Billy Root’s move to Glamorgan has been made in order to re-fresh his career, according to Nottinghamshire coach Mick Newell. Root, younger brother of England skipper Joe, has signed for Glamorgan for next season – a switch that appears to make him a replacement for the departed batsman Aneurin Donald. Young England prospect Donald announced he was quitting the Welsh county because he felt his Test match prospects would be much improved at Hampshire, but Root’s ambitions are more modest.

Warren Gatland will be “gutted” over the loss of Taulupe Faletau for the November Test series, according to the back row forward’s Bath clubmate Jamie Roberts. It was confirmed on Tuesday that Wales No.8 Faletau suffered a broken arm playing for his club against Exeter in the Gallagher Premiership at the weekend. The injury, which is near his wrist, is expected to keep him out of action for a couple of months.

Welsh weightlifter Ellie Pryor finished sixth competing for Team GB at the Youth Olympics in Argentina. The 17-year-old from Aberdare lifted 61kg in the snatch and 81kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 142kg.

Geraint Thomas has pleaded for the return of his Tour de France trophy after it was stolen from a cycling show. According to the Daily Mirror, the Coupe Omnisports was taken while on loan to bike manufacturer Pinarello to be displayed at the Cycle Show in Birmingham.

Tesni Evans produced an epic comeback from two sets down to beat Joelle King at the US Open. The Rhyl-based star claimed one of the biggest wins of her career in Philadelphia after a 69 minute battle with the No 4 seed.

Cardiff Devils are desperately close to being genuine contenders to qualify for the Champions Hockey League last 32. They won’t make it through the groups this season, but the reigning Elite League champions are close to taking that next step. Devils lost 3-1 against Vaxjo Lakers in Sweden on Tuesday, but are incredibly close to […]

James Williams made an impressive FIA World Rally Championship debut at the weekend, finishing 30th overall in his Vauxhall Adam R2 on the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB. The 20-year old Newcastle Emlyn driver also clinched the runners-up spot in the Prestone British Junior Rally Championship, after taking the battle for the title down to the final round. With two Junior BRC wins under his belt, Williams needed to win the last round and hope rival Steve Rokland didn’t finish. But a differential problem and a puncture meant that he couldn’t repeat his penultimate round victory, ending the season in second place.

Wrexham will travel to National League rivals Harrogate in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday, October 20. The Dragons are currently fourth in Vanarama National League football, one place and one point behind promotion rivals Harrogate Town. Yorkshire club Harrogate were promoted last season and have, along with Wrexham, made an excellent start to the […]

Chris Douglas and his Cardiff Fire team played far better at Ice Arena Wales than the 7-2 National League defeat suggests. Player-Coach Douglas was between the pipes for Cardiff and his team played some fluent ice hockey against Slough Jets without being able to punish their visitors. Jets were twice punished for too many men […]

Chaz Davies is relishing World Superbikes debut in Argentina this weekend as he looks to seal second place in the championship. The Powys-born rider will line-up at the newly-built Villicum circuit near San Juan, located in the Northwest area of the country.

Canadian hit-man Mike Hedden leads Cardiff Devils’ scoring in Champions League ice hockey – and has Vaxjo Lakers in his sights this evening. Hedden has scored three goals and added an assist in four group fixtures for Devils and he is level with Vaxjo’s leading marksman Austin Ortega, a 24-year-old Californian. Ortega, who also has […]

Mumbles sailor Harry Pressdee went from the OnBoard scheme, to encourage new people into sailing, to third in Wales at the BYS Welsh Regional Championships. He even won the final two races in the Topper class of boat on the waters at Milford Haven in the event held at Pembrokeshire Yacht Club, having come through the OnBoard programme to encourage new people into sailing.

Scott Davies has been forced to end his season early after breaking his shoulder blade after hitting a guardrail in a nasty crash in Italy. The Carmarthen-born rider suffered the blow at the Giro dell Emilia near Bologna where he was looking strong until the crash on the slippery, wet roads.

After a great start to the new season, which began with victory at Plymouth Marjon, Penarth’s 1st XI returned to Devon looking to avenge the defeat inflicted upon them at the end of last season that effectively decided the Championship title. Ashmoor had proven to be the Vale side’s only real rival for overall success in 2017-18 and, after splitting wins home and away, denied Penarth a third straight divisional crown as both sides ascended to the highest level of regional hockey.

Six Welsh hockey players have forced their way into the Great Britain Elite Development Programme squads for the 2018/19 season as the countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gathers pace. Rhys Bradshaw, the talented Cardiff & Met teenager who has already made his mark in the senior Welsh men’s team, is included for the first time in the 32-strong men’s squad alongside clubmates Jacob Draper and Ioan Wall.

Wayne Pivac has told his Scarlets players that another European adventure this season must include a better start than a year ago. The region begin their Heineken Champions campaign at home to Racing 92 on Saturday, fresh from their 20-17 victory over the Ospreys last weekend. A years ago, Pivac’s team suffered back-to-back defeats at the start of Europe’s pool stages – losing narrowly at Toulon and then at home to Bath, before going on to win five straight matches on their way to the semi-final where they eventually fell to champions Leinster.

The future is looking bright for Welsh distance running as the country’s endurance programme is paying dividends with some hugely promising performances. Although Wales missed out on individual and team medals at the inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff last weekend, there were a number of season and personal bests clocked by the home elite runners.

After setting four fastest stage times and regularly posting top three times within fractions of a second from that of the factory-supported drivers, Tom Cave’s performance on this year’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB underlined his true potential as a front-runner in the international RC2 category of the FIA World Rally Championship. Having concluded a deal to drive a Philip Case Rally Sport prepared Hyundai i20 R5 and attracting support from a variety of backers a few weeks before the UK’s round of the WRC, Tom carried out a short but successful test on the Monday before the event.

Evan Hoyt has risen a huge 86 places in the ATP Tour rankings after his Brisbane triumph. The 23-year-old from Llanelli has reached 570 in the world – just 28 places below his highest-ever ranking of 542 in 2016 before he was hit by injury.

Cardiff Devils are back in Europe and preparing for their Champions Hockey League clash with Vaxjo Lakers in Sweden. Head coach Andrew Lord and his team play Lakers away on Tuesday and then at home later this month in their quest for CHL wins. Devils have had a storming run in Elite League and Challenge Cup […]