a comfortable and successful job with England U17s.

Evan Hoyt has been given a wildcard into Wimbledon men’s singles qualifying for the first time. The Welsh number one has been given entry to play in next week’s event at Roehampton from where he could make the All England Championships for the first time as a senior. Hoyt has already expressed his ambition to make Wimbledon this summer on the back of his rising world ranking. After overcoming long-term injury issues, the Llanelli-born player – whose world ranking rose to 414 at the start of this summer – had set his sights on emulating his achievements as a junior.

World Championship motor sport is coming to Liverpool with confirmation that this autumn’s Wales Rally GB (3-6 October) will set off from the city’s historic Waterfront. It’s the first time Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship has started outside Wales since 1999 and never before in 74 previous editions has Liverpool had the honour of hosting the event’s ‘grand depart’ Ceremonial Start.

Wales Women 2 South Africa 2 Skipper Leah Wilkinson bagged a well-deserved equaliser as Wales opened their FIH Series Finals in Valencia with a draw against higher ranked South Africa – and they came so close to a famous win. Coach Kevin Johnson’s side went into the game ranked 27 in the world and were without Sarah Jones who is on GB duty in the Pro-league series.

Welshman Jack Compton is back in Barry – and this time he won’t be working at Gavin and Stacey’s waterfront cafe. Barry-born Compton has signed for JD Sports Welsh Premier League club Barry Town United. He is a second new summer signing for manager Gavin Chesterfield following the arrival of Carmarthen Town defender Luke Cummings. […]

The Ospreys will have to plunge straight into a pool of death next season as they re-enter the Heineken Champions Cup. The Swansea region – who are back in the top tier tournament – have been drawn in pool that appears about as tough as it can get as they must play holders Saracens, last season’s semi-finals Munster, and top French club Racing 92. Ospreys head coach Allen Clarke said: “Everyone knows we are up against some serious contenders there.

Geraint Thomas has started his recovery after what a team-mate described as a ‘really scary’ crash at the Tour de Suisse. Wales’ Tour de France champ escaped relatively unscathed after hitting the road on stage four and being taken to hospital.