No fewer than five Welsh athletes have made the 40-strong British team to compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Samorin, Slovakia on Sunday, 10 December. Leading the way will be Dewi Griffiths in the senior men’s race, while Melissa Courtney is included in the Mixed Relay squad that will compete for the first time.

Christian Malcom was used to picking up medals during his outstanding career on the track, but now the four-time Olympic sprinter has been honoured for his coaching ability. In conjunction with Stephen Maguire and Benke Blomkvist, Malcolm was named as the High Performance Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards 2017 in London.

Joss Labadie led Newport County into the FA Cup third round and sparked dreams of a match-up with Premier League opposition. Newport’s captain scored both goals in a 2-0 win against fellow League Two club Cambridge United at Rodney Parade. Labadie scored from Matthew Dolan’s cross during the first two minutes then volleyed a second […]

All Martyrs manager Gavin Williams wanted for Christmas was a dominant centre-forward – and his wish has been granted. Ryan Prosser, Merthyr Town’s big, physical forward, is back and opposing teams must learn to #FearTheBeard again. Merthyr lost 2-0 at home to Biggleswade Town, but the return of Prosser from the subs bench gave manager Gavin […]

Cardiff Devils completed a four-point weekend with a second victory in two nights. More than 3,000 spectators roared Devils on in a 3-1 win against Dundee Stars at Ice Arena Wales. They had beaten Manchester Storm away on Saturday and followed that with a convincing display against Stars. Josh Batch and Justin Faryna suffered injuries […]

Warren Gatland will go into the Six Nations with Wales just where he wants them – mocked or ignored or unfancied. The autumn series may have been saved from negative equity on Wales’ part by a narrow victory over South Africa, but that has convinced few people that Gatland’s team are anything but outsiders for the tournament that begins in eight weeks’ time. The bookies have Wales as fourth favourites behind England, Ireland and Scotland, with only France and Italy fancied less.

Lewis Oliva became the latest Welsh cyclist to pick up a medal at the World Cup track cycling as he produced the best result of his career to win silver in the keirin in Canada. Already this winter Jon Mould, Elinor Barker and Manon Lloyd have enjoyed medal success on the boards and Oliva, studying to become a doctor at Cardiff University, joined them with the race of his life. The 2014 Welsh Commonwealth Games representative had earlier won the British keirin title this year.

Jordan Hart’s dream of winning on home soil came unstuck on the final day of the Yonex Welsh Badminton International in Cardiff. The Welsh No 1 reached the semi-finals after despatching the No 5 seed, France’s Yaelle Hoyaux (21-18, 21-9), in the last eight. Earlier she had beaten Ireland’s Rachael Darragh (21-14, 21-13) and taken a mere 16 minutes to overpower England’s Emily Beach (21-4, 21-9). Seeded No 3, Hart’s success meant she had to meet India’s No 1 seed Tanvi Lad in the semi-finals. She gave her a tougher than expected time in the first game, finally going down 21-18, before losing the second game 21-9.

Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung Yueng says the club are approaching crunch time ahead of their most significant match of the season. The Swans host West Bromwich Albion next Saturday, aware that another defeat could leave them a huge seven points adrift of safety at the bottom of the Premier League. A victory, though – which would be their first in eight matches – could conceivably close that gap to a single point.

Caernarfon’s Canaries completed the JD Welsh Cup third round line-up with a home win against Welsh Premier League Barry Town United The fourth round draw will be made live during the S4C Heno programme on Monday evening. Caernarfon led 2-0 at half-time with Jamie Breese and man of the match Nathan Craig the scorers. Both […]

Sean Bentivoglio’s overtime goal earned Cardiff Devils victory in Altrincham. Head coach Andrew Lord and his team showed the character and spirit to grind out the win they needed. Lord was the healthy scratch for Devils with Joey Haddad returning to the line-up, while Mark Louis and Craig Moore were ruled out by injuries. Bentivoglio’s […]

Aberystwyth Town 4 Bala Town 0 Welsh Cup holders Bala Town were knocked out of the third round as Aberystwyth produced a stunning performance at Park Avenue. After Declan Walker curled in a free-kick to put Aberystwyth ahead, the Seasiders struck three goals in the space of 12 second half minutes to secure their passage […]

The Warren Gatland verdict   What’s the overwhelming emotion at the end of that one? “I suppose a bit of relief I think. We started so well and looked comfortable and then five minutes before half time and five minutes after half time weren’t the best periods of the game for us. “I think we deserved the win and we are pleased with lots of things especially given the injuries that we had and young players that we blooded and the way we are trying to be positive.

Penydarren BGC, the lowest ranked team left in the JD Welsh Cup, maintained their sizzling form this season. They earned an 18th successive victory to dump Huws Gray Alliance club Llandudno Junction out of the competition 4-0. Penydarren play in the South Wales Alliance League, but they powered to an impressive victory in North Wales […]

Let’s face it, if you can beat the Springboks with a makeshift front and back row, new centre pairing and a side that is missing six British & Irish Lions, things can’t be too bad! For some of us who waited more than half our lives for a single win over South Africa, we are now basking in a golden era of three on the bounce at home. So let’s not be mealy-mouthed about it, however tense it was at the end, and take the win and move on. Winning was important given that every other home nation had taken a southern hemisphere scalp last month and it looks as though the 2018 Six Nations is going to be one of the most competitive of all-time. So what did we learn over the four games this autumn?

Newport County go in search of FA Cup glory when they take on Cambridge United in a second round tie at Rodney Parade on Sunday (2pm). The winners will have the chance of a lucrative tie against Premier League opposition and will be guaranteed £45,000 in prize money. “If we can get into the next […]

Former Wales national coach Chris Robertson and his Hong Kong China team have caused a stir at the World Team Squash Championships at Salle Vallier in Marseille. Australian former World number two Robertson and his team relegated France to their lowest finish in the Men’s World Team Squash Championship for at least 16 years after upsetting […]

Power forward Joey Haddad returns to the Cardiff Devils team this weekend. Canadian Haddad, who sparks up this Devils team, is fit and available to play against Manchester Storm and Dundee Stars. “Joey Haddad has been outstanding for us,” said Devils player-coach Andrew Lord. “There have been a number of games he completely took over […]

Danny Wilson has admitted he could understand Nigel Owens’ decision to red card Taufa’ao Filise – but still felt the decision was harsh. The Cardiff Blues coach has paid tribute to his team’s tenacity after they lost 40-16 at Glasgow on Friday night, where they played all but the opening half hour with 14 men. They were reduced to 13 when flanker Olly Robinson was sent to the sin bin, but it was the dismissal of Filise for a high tackle that proved the real turning point.

Frank Burrows sat in the stand at Barry Town’s Jenner Park assessing the potential of striker Eifion Williams, a Welshman who links Vale of Glamorgan club and Caernarfon Town. The two clubs are close to 200 miles apart, but Williams was a goals ace for both. Huws Gray Alliance leaders Caernarfon are at home against […]