Newtown manager Chris Hughes has been dealt a defensive blow ahead of tomorrow’s JD Welsh Cup clash with Rhyl, after the club failed to overturn Craig William’s recent red card. An appeal hearing held this week backed referee Kevin Parry’s original decision taken to dismiss the Newtown captain in the second-half of last weekend’s defeat […]

Gavin Chesterfield has confirmed that a number of Football League clubs are monitoring the progress of Macauley Southam-Hale ahead of tonight’s Welsh Cup third round clash with Penybont at Jenner Park (7.45). The 22 year-old right-back has been an ever-present in the Welsh Premier League for Barry Town side this season and Chesterfield confirmed his […]

Tesni Evans will bid to hit the $18,000 jackpot in Monte Carlo after coming through a five set epic. The Cardiff-born ace and No 2 seed saw off England’s Millie Tomlinson after an 87 minute battle.

Cardiff Devils, named Wales sports team of the year winners for a second year, celebrated with an Elite League home win. In other midweek matches both leaders Belfast Giants and Sheffield Steelers suffered defeats.  Giants went down 6-4 at Dundee Stars and the two points for Devils leaves them one point behind top spot with […]

Jayne Ludlow, Andrew Bishop, Tomos Williams and Gemma Evans have all represented Wales in sports they first played at school in Treorchy. Now, the Rhondda school has a new round ball target as Graham Thomas has been finding out. They have produced Welsh international footballers, rugby players and the newly crowned Welsh coach of the year, but Treorchy Comprehensive School wants a Wales netball star to complete the set. Jayne Ludlow brought more reflected glory to her classroom roots this week when she picked up her trophy at the Wales Sport Awards at the Celtic Manor.

Cardiff City lost a fiercely contested FA Youth Cup tie against Hull City at the KCOM Stadium on Humberside. The young Bluebirds took the lead when Keenan Patten scored, while the home team had Ben Adamson sent off 10 minutes from the end. Hull, though, fought back to win 2-1 and take their place in […]

Wrexham have given a new contract to current caretaker manager Graham Barlow – even though he insists he has no intention of becoming their permanent boss. Instead, Barlow – who stepped into the void after the departure of Sam Ricketts for Shrewsbury this week – will remain as assistant manager, working alongside whoever comes in. It’s an unusual move by the club, but they hope it will bring them some continuity after recent turbulence.

Charlotte Arter has enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2018, but is determined to scale more athletics peaks in 2019 and beyond. As she tells Owen Morgan, it means some big changes ahead. Cardiff athlete Charlotte Arter has decided to take the plunge and put all her efforts into becoming a full-time athlete. As she prepared to compete for Great Britain in this weekend’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships, Arter revealed she is to take a career break from her post as a performance sport officer at Cardiff University.

Future Lions tours can be saved by reducing the time spent on the Six Nations, according to England chief Nigel Melville. English rugby recently posed a threat to Lions tours by expanding their own club season deeper into the summer. That came despite calls from Wales and Lions coach Warren Gatland and others to give more preparation time for tours rather than less.

Tesni Evans powered her way into the semi-finals of the $18,000 Monte Carlo Classic on Wednesday night. The world No 9 fended off a third set fight-back by Melissa Alves to win 11-5, 11-2, 6-11, 12-10 in 42 minutes against her French opponent.

Kris Jones has been given a call-up in GB’s senior men’s team for Sunday’s European Cross Country Championships in Holland. The Scotland-based, Swansea Harrier finished sixth at the trials in Liverpool last month to just miss out on automatic selection.

Swansea City may currently have slipped off the pace in the Championship, but the club are front-runners in Wales when it comes to live streaming of matches. Swans TV have been showing live coverage of games – to be both a worldwide and UK subscription audience, but dependent on rights restrictions. Swans TV Live presenter Sioned Dafydd outlines her own role in the club’s recently launched streaming service. I was eight years old when my father took me to my first Swansea City match. It was a League Two clash down at The Vetch against a struggling Grimsby Town side and I’ll be honest with you, I hardly remember it.

For the second year in a row it was the parents of the main prize winner who stole the show as Howell Thomas and Hilary Thomas stepped in for their son Geraint to carry off the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year award. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were at the Celtic Manor Resort at the Wales Sport Awards on Tuesday night to stand-in for their son. In 2017, it was the parents of the then injured Jonathan Davies who came forward to receive the trophy for their famous offspring. They brought the house down, as did the Thomases.

Wales have lined up four friendly games as part of their preparations for the UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 qualifiers. Jayne Ludlow’s squad will open the year with a tough trip to Italy on January 22 before facing the Republic of Ireland as part of warm-weather training camp in Malaga, Spain on February 28.

Newport County suffered penalty shootout heartbreak in Gloucestershire, but manager Michael Flynn focused on the positives. His team drew 1-1 against Cheltenham at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium before losing 7-6 in the shootout. “It was a really good, enjoyable game,” said the County manager. “We played some good football and our two up front absolutely murdered […]

Tesni Evans cruised into the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Classic to remain on course for the $18,000 jackpot. The Cardiff-born, Rhyl-based ace beat England’s Rachael Chadwick  11-2, 11-9, 11-3 in her second round match.

Dani Rowe has today announced her retirement from cycling – just months after winning bronze for Wales at the Commonwealth Games. The 28-year-old, nee King, finished third in the road race on the Gold Coast having switched allegiance from England.

Warren Gatland is to be approached by England about moving next-door when his time with Wales comes to an end. RFU interim chief Nigel Melville has revealed he plans to talk to Gatland about taking over from Eddie Jones when the current England coach steps down. Gatland finishes with Wales after next year’s World Cup, whilst Jones has a contract until 2021, although that deal is subject to review following the tournament in Japan next September.

Joe Ralls will be replaced by Victor Camarasa as Cardiff City’s penalty taker following the costly miss during the Bluebirds’ 3-1 defeat at West Ham on Tuesday night. Ralls’ poorly-struck spot-kick was comfortably saved by former Swansea City goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski when the game was scoreless before the Hammers went on to score three times in 12 minutes just after the break. Cardiff manager Neil Warnock was loath to criticise Ralls too harshly, but confirmed that the job would now be done by Camarasa in future after the Spaniard had lobbied to take the kick at the London Stadium.

Drew Schiestel looks certain to be back in action for Cardiff Devils when they play Guildford Flames at the Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday evening. Pace ace Schiestel – his name rhymes with pistol – missed Devils two matches last weekend with a minor injury, but is ready to return to the ice. The […]