The Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf year 10 rugby league side have had to suffer something that doesn’t often happen to them – a defeat! But it’s not the end of the road for the Cardiff-based school’s talented players in 2018 as international honours could be just around the corner.

Neil Warnock admits Cardiff City have to win their remaining two games if they want to ensure automatic promotion. The Bluebirds 3-1 defeat in the controversially rearranged game at Derby County on Tuesday left them one point ahead of third-placed Fulham.

Tom Prydie has already started the superstar endorsement rush for his old club Porthcawl RFC ahead of their WRU National Bowl final at the Principality Stadium this weekend. The Welsh international wing got Scarlets team mates Rob Evans and Steff Evans to send some ‘Good Luck’ messages to the Seaweeds ahead of the biggest game in the club’s 138-year history against Pembroke RFC. But club treasurer Kevin McCarthy has got his sights set on some even bigger names in the race for social media support.

Mark Williams took a giant step towards the second-round of the Betfred World Snooker Championship after dominating his opening session against Jimmy Robertson. The 43-year-old surged into a 7–2 lead in the best-of-19 clash, and needs just three frames for victory when the pair resume on Tuesday. Robertson looked to have made an ideal start to his fourth Crucible appearance, only for Williams to snatch the opening frame on the black with a 63 clearance.

Allen Clarke has been confirmed as the Ospreys’ new permanent head coach – a move first revealed by Dai Sport on April 6. Clarke has been rewarded for his impressive short spell as interim head coach by being handed a three-year contract at the Liberty Stadium. The Northern Irishman took over at the Swansea-based region in January after Steve Tandy was sacked in what most considered would be a temporary role, while other candidates were considered.

Great Britain lost the big debate at the World Championships in Hungary – and that proved a major turning point against Kazakhstan. The teams were locked on 1-1 in their group clash when Anton Sagadeyev’s tip in front of goalie Ben Bowns sent the puck high into the net. This clash was evenly balanced at […]

A record-breaking entry of around 100 players between the ages of 7-14 took part in the second Ping Welsh Junior Tour Event of the year, held at Llantrisant and Pontyclun. Wales Golf championship manager David Wilson welcomed the outstanding turnout, “We are delighted to see so many players, supported by family and friends, take part in the second Junior Tour event of the year.

Wales manager Ryan Giggs watched his Salford City team win a second successive title – and earned their third promotion in four seasons. Salford, owned by Manchester United’s Class of ’92 stars Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Gary and Phil Neville, will play Vanarama National League football in 2018-19. They look certain to be facing […]

Andrew Lord will announce his first four signings for the 2018-19 season directly to Cardiff Devils fans. The man who has made Devils the number one team in Britain will reveal the names during a fans question and answer session on Monday, April 30. Lord’s Q&A is ticket only – although they are free – […]

Mike Ruddock has picked up the first leg of what could be an incredible quadruple triumph this season in Ireland. The former Wales coach guided Lansdowne to success in the all-Ireland Bateman Cup at the weekend after the Dublin club beat Cork Constitution, 32-12 in the final.

Elfyn Evans lost out on a maiden FIA World Rally Championship victory in Argentina last year by just 0.7 seconds. He scored his first WRC win on Wales Rally GB later in the season of course, and now the 29-year old from Dolgellau is back in South America and on a mission to kick start his 2018 season in style. Another boost for Evans is that his regular co-driver, Daniel Barritt, is fully fit and back reading the pacenotes in their works M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC – after missing the recent Tour of Corsica whilst still recuperating from their Rally Mexico shunt. Evans hasn’t had the best of starts to the WRC, yet he’s still amassed 18 points from four events and will benefit from starting 10th on the road in Argentina, which is a favourable road position on the loose gravel event. This will also be his fifth appearance on the rally, although this year only three stages have run before, with three completely new stages and modifications to all the others making the 2018 route a slightly different challenge.

Regardless of how good or bad your opposition are, you have to give the utmost respect to any team that goes through a league season without losing a game. Pontypool took on the ‘Invincible’ tag last weekend when they closed out their WRU National Championship campaign with a 22nd win of the campaign with a 27-20 win at Narberth. Given their hosts are chasing a second place finish, it was a great way to end an outstanding season.

Monza did not provide the result that either Matt Parry or GT Sport Motul Team RJN were hoping for after a stellar qualifying effort, but both acknowledge that there are plenty of positives to take from the opening round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Race one of the new season was the first competitive outing for Nissan’s latest GT-R NISMO GT3 and, with only limited testing allowed before the 51-car field assembled in Italy, Parry and team-mates Lucas Ordonez and Alex Buncombe were still seeking the ideal set up for their #23 machine through Saturday’s free practice and pre-qualifyin

Carmarthen Town interim-manager Neil Smooths believes his side could have turned their fortunes around if they had more time. Carmarthen succumbed to relegation on Friday night after a 1-1 draw with Aberystwyth left them mathematically unable to climb out of the bottom two. The Old Gold are now anxiously awaiting the outcome of Thursday’s FAW […]

Squash Wales pay tribute to one of their own at Llanishen Leisure Centre next month. Ross Scaccia, a leading member of the St Mellons and Llanishen clubs, passed away in December and a tournament has been organised in his memory. The Scaccia event will be played at Llanishen LC over the weekend of Saturday, May […]

The Bluebirds will be looking for their usual Tuesday tonic when they play Derby County at Pride Park on Tuesday. No team in the Championship have won more Tuesday matches than Cardiff City, who are level with promotion rivals Fulham on seven. An eighth Tuesday victory would put City clear – and manager Neil Warnock […]

Jamie Jones proved lightning does strike twice as he shocked Shaun Murphy in the first round of the Betfred World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. Jones’ first Crucible appearance six years ago – when he reached the quarter-finals – also began with victory over the 2005 champion. But this time the Welshman’s achievement was arguably more impressive, coming from behind to edge a 10-9 thriller.

Glamorgan have beaten Gloucestershire by six wickets at Bristol to register a win in the first game of the County Championship season for the first time since 2014, when they beat Surrey at The Oval. Chasing just 83 to win from the final 21 overs of the match, Glamorgan reached the target with more than eight overs to spare.

Melvyn Evans scored his second major rally win of the season when he secured victory on the Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton – the first closed-road stage rally to take place in England. Co-driven by Sean Hayde, the experienced Lampeter driver won by 12.5 seconds after another faultless performance in his Subaru Impreza WRC S12. And it was a Wales 1-2 in Essex, as Ruthin’s Hugh Hunter (co-driven by Rob Flagg) came home second in their Ford Fiesta WRC. “The event was brilliant to be fair,” said Evans. “To win the first closed-road stage rally in England was pretty special for us. We led almost from the start and to maintain it was a bit of a struggle, but we kept it going. Hugh was pushing hard, but we kept our nose clean and got it to the end. The event was great, the spectators were amazing and everything ran like clockwork. Let’s hope this is the start of a new era for rallying in the UK.”

Accrington Stanley arrive in South Wales in search of title glory on Tuesday (7.45pm). Manager John Coleman and his Stanley team need one point from their final three matches to be crowned League Two champions and he says: “The boys want all nine points available.” Accrington have already clinched promotion to League One and won […]