Cardiff-born Tesni Evans is through to the Commonwealth Games womens singles squash quarter-finals on the Gold Coast. British champion Evans, 25, powered into the last eight thanks to a 3-1 win against Malaysian teenager Aifa Azman. Evans, who lives in Rhyl and plays out of Bangor University, now plays England’s former World number one Laura […]

Gareth Evans has bagged Wales’ first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games with a magnificent display in the weightlifting. The 32-year-old won the 69kg category in his third Games at the Carrara Sports Centre on the Gold Coast in Australia. The Holyhead lifter finished with a total of 299kg after a snatch of 136kg and clean and jerk of 163kg.

The Ospreys are considering upgrading Allen Clarke and making him their permanent head coach. Northern Irishman Clarke has been in charge at the region as interim coach since the departure of Steve Tandy in January. It was believed that the former Ulster and Ireland U20 coach would relinquish the position at the end of the season and return to his previous role as forwards coach.

Wales stood tall against the Kiwi netball challenge on the Gold Coast. New Zealand are ranked number two in the World behind Australia and won 70-44, but there were positives for the Welsh girls. Captain Suzy Drane and her team won a quarter against New Zealand for the first time in the history of Welsh […]

Welsh women’s sport will be tested to the full in two ‘David v Goliath’ clashes against England on Friday. First up it will be Leah Wilkinson’s Welsh hockey side in the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and then Sophie Ingle’s footballers will face a top of the table World Cup qualifying clash at St Mary’s, Southampton. Both English teams are ranked as the second best teams in the world and in both sports they are expected to go on and challenge for the title. But the Welsh women are closing the gap and are keen to make a statement.

Catrin Jones smashed her own Welsh record at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast on Friday. The 18-year-old added 10kg to her record in the 53Kg class with a total of 165kg to finish 11th on her Games debut in Australia.

Wales booked their place in the quarter-finals of the women’s table tennis at the Commonwealth Games after a win over Sri Lanka. Charlotte Carey won both her games 3-0 as Wales saw off their opponents 3-1 to finish second in their pool.

Charlotte Wathan has been appointed as National Female Engagement Manager to take women and girls’ community rugby to the next level. Wathan will draw on her wealth of experience in innovative engagement from her work in insight and evaluation with the award winning Us Girls project, Street Games and the Welsh Rugby Union to further grow, develop, promote and strengthen female rugby across Wales.

Wales’ teenage boxing sensation Sammy Lee is one win away from bagging a Commonwealth medal on his Games debut at the Gold Coast. A gold medallist at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas last July, the Swansea fighter is looking to step up in class Down Under and has been drawn straight through to the quarter-finals in the -81kg category. It means he will have to wait until Wednesday, 11 April, for his opening bout – the last appearance at the Games of the seven strong Welsh team. But it also means he is only one win away from a guaranteed bronze medal with a semi-final spot.

James Ball hopes winning Wales’ first medal at the Commonwealth Games in Australia can inspire the rest of his team. Para-cyclist Ball won Wales’ first honour of the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast when he took silver in the men’s B&VI 1,000m time trial along with his guide Pete Mitchell. The duo finished nearly a second behind Scotland’s Neil Fachie, who was piloted by Matt Rotherham, but more than half-a-second ahead of Aussie Brad Henderson and Tom Clarke.

Wales are ready for the Kiwi challenge at the Commonwealth Games. Newly-appointed coach Julie Hoornweg, an Australian with vast experience, has transformed the fortunes of Cardiff-based Superleague club Celtic Dragons – and now her focus is on the Welsh team. New Zealand are ranked number two in the World rankings, just behind Australia, and pose […]

Don’t you just hate it when newspapers and websites churn out ‘Five Things You Need to Know’ about every sporting event under the sun? What does it tell you? Do you need to know half of what they tell you and was the author there in the first place? Well, there is so much to tell you about the stunning win by the Welsh Women’s Hockey team over India in the opening game of the Commonwealth Games that we thought we would bring you the dreaded ‘Five Things’ from a simply amazing result, with Wales winning 3-2. We have stopped at five, but we could have given you a lot more.

Joel Makin and Tesni Evans are marching on in the Commonwealth Games squash singles. Welsh men’s number one Makin, from Pembrokeshire, has beaten Fijian Sailesh Pala in straight games, taking 18 minutes to go through 11-3, 11-3, 11-4. He then won 11-6, 11-3, 11-3 against Bermuda’s Micah Franklin in just under half an hour. The […]

Carlos Carvalhal has revealed he has discussed Swansea City’s future – but insists those talks have yet to include his own position as manager. The Portuguese boss has said he has briefed chairman Huw Jenkins on the road ahead, but played down speculation in recent weeks that informal talks over a new contract have already begun. Carvalhal replaced Paul Clement in December when the club was rooted to the foot of the Premier League. They are currently five places higher in 15th and will travel to West Brom on Saturday three points clear of the relegation zone with seven games left to play.

Neil Warnock is out to achieve a miracle and insists the ‘Yorkshire Welsh’ will play a huge part in Cardiff City’s bid for a return to the Premier League. The Bluebirds manager, a born and bred Yorkshireman from Sheffield, is preparing his team for a Championship top two clash with leaders Wolves at Cardiff City […]

Anna Hursey, Wales’ youngest ever representative in the Commonwealth Games, has made a winning start on the Gold Coast. Cardiff-based Anna, aged 11, played alongside Charlotte Carey and they won 3-2 against India in the table tennis doubles. Charlotte, from Ebbw Vale, is 21-years-old and an ideal partner for Anna, having played for Wales at […]

Russ Moyer, an Elite League champion with Sheffield Steelers three years ago, is standing in the way of Cardiff Devils and their quest for play-offs glory. The 35-year-old, from North Bay, Ontario, is a key player for Fife Flyers, the Scottish team Devils face in the PredictorBet play-off semi-finals in Nottingham on Saturday (1pm). Defenceman […]

Neil Warnock shocked Bluebirds players by asking them to give him a round of applause at the Vale of Glamorgan training ground. The Yorkshireman has been voted manager of the Football League 2017-18 team of the season, but there are no Cardiff City players in the line-up. “I asked my players for a round of […]

Merthyr Town face a near 500-miles round trip to Norfolk to face the promotion chasing Linnets at the Walks on Saturday (3pm). King’s Lynn are second in the EvoStik Southern League, just behind leaders Hereford, and have won five successive Premier Division matches. It will take the Martyrs around six hours each way by coach […]

Leah Wilkinson has hailed the 3-2 win over India as the best ever by Wales’ hockey women. Skipper Wilkinson’s side shrugged off the 16 place difference in the rankings to stun the world ranked No 10 team in the Commonwealth Games Pool A opener.