Newport County AFC are aiming to end their home campaign at Rodney Parade in winning style when Cambridge United are the last visitors to South Wales. The Exiles will also be looking to build on the stunning victory against champions elect Accrington Stanley last time out, while Cambridge are determined to keep themselves above County […]

If it comes down to a scrap over the final few miles of the ABP Newport Wales Marathon on Sunday, then there will be only one winner if Matt Edmonds is still in the mix. The 34-year-old Mickey Morris Racing Club athlete is the fastest man in the near 6,000 field and will certainly have good local knowledge of the course – he lives on Traston Road, in Lliswerry, and will run past his front door at the 21 mile mark. But what makes Edmonds one of the stand-out candidates for the first title is his sporting pedigree. As well as boasting a marathon best of 2:33.30 in Dublin last year, he twice represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in the boxing ring.

Wales opened their Prabhu Ventures Ltd Celtic Cup defence in Deeside with a dominating 112-41 win over Scotland. The hosts took the lead on 40 seconds with a Stuart Williams try which Jason Owen converted, giving them the best possible start.

Merthyr Town take on their former striker Stuart Fleetwood in Southern League action at home this afternoon. Fleetwood left the Martyrs to join Redditch United earlier this season after Merthyr Town’s financial problems were revealed. Manager Gavin Williams and his team complete their Premier Division season with this match against Redditch at the Loadlok Community […]

Great Britain are one step away from earning promotion to the top tier of the World Championships for the first time in 25 years. None of the six nations in Division One Group A have had to wait for so long and it isn’t expected considering that Team GB was just promoted to the second […]

Jordan Ayew is convinced the G-Force can save Swansea City from the pull of relegation. The Ghana international and his brother Andre are set to be paired again in attack as the Swans search for desperately needed points at home to Chelsea on Saturday night. Ayew and Ayew have only started together four times since […]

Carmarthen Quins could move to the top of the Principality Stadium this weekend if they build on their triumph at Merthyr and pick up another win on the road at Pontypridd. It will be third against second at Sardis Road, with the home side also looking to make up ground on league leaders and reigning champions Merthyr, who are involved in the WRU National Cup Final at the Principality Stadium. The Quins are currently two points behind the Ironmen, but have already played one more game than them. They are also six points clear of Ponty, who also have a game in hand on them.

By his own admission, Elfyn Evans had a difficult opening day on the Rally of Argentina. The 29-year old from Dolgellau was hoping that running tenth on the road would give him an advantage on the gravel stages, but that wasn’t the case as he and co-driver Daniel Barritt struggled to find the perfect rhythm through Argentina’s demanding terrain. Second fastest time on SS5 showed what is possible when everything clicks, and having finished day one in ninth position, the M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC driver is determined to climb up the leader board and get back into his stride as the event continues over the weekend.

Geraint Thomas admitted he went into survival mode after seeing his Tour of Romandy victory hopes ended. The Cardiff-born rider slipped from third, just four seconds adrift, to 19th overall after Friday’s tough uphill time trial.

Cefn Druids completed their JD Welsh Premier League commitments with a confidence boosting win over Connah’s Quay at The Rock ahead of their forthcoming Europa League Play-Off campaign. Druids leapfrogged Cardiff Met to finish the season in fifth-place after they saw off Connah’s Quay with two first-half strikes. Depending on the outcome of next weekend’s […]

Wrexham hopes of promotion back to the Football League are hanging by a thread. The Dragons have had a dreadful run of form – six points from the last 24 on offer – and most beat AFC Fylde convincingly to give themselves a chance of going up. That much is at the Racecourse on Saturday […]

The Ospreys’ derby clash against Cardiff Blues as one half of Judgement Day will offer a chance for revenge for last season as well as an early judgement on the work of Allen Clarke. Graham Thomas looks at the Ospreys’ new permanent head coach, his signing of George North, and the course they have set as they bid to recover their status as Wales’ top region. The first striking thing about Allen Clarke – newly confirmed as the Ospreys’ permanent head coach – is his size, or lack of. The record books listed him as on the small side of scales when it comes to hookers who played international rugby, with a fighting weight of only 14 stones, packed into a 5ft 9in frame.

Neil Warnock and his Cardiff City players are intent on completing their ‘miracle mission’ over their next two matches. Bluebirds manager Warnock admits he is nervous and always is – he won’t eat anything all day tomorrow until after the final whistle. “It’s a miracle that we are up there in comparison to the teams […]

Great Britain’s Colin Shields says tonight’s game against Italy is a ‘massive test’ as GB aim for a third win in fourth matches at the World Championships. Both sides have won two of their opening three games to sit alongside Kazakhstan on six points. “Italy are a top-quality hockey nation and this will be a […]

By Ian Gordon Natalie Powell was disappointed not to be part of Wales’ record-breaking medal exploits at the Commonwealth Games where judo was not on the programme. It meant the 27-year-old was unable to defend the title she won in Glasgow four years earlier though she was one of the first to tweet her congratulations to Team Wales.

Judgement Day weekend has arrived, a near end-of-season stock take and accounting both on and off the pitch. Geraint Powell casts his eye over the form of the four teams and the issue of geography in an expanding league. The geographical horizon of Welsh professional regional rugby suddenly contracts this weekend. The regular fans of the four southern Rugby Service Agreement regional franchises, together with occasional fans, neutrals from across the club game, and occasion eventers, will converge on the Principality Stadium in Cardiff for Judgement Day VI’s domestic double-header and the conclusion of the Guinness Pro14 regular season.

Chaz Davis reckons there is still more improvement to come from his Ducati bike after a two-day private test in the Czech Republic. The Knighton-born rider is second in the World Superbikes standings 30 points behind reigning champ Jonathan Rea after four rounds.

All 12 JD Welsh Premier League clubs kick-off simultaneously tonight (7.30) but the final round of the domestic season is overshadowed by the news of Bangor City’s shock relegation. The decision not to award the Citizens a Domestic Licence for the 2018/19 season, on the eve of the final weekend, has implications throughout the league. […]

Ryan Day’s dreams of becoming world snooker champion have been shattered for another year after suffering a Crucible nightmare. The Welshman looked well set to complete a first-round win over Anthony McGill, having consolidated his 6-3 overnight lead into an 8-5 advantage at the mid-session interval on Thursday. But as the Scot gradually fought his way back into the match, Day became increasingly edgy – a far cry from the previous evening, which had seen him compile breaks of 141 and a tournament-high 145. McGill was far from his free-flowing best himself, but still managed to level at 8-8, and the m

James Williams will contest this year’s Prestone MSA British Rally Championship in a Vauxhall Adam R2 – beginning with tomorrow’s Carlisle-based Pirelli International Rally, held over 80 miles of Kielder forest stages. The talented 22-year old driver from Newcastle Emlyn drove an Adam on the final round of the British series last year, and had a good shakedown run on the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally earlier this year. Co-driven by Ross Whittock, Williams will contest all six round of the British Rally Championship, the final round of which is Wales Rally GB in October. The rally project has received title sponsorship from Carmarthen-based engineering firm HT Installations, with additional support from Network Q, Speedline Corse wheels and Pirelli tyres.