Jack Rayner’s emphatic victory at the inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon championships in Cardiff was overshadowed by the death of two runners. Two men – aged 25 and 32 – suffered cardiac arrests after crossing the finishing line on Sunday, despite immediate attention from the on-course medical team. Both were taken to the University Hospital Wales in Cardiff but later died, the first fatalities in the 15 year history of the race.

Connah’s Quay continue to lead the JD Welsh Premier League table after a 3-1 win at Cardiff Met saw them reclaim top spot on Sunday afternoon. Rhys Thomas pegged a goal back for Cardiff Met after Callum Morris and Declan Poole had given Connah’s Quay a 2-0 lead by the midway point of the first […]

Bernard Jackman has pleaded with long-suffering Dragons fans for more of their deep supplies of patience as their winless streak in all-Welsh matches continues. The Dragons’ long wait for a regional derby win in the Guinness Pro 14 continues as they were stung by a second half revival by the Blues at the weekend. Two tries in the first quarter saw the home side race into a 12 point lead, but they were beaten 23-15 in the end as the Blues hit back with two tries in five minutes just after the hour mark.

Wales Dragonhearts ended their tour of Serbia on a high after beating their community representative side 50-4. After only losing 22-20 to the country’s senior side on Wednesday, this match up was a real test of the two nations’ skill levels and the Welsh showed their superiority by running in nine tries to one.

Matt Edwards clinched the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship finale to put the icing on the cake following his title win, sealed on the penultimate round earlier in the weekend at Dayinsure Wales Rally GB.

Welsh tennis star Evan Hoyt has won his first ITF Futures singles competition since 2015. The 23-year-old, who is battling back after serious injury, won the Australia F7 Futures Brisbane QTC Tennis International.

Sébastien Ogier may have won 44 times in his stellar FIA World Rally Championship career, but few of his victories have been more hard-fought than the one he achieved at Dayinsure Wales Rally GB this weekend. The Ford star overcame a thrilling final day challenge to become the first driver in history to triumph five times on the legendary event.

West Wales sailors took advantage of home waters to produce a series of strong performances in the BYS Welsh Regional Championships at Pembrokeshire Yacht Club. The youth and junior event in the waters off Milford Haven was also the first of the new look RYA regional championships, with around 1,000 competitors taking part in eight venues around the UK – more than 100 of them in Wales.

While some Premier League stars will try any excuse to skip an international friendly, one Welsh teenager is undertaking a 14,000-mile round trip to make her debut. Lauren Purchase, 14, lives in Malaysia with her parents, Dacre Purchase and Caroline Morris who were pupils of Llanfair Caereinion and Welshpool High Schools respectively. She is the great grand daughter of former Welshpool mayor, John Gwilt.

Czech-born Lukas Smital, the highly experienced Slough Jets coach, leads his team into their ice hockey clash with Cardiff Fire at Ice Arena Wales this evening (Sunday, 6pm). Fire were edged out 4-3 by Basingstoke Buffalo in their first fixture of the season and are fired up to earn victory against Jets in Cardiff Bay. […]

Newport County manager Michael Flynn admitted he felt ‘gutted’ after his teams 1-1 League Two draw against Forest Green Rovers away. “We were the better team and deserved the three points,” said Flynn. “Rovers took the lead via an own goal and we missed a penalty so I’m a little gutted. The players, though, were […]

Wrexham maintained their unbeaten home record thanks to Rekeil Pyke’s goal in a 1-0 win against struggling Havant and Waterlooville at the Racecourse. The Dragons kept a 10th clean sheet of the season and manager Sam Ricketts said: “I’m delighted to win and the performance was good. “We just couldn’t score the second goal that […]

Canadian forward Matt Pope led Cardiff Devils’ quest to quell a Storm at Ice Arena Wales. Former Hershey Bears and Manitoba Moose player Pope scored a hat-trick in Devils’ 4-1 win against Manchester Storm in Cardiff Bay.  Ben Blood was the other goalscorer for a home team who have now scored 29 times in five […]

Graham Potter has urged his Swansea City players to retain their perspective after they crashed to 3-2 home defeat to Ipswich Town which sent them falling out of the Championship play-off places. The Swans manager insisted they should not over-react to the defeat which came after praise for their recent away draw at Wigan and convincing home victory over QPR. Chairman Huw Jenkins had claimed that the club were back playing “sexy football” but Ipswich were the ones looking pleased with themselves after inflicting a second home defeat of the season on their hosts.

The scene is set for an epic finish to the 2018 edition of Dayinsure Wales Rally GB tomorrow, after the momentum in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship title fight swung dramatically back and forth in front of thousands of enthralled fans in the heart of the classic mid Wales forests. Under bright, sunny skies, spectators flocked to the stages in huge numbers with an appetising itinerary of Myherin, Sweet Lamb Hafren, Dyfi, Gartheiniog and Dyfnant in the scenic Cambrian Mountains – some of the most demanding and spectacular speed tests anywhere in the world. They did not go home disappointed. With no midday service and almost 100 miles of flat-out competition, any issues or errors were always going to be magnified today – as two of the three title protagonists found out to their cost. First to fall was World Championship leader Thierry Neuville, who slid into a ditch on the first run through Hafren. It was only the assistance of quick-thinking spectators that enabled the Belgian to rejoin – but the delay dropped him well down the order. The drama, however, was not over yet.

Cardiff City’s Junior Hoilett felt the dismissal of team-mate Joe Ralls during their 1-0 defeat against Spurs at Wembley Stadium was ‘harsh’. Young midfield player Ralls, an all-action, energetic player through the middle, show shown a red card by referee Mike Dean after 58 minutes for pulling back Lucas Moura. “Joe wasn’t the last man […]

Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds led twice against their Sky Blue hosts in a 3-2 Professional Under-18 Development League defeat at the Alan Higgs Centre.  Manager Bellamy made two changes to his starting line-up with Ben Margetson and Siyabonga Ligendza called up. Rudy Andrew-Knott, a 15-year-old attacking midfield player, was among the Cardiff substitutes.  The former […]

Merthyr Town sit back and relax this afternoon after their next two fixtures were postponed. The Martyrs were due to take on Poole Town at home this afternoon, but they are involved in Emirates FA Cup action, while Merthyr lost 4-1 in the last round against Winchester City. Manager Gavin Williams and his Merthyr team […]

Newport County AFC travel 50 miles to Gloucestershire for their League Two clash with Forest Green Rovers at the New Lawn, Nailsworth (3pm). Rovers are unbeaten this season, while County could go top if they beat their hosts in what is effectively at Severnside derby. Forest Green are one of five teams in the top […]

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins has declared his club are playing “sexy football” again under manager Graham Potter. Jenkins – who turned to Potter at the start of the summer after hiring and firing Garry Monk, Francesco Guidolin, Bob Bradley, Paul Clement and Carlos Carvalhal in rapid succession – reckons the club have rediscovered their identity under their current boss who he describes as “a breath of fresh air.” Writing in his programme notes ahead of Saturday’s home game against Ipswich, Jenkins has heaped praise on Potter who has guided his team into the play-off positions despite having to oversee a fire sale of top talent.