Evan Hoyt is within sight of breaking into the world’s top 400 tennis players. The 23-year-old has shot up 25 places in the latest ATP rankings to reach a career high 414.

Wrexham have been drawn at home against Vanarama National League promotion rivals Leyton Orient in the FA Trophy. The second round draw was made live at Wembley Stadium during the Ray Stubbs Show on talkSPORT 2 with the FA’s George Dorling and Tony Incenzo  pulling out the balls. There are 16 ties to be played […]

Top Welsh community clubs, Valley Cougars, Torfaen Tigers and Cardiff Blue Dragons, are all joining the relaunched Southern Conference League for the 2019 season. The Rugby Football League-run competition will be classed as Tier 4, and will include 14 of the best community clubs from the south of both England and Wales.

Welsh interest in the Heineken Champions Cup – in terms of the knockout stages, at least – is already over. It contrasts sharply with the success of Wales in the autumn, so as we head towards the Six Nations, Geraint Powell tries to unravel the contradiction. It is always difficult to dispassionately analyse a Welsh autumn internationals campaign in the immediate aftermath, for the mood in Welsh rugby nowadays only ever veers wildly between “world beaters” or “the end of the world is nigh”. The story of the Warren Gatland era has been of disappointment in the November friendlies, relative to the Welsh performances in the tournament rugby of the Six Nations and the World Cup.

Scott Ruscoe has backed his The New Saints team to show their championship credentials despite falling further behind in the Welsh Premier League title race over the weekend. Friday’s 1-1 draw at Bala Town saw the defending champions fall five points behind pace setters Connah’s Quay to leave the top of the table wide open […]

Geraint Thomas has been hailed a national inspiration after winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, beating Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton into second place, with England football captain Harry Kane third. It crowns an incredible year for the 32-year-old who becomes the fifth cyclist to win the award – the fourth in the last decade – and the fifth athlete from Wales. The Tour de France champion started the day as a winner, too, when he was given a replacement Tour trophy on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch – the original was stolen three months ago.

Lauren Price has been named best female boxer at GB Boxing’s Annual Awards Evening in Sheffield. The Newport fighter was the unanimous choice of the judges after she won medals at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games where she struck gold.

Still Believing, a 10-year-old chestnut mare, has been a good servant to Vale of Glamorgan trainer Evan Williams.  Burdened with top weight of 11st 12lbs and ridden by Mitchell Bastyn she came home a nine lengths winner of the £21,665 George Smith Horseboxes Mares’ Handicap Chase at Hereford. A  9-1 chance, Still Believing who is […]

Cardiff Devils have six Elite League fixtures in 2018 – and head coach Andrew Lord is demanding a big finish before the new year. Captain Jake Morissette and his Devils have four away fixtures plus two at the Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay, against Dundee Stars this Saturday and then Coventry Blaze on Thursday, December […]

Merthyr Town suffered in Harrow after being hit by a series of problems, losing the match at Earlsmead 3-0. Manager Gavin Williams had to include himself in the starting line-up, while youth team player Ed Hewitson was in goal. Ryan Prosser, Craig McDonnell and goalkeeper Joe Perry were unavailable, while injuries ruled out Adam Davies […]

Wrexham eased into the FA Trophy second round thanks to three first half goals in their 3-0 home win against Boston United. Manager Graham Barrow made five changes from the FA Cup second-round replay defeat at Newport and said afterwards: “All I said to the players was we’ve been boasting a bit about how strong […]

Lauren Williams claimed the biggest prize of here career with a stunning victory at the World Taekwondo World Grand Slam final in China. The Blackwood teenager scooped around £54,000 ($70,000) after seeing off the reigning world champion from Turkey to win the -67kg division in Wuxi.

Natalie Powell ended her 2018 campaign on a high with a bronze medal at the Guangzhou Masters in China. The Beulah-born judoka avenged her defeat to France’s Madeleine Malonga at the European Championships to claim the third Maters medal of her career.

John Mulvihill has pleaded relative poverty after the Cardiff Blues succumbed to Saracens, so ending their hopes of any progress from the pool stages of the Heineken Champions Cup. The Blues coach – who is in his first season at the Arms Park after taking over from Danny Wilson – has claimed the Blues are the poorest of the 20 teams in European rugby’s premier tournament. Two teams from Wales are in the tournament this season – the Blues and the Scarlets – along with seven from England, six from France, three from Ireland and two from Scotland.

Bersant Celina typifies the resilience of Swansea City’s comeback kids, according to their manager Graham Potter. Celina was left out of the starting line-up to face Sheffield Wednesday but came off the bench to score one goal and then create the winner in Saturday’s 2-1 win. The victory has lifted the Swans to ninth place in the Championship table – just four points off the play-off places. After three successive defeats, Potter’s side have shown their resourcefulness by winning back-to-back matches to re-ignite hopes they can climb back into top six contention over the festive period.

Newport County’s chance to play the League Two leaders disappeared in the rain, but they have another chance next Saturday. Their home match against MK Dons was postponed because of heavy rain and Lincoln City took over at the top thanks to a 3-1 win against Morecambe. Newport’s next fixture is against Lincoln at Sincil […]

Kidwelly have their first victory of the season in WRU National League Division One West after beating Gowerton 8-3 in awful conditions at Parc Stephens. And the Deadball Guy was there to see it after hastily changing his featured game plans due to the weather. After the match, he spoke to Kidwelly director of rugby […]

Cardiff Devils came up with the perfect response. They were devastated by the Challenge Cup defeat against Glasgow Clan, but fired up hopes of a third successive Elite League title. On the night leaders Belfast Giants lost against Dundee Stars, Devils powered to a 5-2 win against Manchester Storm away. Devils earned more than an […]

Bring on Jose Mourhino’s Manchester United. The Bluebirds must not fear the challenge posed by the Reds – they are, after all, coming to the home of the Bluebirds. United have spending power, international super stars and a manager who believes he is the best. But they won’t fancy taking on a Neil Warnock team […]

Cardiff City are facing a scrap for the Professional Development Under-18 League title after their 2-1 home defeat against Ipswich Town. The Tractor Boys move level with City on points, although manager Craig Bellamy’s Bluebirds have two games in hand. Dan Griffiths scored Cardiff’s goal during the second half, but they were already 2-0 down […]