Charlotte Carey and Callum Evans will continue their European Championship campaign in Alicante on Wednesday after both produced impressive displays on the opening day. Carey, seeded 39, began the tournament with a 4-0 whitewash of Scotland’s Rebecca Plaistow in the Group 7 game of the women’s singles.

Penarth Hockey Club moved a step closer to readiness for the impending Verde Recreo league campaign, with three teams in action last weekend. 1st XI @ Wotton-under-Edge tournament A busy weekend for Penarth’s senior team culminated in a maiden appearance at Wotton-under-Edge’s four-team pre-season tournament on Sunday. Having already faced off against Cardiff University on Saturday afternoon, the Bears had to cram three games into an away day in the Cotswolds, but knew that the standard of the opposition would again be good preparation for their first season in the Premiership.

Celtic Dragons have extended their links with Cardiff Met University by using their facilities as their home training base for the new Vitality Netball Super League season. The Dragons played their final home fixture of last season at the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cyncoed, going down to the Sirens by 59-37. Now they will be able to prepare for the new season under new head coach Tania Hoffman in world-class surroundings.

Challenge Wales has become the largest sailing boat in Wales to join the RYA’s Sailability scheme and offer opportunities for people with a disability. Sailability has helped more than 53,000 young people and adults with disabilities to try sailing and take part regularly, mastering the skills and confidence for a lifetime on the water.

More than 50 young sailors took to the water for the South and West Wales Acord Llangorse OnBoard Regatta. There was a good turnout through the All Afloat scheme, with many travelling from Pembrokeshire for their first major competition, showing the sailing charity launched this summer is already having an impact.

Stevie Williams will make his eagerly-awaited Bahrain Merida debut in two Italian races as he takes the next step towards competing in a Grand Tour. The 22-year-old will line-up at the Giro della Toscana – Memorial Alfredo Martini on Wednesday (September 19) before racing at the Coppa Sabatini – Gran Premio Città di Peccioli the following day.

Charlotte Carey and Callum Evans will kick-off their European Championship adventure in Alicante on Tuesday with some tough assignments in the singles events. Carey goes into the championships ranked No. 39 in the women’s event and with a European ranking of 41. She is also teaming up with England’s Tin Tin Ho in the women’s doubles and Paul Drinkhall in the mixed doubles.

Graham Potter heads back to one of his former clubs on Tuesday night hoping the Stoke City faithful have finally forgiven him for missing a header in the Championship play-off semi-finals 22 years ago. Swansea City manager Potter played more than 50 times over three seasons for Stoke, but left for Southampton two months after Lou Macari’s men lost to Leicester City in the play-offs. “The miss in the semi-final was a rubbish header at Filbert Street. I’m not sure the supporters have forgiven me for that, and rightly so, because I should have scored,” admitted Potter.

Osian Pryce dominated the Historic section of the Escort Rally Special, finishing 55.61 seconds ahead of his nearest rival in his RallyXtreme-prepared Escort Mk2 RS1800. Many of the local Belgian drivers praised Pryce on his incredible performance, saying that such a magnificent result by a visiting driver is virtually unheard of. The one-off event had been organised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the building of the first Escort in 1968, and had attracted a capacity 140 car entry that were separated into three different sections – the competitive Modern and Historic sections, and the non-competitive Demo section. Based in the town of Couvin, in the Walloon region of southwest Belgium, the event featured one 16 mile stage that was tackled four times.

Sam Warburton quit at the top of his game at 29 earlier this year and now another of Wales’ superstar performers, Laura Halford, has hung up her rhythmic gymnastics ribbon at the even younger age of 22. The four-time Commonwealth Games medallist announced her decision to retire after finishing 65th at the World Championships in Sofia last weekend.

Welsh goalkeeper Rose Thomas has been handed an incredible opportunity to push her claims for selection for the Great Britain hockey team to defend their Olympic title in Tokyo in 2020. England and GB’s Maddie Hinch, described as being safer than the Bank of England after her penalty heroics in Rio two years ago, has announced she is taking a break from international hockey.

Joey Martin is Elite League player of the week after opening the domestic ice hockey season in sensational style. Cardiff Devils forward Martin is nicknamed the GOAT by Welsh ice hockey fans – Greatest Of All Time. Their tribute to Devils favourite Martin is for a Canadian ace who has scored 124 goals and more […]

Enzo Calzaghe’s life story and his success as a boxing trainer with his son, Joe, is worthy of a Hollywood film. Here, Rob Cole, pays tribute to the charismatic character who has sadly passed away. They were one of the greatest father and son acts in sport and between them, Enzo and Joe Calzaghe conquered the world of boxing. It was with great sadness that Wales and the sporting world heard the news that Enzo had passed away at the age of 69. In a statement the Calzaghe family formally announced the sad news.

Enzo Calzaghe, the father of Wales’ former world boxing champion Joe, has died. He was 69. The Newbridge Boxing Club-based trainer helped his son become a two-weight world champion during his undefeated 46-fight career as a professional.

The electrifying battle royal for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship has intensified as the title race now arrives in the UK for what promises to be a thrilling Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (4-7 October). The result of last weekend’s drama-laden Rally Turkey has further tightened the tussle for top honours with the three leading contenders – Thierry Neuville, Ott Tänak and Sébastien Ogier – now locked in even fiercer combat with three pivotal rounds remaining on the calendar. The first of these title deciders comes next month in Wales, followed by two equally critical encounters in Spain and Australia.

Metropolitan Police travelled from Surrey to Merthyr Tydfil without an officer in sight. The Met did not have any policemen in their squad for the Southern League match at MetCoaches Stadium, but did include Welsh brothers, goalkeeper Luke and defender Sam Williams. Former Wales youth international and Cardiff City trainee Sam, aged 20, spent almost […]

Head coach Andrew Lord loved the first weekend of Cardiff Devils’ domestic season. Devils won 3-2 against Nottingham Panthers in an Elite League clash and then crushed Milton Keynes Lightning 9-1 in a Challenge Cup group match. Panthers look genuine title contenders, a big, strong and well organised team playing under highly experienced coach Rich […]

Geraint Thomas reckons the British clean sweep of cycling’s Grand Tours will help inspire a new generation trying to emulate the golden legacy. The stunning success story was capped on Sunday as Simon Yates sealed victory in the Vuelta a Espana.

Chaz Davies came through one of the toughest weekends of his World Superbikes career with another fourth spot in Portugal. The Powys flier followed up his fourth in Saturday’s race at Portimao despite still recovering from a double bust to his shoulder during the summer break.

Wrexham’s attacking trio of Rekeil Pyke, Chris Holroyd and Stuart Beavon were ‘electric’ in their 4-1 Vanarama National League home win against Ebbsfleet United. The Dragons led by four goals by half-time in front of 4,700-plus spectators at the Racecourse and all three scored with Pike netting via his second back heel strike of the […]