Laura Hughes believes there is more to come after she won bronze in the women’s 75kg weightlifting. The CrossFit competitor finished third behind Emily Godley of England and Canada’s Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau. Hughes, 24, only took up weightlifting three years ago and considers herself still as untapped potential.

Elfyn Evans and Phil Mills have triumphed in the face of adversity at the Tour de Corse – finishing one of the most technical Tarmac rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship in a flying fifth position. The Welsh pairing teamed up at short notice to give Evans’ regular co-driver, Daniel Barritt, more time to recuperate from their Rally Mexico accident. In stepped 54-year old Mills, the 2003 world champion, who hadn’t contested a WRC event for eight years, but who knows Evans’ pacenote system well. The new pairing had just six runs through shakedown to perfect their relationship inside the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Fiesta WRC, but soon found a comfortable rhythm with which to challenge for a strong result.

Cardiff Blues have finally agreed a contract extension with Wales’ most capped prop Gethin Jenkins that will keep him at the Arms Park club into his 39th year. Jenkins has been one of the mainstays of the Blues pack this season and has helped to steer them into the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup and to the verge of Champions Cup qualification for next season. His one-year deal will take him past his 38th birthday in November. Capped a record 129 times by Wales and five times by the British & Irish Lions, Jenkins had been waiting for the Blues to appoint their new head coach for next season to secure his future. Now he can carry on with the revival at the Arms Park.

Natalie Powell overcame an opening match loss to secure her 16th Grand Prix medal after she claimed bronze at the Antalya Grand Prix in Turkey. The medal boosts Powell’s hopes of eventually returning to the World No.1 spot.

Cardiff Devils are intent on smashing their Elite League play-offs curse. They have qualified for the finals weekend 12 times during the Elite era, but have failed to lift the trophy. It’s been almost two decades since Devils were last crowned champions, in 1999 when Paul Heavey was head coach, while they lost in a […]

Looking for the sporting comeback of the year? Then keep your eyes peeled on Dai Greene on the Gold Coast this week. If the former World 400 metre hurdles champion’s amazing comeback continues to gather pace, and ends in some form of medal glory for Wales at the Commonwealth Games, then his fight back to fitness will surely go down as one of the  bravest of them all. The fact he was able to take up his place in Team Wales for Games in Australia is testimony to his resilience and determination. After five years of injury hell he made the qualifying time with six days to spare.

Ffion Tynan has underlined her reputation as one of Welsh golf’s rising young stars by winning the Scottish Girls Championship at Monifieth. The 15-year-old Pontyclun schoolgirl – who struck her first hole-in-one at the age of nine – was the only player who finished below par as she came from behind to take the title. Up against some players two years her senior, Ffion struck a final round one-under par 72 to complete a one-under aggregate of 218. It was enough to give her both the main title and the Menzies Trophy for best Under-16 finisher.

Laura Daniels admitted some loose play meant she had to settle for silver for Wales in the women’s bowls final at the Commonwealth Games. The world ‘Champion of Champions’ title holder from Skewen lost 21-17 to defending Games champion Jo Edwards of New Zealand on the Gold Coast, having let a big lead slip. It was Daniels’ first appearance at the Commonwealth Games, but she still has another chance for gold when she teams up with Jess Sims in the pairs.

Conwy Borough are going for gold. They won the FAW Trophy, beating Rhos Aelwyd 4-1, and are now intent on being crowned champions. The priority for Conwy this season is to win the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance title and earn promotion. They stand top on goal difference with six Alliance fixtures left. Rivals Llangefni Town won […]

Olivia Breen underlined her status as the world’s best T38 para-athletics long jumper by winning Wales’ third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Breen smashed the Games record with a leap of 4.86m to win the title ahead of Australians Erin Cleaver (4.36m) and Taylor Doyle (4.22m). It was a personal best for Breen by just one centimetre and it comes after she won gold at the World Para Athletics Championships last summer.

Danny Wilson insists his Cardiff Blues will battle to the end in their quest for a Guinness Pro14 play-off place – despite a shattering late defeat in South Africa. The Blues coach spoke of his pride in seeing his players almost defy the odds before a last gasp penalty try saw them slip to a 29-27 defeat to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. It followed a nightmare 55-hour journey that followed numerous flight delays and cancellations.

Carlos Carvalhal believes home is where Swansea City’s heart is – and that will be enough to keep them in the Premier League. The Swans boss watched his side earn a precious point from a 1-1 draw at bottom club West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. It may have been a scrappy and unconvincing display, but it has extended the gap between the Swans and the relegation zone to four points, although Southampton have a game in hand.

Elfyn Evans goes into today’s final leg of the Tour de Corse with his eyes firmly set on fifth place, after another strong day with new co-driver Phil Mills in the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Fiesta WRC. The 29-year driver from Dolgellau is just 3.1 seconds behind Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio (Hyundai) and has been getting quicker as he and Mills develop that special driver/co-driver relationship – setting an event best fifth fastest on the final stage of day two, SS10. “We didn’t have the best of mornings, and I felt as though I was a bit too hesitant in places,” said Evans. “It wasn’t anything major, but it soon adds up. We made some improvements in the afternoon and I was feeling a lot more comfortable in the car. The relationship with Phil has gelled quite a lot better today too and we’ve seen some promising times which bodes well for tomorrow.”

Beth Davies lived out her dream of competing at the Commonwealth Games as she won a stunning bronze medal in the 20km Race Walk. The Cardiff athlete overcome sweltering conditions at the picturesque Currumbin Beachfront course to add to Wales’ growing medal tally on Sunday morning.

Wales have two players through to the Commonwealth Games squash semi-finals on the Gold Coast. Rhyl-based Tesni Evans won in four games against England’s Laura Massaro to set up a last four clash with Australian Sarah-Jane Perry. Wales number one men’s player Joel Makin, from Pembrokeshire, then battled to a five-game victory against Scot Alan […]

Cardiff Devils produced a professional, uncompromising team performance to earn their place in Sunder’s Elite League play-off final. Goals from Tyson Strachan, Matt Pope, Layne Ulmer and Justin Faryna swept Devils to a 4-0 semi-final victory against Fife Flyers. It took almost 36 minutes for Devils to take the lead, while Flyers were still in […]

Welsh para-cyclist James Ball says he will treasure his two Commonwealth silver medals after finishing second in the men’s blind and visually impaired (B&VI) sprint. The Newport-based Ball and pilot Peter Mitchell lost to Scotland’s Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham in the final. The Welsh partnership were beaten into second by the same Scottish team in Thursday’s time trial. Australians Brad Henderson and Tom Clarke finished third and took the bronze.

Chloe Tutton was just beaten to a silver medal in the final stroke of the women’s 200 metres breaststroke after leading the race early on to claim Wales’ first medal in the pool. The bronze medal was a one place improvement on her fourth place at the Rio Olympic Games two years ago, but she will have been bitterly disappointed to miss out on second place by the fast finishing Scot, Molly Renshaw.

A poor third quarter cost the Welsh netball team a first win at the Commonwealth Games as they fell 51-47 to Scotland. It was a much improved result on the disappointing 52-40 in Perth in January in the World Cup qualifying competition, but a 15-9 reverse in the third quarter blew Welsh hopes of building on their encouraging opening round defeat to New Zealand.

There was little to split Welsh team mates Latalia Bevan and Maisie Methuen as they finished sixth and seventh respectively in the all-round section of the artistic gymnastics. Methuen notched the highest mark of the competition on the beam, an event at which she is the British champion, with a score of 13.30, while Bevan was second highest on floor with a similar mark. Only the champion, Canada’s Elsabeth Black with 13.45, beat her.