Top seeds Lisa Aitken and Enora Villard are still on course to clash at the Karakal Bangor Squash Classic in North Wales. Scotland’s Aitken swept through her quarter-final in straight games, taking 25 minutes to secure victory, while French player Villard was made to work for more than an hour before progressing. Cristina Gomez (France) […]

Neil Warnock insists his Cardiff City squad rebuilding for the Premier League is still a work in progress. The Bluebirds manager has signed both winger Josh Murphy from Norwich City and Preston defender Greg Cunningham in the past two weeks, but is clear there is more to be done. Warnock has said he wants at least two further permanent signings as well as two loan deals, but the picture is further complicated by the fact that neither Aron Gunnarsson nor Junior Hoilett have agreed new deals offered to them and the future of last year’s loanee, Marko Grujic, has yet to be clarified.

More youngsters have been given a taste of sailing as part of the All Afloat campaign. The group of 17 had the chance to make some waves on their doorstep in Holyhead harbour – taking part in a day of sailing taster sessions, giving each of them an introduction to the water and the exciting sport of sailing. These taster sessions form the start of a busy summer of All Afloat events in Holyhead. Following on from a safe and fun introduction to sailing, the youngsters will now have the opportunity to learn new skills and experiences through regular sailing sessions after school. The follow on evening will allow the young people to work towards the Royal Yachting Association’s (RYA) globally recognised Sailing awards.

Qualifier Lucy Beecroft caused a first round stir at the Karakal Bangor Classic squash tournament in North Wales. Beecroft came through the qualifying rounds and was drawn against fellow England player Lucy Turmel, who was number three seed. In a fiercely contested match Beecroft won 9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 15-13 in 52 minutes and earned a […]

A confident South Wales Warriors will look to claim their fourth win of the British American Football season this weekend against the lowly Cornish Sharks.  The Cornishmen finished second in Division Two South West of the British American Football Association (BAFA) league last year behind promoted Bristol Apache but are winless this term having shipped a massive 104 points and scored just 24 in three games.  The Warriors meanwhile, in as many outings, have scored 106 points and conceded a measly six – all in the final seconds of their first game when they allowed league newcomers the Somerset Wyverns to score in a narrow 6-8 victory for the Welshmen. 

The Cardiff Devils have announced that classy offensive defenceman Gleason Fournier will be returning to the team for a fourth season. The 26-year old French-Canadian played a huge role on last year’s League and Playoff winning side, scoring 16 goals and 42 assists for 58 points in 68 games. Fournier joined the Devils mid-season in […]

The Welsh Men’s Hockey team head to Croatia this weekend, but it won’t be for a holiday or to hit the beaches. They face Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, and Slovakia in the Open Series as they build-up to next year’s top-tier European Championships contiues post-Commonwealth Games.

Natalie Powell has been named in Britain’s team for the World Judo Championships in Azerbaijan in September. The Irfon judoka is one of seven named in the initial selection for the championships in Baku.

Welsh rivals Ali Hemingway and Ciara Richards clash in the main draw of the Karakal $5000 PSA World Women’s Tour squash tournament today. Hemingway, 25, was born in Wales and now plays out of Cambridge, while teenager Richards is from Aberdare. Newport-born Jenny Haley, who lives in America, plays Cheshire’s Rachael Chadwick in the opening […]

While the WRU are urging players to come home to Wales to maintain their international careers, the same policy is not being followed when it comes to coaches. Robin Davey, in his latest column for Dai Sport, questions why home-grown coaching talent is being frozen out. The Welsh Rugby Union and the Wales management are doing everything they can to encourage exiled players like George North to return to Wales, yet they appear to be scouring the earth for the next national coach.

More than 150 top level senior players will tee it up in the Welsh Open Seniors Championship at Pennard this month, a record for the event. Last year’s winner Ian Crowther returns to defend the title he won at Maesdu and is joined by Newport’s Andrew Williams along with USA based Michael Mercier, winners in 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Having dipped her toe in the murky waters of open water swimming for the first time last year, Welsh swimming’s golden girl Jazz Carlin will get her first big test in her new discipline when she competes at the European Championships in Scotland.

Commonwealth Games duo and Swansea Harriers team-mates Josh Griffiths and Caryl Jones will spearhead the Welsh challenge at this weekend’s JCP Swansea Half Marathon. Griffiths shot to fame at the 2017 London Marathon when he shocked the athletics world by outrunning the best of Britain’s distance runners in his first outing over the 26.2m distance.

Welsh players Nia Davies and Jenny Haley battle it out for a place in the first round of the $5000 Karakal PSA World Women’s Tour event in Bangor this evening. Davies, from Beulah in West Wales, plays Newport’s Haley in the second qualifying round at Bangor University. There are four places available in the main […]

Cefn Druids could face a mammoth 8,000 mile round-trip after drawing FC Irtysh Pavlodar of Kazakhstan after the draw for the opening qualifying rounds of next season’s UEFA Europa League was completed today. Cefn Druids already knew that they would face FK Trakai (Lithuania) in the competition’s preliminary round which gets underway next week, but […]

Osian Pryce has been seeded at number one and will lead a stellar Pirelli MSA Welsh and British Historic Rally Championship field away on this Sunday’s Red Kite Rally. The talented 25-year old Machynlleth-born rally ace will drive the same RallyXtreme-run 1978 Escort Mk2 that he used on Rally North Wales back in March. However, with no time to test the Pirelli-shod car, the first time he and Llanfyllin-based co-driver Dale Furniss will sit in it again will be when they drive to the first of the Vale of Neath stages on Sunday morning. “I’m looking forward to this weekend’s Red Kite Rally, as it’s been eight years since I rallied in the Vale of Neath,” said Pryce. “I can’t see it being a problem not testing the car beforehand, as it will be in exactly the same spec as it was when we finished Rally North Wales in it three months ago. Running first on the road and sweeping the loose gravel might make it interesting, but at least I’ll have a clear run and won’t be caught in any dust if the weather forecast is correct and it’s a nice dry day. We’re doing the rally for fun and we’re just going out to enjoy it.”

Welsh ace Tesni Evans has high hopes for squash in Wales. World number 12 Evans has played a major role in bringing the $5000 Karakul PSA World Tour women’s event to Bangor University, the latest professional tournament at a Welsh venue. Five days of intense action starts with qualifying matches today and the final will […]

The rise and rise of Jake Heyward is certainly setting the pulse racing among Welsh athletics fans and quite rightly so. His latest personal best over 1500 metres of 3.39.84 at the Bislett Games in Oslo – followed by gold at the England Athletics U-20 and U-23 Championships in Bedford on Sunday – not only rocketed him up the British Under 20 all-time rankings, but also underlined his credentials as a potential finalist at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Tampere, Finland next month. The teenager already has European Youth and European Junior gold medals in his collection after two exceptional summers, but the step up in class to a world level in 2018 will probably reveal more about his true potential. The 1500 metres title at the previous 16 championships have been won by African athletes on 15 occasions and the other gold went to Quatar.

Lukasz Fabianski has spoken of his regret at leaving Swansea City after completing his £7m move to West Ham. The goalkeeper was an unused substitute at the World Cup on Tuesday as Poland opened their campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Senegal. Following that match, the Hammers announced on Wednesday morning they have signed Fabianski, who spent four years at the Liberty Stadium following a move from Arsenal.

The preliminary and first qualifying round draws for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League were made today with The New Saints handed a difficult tie against Macedonian champions KF Shkëndija. KF Shkëndija should prove tricky opponents having reached the play-off round of the Europa League in their previous two seasons, and were last year eliminated by […]