Ireland lock Devin Toner has warned the Scarlets that Leinster will be on mission to make amends for five years of failure when they visit Llanelli on Saturday night. The Scarlets will face Leinster’s big guns after the Guinness Pro14 champions decided to load up on internationals for their second trip to Wales in a week. The repeat of last year’s Pro14 final and European Champions Cup semi-final – both of which the Scarlets lost – will see the Irish province at much nearer full strength after making 11 changes to the side that won narrowly at Cardiff Blues.

While the latest generation of spectacular ‘new era’ WRC cars will be wowing the huge crowds as they race through the legendary Welsh forests at unsurpassed speeds, next month’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (4-7 October) isn’t just for the title chasing big guns. Unlike most other major sporting series, the FIA World Rally Championship allows plucky private entrants to compete alongside their more illustrious peers.

Running royalty from Kenya and Uganda will be the star attractions at the Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon after both nations confirmed their places at the inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships. The news of their participation comes as the clock ticks down to one month to go until the sold out Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon on October 7.

Ethan Ampadu and the other bright young things who shone for Ryan Giggs on Thursday night have been told they must keep their sparkle. Having helped Wales thrash the Republic of Ireland 4-1, the foursome who made their first competitive starts – Amapdu, Connor Roberts, David Brooks and Chris Mepham – have set an impressively high standard. It’s one that their manager wants them to maintain as they face Denmark on Sunday in their second UEFA Nations League match in Aahus.

Thirteen Welsh drivers are making the trip across the Irish Sea for this weekend’s Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally – led by Steve Wood, who is looking for his third event victory in a row. Co-driven by Limerick’s Keith Moriarty, Wood won a thrilling contest last year and, having also won in 2016, starts at number one in a powerful four-wheel drive Subaru Impreza WRC S11. John Dalton has been rallying in Ireland for almost 30 years and last time out he finished second on the Raven’s Rock Rally. He returns to Wexford this weekend in his familiar Darrian T90 GTR – similar to the one also driven by Tony Rees.

Ryan Giggs has paid tribute to the youngsters who have ignited his new era in change of Wales – and admitted he never had it this good as a player. Giggs saw his youthful team thrash the Republic of Ireland 4-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday night in his first competitive match in charge. Tom Lawrence, Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts scored the goals that put Wales 4-0 ahead in their first UEFA Nations League tie.

Cardiff Devils were punished in Austria when they failed to take their chances and picked up far too many penalties. Overall, Devils produced a big performance against one of Europe’s leading teams, but they lost 4-2 against a clinical Red Bull Salzburg.  They were on the penalty kill far too often, although a number of […]

Scott Davies slipped out of the top 10 overall at the Tour of Britain after the Team Time Trial on Thursday. The Carmarthenshire rider dropped three places to 13th after his Team Dimension Data finished 12th on stage five.

The schools have re-opened, the nights are growing longer, and for hundreds of girls and women in the Rhondda Valley that can only mean one thing . . . netball is back! The area’s new high performance senior team, the RCT Rockets, are still a few weeks away from taking to the court, but Rhondda Netball’s junior clubs start back on September 12. The participation figures across their Under 9’s, Under 11’s, Under 13’s & Under 15’s provision have been impressive, with no less than 400 girls taking part each week throughout 2017/18.

Wales Dragonhearts coach Paul Chambers has named his squad who will take on London and the South East before travelling to Serbia to play two tests. The 24-man squad, which will be reduced to 21 before going to Serbia, contains players from all around Wales, following the successful community Origin series between representative sides from East, North and West.

Welsh Netball has named an 12-strong squad for the Netball Europe Under 21 Open Championships taking place in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Wales squad will be led by Head Coach Natalie Peperell.

Joel Makin reached his first PSA World Tour Gold quarter-final after sending No 7 seed Omar Mosaad crashing out of the China Open. The Haverfordwest-born player won 3-1 in 65 minutes in his second round match against the former world No 3 from Egypt.

Ryan Howells was that old standby “over the moon” after he scored the winning goal to claim his first silverware for Fairwater in the Parker Harris Spooner Cup Final on Tuesday night. Fairwater FC needed a late goal from Howells to overcome Caerau Ely seconds’ resistance and win the game 2-1 for Casey Warren’s men. Rasul Abdul had earlier opened the scoring for Caerau Ely with a long-range effort, before Ryan Hocking levelled the score with a fine strike from just inside the box.

The off-court revolution in Welsh Netball has been completed with the appointment of six new non-executive directors. The expanded board is the fulfilment of a pledge made following in the wake of a skills-based audit conducted after a change in articles at the AGM in June. The changes in the boardroom also come at a time of greater recruitment in general staff to help drive the sport forward.

Ashley Williams insists grudges are like regrets – best left in the past – and he will be focussed only on the future when Wales face Ireland at Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday night. The captain who led his country to the Euro 2016 semi-finals has himself had a traumatic past few months, losing his health for a time as well as his form. But Williams, currently playing in the Championship on loan at Stoke City, believes Wales have to focus on the road ahead rather than think about settling any scores against the Irish.

Tesni Evans and Joel Makin got their seasons off to winning start at the China Open at the SECA Academy in Shanghai. British Champion Evans, the women’s World.12, had to work hard for her victory over Mariam Metwally in four games.

Scott Davies kept his top 10 slot at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain despite losing his hold on the King of the Mountains battle. The Carmarthenshire rider saw the black jersey go to Team Dimension Data team-mate Nic Dlamini on stage four in Royal Leamington Spa.

West Wales Raiders are playing arguably their biggest home game of the season on Sunday, when at Stebonheath Park in Llanelli, they host former Super League giants Bradford Bulls in a Betfred League 1 match (Kick-off 3pm).

Ryan Giggs has admitted he is in the dark over just what or who will be facing Wales when they head to Denmark next week. The Wales manager is preparing for Wales to enter the unknown against a Denmark side consisting of lower-league and futsal players. Denmark’s preparations for their UEFA Nations League opener against Wales in Aarhus on Sunday are in chaos following a dispute between the Danish Football Association and their Players’ Association.

More than 300 Cardiff Devils fans are following their team on a European ice hockey mission to Austria and Switzerland. Captain Jake Morissette and his team fly out from Heathrow today for Champions Hockey League clashes with Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday and SC Bern this weekend. Club owners Steve King and Brian Parker have […]