Elinor Barker upgraded from silver in Glasgow four years ago to win Wales’ second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. The 23-year-old Cardiff cyclist confirmed her status as the Queen of the Track as she added the Commonwealth Games 25km Points Race title to the world crown she took last year. It also means she has completed a clean-sweep of gold medals at major championships. Having helped the British Team Pursuit team break the world record in taking the gold medal in Rio in 2016, last year she became a senior World champion in the Points Race in Hong Kong and also took Madison gold at the European Championships in Berlin.

Cardiff Devils aim to end their long wait for play-offs success at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham this weekend. Elite League champions Devils play Fife Flyers in their semi-final with the winners taking on Sheffield Steelers or Nottingham Panthers on Sunday. Devils lost after sudden death overtime against Steelers in last season’s play-off final and […]

Wrexham manager Andy Davies is demanding a big reaction from his Wrexham players in their Vanarama National League match against Eastleigh in Hampshire today (Saturday, 3pm). The Dragons lost 1-0 at home against Boredom Wood in their last fixture, a result which ended their 16-match unbeaten run. “I’m expecting a reaction which I think I’ll […]

Take a bow, Laura O’Sullivan. The Welsh goalkeeper gave an inspired performance to help her side turn the much vaunted England’s Lionesses into cuddly pussy cats in a vital World Cup qualifier. It is impossible to stress just how big the 0-0 draw secured by Jayne Ludlow’s team was in the development of women’s football in Wales. It was the first time Wales had taken a point off England and the first time the home side had failed to win a pool game in qualification.

Ebbw Vale coach Greg Woods has challenged his players to make history this season and go on to lift the WRU National Cup for the first time. The Steelmen head to familiar territory for Woods this weekend for a semi-final clash with Merthyr. Having spent a decade coaching Cross Keys, Woods will know every blade of grass at Pandy Park as he plans to cause an upset and steer his new club into their first final since 1998. Woods wants his players to go one better than the team of 20 years ago and knock mighty Merthyr off course in their bid for a league and cup double when they clash in the second semi-final at Pandy Park (5.15 pm Live on S4C).

Caernarfon Town are on course for promotion to the JD Sports Welsh Premier League. The Cofis are top of the Huws Gray Alliance and have been awarded the Football, Association of Wales domestic licence for 2018-19. They are away to Ruthin Town this afternoon. A Caernarfon club statement says: “Achieving the licence takes a lot […]

Georgia Davies is through to the Commonwealth Games 100 metre backstroke final, but she faces a massive challenge to get among the medals once again after seeing the Games record broken twice in the heats. Davies, who struck gold in the 50 metre backstroke in Glasgow, was the silver medallist in the event in 2014, but could only manage third place in the fourth and final heat. Having seen Australia’s 2010 and 2014 champion Emily Seebohm crack her own Games record with 58:91 sec to win the third heat, Davies was then drawn with the world record holder from Canada, Kylie Masse. Seebohm’s time obviously served as a red rag to Masse, who threw down the gauntlet to her biggest rival for gold with another brilliant swim to lower the record even further to 58:70 sec – 0.6 sec off her world record.

Tesni Evans produced the biggest win of her career to send England No 1 seed Laura Massaro crashing out of the Commonwealth Games. The Cardiff-born Rhyl-based squash ace triumphed 3-1 to reach the semi-finals on Sunday where she will face another English opponent in Sarah-Jane Perry.

Neil Warnock was furious after Cardiff City’s 1-0 Championship defeat against Wolves. The Bluebirds boss savaged Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo for ‘rubbing my nose in it’ with post-match celebrations. The Cardiff boss accused the Portuguese of lacking class after Nuno leapt around at the final whistle before shaking hands with his opposite number. Warnock had […]

Almost 30,000 spectators watched in disbelief as Cardiff City missed two injury time penalties and lost their Championship crunch clash with leaders Wolves 1-0. Gary Madine’s spot-kick was saved by goalkeeper John Reddy three minutes into injury time and then Junior Hoilett smashed his shot against the bar. The Bluebirds are five points clear of […]

Ford World Rally Team boss Malcolm Wilson has praised new Welsh rally duo Elfyn Evans and Phil Mills on a “remarkable job” after finishing day one of the Tour de Corse in sixth place – despite very little time to prepare for the event together. With Evans’ regular co-driver Daniel Barritt still recuperating from their high-speed Rally Mexico shunt, Mills was drafted into the team as super rally sub. He’s long since hung up his race suit and crash helmet – in fact, today was the first competitive WRC stage the 2003 World Champion had contested in anger for eight years. And it’s one of the toughest events for a driver and co-driver partnership too, as the rollercoaster Tarmac twister is also known as ‘The Rally of 10,000 Corners’. Yet with virtually no time to prepare, the 54-year old Newtown-based co-driver was immediately into his stride – calling every corner with split-second accuracy and guiding Evans to a remarkable sixth position. And full credit to Evans too, for adapting to the situation and driving the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC with speed and precision.

Conwy Borough, leaders of the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance, take on Wrexham club Rhos Aelwyd in the FAW Trophy Final at the Hollingsworth Group Stadium on Saturday (April 7, 2pm). Both clubs are former winners of this trophy and came through six rounds to reach the final. Conwy overcame Merthyr Tydfil-based Penydarren BGC in the […]

Predicting the winners of this season’s JD Welsh Cup semi-finals is anyone’s guess, writes Matthew Burgess. Having beaten The New Saints in the Welsh Cup this season, you could be forgiven for presuming that Connah’s Quay had already won, or at least reached, this year’s Welsh Cup final – yet the Nomads still have some […]

Trefelin BGC and Swansea University are slugging it out for the Welsh League Division Three title. Port Talbot based Trefelin are the only team in the Welsh League still unbeaten this season, but they have been unable to shake off the determined students. Manager Richard Ryan’s Trefelin team won 5-1 against Caerau FC at home […]

Lewis Oliva won Wales’ third medal of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games with silver in the men’s keirin on Friday. The Momouthshire track cyclist, competing in his third Commonwealth Games, had to win a repechage to reach the semi-finals after finishing a below-par third in his first round heat. But Oliva stormed to victory in the first round of the repechage and then qualified for the final after taking third spot in the heat.

Wales women’s hockey team were unable to back-up their stunning opening victory over India at the Commonwealth Games as they went down 5-1 to England. The second pool match of the tournament on Australia’s Gold Coast saw a battling Welsh performance against the No.2 ranked team in the world as Wales rallied spiritedly from 2-0 down to make it 2-1 through Eloise Laity. But a clash of heads between Wales captain Leah Wilkinson and England’s skipper Alex Danson meant Wilkinson was forced to depart through injury and Wales conceded three further goals.

Lee Trundle’s Llanelli Town are on course to complete their own double double. Former Swansea City goals ace Trundle has played a major role in the Reds’ rise since the club was placed in Welsh League Division Three five years ago following financial problems. They won the Welsh League Division Two title plus the Nathaniel […]

There will be secret cheering going on in Llantwit Major when the Men’s 200m butterfly gets underway at the Commonwealth Games. There is no Welsh representative in the race for a medal, but one of the Vale of Glamorgan’s own will be challenging not just for a place on the podium, but for the gold. You have to go back to the golden achievements of four-time Olympic diver Rob Morgan for the last time Llantwit produced a Commonwealth champion, but all that could change in the next few days.

STM Sports, the Welsh League club from St Mellons, have enjoyed remarkable success over the last decade. They were formed in 2007, have earned eight promotions in nine seasons and are currently in a fiercely contested chase for the Welsh League Division Two title. Sports are top, but Pontypridd Town, Ammanford and Llantwit Major are […]

Sophie Ingle insists Wales will prove they have closed the gap on England in Friday night’s FIFA World Cup qualifier. The Wales women’s captain is one of five survivors from the team that lost 4-0 to the old enemy at Cardiff City Stadium in 2014. Eni Aluko was one of the scorers that night – a fact that illustrates how much water has flowed under the bridge since that night, when England were still managed by Welshman Mark Sampson.