Todd Kelman has reacted strongly to criticism of his decision to switch three Sunday face-off times to 4pm during the new season. Devils have won eight trophies since Canadian Kelman took charge of the club, rising from the brink of collapse to regain their position as the most powerful ice hockey club in Britain. Kelman […]

Danny Ward and Kenneth Zohore are both keen to lead Cardiff City’s attack in their fourth pre-season friendly at Rotherham United’s New York Stadium on Wednesday (7.45pm). Yorkshireman Ward, a former Rotherham striker, is keen to show he is 100 per cent fit after having surgery on a knee last season and taking a bang […]

Robert Croft has admitted there will be more dark days ahead for Glamorgan as they pursue their policy of hoping youth players learn on the job in the Specsavers County Championship. The Glamorgan coach insisted there will be no U-turn in strategy in the four-day game that has left the county suffering five defeats in their eight matches so far this season. The latest of those came on Monday at Hove as Sussex romped to an innings and 154-run victory which Glamorgan skipper Michael Hogan described as “embarrassing.”

Team Wales Commonwealth Games track cyclist Ethan Vernon warmed up for his medal assault at the UCI Junior World Championships next month by cracking a world record in qualifying. The 17-year-old Bedford schoolboy stripped more than two seconds off the 3 kilometre Individual Pursuit Junior world record with a time of 3 min, 10.121 sec at the British junior championships in Newport on Monday evening.

How good is Welsh middle distance runner Jake Heyward? Good enough to be faster at 19 than Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram. That’s how good. Rob Cole tracks the Welsh teenager’s latest milestone. You would have thought the tension would be running high at the Team Thie track sessions this week after Jake Heyward’s latest personal best performance, but not a bit of it. Having seen his most talented teenager overtake him in the Welsh 1500 metre rankings with a magnificent 3 min, 36.90 sec time at the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games in London last weekend, there was one simple question to put to coach Thie – happy or fuming?

Over 100 players will take part in this year’s Welsh Amateur Championship, to be held at the Jack Nicklaus designed Machynys Peninsula Golf Club. David Wilson, championship manager for Wales Golf, said, “We are delighted to be able to bring the Welsh Amateur Championship to Machynys.

Some of Wales’ most promising athletics talent will be competing against the best young stars from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland at an international match in Swansea on Wednesday night. Wales Under-20s and Wales Schools will take on three England regional U-20 teams along with Scotland U-20s at Swansea University Athletics Stadium. Among those selected for the Wales Under-20s is James Tomlinson, who recently represented Great Britain in the discus at the World Junior Championships in Finland.

A one-man, one-night-only, show takes place this Friday at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon, when Nicky Grist takes to the stage to talk about his career as one of the world’s top rally navigators. He’s often been told that he should write a book about his career, but in reality running Nicky Grist Motorsports and supporting British rallying doesn’t even give him enough time to accept all the after dinner speaking engagements he’s invited to do – so getting Grist to sit down and recall some of his famous rallying stories is a rare thing indeed! But on Friday (27 July), starting at 19.30, rally fans will have Grist’s undivided attention when he regales some of his incredible, funny and spectacular high-speed memories of co-driving for the likes of Dave Metcalfe, Malcolm Wilson, Mikael Ericsson, Armin Schwarz, Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae.

Wales Under 18 head coach Lee Ible is hoping the second half fightback against tournament favourites Scotland by his side at the EuroHockey Youth Championships II in Cardiff will be the catalyst for some big wins in their upcoming games. Wales trailed by three goals a minute into the second half against the accomplished Scots at Sophia Gardens, but hit back brilliantly with two goals from senior cap Rhys Bradshaw and another from Miles Margetson to secure a priceless point on their opening night.

Rugby, football and boxing are the sports synonymous with the Rhondda Valley, but netball’s progress has often been denied through lack of opportunity. Not any more. Graham Thomas reports on a rousing Rhondda success story. The Celtic Dragons may have had their fires doused after another season of struggle in the Vitality Netball Superleague, but something is stirring in the sport at Welsh grass roots level. Nestled high in the Rhondda Valley at Gelli is the beating heart of Rhondda Netball where mass participation has become a crusade and the long-term vision has echoes of a previous effort to re-shape the sporting landscape.

Joe Ralls is ready to put Bluebirds manager Neil Warnock on the spot. The energetic, tenacious midfield player is keen to carry on taking penalties for Cardiff City this season even though he had to watch Kadeem Harris and Danny Ward step forward in pre-season. Winger Harris was fouled three times during City’s 11-1 win […]

David Pruett thought he’d played his last game of American Football two years ago but an unexpected turn of events on Sunday saw him lead the South Wales Warriors to their first divisional title since 2007. The officially retired quarterback, and one-time head coach of the Llanharan-based side, was on the sideline, without having even put on his shoulder pads, just in case he should be needed in the crunch clash with the Torbay Trojans to decide the winner of the British American Football League (BAFA) Division Two South West title. The emergency call came midway in the second quarter at the Dairy Field when starting QB Dean Jackson limped out after injuring his knee while adding the two-point conversion to Warren Coombes’ 70-yard punt return that had put the home side two touchdowns ahead following a nervy opening quarter. 

Cardiff Devils fixtures for the 2018-19 Elite Ice Hockey League season have been announced. Competitive action gets under way on Saturday, September 1 when Sheffield Steelers head to Nottingham Panthers in the first Challenge Cup action of the new campaign. Then other teams open their season a week later, Saturday, September 8, when Dundee Stars host […]

England won their 12th Student Home Nations title after beating Wales 36-8 in Pontypridd on Sunday. The Saes only needed a draw to clinch the title, with Wales, who were confined to third place following the defeat, needing a 45-point win.

“I’m never going to hear the end of this,” joked Melvyn Evans, although there was only pride in his voice as he recalled being beaten, fairly and squarely, by his son Meirion on the Carryduff Folklift Down Rally in Northern Ireland. Evans junior celebrated his 23rd birthday with a faultless drive in The Scan Station-backed Ford Fiesta R5, as the Lampeter driver mastered the big jumps and twists of the County Down roads to finish a magnificent fifth overall. Co-driven by Jonathan Jackson, Evans was only beaten by three local drivers and a more powerful Mini World Rally Car. “I think it’s fair to say that we’ve waited a long time for that one,” said Evans. “It’s been an awesome day on the Down Rally, finishing fifth overall and third R5 car. Thanks to everyone who made it happen and still believe in us! It’s nice to finally deliver a result that we always knew we were capable of, on only my second event in an R5 car.”

The odds may be shortening on Geraint Thomas managing, arguably, the greatest Welsh sporting achievement of all time, but the man himself in not getting carried away. Sticking to the script – and despite a healthy lead with two-thirds of the race gone – Thomas still insists team orders will prevail when it comes to stopping rivals upsetting Team Sky’s Tour de France victory plans. With a 1min 39sec lead on four-time champion Chris Froome, Cardiff born-and-bred Thomas is in prime position to add a maiden Tour de France victory to a growing collection of titles from the road and the track.

Graham Potter has declared Swansea City’s pre-season tour as an encouraging work in progress after two 90-minute draws in Germany. The Swans manager watched his team draw 1-1 with Genoa and then finish goalless against Magdeburg at the Interwetten Cup, but both matches were lost on penalties. The Championship club now move on to Austria where they face Spanish club Eibar on Tuesday.

Dai Sport spent the week in Cornwall and Devon with Neil Warnock’s Cardiff City. Here is the sixth part of our Devon and Cornwall pre-season diary. Aron Gunnarsson was put through his paces before Cardiff City’s pre-season match against Torquay United, but he had to watch the 1-1 draw. ‘Gunnar’ trained one-to-one with a Bluebirds […]

Three of the top five ranked players in the world may have missed the cut at the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie, but battling Welshman Rhys Enoch earned his ticket into the final two days with two of the best rounds of golf of his life. World ranked No 1 and 2, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas, were joined by No 5 Jon Rahm, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer in packing their bags early, while Enoch followed up his rounds of 74 and 71 with an even better one-under par 70 to move to two over par for the championship on Saturday.

Experienced goalkeeper Lee Camp can reflect with real satisfaction on his performances in the week-long Cardiff City tour to Cornwall and Devon. Camp finished the trip with a hard-earned clean sheet against Liskeard AFC. The Bluebirds were clinical with their finishing in an 11-0 victory at Lux Park, but hosts Liskeard are a high scoring […]