Justin Tipuric believes the Ospreys’ successful battle to make European rugby’s elite underlines the character in their squad. The Wales flanker was part of the O’s side that beat rivals the Scarlets on Saturday night to clinch their place in next season’s Heineken Champions Cup. The 21-10 Guinness Pro 14 play-off victory at the Liberty Stadium proved that after a period where their dominance had been usurped by the Scarlets – and briefly threatened by the Cardiff Blues – the Swansea region are once again top of the pile in Wales.

Jess Fishlock has been rested following her Champions League heroics as Wales manager Jayne Ludlow names a 20-player squad to face New Zealand on Tuesday June 4.

Jeremiah Azu celebrated the week of his 18th birthday by smashing his 100m personal best for the second time in seven days at the Loughborough International. The Cardiff AAC speed merchant had set a new personal best of 10.39 at last weekend’s British Athletics League Premiership match in Swansea.

Zinedine Zidane had admitted that Gareth Bale does not fit in with his current Real Madrid side as speculation grows the Wales skipper’s time at the Bernabeu is up. The club’s world recored £85million buy was an unused sub as a nightmare season ended with a 2-0 home defeat to Real Betis.

Jess Roberts saw her unbeaten run at the OVO Energy Tour series ended after she was beaten into second place in Durham. The Carmarthen-born rider was competing for the fourth time in little over a week having triumphed in the previous rounds in Redditch, Motherwell and Aberdeen.

Anna Hursey underlined her potential after making it through to the last 16 of the Junior Girls and Cadet Girls at the Thailand Open in Bangkok. The 12-year-old claimed the scalp of Malaysia’s 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Karen Lyne in the Junior Girls. Hursey’s victory set her up for the last 16 encounter on […]

He fought back the tears, and vowed to return to rugby sooner rather than later, but Ceri Sweeney had every reason to smile at the weekend after bringing down the curtain on a great career. More than 20 years after making his Pontypridd debut against Ebbw Vale, with his PE teacher Paul John as his scrum-half, the 39-year-old former Wales outside-half steered his side to a 47-19 win over Principality Premiership champions Merthyr. It was the perfect way to bow out at Sardis Road and both teams formed a guard of honour to welcome him onto the field.

Graham Potter will hold talks with Brighton today over their vacant managerial position after the Seagulls agreed to pay the release clause in his Swansea City contract. The 43-year-old was offered a new contract by the Swans in an attempt to ward off Brighton’s interest, but told his employers he’s keen to move quickly into managing in the Premier League after just one season working in the Championship. Brighton saw an initial approach to Swansea knocked back on Tuesday with Potter still having two years left on the deal he signed when he joined the club from Swedish side Ostersund last summer.

Friday night’s play-off clash between Llanelli and Pontypool has brought plenty of sympathy for the losers as Pooler were yet again denied promotion to the Welsh Premiership following a 27-16 defeat. But as Paul Jones reports, this was a game with so much to lose for two of the most famous names in Welsh rugby. All the pre-match talk had been about whether or not Pontypool’s three year dream to reach the top tier of the semi-pro game would become a reality at the end of their second unbeaten season in the Championship, but few had considered what the play-off game at Aberavon meant to Llanelli.

Cardiff Met are chasing glory, history and a big bundle of cash when they visit Bala Town today in a make-or-break Europa League play-off final. The tie is worth £194,000 in prize money to the winning side but for the students it is also about securing European qualification for the first time in their history after heartbreaking defeats in the previous two play-off finals. Met midfielder Will Evans believes his team are feeling confident of ending their unwanted play-off record following an impressive semi-final display against Caernarfon Town.

Great Britain 1, Slovakia 7 Great Britain are preparing for a big last stand at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Slovakia. Captain Jonathan Phillips and his GB team are bottom of their group after six successive defeats, but victory against France could yet keep them in the top flight. That is Britain’s last fixture […]

Jade Jones made it fifth time lucky in Manchester by defeating holder Ah-Reum Lee to be crowned World taekwondo Champion. Wales’ double Olympic Games gold medallist had won silver and bronze medals at her previous four world appearances since 2011.

The Ospreys proved they have reasserted themselves as the best team in Wales as they deservedly beat the Scarlets 21-10 to take their place in the Heineken Champions Cup next season. George North, Olly Cracknell and Hanno Dirksen scored their tries as the Scarlets were comfortably overcome in the Guinness Pro 14 play-off decider at […]

Great Britain need at least one win from their remaining two fixtures if they are to stay in the top tier of World Championship ice hockey. GB slipped to a fifth successive defeat at the Steel Arena in Kosice, going down 5-0 against Finland in Slovakia. The defeat leaves Pete Russell’s side bottom of group […]

Dan Nash and Hannah Jarvis were convincing winners at the fourth edition of the Royal Welsh Trail Running Festival, part of the Royal Welsh Smallholding and Countryside Festival in Builth Wells. The usually sleepy mid-Wales countryside welcomed hundreds of runners to the valleys, fields, woodland tracks and stunning forestry surrounding the Royal Welsh Showground on Saturday 18th May with the 10K race playing host to the short course Welsh Trail Running Championships and Welsh-Inter-Regional Championships.

Welsh table tennis sensation Anna Hursey produced a stunning victory to reach the last 16 of the Junior Girls at the Thailand Open.

Nigel Owens believes Israel Folau only has himself to blame for the termination of his contract by Rugby Australia. Wales’ and the world’s top referee insists the Wallabies star left his employers with no other option after breaking his code of conduct with series of homophobic tweets. A devout Christian who has made 73 international appearances, Folau was found guilty of a code of conduct breach last week, following a social media post which listed “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters,” reading underneath, “Hell awaits you.”

Jade Jones will be on a revenge mission as she looks to be crowned World Taekwondo champion in Manchester tonight. Wales’ double Olympic champ will face South Korea’s Ah-Reum Lee in the -57kg final looking to claim the one major title missing from her collection.

By Ian Golden at Stebonheath Park. Pic – Ian Lovell Wales U19 overcame Ireland 34-10 in the friendly international in Llanelli on Friday night, but the visitors made the Welsh fight all the way. The home side took the lead in the second minute when Cai Ellis crashed over underneath the posts. Lewis Hall converted.

Leigh Halfpenny has urged his Scarlets to finally deliver a complete performance tonight when they battle with the Ospreys for a place in next season’s Heineken Champions Cup. The Wales full-back has had a frustrating season on an individual level with injuries and concussion problems, but he also admits his team have failed to match their previous high standards. They can make some kind of amends this evening at the Liberty Stadium, though, by beating their biggest rivals in the play-off battle for the last Guinness Pro 14 spot in Europe’s top tier next season.