Two Welsh athletes, bound for the Commonwealth Games, are putting in the hard yards before they chase medals on the Gold Coast. Dai Sport’s athletics writer Owen Morgan speaks to race-walkers Bethan Davies and Heather Lewis. Welsh walkers Bethan Davies and Heather Lewis have been warming up nicely for April’s Commonwealth Games in more ways than one. The duo, who have both been in excellent recent form, are fine-tuning their preparations to participate in the 20k walk on Australia’s Gold Coast with some warm weather training in Spain, while the rest of Wales experiences sub-zero temperatures.  

Leon Britton is ready to ride to the rescue for Swansea City – again – with a comeback against Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup. The veteran midfielder has not played since October 21 but has recovered from a pelvic injury and could return in Tuesday night’s fifth round replay at the Liberty Stadium. Swans manager Carlos Carvalhal revealed Britton has been training fully with the rest of the squad and may be eased back against the Championship club, before the crucial 10-match Premier League run-in.

Owain Doull is relishing the rest of his campaign after producing his best result in a Classic. The Cardiff-born rider just missed out on a top 10 coming home 11th at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.  

Cardiff Devils face two massive matches in Elite League and Challenge Cup next weekend. Leaders Devils play closest rivals Manchester Storm on Friday evening at Ice Arena Wales before going into the cup final against Belfast Giants at the same venue on Sunday. Devils underlined their intent of retaining both League title and cup, beating […]

Wales and the Celtic Dragons have plugged the gap left by Trish Wilcox by appointing Australian Julie Hoornweg as their new coach. Hoornweg will take charge of the Dragons for the remainder of their Netball Superleague season and also oversee the national team as they head towards the Commonwealth Games in April. A former head coach with England, Hoornweg has a tough task on her hands with Wales recently failing to qualify for the 2019 World Cup and the Dragons yet to win a game this season.

Tom Marshall got a taste of the strength of the competition he will face at the Commonwealth Games when he finished sixth over 1500 metres at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix, behind two Kenyans and an Aussie. The consolation for the rapidly improving Cardiff AAC middle distance runner was another PB with which to end his brief indoor season and fact he was the best placed Brit in the field a week after striking bronze at the British Championships. Marshall is off to the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast in April. 

Natalie Powell hit back from her disappointment at the Paris Grand Slam to pick up a bronze medal at the Dusseldorf event to earn GB Judo their second medal. The 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist reached No.1 status in the world in the 78kg category in December after striking gold in Abu Dhabi and went into the Dusseldorf Grand Slam at the ISS Dome as the top seed. She received a bye in the opening round and was then in fine form throughout the day. She comfortably despatched her early round opponents, beating local favourite Maike Ziech in her opening contest.

Commonwealth Games-bound Dewi Griffiths was forced to abort his attempt to win a magnificent seventh consecutive Welsh Cross Country title in Swansea on Saturday. The Swansea Harrier pulled up as a precaution halfway around the picturesque Singleton Park course after suffering from “stiffness”, said his coach Kevin Evans afterwards. “It’s just a bit of stiffness he’s got, that’s all,” explained Evans. “I’m sure he’ll be sorted out in a couple of days.”

Swansea City’s Ki Sung Yueng insists his teammates will not allow defeat at Brighton to undermine their bid to avoid relegation.The Korean midfielder was part of a Swans side that crashed to a 4-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday as their 10-match unbeaten run – including six Premier League games – came to an abrupt halt. Ki made no excuses, but insists the Swans – who have 10 matches left to accumulate a likely necessary 13 further points – will not allow a blip to become a slump.

Warren Gatland is ready to turn to George North to help pick up the pieces of Wales’ Six Nations campaign. The Wales coach will start North against Italy next week after the wing made a big impact when he came on as a replacement during the 37-27 defeat to Ireland on Saturday. In what sounded like an admission he wished he had started the Northampton player from the start in Dublin – possibly in place of Liam Williams, rather than Steff Evans – Gatland suggested the return of North would be one of several changes he intended to make for the visit of the Italians to Cardiff on March 11.

Neil Warnock is still playing down Cardiff City’s chances of gaining automatic promotion, despite the mounting points tally and the fact that their chasers in the Championship are running out of matches. The Bluebirds manager watched his team grind out a 1-0 victory at home to Bristol City in a game that was as numbing on the mind as it was on the fingers and toes. But the hard-earned result – courtesy of Kenneth Zohore’s second match-winning goal in as many games – means Cardiff are again four points clear of Aston Villa and only six behind leaders Wolves.

Cardiff Devils stumbled in their Elite League title chasing, losing 3-1 at Manchester Storm in Altrincham. Former Cardiff Devils captain Ryan Finnerty and his Storm troopers held on for a crucial victory. Storm coach Finnerty has steered his team into second place behind leaders Devils and they made a big statement with this win. The […]

Chaz Davies crashed out of the World Superbikes race in Australia while leading on Sunday. The Knighton-born rider had just emerged from a mandatory stop to change tyres imposed by race chiefs amid fears of degradation following the first race.

An enforced first half substitution that saw James Demetriou replace injured Kayne McLaggon proved to be the turning point of the game as in-form Barry Town fought back to claim an entertaining 4-1 win over Llandudno. Barry notched their third straight victory following the league split despite trailing after just 25 seconds when a defensive […]

Chaz Davies got his World Superbikes campaign off to a flier with third place in Australia on Saturday. The Knighton-born rider shrugged off his problems during the winter to grab a podium spot at Phillip Island.

Wales finished sixth out of eighth in the Rugby League Commonwealth Championships in Brisbane, Australia – a Nine a side under 23 tournament – following a 10-8 win over England and a loss to Scotland. RANKING SEMI-FINAL – ENGLAND 8 WALES 10

It takes a manager with formidable endurance to keep a feud going across two generations and few people have every accused Neil Warnock of lacking staying power. The Cardiff City manager will be 70 later this year and has crossed swords and bumped heads with more managers than Lee Johnson has had hot dinners. That means decades worth of spats, slights and grudges, including one with Bristol City’s current manager Johnson’s father Gary.

Rhyl FC are intent on a big finish to their Huws Gray Alliance season. Manager Matthew Jones and his Lilywhites are 10 points behind leaders Caernarfon Town going into their home clash with Gresford Athletic on Friday evening (7.45pm). Jones is looking for a strong reaction from the Lilywhites after disappointing results against Penrhyncoch and […]

Having won the MSA British Historic Rally Championship for a record-breaking three times in a row, Jason Pritchard will return to more modern machinery this year for an all-out assault on the Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship.

Wales will take on England on Saturday in the second fifth v eighth semi-final after losing all three group games on Friday. England managed one win, beating Papua New Guinea in their final group game to finish third in their group.