Former Merthyr Town defender Cameron Pring made his debut for Newport County during their Checkatrade Trophy group match against Swindon Town away. Pring, signed on loan from Bristol City, slotted in a left-back and did well against a strong Swindon team at the County Ground. The home team won 1-0 thanks to a Michael Doughty […]

Chaz Davies is hopeful he will resume his World Superbikes campaign in Portugal this week despite a shoulder injury. The Knighton-born rider refractured his right collarbone in a training accident at Aragon during the two-month summer break from racing.

Geraint Thomas will not line-up for Britain at the World Road Race Championships. The Tour de France champion admitted during last week’s Tour of Britain that that race would likely be his last of the season after a hectic and heady few months.

Welsh hopes of qualifying for the Uefa Under-21 Championship finals are over. Goals from Andre Horta and Joao Felix earned Portugal a 2-0 victory at Nantporth Stadium, Bangor. Wales are eight points behind joint leaders Romania and Bosnia with two group fixtures left. Portugal could still finish top and they eased to victory despite having […]

The New Saints move three points clear at the top of the table after Aeron Edwards scores three in a 6-0 rout over Aberystwyth … Jamie Breese denies Connah’s Quay the chance to go joint top as Caernarfon claim narrow victory. Connahs Quay Nomads 0 Caernarfon Town 1 Jamie Breese 45’+1 Connahs Quay Nomads 1. […]

Former Wales prop Craig Mitchell has resurfaced at Gallagher Premiership club Newcastle Falcons. The tight-head spent last season at Yorkshire Carnegie in the English Championship after spells at both the Dragons and the Cardiff Blues which appeared to suggest his career was in decline.But Mitchell has impressed the Falcons playing for their reserve side in recent weeks and director of rugby Dean Richards has opted to hand the 32-year-old a three-month deal.

Next month’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (4-7 October) will feature a star-studded line-up after the event organiser, International Motor Sports, confirmed it has received a world class entry for Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Entries closed late last week, with an outstanding field of 60 International cars representing 19 nations lining up to compete against-the-clock on an exciting new-look route featuring 23 gruelling special stages. The entry list is topped by the world championship winning M-Sport Ford World Rally Team starring last year’s winner Elfyn Evans and also includes another Welsh driver, Matt Edwards. This year’s eagerly-awaited Wales Rally GB also features the final two rounds of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship – a title race which Edwards is hoping to win in Wales having dominated the 2018 series to date.

Jake Hapgood will bid to continue his rich run of form when he lines-up for Wales against England, Ireland and Scotland at golf’s Home International Championship for the Raymond Trophy on Wednesday. Hapgood – who led the way for Wales at the recent World Amateur Team Championships in Ireland – is part of the 11-man Welsh team, along with Ben Chamberlain and Tom Williams. That trio tied 18th out of 72 nations at for the Eisenhower Trophy at the Carton House course, where Hapgood had the best individual score, finishing 8-under over the four rounds.

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Cardiff City sent a young team to Nottingham Forest for a Professional Under-23 Development League fixture at the City Ground. Midfield player Lloyd Humphries returned after recovering from injury, while Tyrone Duffus was also in the Bluebirds squad. Under-18 players Ben Margetson and Jac Davies were both included in the starting line-up, while Ibrahim Meite […]

Newport County travel to Wiltshire for their first Checkatrade Trophy group match against Swindon Town on Tuesday (September 11, 7.45pm). Manager Michael Flynn is certain to make changes from County’s starting line-up in their 1-0 League Two win at Oldham with goalkeeper Nick Townsend, defenders Mark O’Brien and Cameron Pring, midfielders Charlie Cooper and Andrew […]

It’s boom or bust for Wales in the 2019 Euro Under-21 championships. They needs wins and points to keep alive slim hopes of making progress. Bosnia and Herzegovina lead the way in group eight, ahead of Romania, Portugal and Wales. Manager Robert Page and his Welsh team have three group fixtures left and can’t afford […]

Connah’s Quay and The New Saints will both be looking to extend their lead at the top of the JD Welsh Premier League tonight after turning their attentions to the Irn-Bru Cup on the weekend. They are among four clubs level on points at the top of the table but have a game in-hand following […]

Steve Wood won the Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally for a third time in a row, leading home a magnificent 1-2-3 podium lockout for Welsh drivers on the popular Irish event. Co-driven by Keith Moriarty, Wood won the two-day, 15 stage, rally by 41.7 seconds after an impressive drive in his Subaru Impreza WRC S11. Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson had a superb run to second in their first event in the Melvyn Evans Motorsport Hyundai i20 R5, while John Dalton/Gwynfor Jones secured a comfortable third in their Darrian T90 GTR.

Lucy Gossage made it a hat-trick of Ironman Wales titles as she successfully defended her women’s crown in Tenby. The British triathlete finished 15th overall in 9 hours, 52 minutes, 37 seconds, her second fastest time in the event. A year ago she won in 10:11.20 and in 2013 she triumphed in 09:51.21 as she finished ninth overall.

James Chester has told Wales fans they will need to be patient as Ryan Giggs goes about building a new team. The Aston Villa defender insists the national side are heading in the right direction under their recently appointed manager and that Sunday’s defeat to Denmark was only a bump in the road. Christian Eriksen’s brace condemned Wales to a 2-0 UEFA Nations League defeat in Aarhus after the euphoria of a scintillating display against the Republic of Ireland three days earlier.

Canadian television commentator Aaron Murphy was full of praise for Cardiff Devils after their Champions Hockey League clash with SC Berne in Switzerland. The highly experienced Murphy tweeted after Devils were edged out 3-2: “To @cardiffdevils players, staff & fans – you can hold your heads high. “I’ve been calling @championshockey now five years and […]

Table Tennis Wales carried out a good dry run ahead of hosting the European Veterans Championships in 2021 by successfully staging the Home Nations Vets tournament at the weekend. It proved to be a profitable competition for the Wales national coach Ryan Jenkins as he captured three gold medals on his debut in the Over 40 category. The double British and 12-time Welsh champion beat Andrew Wilkinson 3-0 in the singles final, claimed top spot in the doubles with Ryan Owen and also led Wales to the team title.

Scott Davies admits he is delighted with his Tour of Britain showing as he finished the race at top Brit. The Carmarthenshire rider was 12th overall – one minute 54 seconds down on winner Julian Alaphilippe after Sunday’s eighth and final stage.

Josh Lewis aims to go from the ridiculous to the sublime this week and the rare privilege of a meeting with Johnny Sexton. Dragons outside-half Lewis scored the vital try and kicked three conversions and two penalties at the weekend to earn his region their first Guinness Pro 14 victory in almost a year as they held on to beat the Southern Kings, 27-22. The ridicule, though, was all too close for the Dragons, who threw away a 17-0 lead and were hanging on against opponents who are yet to win away from home since joining the tournament.