Cardiff hosts a St David’s Day showcase of rising Welsh boxing talent at the Vale Sports Arena this Friday night. The main event may be Gloucester’s Akeem Ennis Brown defending his IBF European super-lightweight title against Bilal Rehman, of Rochdale, but the 11-bout undercard is full of exciting young home-grown talent. The MTK Global show features the likes of rising Welsh stars Jacob Robinson – Baby Jake – newly crowned Welsh area super-lightweight champion Kieran Gething and undefeated Commonwealth flyweight champion Jay Harris.

After returning to the top of the table last night, Andy Morrison’s Connah’s Quay are showing they have the hallmarks to see the job out, writes Matthew Burgess. Sometimes in football certain performances are worth more than three points. Last night’s win over Bala Town might just be one of those occasions for Connah’s Quay […]

Academy product Conor Harwood came off the bench to head Connah’s Quay back top of the JD Welsh Premier League last night as the Nomads edged past Bala Town. With the game seemingly heading towards to a stalemate, substitute Harwood headed home his first senior goal in dramatic circumstances to snatch the Nomads a crucial […]

Wales’ double Olympic silver medallist Jazz Carlin is calling time on her hugely-successful 14-year swimming career. Having started swimming seriously at the age of 14, Carlin has enjoyed success at every level, winning world, European and Commonwealth medals. Carlin’s crowning glory was at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she won double silver in the 400m and 800m Freestyle.

Tesni Evans is into the quarter-finals of the World Championships in Chicago after a superb victory over Sarah-Jane Perry. The 26-year-old raced into early leads in the first two games but had to fend off fight-backs from her English rival to win them 11-6, 11-8. Evans, seeded 10, lost the third game against the No 6 seed 8-11 but responded to take the fourth 11-7 to see out the match after 45 minutes.

Neil Warnock has already decided on his starting line-up for Saturday’s Premier League fixture at Wolves. The Bluebirds manager, speaking after Cardiff City’s 3-0 home defeat against Everton, said: “I know my team for Wolves and I want people who will be in the trenches because I was let down by one or two tonight.  […]

Bethan Dyke returned to action for Celtic Dragons during their Vitality Netball Superleague match against Manchester Thunder in Cardiff. Wales international Dyke, from Bridgend, has been out of action for 10 months since suffering ligament damage during the Commonwealth Games in Australia. Dragons coach Tania Hoffman sent Dyke on during the fourth quarter in front […]

Cardiff City earned a second successive Professional Development Under-23 League win, beating Queens Park Rangers 3-0 at home. Sion Spence, Danny Williams and Dan Griffiths scored at the Cardiff International Sports Campus. The young Bluebirds had defeated Millwall 1-0 away in their previous fixture with Lloyd Humphries scoring the only goal. City bid for a […]

Wales have been described as a team “nowhere near their peak” by former England No.10 turned pundit Stuart Barnes. Assessing the fall-out from Wales’ stunning 21-13 victory over England last weekend, the Sky Sports analyst has claimed Wales have more to deliver in World Cup year. Warren Gatland’s team face remaining Six Nations matches away to Scotland and at home to Ireland. If they win both, they will stretch their record run to 14 matches and secure a third Grand Slam during the New Zealander’s coaching era.

Lee Selby insists he can become world champion again despite problems suffered when he moved up two weight divisions for the first time at the weekend. The former world featherweight champion had to overcome cuts above both eyes before outpointing Omar Douglas in his first bout at lightweight at the O2 Arena on Saturday night. The Barry fighter’s face was covered in blood for most of the fight, but he displayed his superior skills over the closing rounds to complete a unanimous decision victory over the American with scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 115-114.

Dewi Griffiths and Charlotte Arter are among the first names announced for the Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay Run on Sunday 31st March. The race will host the Welsh 10km Championships and will act as the first fixture in Run 4 Wales’ Healthspan Wales 10K Series. Griffiths will return to the flat and fast race around Cardiff Bay after last starring there in 2017 when he set the course record of 29:08. The Swansea Harrier will contest the 2019 edition following a return to shape which includes a 61:44 clocking for the Half Marathon at Houston in January and a seventh Welsh Cross Country title.

Aron Gunnarsson has pinpointed Gylfi Sigurdsson as Everton’s biggest threat to Cardiff City tonight – and says he cannot understand some of the criticism given to his Iceland teammate. The two countrymen are set to face each other at the Cardiff City Stadium where the Bluebirds are desperate for points and to make amends for their 5-1 thrashing at home to Watford last Friday. Sigurdsson scored the only goal of the game when the clubs met at Goodison Park in November, but the former Swansea City playmaker has not convinced a section of his club’s fans since his £45m move 18 months ago.

Defending champions The New Saints returned to the top of the JD Welsh Premier League last night after a 3-0 triumph in front of a 1,000 crowd at Caernarfon Town. Saints move a point clear at the summit ahead of Connah’s Quay with both teams having played 25 games – but that lead could be […]

Wales’ Olympic bronze medallist Laura Deas will be aiming for her first World Championship medal next month after being named in a six-strong British Skeleton squad for the season’s showpiece in Canada. Deas made Olympic history alongside Lizzy Yarnold in PyeongChang 12 months ago and will hope to be in the running for the podium in Whistler on March 7th and 8th. The 30-year-old from Wrexham heads to the season’s showpiece event in high spirits having won her first World Cup medal in three years when she took bronze in Calgary on Saturday.

Jack Tudor, a 16-year-old from Merthyr Mawr, chalked up his second winner under rules when landing the RacingTV.Com Hands And Heels Handicap Hurdle at Warwick Races over three miles and two furlongs (writes Brian Lee). Tudor was on the top weighted Uno Mas, trained by Ogmore-By-Sea’s Christian Williams. Uno Mas, winning for the third time […]

Welsh sprinters enjoyed a golden weekend at the England Athletics indoor age group championships in Sheffield. Cardiff flyers Jeremiah Azu and Emmanuella Kone claimed three gold medals at the event which also saw Welsh youngsters excel over the middle distances and in the field.

The new Southern Conference League, which will include Welsh sides Cardiff Blue Dragons, Torfaen Tigers and Valley Cougars, have been officially launched in Ealing. The launch took place before a Super League fixture between London Broncos and Castleford Tigers – with official confirmation that the inaugural Grand Final will be held at the Aldershot Military Stadium in Hampshire on Saturday September 14. The competition, which brings together 14 teams from the south of England and Wales, will begin on April 27, and run throughout the summer. 

Natalie Powell was pipped to a bronze medal at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam as she fell once again to the giant Slovenian Klara Apotekar. The Welsh judoka was beaten in the third round of last year’s World Championships in Baku by Apotekar and she once again missed out on a medal as the world ranked No 11 Solvenian upset the odds to win with a Wasari.

Caernarfon Town will be hoping to deny The New Saints the chance to return to the top of the table tonight, in a rare Monday night Welsh Premier League fixture (7.45). A win could elevate Caernarfon above Newtown into fourth-place and cast a dent in The New Saints’ title challenge. Scott Ruscoe’s side trail leaders […]

Dan Biggar believes there is more to come from this Wales team, but would regard a Grand Slam as the first part of a fitting two-part leaving gift for Warren Gatland. The Wales replacement – who steered his team to victory with a masterful 20-minute cameo against England on Saturday – believes the peaking of his team’s powers should come in the autumn at the World Cup in Japan, rather than in their next two games. Wales have already gone on a record-breaking run of 12 successive victories, but the Northampton No.10, who came on for Gareth Anscombe in Saturday’s 21-13 victory, says they can still improve.