Reigning MSA Junior Rallycross champion Tom Llewellin claimed the runners-up spot at Lydden Hill to continue his Swift Sport Championship challenge at round seven of the MSA British Rallycross Championship in Kent. Race day didn’t start too well, with a technical problem ruling the 17-year old Haverfordwest driver out of the first heat. Superb work by the Peter Gwynne Motorsport team soon had the little black car’s problems fixed, enabling Llewellin to finish second and third in the next two heats to qualify for the semi-final, where he finished second. Starting the final from row two, the Pembrokeshire teenager took an early joker lap and was in contention for the victory – until a slow puncture scuppered all hopes of victory. He did extremely well to hold onto second place, finishing behind series leader Morgan Bailey.

Cardiff Devils start a new European adventure when Red Bull Salzburg open the ice hockey season at Ice Arena Wales on Thursday. Head coach Andrew Lord and his Devils are competing in the Champions League for a second successive season, competing against the cream of European hockey. “We want to make a splash in the […]

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, the Bluebirds winger injured at Huddersfield, could be out for six months. That is a major blow for the player and Cardiff City after scans showed the damage sustained in a collision with Huddersfield’s goalkeeper. Mendez-Laing is in a leg brace and has damaged ligaments in his left knee. He will be out […]

Michael Flynn looks certain to make changes to his team for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup tie against Oxford United at Rodney Parade (7.45pm). David Pipe, Mark O’Brien, Charlie Cooper and Jamille Matt are among the players hoping to start against League One opposition in Newport’s bid to teach the League Cup third round for the first […]

The Scarlets look as though they are going to have to limp back into action in the Guinness PRO14 at Ulster on Saturday. Head coach Wayne Pivac has got 14 players, seven of them internationals, on the injury list and is set to head to Belfast without Wales and British & Irish Lions full back Leigh Halfpenny, who is struggling with a tight groin.

It might have been the off-season for some, but members of Penarth Hockey Club were all over the map as they represented their homeland in various international competitions over the past few months. While the various World Cup competitions took centre stage, the summer got off to a winning start for the Welsh with a long-awaited victory over England in the annual mixed international.

Graham Potter will take time to share Swedish stories with Roy Hodgson on Tuesday night after Swansea City have hosted Crystal Palace. Potter spent six years in Sweden – taking Ostersund from the fourth tier to the top level – before his move to Wales, but that adventure might not have been possible had it not been for Hodgson. The former England boss paved the way for British coaches in Scandinavia with his spells at both Malmo and Halmstad, before going to manage Switzerland, Liverpool, Fulham, England, and now Palace among others.

Once again the Team Pursuit turned into one of British cycling’s strongest suits at the European Under 23 track championships in Aigle, Switzerland. The 20-year-old rising Welsh star Joe Holt made it back-to-back gold medals as he joined forces with Matthew Bostock, Matt Walls and Fred Wright to retain the title, while Welsh duo Meg Barker and Jess Roberts teamed up with Jenny Holl and Rebecca Raybould to strike silver in the women’s event behind Italy. Barker and Roberts also doubled up to take silver again in the Madison event, while Barker was disappointed not to bring back more than a bronze in the Omnium.

After six years spent going backwards, the Ospreys need a lift and George North could be just the man to provide it. Graham Thomas looks at the player and his new region as both seek a fresh start by winding back the clock. If one man’s personal circumstance could signify the wider challenge for the Ospreys this season, then it would be George North. Like the region itself, their new marquee signing has had a scratchy couple of years, judged by the standards of previous glories. Both player and team are seeking some kind of redemption.

Last season’s surprise package Cefn Druids are propping up the Welsh Premier League table after three straight defeats, but they will have their sights set on a return to winning ways tonight in the Nathaniel MG Cup. A win against Cymru Alliance outfit Airbus UK however is far from guaranteed. While the Wingmakers have soared […]

Merthyr Town FC were rocked by injuries at their MetCoaches Stadium home and slipped to their first Southern League Premier defeat of the season. The Martyrs lost 3-1 and suffered after only 14 minutes when goalkeeper Joe Perry suffered an ankle injury. It was clear the problem was bad enough to force Perry off the […]

More than 1,500 Wrexham fans followed their team to Solihull Moors, but their day trip ended in bitter disappointment. They made up 62 per cent of the 2,412 spectators at Damson Park and underlined that Wrexham fans are among the most passionate fans in non-League football. The Dragons were toppled from top spot in Vanarama […]

Bluebirds striker Ibrahim Meite went close to earning Cardiff City’s under-23 development team a dramatic win against Sheffield Wednesday in South Yorkshire. The teams were locked at 1-1 at Middlewood training ground when the 22-year-old Meite went for goal from a free-kick 30 yards out and the ball cannoned off the bar. Substitute Meite’s close […]

Jason Pritchard mastered what many considered to be the worst conditions they’d ever seen on Epynt to win the Old Forge Garage Mewla Rally in their North Road Garage Ford Focus RS WRC05. Torrential rain, standing water, strong winds and low cloud made the 13 stage, 75 stage mile event on the military ranges high above Sennybridge exceptionally tricky. The driver who made the least mistakes was going to come out on top, and sure enough the 30-year old Builth Wells driver did just that. Co-driven by Phil Clarke, Pritchard held onto an early advantage and controlled the event from the front, winning by 26 seconds. The result places Pritchard in a three-way battle for the Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship drivers’ title. He’s tied in second place with Daniel Harper, who finished third on the Mewla Rally in his John Cooper Works Mini WRC, while Wayne Sisson (who finished fifth with Tywyn co-driver Max Freeman in a Mitsubishi Evo) is still out in front. It will be an exciting championship showdown on the final Ford Parts Cheviot Stages Rally on Otterburn (Sunday 28 October).

Cardiff Devils ended their pre-season schedule and are now focused on European Champions League hockey. Captain Jake Morissette and his Devils were edged out 5-4 by an impressive Coventry Blaze team at the Skydome and now go into back-to-back European home fixtures. Red Bull Salzburg are at Ice Arena Wales on Thursday followed by Swiss […]

Wrexham play their second Vanarama National League fixture in three days when they take on Solihull Moors at Damson Park on Bank Holiday Monday (3pm). Dragons are top of the table, but go into the match at Solihull after a disappointing 2-2 draw at home to Bromley when they let a two-goal lead slip. Cameroonian forward […]

The Welsh Rugby Union has been urged to throw its hat into the ring and bid to host next season’s Guinness Pro 14 final at the Principality Stadium. Martin Anayi, the Pro 14 chief executive, believes the home of Welsh rugby would be an ideal venue for his competition’s main event.  It is understood the WRU have opted against entering the bidding process for the final for the last two seasons and the 2018-19 campaign’s showpiece will be held at Glasgow’s Celtic Park as a result.

Merthyr Town are among five teams who are still unbeaten in EvoStik Southern League Premier South. The Martyrs are level on points with Tiverton and Weymouth going into their Bank Holiday Monday fixture against Frome Town at the MetCoaches Stadium (3pm). Manager Gavin Williams and his team earned a 1-0 win at Farnborough on Saturday […]

Swansea City defender Martin Olsson has admitted he is not yet fully fit after his World Cup exertions with Sweden. Olsson – who reached the quarter-finals in Russia this summer before the Swedes were beaten by England – has played in all five of the Swans’ Championship matches so far. The left-back was given extra recovery time after the tournament before returning to the club for pre-season training, but came straight into the side for the opening fixture at Sheffield United.

The WRL Premier League East side had too much in the tank for a battling North Wales Origin side in the second match of the 2018 WRL Origin Series on at Sardis Road on Sunday. This encounter was the third game in a triple header on this particular day, the under 15 and 13 encounters between East and West Wales were played in torrential rain but the heavens closed for the senior encounter with the sun even threatening to come out during the second half.