A star-studded squadron of powerful rear-wheel drive Darrian rally cars will contest this year’s Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship – each intent, and capable, of giving the top four-wheel drive World Rally Cars a run for their money and challenging for the overall title.

Laura Deas is right in the hunt for medal glory mid-way through the women’s skeleton in Pyeongchang. The Wrexham-born speed merchant is lying fourth just 0.17secs off the lead with two runs left on Saturday.

Welsh rugby is joining forces with Girlguiding Cymru to offer new opportunities to girls across Wales. As the UK’s leading charity for girls and young women, Girlguiding conduct an annual Girls’ Attitudes Survey, collecting the views of girls and young women aged 7 to 21 across the UK on a wide range of issues. The latest survey revealed that girls and young women are encountering gender stereotypes in all areas of their lives – from their peers to the media, causing them to change their behaviour because of the pressure they feel to be or act a certain way. 55% of girls ages 7-21 say gender stereotypes affect their ability to say what they think.

Cardiff Devils face two vastly different Elite League tests on the road this weekend. Head coach Andrew Lord and his team travel to play Nottingham Panthers on Saturday, stay overnight in the English midlands and then go to Scotland (7pm). Their second match, on Sunday, is against struggling Edinburgh Capitals at Murrayfield in Scotland (6pm). […]

Ospreys interim coach Allen Clarke had admitted he is realistic about the region’s chances of getting back into the European Champions Cup. The Southern Kings of South Africa visit the Liberty Stadium on Friday night with the Ospreys back in sixth place in Conference A of the Guinness Pro14, eight points behind the fourth-placed Cardiff Blues. Only the top three from each conference automatically qualify for the Champions Cup, but with the South African sides not involved in that process, it is the Blues the Ospreys are chasing.

Josh Francombe, an American footballer from Sandy Springs in Georgia, is in the Wales under-16 squad for a Uefa Development Tournament in Greece. Josh is the first American and Jewish American to play for Wales juniors and says: “It’s been a surreal experience for me. “I didn’t think I’d ever be able to play at […]

Sean Eardley admits it was an emotional moment when he was appointed the new manager of Caernarfon Town FC earlier this season. When Iwan Williams moved on to take charge at Welsh Premier League Llandudno, Eardley stepped up from assistant manager to take the number one job at the Oval. The Cofis have suffered only […]

A late adjustment to the first round draw of the British National Squash Championships in Manchester led to an all-Wales battle between qualifier Emyr Evans and Peter Creed. Evans won three games to reach the main draw for the first time in five attempts and was due to meet Scotland’s Greg Lobban, but when 3 / 4 seed Declan James pulled out with injury there was a re-shuffle and the two Welshmen were placed together.

Cardiff City have extended their unbeaten record at under-23 development level to five matches with a convincing performance against Coventry City. Manager Neil Warnock included three over-age players – Matt Connolly, Kadeem Harris and Craig Bryson – in their starting line-up and he watched the match at Cardiff International Sports Campus. Connolly, Harris and Bryson […]

Swansea City head to Hillborough on Saturday for an FA Cup tie that will have special significance for manager Carlos Carvalhal. Graham Thomas hears the Swans boss drop the fishing metaphors and settle for another about moving house. Carlos Carvalhal has admitted it be an emotional return when he goes back to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday – but he will not repeat the mistake he made in Turkey. The Swansea City manager takes his new club to his old one for an FA Cup fifth round tie against the Championship side he left on Christmas Eve.

Carlos Carvalhal’s transformation of Swansea City’s Premier League prospects has taken his old club by surprise. Carvalhal returns to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday in the fifth round of the FA Cup, on the back of a remarkable turnaround in his own fortunes as well as that of his new club. Wednesday had gone seven games without a win in the Championship when they decided to sack the Portuguese manager on Christmas Eve.

The 2018 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets underway this weekend with the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally.

Emyr Evans joined Peter Creed in the first round proper of the Dunlop British National Squash championships in Manchester with a battling victory over Julian Tomlinson. The reward for the 21-year-old Cardiffian is a clash with Scotland’s World Ranked No 33, Greg Lobban in the first round on Thursday, 15 February. It is the first time in five attempts he has qualified for the main competition. Evans was runner-up in the Prague Open in December to Jordan’s Mohammad Alsarraj, ranked 39 places above him in the PSA World Rankings, and has already won three games in Manchester to reach the first round. He despatched Josh Taylor (11-7, 11-4, 12-10) and Charlie Cowie (11-0, 11-6, 11-6) before beating Tomlinson (11-7, 11-4, 12-10).

Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris believes cricket in Wales is about to enter a new era thank to Cardiff’s selection as one of the new T20 venues. A team that will pay huge salaries to some of the best players in the world will now be based in Wales. The Swalec Stadium will be home to one of the eight teams in the tournament from 2020 – a competition designed to re-define modern cricket in the UK, just as the IPL has done in India and the Big Bash has managed in Australia.

Winners against Scotland, losers to England, Wales now need to make changes for their next Six Nations game against Ireland, argues Robin Davey. Dublin, he says, will be won or lost in a battle of the skies. Now the hard work starts for Warren Gatland and his coaching team. The easy bit was selecting an unchanged team for the England clash after the terrific performance against Scotland, though Leigh Halfpenny’s late withdrawal at Twickenham did require a reshuffle. But despite a brave effort against the Six Nations champions, this time there really must be changes with Ireland next up.

German-born striker Michael Gyasi, a former Chelsea schoolboy, has joined Cardiff City on trial. The 17-year-old made his debut in a Professional Under-23 Development League fixture against Southampton away and scored the only goal of the game. He could well be given another outing on Thursday when the Bluebirds play Coventry City in a League […]

Man of the match Joey Haddad led the charge during Cardiff Devils 5-2 Elite League win against Guildford Flames at the Spectrum. Power forward Haddad scored a penalty goal after nine minutes after he was tripped after skating through alone on goalie Chris Carrozzi. Devils forward Haddad netted from the penalty shot and set Cardiff […]

Welsh Winter Olympian Laura Deas has found herself embroiled in a row surrounding the Team GB skeleton suits on the eve of the biggest race of her career in Pyeongchang. In three of the six practice runs either defending Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold or her Team GB team mate Deas proved fastest. It was the same in the men’s event, where Dom Parsons was fastest in two of the four runs.

Justin Faryna is loving the new Erhardt Conference challenge he has taken on this season. Four-goal Faryna led the Cardiff Devils charge during their 7-3 home win against Nottingham Panthers and he’s fired up for another big challenge at Guildford Flames this evening (Wednesday, 7.30pm). Calgary-born forward Faryna joined Devils from Dundee Stars this season […]

Merthyr Town are ensuring they stay well clear of relegation danger thanks to a bottom three challenge. The Martyrs drew against bottom club Gosport Borough away and defeated second-from-bottom Dunstable Town at the Loadlok Community Stadium on Tuesday evening. This Saturday manager Gavin Williams and his Merthyr team entertain St Ives Town and the Cambridgeshire […]