Tesni Evans retained her AJ Bell British National title with a dominant victory over Emily Whitlock in Nottingham. The 26-year-old triumphed 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 in 31 minutes against her English rival who is based in Colwyn Bay. Evans was seeded three for the event where she became the first Welsh winner last year and can now set her sights on a hat-trick of titles.

Romford Raiders 3, Cardiff Fire 4 Cardiff Fire are out to complete a four-point National Ice Hockey League weekend when they entertain Bristol Pitbulls at the Viola Arena (6pm).  Fire won 4-3 at Romford Raiders in a physical, bad tempered match which saw almost four hours in penalties handed out. Fire players Tom Smith, Lewis […]

By Paul Evans Elfyn Evans finished a very strong fifth on Rally Sweden, yet he admitted he was “kicking himself” after an early mistake cost him a podium position. The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team driver recorded three fastest stage times during the event and was quick throughout the four-day winter rally, although he could […]

Sean Bentivoglio, a key forward for Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils, has been suspended for two matches. The Canadian forward will miss Sunday’s fixture at Milton Keynes Lightning and next Friday’s critical League title crunch clash with Belfast Giants in Northern Ireland. Bentivoglio, though, will return for the second game, also at the SSE Arena […]

Cardiff Devils 6, Milton Keynes Lightning 5 Cardiff Devils are playing a dangerous game in their quest for a third successive Elite League title. They were sloppy during the first period to the point of carelessness, showing a mental weakness which allowed the visitors to take control at the Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay. Devils […]

Merthyr Town suffered a damaging EvoStik Southern League defeat against Hendon at the MetCoaches Stadium. The Martyrs are just outside the Premier Division play-off positions, but went down 2-0 against the visiting Greens, who recorded their first win in two and a half months. Goalkeeper Danny Boness rescued his team with a series of excellent […]

Former World Champions Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham face each other in the 2019 ManBetX Welsh Open final at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. Australian Robertson, ranked 10 in the World, powered to a 6-0 semi-final win against Iran’s Hossein Vafaei during the evening match and stayed on course for the £70,000 first prize. World […]

The New Saints manager Scott Ruscoe was said he was disappointed with referee David Morgan after a late Barry Town equaliser forced his team to settle for a point. Jonathon Hood curled in a free-kick six minutes into added time as Barry Town completed a two-goal comeback to draw 2-2 their title rivals. Kayne McLaggon’s […]

Michael Flynn has urged his FA Cup battlers to channel their energies into revitalising their League Two campaign now their knockout journey is over. The Newport County manager wants his players to enjoy the plaudits for their Cup run – ended on Saturday night with a courageous and rather harsh 4-1 defeat at home at Manchester City – but renew their focus on their league form. City kept their quadruple hopes alive with at Rodney Parade to reach the quarter-finals. Second-half goals from Leroy Sane, Phil Foden (2) and Riyad Mahrez ensured City’s class eventually told against opponents 82 places below them on the league ladder.

Andy Morrison hailed Connah’s Quay’s character after they edged past Edinburgh City in sudden death penalties to become the first Welsh side to reach the Irn-Bru Cup final. Nomads stopper John Danby saved Ciaran Diver’s sixth penalty to settle the tie in front of a record 1,068 crowd at the Deeside Stadium. The two teams […]

By Paul Evans Matt Edwards got the defence of his British Rally Championship title off to a flying start when he won his local Llandudno-based Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally. Along with new co-driver Patrick Walsh, the M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 driver won the opening round of the season by 26.5 seconds, after setting fastest time […]

His hopes of victory on Rally Sweden might have slipped, but Elfyn Evans will be aiming for a podium finish on tomorrow’s final leg of the event. Yesterday’s magnificent performance could not be repeated, although it wasn’t for the want of trying on the difficult changing conditions – which once again saw just as much mud and gravel and the traditional ice and snow. Push as he might, Evans struggled to find a comfortable rhythm in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC and finished the day in fifth position.

Tesni Evans has a great chance of retaining her AJ Bell British Championship title after a stunning victory over No 1 seed Laura Massaro. The 26-year-old repeated her semi-final victory over Massaro from last year to reach Sunday’s final. Evans, seeded third,  came from a game down and from trailing by four points in the fourth game to triumph in 50 minutes at Nottingham University.

Former World champion Stuart Bingham, from Basildon in Essex, has been a ton-up success at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. Bingham secured a place in the ManBetX Welsh Open Championship final thanks to a 6-2 win against 23-year-old professional snooker rookie Joe O’Connor. It was a scrappy semi-final over the first couple of frames before […]

Hossein Vafaei, the first Iranian professional in the history of snooker, has had to battle for his right to play the sport he loves. But the 23-year-old from Abadan, a city on the border with Iraq and close to Basra, has made his mark in South Wales this week. Former World amateur champion Vafaei is […]

Cardiff Devils will have another ‘Hell-Out’ evening at the Viola Arena when Milton Keynes Lightning arrive in South Wales. Lightning visit Cardiff Bay this evening and the fixture is virtually sold out (7pm). Captain Jake Morissette and his Devils are top of Elite League and on course to win a third successive title, but they […]

Joe O’Connor was a 3,000-1 outsider when the ManBetX Welsh Open began, but he has stunned the pundits with a strong run to the semi-finals. The 23-year-old from Leicester has just about doubled the prize money he has earned this season simply by making the last four, which guarantees him £20,000. There are even greater […]

Newport County striker Padraig Amond hopes the drinks are on him for a change as he attempts to add Manchester City to his list of FA Cup giant-killing victims tonight. Irishman Amond is regularly toasted at his local bar in Carlow where owner and best friend, Edward Cahill, has been left out of pocket through free drinks promotions on the 30-year-old scoring in the cup. Amond scored against Tottenham last season and has netted in every round this term as County have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time since the 1948/49 season.

Swansea City are sweating on the fitness of star striker Oli McBurnie ahead of their FA Cup fifth round clash with Brentford on Sunday. The Scottish international was only well enough to play for the final 30 minutes in the 2-1 defeat at Leeds United earlier in the week, but appears crucial to Swansea’s hopes of reaching the quarter-finals for only the fifth time in their history. “Oli has had a couple of bouts of flu and has taken his time to get over them. He had a couple of days in bed, has been on antibiotics and has felt really low,” said Potter.

Allen Clarke has admitted the Ospreys are now relying on others to slip up in order to make the Guinness Pro 14 play-offs. Clarke saw his team lose 8-0 at home to Ulster in Bridgend on Friday night – a result that bunches the teams behind them with games in hand. The defeat has left the region still in third place in Conference A, but Connacht, Cardiff Blues and the Cheetahs are all within just two points, having played a game fewer.