Melissa Courtney will put her Vitality Westminster Mile title on the line on May 26 when she faces multiple European champion Laura Muir. The duo will both be kicking off busy summers which they will hope will lead to the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, which start in late September.

Chaz Davies says he is finally getting to grips with his new bike despite seeing his team’s home World Superbikes race turn into a wash-out. The Knighton-born rider bagged his first pole on the Ducati Panigale V4 R bike only to see his victory hopes in the first race at Imola end on the first lap with an electrical fault.

Elfyn Evans finished in fourth place at what turned out to be a very difficult and challenging Rally Chile. Having set some good times on this new event, Evans was too far off third place to challenge for a podium position, so made sure he and co-driver Scott Martin made no mistakes on the final day to reach the finish and bag some valuable points. The M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC driver remains fifth in the FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ standings, but has closed to within just one point of fourth placed Kris Meeke (Toyota). The top three drivers – Ott Tänak (Toyota), Sébastien Ogier (Citroen) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) – are pulling away from the rest of the field.

Great Britain 0, Canada 8 Cardiff-born Ben Davies was man of the match for Great Britain in their World Championship clash with Canada in Slovakia. Former Bishop of Llandaff School pupil Davies, a former Cardiff Devils forward who is now with Guildford Flames, was a big influence for GB. Betting odds suggested GB were 60-1 […]

Michael Flynn has apologised to his wife for cutting short their holidays after Newport County made it through to the play-off final at Wembley. A superb save from goalkeeper Joe Day and five faultless penalties saw County past Mansfield in a shoot-out after the second leg of their League Two play-off semi-final at the One Call Stadium ended goalless after extra-time. With the teams sharing a 1-1 draw from the first leg, the tie went to penalties before Matt Dolan scored the crucial spot kick.

Tesni Evans, the pride of Wales, produced a stunning comeback to beat Egypt’s World number three Nour El Tayeb and reached the biggest PSA final of her career at the 2019 Manchester Open. Cardiff-born Evans, who lives in Rhyl, was staring down the barrel of defeat at 2-0 down when top seed El Tayeb took control of […]

Neil Warnock paid tribute to his ‘super’ Bluebirds after their 2-0 final day victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford and said: “I am proud of the whole club. “The fans were brilliant – amazing.” Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored a goal in each half to earn the Bluebirds their victory a week after their relegation was […]

Vale of Glamorgan’s Isabel Williams chalked-up her fifth point-to-point winner of the season at the well attended Gelligaer Farmers Hunt Steeplechases.  Isabel, the 21-year-old daughter of leading Welsh National Hunt trainer Evan Williams, has high hopes now of retaining her Welsh Lady Riders Championship title. In a thrilling finish to the young horse maiden race four of the nine runners […]

He’s co-driven on the Isle of Man many times, but driving on the Manx National Rally had always been a dream for Dale Furniss. And the 30-year old navigator from Llanfyllin proved that he’s just as talented behind the steering wheel when he finished 17th overall and second in class after a stunning drive in his road-rally spec Volkswagen Golf GTI. Co-driven by 18-year old Sion Williams from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Furniss set off at a great pace to complete the opening stage 30th overall and fourth in class. As darkness fell, he put his road rallying experience to good use in the slippery conditions to move up to 17th overall and second in class by the end of Friday’s opening day.

Jason Pritchard dominated the Manx National Rally, winning the two-day, 16 stage, 133 stage mile, event by over three minutes in his North Road Garage-backed Ford Focus WRC05. It was the fifth time that the 30-year old Builth Wells driver had won the Isle of Man classic, equalling Kenny McKinstry’s record number of event victories. Co-driven by Phil Clarke, Pritchard had opened up a 57 second lead after a slippery first eight stages on Friday night – with not even showers of rain and darkness slowing him. His rivals had a glimmer of hope on Saturday when his car’s launch system failed on SS10 and then he left his braking a little bit too late for a corner on SS11, locked up and stalled the engine. But it was only a temporary glitch, as Pritchard put his foot down on the now dry and fast stages to run away with the lead.

Jamille Matt insists Newport County can once again deliver the one-off knockout blow to put his team into a Wembley play-off final. The County striker was goal-scoring hero when County dumped Leicester City out of the FA Cup in January and now the League Two play-off semi-finals have reached the do-or-die stage. Newport go to Mansfield this evening (6.00) level at 1-1 after the first leg and Matt says: “We always knew the League is our bread-and-butter, because it’s over 46 games.

Scott Faulkner has taken the overall lead in the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship after finishing third on the Plains Rally in his Group N Mitsubishi Evo IX. Co-driven by Gareth Parry, it was Faulker’s best ever overall finish as he shared the podium with event winners Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton (Ford Focus WRC) and runners-up Stephen Petch/Michael Wilkinson (Ford Fiesta WRC). Tom Llewellin suffered two punctures, but the Haverfordwest teenager still won the Junior section. Co-driven by Ross Whittock, he also finished second in the two-wheel drive section and 14th overall.

Welsh rugby’s European “Top 10” has just expanded to 11 following Saracens’ epic fight back to topple Leinster in the Heineken Champions Cup final. Liam Williams shone in his alternative red kit as the English champions came from 10 points down to score 20 unanswered ones of their own to win the title for the third time in four years. The 20-10 victory in Newcastle means Williams becomes the 11th Welsh player to win Europe’s top tournament – although no Welsh team has lifted the trophy.

Welshman Joey Lewis is living the World Championship ice hockey dream with Great Britain in Slovakia. Newport-born Lewis is in the GB squad for their top flight challenge against Canada, USA, Finland, Germany and more in Kosice. The 26-year-old admitted he was ‘gutted’ to miss out on playing in Britain’s opening match, a 3-1 defeat […]

Elfyn Evans will start today’s final leg of Rally Chile in fourth place, although with a big gap ahead and behind him, he might need someone to hit bad luck if he is to move up any more. Evans and co-driver Scott Martin made another good start on day two in their M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC, setting the third fastest time on the opening speed test and taking time out of nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb. As the day wore on the Dolgellau driver struggled to match Loeb on certain sections, but despite falling adrift of the fight at the front, Evans delivered a clean and conscientious drive.

Football’s rebellious rock star Neil Warnock bows out of the Premier League today – most likely with a smile, a glare, and possibly a punch of the air. The Cardiff City manager – whose Liam Gallagher-style peering into a touchline camera last week went viral on social media during the Crystal Palace match – is taking charge in the top flight for what is likely to be the final time. Warnock has not confirmed it will be his last appearance inside a Premier League technical area. But with the Bluebirds already relegated, doubts still surrounding his own immediate future, and only a year left on his present contract, it’s a reasonable assumption the old touchline warrior will be going into battle for the final time when he steps out to face Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Cardiff Met will be competing in the Europa League Play-Off final for a third successive year after they eliminated Caernarfon Town last night at a sun-soaked evening at The Oval. Adam Roscrow’s charging run and finish put Cardiff Met in front in the second half, before Kyle McCarthy advanced through on goal and put the […]

Gutted Chaz Davies will be hoping for better fortune in Sunday’s World Superbikes race after seeing his victory hopes vanish on the opening lap at Imola. The Knighton-born rider had roared back to the top of the grid by bagging his first pole of the season on the Italian track.

Tesni Evans came through a 68-minute five game battle to beat No 3 seed Sarah-pJane Perry to reach the semi-finals of the Manchester Open. The 26-year-old lost the first game of their quarter-final against her old rival 11-7, but then hit back to take the next two 11-9, 11-6. Evans, ranked six for the event and nine in the world, saw the world No 6 from England respond in the fourth to win it 11-1.

Richie Fallows is PSA Welsh Open champion for a second successive season. The 23-year-old England international from Stratford in London defeated Spanish player Edmond Lopez 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 in 43 minutes. Top seeds Fallows and Lopez went head-to-head in the $11,000 professional Challenger men’s tournament final at Rhiwbina SRC. The draw included four players ranked […]