Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod scored their seventh rally win of what’s turning out to be an incredible season, with victory on the Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally in their Swift Group Ford Fiesta R5. Their latest rally win secures the North Wales duo the Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series title. Two punctures, one on the fourth and the other on the seventh and final stage, didn’t prevent the Llysfaen driver winning the Ludlow-based event by 30 seconds, after a commanding performance.

Connah’s Quay’s 100 per cent start to the JD Welsh Premier League season came to an end after they were beaten by Barry Town, as The New Saints go back top of the table on goal difference. After Kayne McLaggon’s penalty gave Barry Town an early lead, Mamodou Toure struck ten minutes from time to […]

Cardiff Devils suffered more European heartache when they lost 3-2 in sudden death overtime against Swiss club SC Bern at Ice Arena Wales. Head coach Andrew Lord and his team felt hard done by in the 5-2 defeat against Red Bull Salzburg and, once again, they had chances to beat Bern in front of 3,000 […]

Man of the match Sion Spence led Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds to a 3-1 victory against Hull City in the Professional Development Under-18 League South fixture at Cardiff International Sports Stadium. City are top of the table going into the international break having won all four of their fixtures so far this season. Former Cardiff […]

Layne Ulmer, Cardiff Devils’ experience centreman, will be a key player in their Champions League clash with SC Bern at Ice Arena Wales this evening. The Canadian playmaker believes in his Devils team-mates and says: “We have a quality team, we have speed and everything needed to succeed. “We proved that to ourselves during the […]

Welshman Lee Lucas, a former Championship, Scottish Premier and Wales under-21 player, has signed for Southern League Premier club Merthyr Town. Aberdare-born Lucas is in the Martyrs’ squad for their fixture at Walton Casuals in Surrey this afternoon. The talented Lucas started his playing days with Cwmamman and joined the Swansea City Academy at the […]

Bradley Walker, Wrexham’s new signing from Crewe, is keen to help the North Walians step up their bid to regain Football League status. The 22-year-old midfield player has joined the Dragons on loan until January and told wrexhamafc.co.uk: “Wrexham are a fantastic club and I can’t wait to get started. “Hopefully I can get myself […]

Newport County have forged strong links with Championship club Bristol City. They are 30 miles apart, across the Severn Bridge, and the Robins have loaned three quality players to the Exiles. Cameron Pring is the latest to arrive at Rodney Parade, following Tyreeq Bakinson and Antoine Semenyo. Midfield player Bakinson, aged 19, has made a […]

Jayne Ludlow has promised Wales will build on their World Cup campaign – despite the breaking of the dam on Friday night when England secured their place at the tournament finals. Wales’ wall of resistance had gone 867 minutes without conceding a goal until their final qualifier caved in as they conceded three goals inside 12 minutes in a 3-0 defeat at Rodney Parade. The result means England will be at the finals in France next year while the Welsh women – who have delivered a transformational campaign in so many ways – must now hope others results go in their favour to provide a second chance through the play-offs.

Neil Warnock insists his Bluebirds will not be ‘parking the bus’ and are intent on beating Arsenal at Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday (1.30pm). Manager Warnock looks likely to give livewire Danny Ward the nod to start against the Gunners, while he will surely look to Josh Murphy and Bobby Reid to add another dimension […]

Welsh Wizards have added Egyptian World number three Marwan Elshorbagy to their team for the 2018-19 Premier Squash League season. The former World junior champion, aged 25, is Wizards’ new number one ahead of French ace Gregory Gaultier, who is number seven in the World rankings. Marwan was born and raised in the Egyptian city […]

Welsh international scrum-half Martin Roberts will make his competitive debut for Cardiff when he returns to the Principality Premiership for round one of the 2018/19 season. The 32-year-old brings with him a wealth of experience playing professionally at the Ospreys, Scarlets, Northampton Saints, Bath and Bristol and joins a new-look squad at the Arms Park that kicks-off at home on Saturday, 1 September against the reigning champions Merthyr.

The new Guinness Pro 14 season begins on Friday night and ince again the Scarlets are the Welsh region most likely to challenge for the title. Having looked at the Dragons, the Ospreys and the Cardiff Blues, the Dai Sport spotlight now falls on the Scarlets as Steffan Thomas finds reason for optimism once more down west. When Wayne Pivac was appointed Scarlets coach in 2014 nobody could have predicted the influence the former copper would have on the rugby landscape in west Wales. The name Pivac wouldn’t have rung many bells in the northern hemisphere but the Aucklander heads into his fifth season as the longest serving coach in the Guinness Pro 14.

Matt Grimes reckons his Swansea City career is finally taking off – even if it has taken three years and several loan moves. The midfielder has played in five of the Swans six games this season under new boss Graham Potter and is relishing the opportunity.

Nine drivers go into tomorrow’s Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally with a chance of winning a free entry into the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB – the Road to Wales prize for leading the Pirelli MSA Welsh Rally Championship after the penultimate round of the series. The same nine drivers could also be crowned Welsh champion – although that won’t be decided until after the final round, the Wyedean Rally (10 November). Two drivers are currently tied at the top of the championship standings, with Llanon’s Dylan Davies and Surrey driver Wug Utting both on 107 points. Their respective co-drivers, Llion Williams and Bob Stokoe, also share the lead in the navigators’ category.

It won’t just be Geraint Thomas who will feel very much at home when the OVO Tour of Britain kicks-off with a Grand Depart in Carmarthenshire on Sunday. The Tour de France winner will be joined by Chris Froome in the Team Sky squad that will launch their bid for yet another major title when the eight stage event starts this weekend. Thomas’s father, Howell, hails from Bancyfelin, just 20 miles away from the race start at Pembrey Country Park.

Wales’ Rugby League side will return to Wrexham for what could be a crucial qualification game with Ireland. In this year’s tournament, the top two nations will gain automatic qualification for the next World Cup, which will be hosted in England.

It’s 25 years since Nicky Grist won his first FIA World Rally Championship event – co-driving for Juha Kankkunen on the 1993 Rally of Argentina in a Castrol Toyota Team Celica GT-Four ST185. The Ebbw Vale-born co-driver was drafted in at short notice when the Finnish driver’s regular navigator, Juha Piironen, suffered a brain haemorrhage at the team hotel in Villa Carlos Paz before the start. Grist was co-driving for German pilot Armin Schwarz in a Mitsubishi at the time, but with a limited WRC programme they released him from his contract to join Kankkunen for, initially, two events – Argentina and New Zealand.

The New Saints manager Scott Ruscoe has warned early JD Welsh Premier League leaders Connah’s Quay not to get too comfortable at the top of the table ahead of the Saints’ league visit to Caernarfon tonight (7.45) The defending league champions have conceded an early lead to Connah’s Quay after losing to the Nomads two […]

Phil Neville won’t be bothered by the Welsh boo boys and girls at Rodney Parade on Friday night – in fact, he rather agrees with the idea of haranguing his England side. Jess Fishlock, Wales’ most experienced player, called on Welsh fans to boo the English players to try to give the home side an edge in the winner-takes-all Women’s World Cup qualifier at Newport. After all, at stake is the biggest prize in football – a trip to the World Cup finals in France next year.