Wales’ top tennis tournament is back on Bank Holiday Monday – bigger and better than before. Last year’s inaugural LTA British Tour event in Penarth was a huge success, drawing in rising tennis stars from around Britain and beyond.

Wales and Celtic Dragons centre Kyra Jones was at the centre of emotional scenes at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff. Australian-born Jones played her last Vitality Netball Superleague home match for Dragons in their 58-51 win against Surrey Storm. “I can’t Thank all the #greenarmy fans, family & friends, support staff, office staff […]

Great Britain players are ready for the biggest test of their international careers. They fly to Slovakia this week to play in their first top-flight World Championship since 1994. GB face Canada, USA, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Slovakia and France between May 11 and May 20 in Kosice. Head coach Peter Russell and his players completed […]

David Brace OBE and 16-year-old jockey Jack Tudor were back in the winners’ enclosure at Berkeley Hunt’s Point-To-Point Steeplechases (writes Brian Lee). Less than 24 hours after landing the Dunraven Bowl Novices Hunter Chase at Chepstow Racecourse with Pink Eyed Pedro, Brace and Tudor were winners again after Tudor riding Brace’s 12-year-old bay gelding William […]

Jasmine Joyce has her sights set on England after marking her Barbarians debut with a stunning four-try display. The Wales wing – who was part of the Great Britain Olympic women’s Sevens squad that played in Rio de Janiero in 2016 – could also be back in the short form of the game this summer. Wales are bidding to qualify for the Sevens World Series with qualifiers due to start at the end of June. Before then – on June 2 – the Baa Baas face England at Twickenham where Joyce could be looking to add to her hugely impressive strike rate.

The South Wales Warriors have opened their four month long season with a win from their furthest away trip. The Warriors made the six hour, 400 mile round trip to face the Cornish Sharks at their new home at Newquay Football Club’s Mount Wise Stadium which the tenants have nicknamed the Shark Tank. But the Warriors emerged unscathed from swimming with Sharks who failed to show their bite as they were shutout by the Welshmen who scored via the offence, special teams and defence in the first quarter.

Kat Greenslade has been named in the GB students swimming squad for this summer’s World University Games in Italy. The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist is Wales’ sole representative in the 14-strong party that will head to Naples for the Summer Universiade from July 3-14.

Wales’ men saw their hopes of topping Pool A at the FIH World series dashed after losing for the first time in the tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Coach Zak Jones’ side slipped to a 2-0 defeat in humid conditions against Australia, ranked five places above them at 19 in the world.

Leinster have confirmed they have recruited Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde who will join them after the World Cup. The Irish province are hiring McBryde as one of their assistant coaches to work under head coach Leo Cullen from October when Wales will return from Japan. McBryde will replace John Fogarty who is leaving to become Ireland’s scrum coach.

Mike van der Hoorn insists his future at Swansea City is still not settled – despite the club announcing at the weekend they had added a year to his current deal. The Swans captain plans to speak to manager Graham Potter about his future this week as one of a string of players who will be linked with moves elsewhere. Van der Hoorn has been the most consistent player in the squad this season and is the only player to have started every league game.

The Dragons’ Judgement Day victory over the Scarlets was their first win away from Rodney Parade for four years. Heady days. Now, all they need do is find a permanent coach and the scars suffered as long-term whipping boys may finally start to heal. Jamie Phillips looks at the candidates and considers their strengths and weaknesses. The Dragons have been looking for a new head coach since Bernard Jackman was sacked on the 11th of December 2018. They are due to announce the new man this week and after their shock win against the Scarlets there can be some justifiable optimism that things might finally start to improve next season.

Dewi Griffiths clocked the World Championships qualifying time as three Welsh male athletes finished in the top 30 at the fastest London Marathon in history. Swansea Harrier Griffiths finished 16th and was third Brit across the line and is set to compete at the worlds in Doha later this year.

Cornishman Scott Bennett has been taking some good-natured stick from team-mates over his lack of goals – and had the perfect answer. Former Exeter and Notts County defender Bennett fired Newport’s winner against League Two champions Lincoln City and kept the Exiles on course for a play-offs finish. That was Bennett’s sixth goal in 143 […]

Tom Cave produced a faultless drive to win the third round of the British Rally Championship – the Pirelli International Rally. Along with co-driver Dale Bowen, the Welsh pairing marched to a 17.6 second victory in their Michelin-shod Hyundai i20 R5 on the third round of the series and for Cave he made it two wins on the bounce in Britain’s premier rallying series.

Eastleigh FC are worried about the X-factor added by Dragons when they travel to Wrexham for Thursday’s play-offs eliminator. Hampshire club Eastleigh made it clear they preferred to play AFC Fylde and weren’t keen to face manager Bryan Hughes and his Wrexham Reds. “Fylde was our preference,” said Eastleigh manager Ben Strevens, concerned that a […]

Wales Wheelchair claimed their fourth Rugby League Celtic Cup title in as many years after easily seeing off Scotland and Ireland in Halifax on Saturday. Like in previous years, it was a three-game one-day tournament, all 80-minute matches.

Great Britain 5, Torpedo 4 Great Britain played the first of two matches against KHL side Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in Nottingham – and the teams meet again in Sheffield this afternoon. GB scratched goalie Jackson Whistle, Steve Lee, David Phillips and Joe Lewis from their full squad for the game. Robert Farmer led the way […]

Mark Williams has praised the NHS but revealed he needs more treatment after bowing out of the snooker World Championship in Sheffield. The defending champion was beaten 13-9 by David Gilbert on Saturday in the last 16 of the tournament just hours after being released from hospital. Williams had complained of chest pains on Friday night and remained in accident and emergency until after 11pm before doctors allowed him to return to his hotel.

Welsh fighters earned a clean sweep at Cage Warriors 104 in Cardiff Bay. Bantamweight champion Jack ‘Tank’ Shore, fighting out of Abertillery, retained his belt at the Viola Arena.  Cage Warriors is Europe’s leading mixed martial arts promotion and Welshman Shore continues to impress in his quest to progress and compete at Ultimate Fighting Championship […]

Ospreys coach Allen Clarke praised his Heineken Champions Cup chasers as he claimed they deserved their play-off showdown with the Scarlets. The two regions – who were encouraged by the WRU to merge earlier this year – will instead go head-to-head at the Liberty Stadium on May 17 or 18  for the right to play in Europe’s top tier next season. The Ospreys earned their place by finishing fourth in Conference A of the Guinness Pro 14 after a 26-23 victory over the Cardiff Blues in their Judgement Day meeting at the Principality Stadium.