Swansea Harrier Josh Griffiths is targeting a big October as he sets his sights on Sunday’s Commonwealth Half Marathon Championship and the Dublin Marathon later in the month. The man who shot to prominence when he finished as the top British runner at the 2017 London Marathon is relishing taking on the best the Commonwealth has to offer once again after his exploits on the Gold Coast earlier this year. The 24-year-old finished 15th in the Commonwealth Games marathon which he described at the time as “the hardest race I have ever done”.

Former Celtic Dragons and Wales shooters Georgia Rowe and Cara Lea Moseley have crossed the Severn Bridge to join Severn Stars in the new Vitality Superleague season. They head into England while Wales’ top shooter, Chelsea Lewis, has opted to return home from Team Bath after two seasons away. Lewis was this week among four new signings announced by the Celtic Dragons as they plan their fightback from the basement section of the Superleague.

Ryan Giggs is expecting a fierce Irish backlash when he takes his Wales team to Dublin for the third round of the UEFA League of Nations to meet Martin O’Neill’s Republic of Ireland side. While Giggs was in dreamland after his home debut as manager turned into a 4-1 rout at Cardiff City Stadium last month, opposite number O’Neill had his head in his hands after the mauling.  Things didn’t go as well in Denmark the following week with a 2-0 defeat in Aarhus, but Giggs remains confident his side can repeat their heroics against the Irish in Dublin. They meet Spain next week at the Principality Stadium in a warm-up friendly that is set to attract a 50,000+ crowd.

Brian Lee’s Welsh racing column Vale of Glamorgan trainer Tim Vaughan was in good form at Warwick The two horses he saddled there both won their races.  Five-year-old Trixster, a 5-2 chance, took the Penguin Pay Maiden Hurdle by three lengths from the favourite Pontresina. Seven-year-old Canton Prince, who was burdened with top weight of […]

Newport County’s Michael Flynn has been named League Two manager of the month for September. His success was built on impeccable away form with wins at Port Vale, Oldham and Tranmere and County are joint second after taking 12 points from a possible 15 over the month. Dai-sport journalist Terry Phillips looks at Flynn’s Exiles’ […]

Esapekka Lappi set the fastest time on the opening stage of the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB to lead the event after tonight’s one mile spectator stage around the Tir Prince Raceway near Rhyl. Co-driven by Janne Ferm, the Toyota driver set a time 0.3 seconds faster than team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila and World Rally Championship leaders Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (Hyundai), while five-time world champions Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC) were fourth, a further 0.4 seconds behind. Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja, who crashed their Toyota on the morning’s Shakedown stage in Clocaenog forest, made it all three Yaris WRCs in the top five, while Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jaeger completed the top six in their Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.

South Wales slipped to defeat in their Uefa Regions Cup group match against Istanbul in Bulgaria. Turkish team Istanbul won 6-2 having powered into a five-goal lead before half-time at the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven Chris Quick led the South Wales fightback, scoring twice during the second half.  Chris Colvin-Owen could have netted from a […]

Gareth Bale appears to have won his battle to take on Spain in a game that Wales manager Ryan Giggs says will provide the Real Madrid star with extra motivation. Bale missed Real’s Champions League defeat at CSKA Moscow on Tuesday with a groin injury picked up in the goalless Madrid derby against Atletico last weekend. But Bale is hopeful of returning […]

Elfyn Evans got his Dayinsure Wales Rally GB defence off to a flying start by setting the joint second fastest time on today’s Shakedown stage in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC. It might have only been a short 3.37km run through Clocaenog forest, which doesn’t count towards the outcome of the event itself, but the time – just 0.2 seconds slower than Finland’s Teemu Suninen (Fiesta WRC) – confirms that Evans is one of the favourites for victory this weekend. The Shakedown stage also proved how slippery the conditions are, as Ott Tänak – who has won the last three World Championship rounds – skidded straight on at a junction and nose-dived into a bank. His Toyota Yaris WRC has been repaired and he’ll be none the worse off when the event gets underway.

Dalton Grant is looking to celebrate promotion with Bradford Bull this weekend – before setting his sights on helping Wales qualify for the Rugby League World Cup. The 28-year-old is set to add to his cap tally when Wales face France, Scotland and Ireland this autumn and the full squad for the tournament will be announced on October 18.

Penydarren BGC have seven players in the South Wales squad for their Uefa Regions Cup group matches in Bulgaria. The Welsh League new boys, currently second in Division Three, were unbeaten in the South Wales Alliance Premier last season and earned promotion. They also swept into the JD Sports Welsh Cup quarter-finals before going out […]

SERBIA 22 WALES DRAGONHEARTS 20 Stadion FK Heroj, Belgrade Wales Dragonhearts were beaten by Serbia in a hard-fought game in Belgrade in the first of a two test series.

The stages are set for a spectacular scrap for supremacy on this weekend’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (4-7 October), after crews completed their final preparations for an event that will pit some of the world’s biggest motor sport stars against both the clock and each other. One of the most historic and popular events on the FIA World Rally Championship calendar, Dayinsure Wales Rally GB is renowned for pushing drivers and co-drivers to the very limit in their pursuit of the coveted Peall Trophy. This year’s new-look route – featuring 23 gruelling speed tests, totalling just shy of 200 competitive miles – will be no exception.

Josh Hmami scored twice as The New Saints comfortably dispatched Prestatyn Town 5-0 to reach the Nathaniel MG Cup quarter-finals. All eyes were on the Saints to see how they would react following their uncharacteristic defeat to Cardiff Met on the weekend, but a rotated line-up from The New Saints proved too strong for the […]

It’s derby day in Wales this weekend and Robin Davey is feeling optimistic that all four regions now have sufficient quality to make the outcomes difficult to predict. But he still fancies the Cardiff Blues and the Scarlets. A fairly uneventful start to the Guinness Pro 14 season is about to explode into action with the arrival of two hotly contested derbies on Saturday in front of near full houses. In the west, the Scarlets take on the Ospreys at Parc Y Scarlets on Saturday afternoon and just over two hours later in the east the Dragons face Cardiff Blues at Rodney Parade.

Gleason Fournier fired an overtime winner for Cardiff Devils against Dundee Stars in Scotland. The teams were locked at 2-2 after 60 minutes in their Elite League clash before Fournier struck 28 seconds into overtime. Devils are second in the League table, four points behind Nottingham Panthers with three games in hand. The next test […]

Llandudno’s Matt Edwards could be the new British Rally Champion on Friday night, if the first part of the final double-header finale goes to plan. For the first time in over a decade, the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship joins the FIA World Rally Championship at the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB – with points awarded at the end of Friday’s leg and the final round of the series taking in the remaining Saturday and Sunday stages combined. Co-driven by Abersoch’s Darren Garrod, Edwards is in a four-way fight for the title, and after a sensational season he will need a dramatic turn of bad luck not to become British champion sometime this weekend.

Mica Moore is taking a break from bobsleigh – to go back to university. The 24-year-old has enrolled in the MSc in Sport Broadcasting and Media at Cardiff Met University.

Welsh rally ace Tom Cave says he is ready for the biggest challenge of his season when he launches his Wales Rally GB bid on Thursday after a successful test. The 26-year old from Aberdovey was back behind the wheel in South Wales on Monday of a Hyundai i20 R5 for the first time since finishing third in the WRC2 category on the Neste Rally Finland in July last year.

Welsh endurance athlete Jenny Nesbitt is hoping stint spent training in the Pyrenees will help boost her performance at the Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff. The Worcester AC athlete has been preparing for Sunday’s race at the National Centre for Altitude Training at Font Romeau, near the border of France and Spain.