Paul Thompson has walked away from Sheffield Steelers. ‘Thommo’ made his decision after a poor start to the new season which made him a target for Steelers fans demanding success. Their 5-2 defeat at Coventry Blaze was the result which finally sparked his decision. Assistant coach Mark Matheson has taken charge in the short term […]

Double Rally GB winner Nicky Grist would like to see Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship return to its more traditional mid-November date, when the forest stages are made all the more challenging by wintry weather conditions. This week’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB looks set to be fast and dry, with dust a more likely hazard than mud and rain – changing the character of an event which is renowned for its wet and slippery gravel stages. The wintry weather was the worst seen for many years when Grist won his home round of the WRC for the first time in 1993, when he guided Juha Kankkunen to victory in a Toyota Celica through snow, ice, rain, fog and mud. It was pretty wet and slippery when the Ebbw Vale-born co-driver won it again with Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza in 1997.

Katie Wakeley held her nerve to hold off mountain bike downhill world champion Rachel Atherton and win the 2018 Red Bull Foxhunt at Machynlleth. Atherton was forced to miss the 2017 event due to injury, but returned this year on the back of a successful downhill season. The 30-year-old fended off Tahnée Seagrave for a record sixth overall World Cup title, then dominated in Lenzerheide to win her fifth World Championship gold.

Melissa Courtney’s record breaking summer was rewarded with the title of Senior Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year at Welsh Athletics’ annual awards ceremony in Cardiff. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist enjoyed another stellar year as she captured the Welsh 3000 and 5000 metre records and ran for Britain at the European Championships. She was joined among the winners by another Team Wales medallist at the Gold Coast, race walker Bethan Davies.

Kody Davies dedicated his American debut to the memory of Enzo Calzaghe and came up with a performance of which the great man would have been proud. The 24-year-old Welsh light heavyweight prospect made it eight wins out of eight with an unanimous decision over Jerhed Fenderson over eight round at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California. All three judges awarded the fight to Davies, 80-72.

David Phelps, one of Wales’ greatest shooters, has decided to retire from international competition after picking up his second Commonwealth Games gold medal earlier in the year. The 41-year-old former Whitchurch HS pupil turned back the clock to recapture his golden form by winning his second gold on Australian soil as he followed up his 2006 golden shot in Melbourne with a second title on the Gold Coast in the Men’s 50m Prone Rifle.

Former Wales scrum-half Richie Rees has told his Cardiff Blues A team they must improve their decision-making after they blew victory against Munster A with one of the strangest calls of the season so far. The Blues A team lost 33-32 at the Arms Park after they were awarded a penalty late in the match, with time to kick for the corner and launch a final attack. Instead, full-back Tom Williams took a 60-metre shot at goal, which fell well short, and the Blues stumbled to their third successive defeat.

Callum Paterson insists Cardiff City are refusing to use a tough Premier League fixture list as an excuse and are remaining positive. The Bluebirds’ 2-1 defeat by Burnley on Sunday was their fourth on the trot following losses to Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.

There were eight goals and eight different scorers for Cardiff Devils in their emphatic Elite League home win against Glasgow Clan. Devils’ 8-1 victory against the Scots means they have fired 39 goals in seven League and Challenge Cup fixtures, conceding 13. Layne Ulmer, who tipped in a Gleason Fournier shot (9-22), and four minutes […]

Wales Dragonhearts, preparing for their two-test tour to Serbia, fell to a strong London and South East side 32-24 in North London. The Dragonhearts, who were never ahead in the game, were caught up in heavy traffic en route to London on Saturday and it looked like these problems had affected them early on as they were quickly 12-0 down.

Chaz Davies battled through the pain barrier to make a welcome return to the World Superbikes podium in Magny-Cours. The Powys flier – who broke his shoulder twice during the summer break – finished second behind newly-crowned four-time champion Jonathan Rea.

Courtney Baker-Richardson intends to transform himself from sleepless in Swansea to at peace in the Premier League. The 22-year-old striker has admitted he spent a few too many nights staring at the ceiling following his sending off at Millwall two weeks ago. That dismissal – just four minutes into his first professional start, for an ugly and ill-timed lunge at James Meredith – meant some restless nights, but his sleeping pattern should return to normal now that Baker-Richardson has scored his first goal for the club in Saturday’s 3-0 victory at home to QPR.

Connah’s Quay climbed top of the JD Welsh Premier League after a shock defeat allowed them to leapfrog The New Saints. Connah’s Quay overcame Carmarthen on Saturday to move two points clear but the Saints were unable to regain top-spot after a below-par performance against Cardiff Met. Connah’s Quay led against Carmarthen after goalkeeper Lee […]

Merthyr Town were denied victory against Southern League leaders Hartley Wintney by a last minutes penalty. Tom Meechan had fired the Martyrs ahead and goalkeeper Joe Perry kept a clean sheet until he faced that late spot-kick and the result was a 1-1 draw. Hampshire hosts Hartley scored, with Ty Smith the marksman, to earn […]

Neil Warnock was brutally honest in his post-match assessment after Cardiff City’s devastating 2-1 home defeat against Burnley. The Bluebirds deserved to win, they should have won, and their performance was full of character, courage and spirit. “Heart doesn’t get you any points,” said Warnock. “I’m gutted. Two sloppy goals and we didn’t get the […]

Newport County are on a good run and they are laying the foundations for a season to be proud of. The Exiles won 4-2 against Cambridge United and are on one of the best runs since manager Michael Flynn took charge during March 2017 – and they have made the best start to a Football […]

Cardiff Met stunned The New Saints after a clinical performance saw them run out 4-1 winners in the biggest shock of the JD Welsh Premier League season so far. The Saints arrived in the capital coming off a five-game unbeaten run in which they had failed to concede a single goal, and were searching for […]

Wrexham kept their ninth clean sheet of the season in a 1-0 Vanarama National League win against Barnet at the Racecourse. Experienced striker Stuart Beavon scored the only goal to maintain the Dragons’ bid to sustain a big challenge for promotion back to the Football League. Manager Sam Ricketts has used 19 players already this […]

Cardiff Devils scored three final period goals to earn a 5-2 Challenge Cup group victory at the Spectrum in Guildford. Head coach Andrew Lord and his Devils are top of their group after finishing strongly to douse the Flames. Cardiff ran into penalty trouble and Guildford scored during an early 5v3 powerplay with Calle Ackered […]

Courtney Baker-Richardson showed Graham Potter he can be much more than a four-minute nightmare as Swansea City moved to the fringe of the Championship play-off places. Baker-Richardson had lasted the length of a song on the radio before he was sent off at Millwall for a reckless challenge two weeks ago. On Saturday, he made his voice heard in a different manner with the opening goal as the Swans beat QPR 3-0 at the Liberty Stadium.