Chaz Davies bagged another World Superbikes podium finish with third place after a hard fought race in Holland. The Powys-born rider came home just over a second behind race winner Jonathan Rea who claimed his eighth win in a row on the legendary Assen track.

Shaun Marsh scored a century on his Championship debut for Glamorgan on the second day of their Division Two clash against Gloucestershire at Bristol. He joins fellow Australians Matthew Elliott and Mark Cosgrove in achieving that feat. Ten Glamorgan players have now scored a century on first-class debut, seven of them doing so in the Championship.

Gareth Anscombe admits European Challenge Cup final opponents Gloucester are a “class team” who stand between Cardiff Blues and glory in Bilbao. The Wales outside-half scored his team’s only try as the Blues dug in for a gritty 16-10 semi-final victory over Pau at the Arms Park. The win means the Blues will face Gloucester […]

Lifelong Cardiff City fan Gavin Williams goes head-to-head with former Bluebirds captain Mike Ford at Spencer Stadium, Banbury this afternoon. Defender Ford, who earned two promotions with Cardiff, is manager of Banbury United and they are at home against Williams’ Merthyr Town. This is the last home fixture for Banbury and Ford says: “I my […]

Wrexham FC dare not lose their Vanarama National League clash with Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road this afternoon (3pm). Defeat could end their play-off hopes if other results go against them and manager Andy Davies says: “Our team performance against Dagenham a week ago was up there with our best of the season, but we […]

Fulham are back in second place, ahead of Cardiff City, in the battle to earn promotion. Ryan Sessegnon, 17, silenced Millwall’s boo boys of Millwall by scoring his 15th goal of the season, while Kevin McDonald and Aleksandar Mitrovic completed a 3-0 win. Fulham extended their unbeaten run to 22 matches and are two points […]

Aberystwyth Town 1 Tom Owens 21′ Carmarthen Town 1 Ceri Morgan 57′ Carmarthen Town are on the brink of relegation from the JD Welsh Premier League after they were unable to obtain the win they needed to keep their survival hopes alive. Aberystwyth claimed the point they needed to ensure safety after holding Carmarthen to […]

For the third Commonwealth Games in a row the Welsh women outperformed the men on the medal front, accounting for 54% of the record equalling 36 medals at Gold Coast. In another example of the huge advances being made at the highest levels by Wales’ elite sportswomen, they matched the men on the gold medal front in Australia.

Gloucestershire recovered from 86-5 to 236 all out against Glamorgan on Day 1 of the Second Division County Championship match at Bristol, as the Welsh side ended the first day of their campaign on 26-0. But the star of the show from Glamorgan’s point of view was fast bowler Marchant de Lange, who took five for 62, his second five-wicket haul and best figures for the Welsh county.

Michael Flynn is going for the record. Newport County’s best points total since they returned to the Football League is 65 points – and manager Flynn’s Exiles are eight points away. They have five fixtures left, starting at Barnet on Saturday. Newport-born Flynn has done an astonishing job at Rodney Parade, lifting the team away […]

Former Cardiff City striker Neil Harris can strike a massive blow in favour of the Bluebirds at the New Den this evening. Millwall manager Harris and his Lions take on a Fulham team who are Cardiff’s biggest rivals for the second automatic promotion slot. Leaders Wolves have already secured their place in the Premier Division, […]

Wayne Pivac is happy for the Scarlets to be the underdogs when they aim to bare their attacking teeth in Dublin on Saturday in their biggest game for over a decade. Pivac has no doubt that the Scarlets will require a complete performance in their quest for a first European Champions Cup final appearance. Pivac’s team tackle tournament favourites Leinster at the Aviva Stadium after ending an 11-year wait to be European semi-finalists. No Welsh team has been crowned

Sammy Lee won gold for Wales at the Commonwealth Games, reviving memories of another teenage talent, Colin Jones, who boxed for Britain as a 17-year-old at the 1976 Olympics. Eagled-eyed Owen Morgan spotted Jones in the Wales corner on the Gold Coast and recalls the impact of one of his schoolboy heroes. The distinctive features of the man shouting advice from the corner of the boxing ring were unmistakably familiar, despite the passing of 35 years. The closely-cropped hair was now a steely grey rather than the distinctive ginger it had once been, while there were a few more lines around the eyes and a couple more inches around the waist.

Kiran Carlsen will be licking his lips at the prospect of tearing into the Gloucestershire bowling when Glamorgan kick-off their Specsavers County Championship in Bristol on Friday. The 19-year-old ended last summer on a real high with a knock of 191 against Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens and will be looking to pick up where he left off. Already Glamorgan’s youngest first-class centurion with his three-figure score against Essex in September, 2016, he was nine runs short of adding the double-century mark to his growing reputation.

Dan Clements has joined the Welsh Rugby Union as Performance Coach Manager. Clements joins from Hockey Wales, where he has been Head of Performance since 2013. Over this period both the men’s and women’s teams have made significant progress on the pitch with a rise in the world rankings.

Carmarthen Town’s Welsh Premier League fate could be decided tonight as the Old Gold face Aberystwyth in a must-win game at Park Avenue. Carmarthen have not been relegated since gaining their top-flight status in 1996 and know only three points will be good enough. Neil Smothers’ side are unbeaten against Aberystwyth in the league this […]

Wales Boys golfers produced one of their finest wins for many years to triumph in the Quadrangular Tournament in Holland. The team, ranging in age from 14-18, bounced back form an opening defeat to Ireland to beat the hosts before claiming a big enough win against Scotland to take the title.

Part of the secret to the outstanding Welsh successes at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games can be traced to the work at Welsh Universities over the past three years. Welsh researchers in performance science came together to form the Welsh Institute of Performance Science (WIPS) in 2015 in the wake of the Glasgow Games – and it has given a vital edge to athletes and coaches in the latest research in the field of sporting performance. WIPS researchers, based in universities across Wales, have been working with elite athletes in different disciplines, from athletics to cycling and swimming. Among the research projects that have helped to make a difference are ‘Technique optimisation for swimmers’, ‘Tapering for competition’, ‘Warm bath study for heat acclimatisation’, ‘Breathe to win’ and ‘Optimising athletic development’

Carlos Carvalhal has described Pep Guardiola as a manager from the gods and says he will be proud to provide a guard of honour for Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday. City will play their first game since securing the title without kicking a ball last Sunday and there is certain to be a celebratory atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium. Carvalhal believes his relegation-threatened team can spoil the party but believes there is no dispute over their hosts’ No.1 status.

Mark Williams begins his quest for a hat-trick of world snooker titles this weekend, alongside three fellow Welshmen also aiming for Crucible glory at the World Championship. A resurgent Williams, champion in 2000 and 2003, was the only Welshman to qualify for the Sheffield showpiece by right, having risen to seventh in the world rankings.  The 43-year-old from Cwm faces England’s Jimmy Robertson, conqueror of Neath’s Michael White in the final qualifying round.