Scarlets and Wales hooker Emyr Phillips announced he will retire at the end of the season at the age of 31. It comes just a day after his teammate Tom Grabham, 26, also revealed he was finishing playing due to a knee injury. Phillips has also suffered more than his fair share of injuries, but intends to concentrate as coaching.

Guilsfield jumped two places from fifth to third in the Huws Gray Alliance following their 3-2 win against Gresford Athletic on the 3G surface at The Rock, Cefn Druids. Robbie James, Asa Hamilton and Jake Cook were the scorers for Guilsfield, who now have two fixtures remaining. Gresford led twice, through Tom Freeman with the […]

Mike Wixey will have bragging rights in his Abergavenny home when he returns from the Gold Coast having out-gunned his wife, Sarah, by trumping her shooting bronze with a magnificent gold in the men’s Olympic trap. Shooting at his fifth Games for Wales, the 46-year-old Wixey was inspired by Sarah’s bronze the previous day in the women’s event, but went even higher on the medal rostrum as he beat England’s Aaron Heading in the final with a score of 46/50 to win by three shots. He won a bronze at Manchester in 2002 in the Clay Pigeon Trap Pairs, but proved his gold medal potential for 2018 when he picked up a silver medal at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships at the Games venue in November.

Welshman Matthew Myers says Great Britain’s preparations for the World Championship in Budapest have gone exceptionally well. GB round off the week with two games against Lithuania this weekend with the two sides meeting in Milton Keynes on Sunday (7pm) and at Coventry’s Skydome the next day (5.15pm). The 28-man squad will then be cut […]

Wrexham are fighting for their play-off lives and Daggers will be drawn for Saturday’s Vanarama National League clash at the Racecourse. Hugely experienced Dagenham and Redbridge manager John Still leads his injury-hit team to North Wales. Wrexham go into the game on the back of possibly their worst display of the season in  a 3-0 […]

Dani Rowe produced a blistering sprint finish to bag a bronze medal in the women’s road race. The 2012 Olympic team pursuit champ clenched her fist in celebration as she crossed the line at Currumbin Beachfront.

Prestatyn Town 0 Aberystwyth Town 1 Craig Hobson 4′ Aberystwyth have taken another step towards safety after Craig Hobson fired them to a vital win against Prestatyn. Hobson netted after just four minutes to ease Aberystwyth’s relegation worries. The victory pulls Aberystwyth eight points clear of 11th placed Carmarthen Town, whose own survival hopes are […]

Holywell Town face Penrhyncoch in the Huws Gray Alliance League on Saturday. The match is being played at Maes Tegid, home of Bala Town, and Holywell know they could yet catch leaders Caernarfon Town. The Cofis are hot favourites for the title, but Holywell have six fixtures left and 18 points to play for. “We […]

Welsh pair Tesni Evans and Deon Saffery have blown their medal hopes in the Commonwealth Games squash women’s doubles on the Gold Coast. It was one of the most dramatic squash matches ever seen in the Commonwealth Games. The number six seeds had Australians Rachel Grinham and Dona Urquhart down and almost out when they […]

Kane Charig has come back from seven operations to fix his splintered bones, but it may take time to mend his broken heart. The Welsh wrestler was desperate to win gold at the Commonwealth Games but finished runner-up to Indian strongman Bajrang Punia in the -65kg final.

The battle for the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship continues tomorrow in mid-Wales with the Rallynuts Stages Rally. WRC2 star Osian Pryce leads the series after contesting the opening two rounds for fun, but with the Machynlleth-born driver absence this weekend, the regular Welsh Championship contenders have a great change to bag some points and stake their claim on the top spot. On-form Dylan Davies, from Llanon, and his Caernarfon co-driver Llion Williams, currently lie second in the Championship in their Subaru Impreza, and are therefore in prime position to take the lead. They dominated the 4WD Rally North Wales last time out, setting fastest time on all six stages to win comfortably.

Alex Cuthbert is determined to leave the Cardiff Blues back among Europe’s elite before he leaves for Exeter Chiefs this summer. The Wales wing will face the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, hoping to end the Blues’ four year spell outside of the Champions Cup.

The medal tally continues to climb for Wales at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. It may well reflect the investment in modern methods of sports science, but Owen Morgan argues the success also highlights older, more traditional sporting virtues of hard work, guts, determination, and a familiar nutritional liquid. We are often told success at the top level of 21st Century sport comes down to the advantage earned by the “aggregation of marginal gains”. If you’re not familiar with the not particularly catchy phrase above, it basically means making lots of tiny improvements to different aspects of performance which will all add up to make a larger leap towards sporting excellence.

Neil Warnock is hoping former Daily Mirror agony aunt Marjorie Proops OBE can help Cardiff City clinch automatic promotion from the Championship. Proops gave advice nationwide via her ‘Dear Marje’ column and Bluebirds manager Warnock insists: “It’s time to go into Marjorie mode. “My biggest job over the next three weeks is dealing with the […]

Renato Sanches may be still in Germany, but his Swansea City days are not yet over, insists Carlos Carvalhal. The Portuguese pair may be miles apart geographically as the season comes to a climax, but manager Carvalhal says his countryman is still very attached to the idea of helping the club retain their Premier League status before his loan deal ends.

Trefelin BGC won a cup cracker at Aberaman Park, Aberdare and earned a clash with Welsh League First Division leaders Llanelli Town in the final. Manager Richard Ryan’s Trefelin fought out a 3-3 draw against Pontypridd Town in their Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup semi-final after extra time. Port Talbot-based Trefelin then won the penalty […]

Bala Town host recently crowned champions The New Saints on Friday night knowing that their hopes of clinching automatic European qualification will be all but over if they are unable to secure three points. The Lakesiders are fourth in the JD Welsh Premier League with three games remaining, but trail Connah’s Quay and Bangor City […]

Nicola Phillips has hailed Wales’ Commonwealth Games record breakers after setting a new medal mark for an overseas Games. Laura Halford’s silver in the Rhythmic Gymnastics hoop competition took the total to 26.

Robert Croft hopes his Glamorgan team will begin to show the benefits of their pre-season trip to Dubai when they face Cardiff MCCU in a three-day fixture starting at the SSE SWALEC on Friday. Glamorgan faced county opposition from Surrey and Lancashire in the UAE, and head coach Croft said: “It sped up the match readiness for us. In recent times, we haven’t had a lot of that harder edge in competition ahead of the season, so that’s a positive.”

James Carson’s late winner ensured Wales finished their men’s hockey campaign on a high with a 3-2 victory over South Africa. The Cardiff & Met product struck in the 59th minute to clinch ninth place for Zak Jones’ squad – matching the final placing of the women’s team.