Vincent Tan flew in on a big day of fun, fighting and focus in Cardiff. Funny men Micky Flanagan and Jimmy Carr provided the jokes in shows at the Motorpoint Arena and St David’s Hall in the Welsh capital respectively. Violence came in the boxing ring with Anthony Joshua and Carlos Takam going toe-to-toe at […]

Elfyn Evans has taken another step closer to securing an historic maiden triumph over Saturday’s opening five special stages at Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, as the M-Sport ace bids to become the first Welsh driver ever to win on home turf in the FIA World Rally Championship.

Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan is back in Cardiff. He flew in from Malaysia to attend the Championship home match against Millwall at Cardiff City Stadium. Tan proved a lucky mascot only 10 weeks ago when he watched his City team for the first time in more than two years and they defeated Aston Villa 3-0. […]

Holders Llanelli Town are through to the Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup quarter-finals, writes Alan Evans. Jordan Follows (2) and Robert Thomas scored the Llanelli goals in a 3-0 win against Afan Lido at the Marstons Stadium. Welsh League First Division leaders Llanelli earned a trophy double last season, winning the Division Two title and […]

Swansea City’s Ki Sung-Yueng has told his teammates it’s time to walk the walk to match their fighting talk. The South Korean midfielder has only recently returned to the side after injury, but that has not eased his frustration over recent results. The Swans face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday with only two victories from nine Premier League games, a return that has left them above the relegation zone only on goal difference.

Wales endured a nightmare afternoon in Port Moresby as Papua New Guinea ran in 10 tries to open their Rugby League World Cup campaign with a thumping 50-6 win. Experienced coach John Kear’s pre-match message would have been to stay in the game to quieten the fanatical home crowd but they were simply overpowered by the pumped-up tournament co-hosts. Brisbane Broncos full-back David Mead helped himself to a hat-trick while Rhyse Martin added two tries and Nene MacDonald, Kato Ottio, Wellington Albert, Justin Olam and Paul Aiton each scored once as PNG showed no mercy.

Alun Wyn Jones has been hailed as a father figure at the Ospreys after guiding the region towards ending their seven-match losing streak. The Wales captain was given rich praise by his grateful coach Steve Tandy after the second row’s man-of-the-match performance in his team’s 28-14 victory over the Dragons on Friday night. The Ospreys scored four tries to earn a Guinness Pro14 bonus point as the Dragons’ limitations were exposed in spite of a defiant defensive showing.

Newport County could give striker Shawn McCoulsky his big chance at Notts County on Saturday (3pm). McCoulsky is County’s top scorer on seven goals and has scored in each of their last three matches after going on from the bench. Manager Michael Flynn has spent the last few days thinking through his options and one […]

Neil Warnock will again put his trust in Craig Bryson and Danny Ward when his Bluebirds play Millwall at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday (3pm). Manager Warnock looks certain to go with an unchanged starting line-up from the team who won 1-0 at Middlesbrough a week ago. Cardiff are second in the Championship table and […]

Cardiff Devils will qualify for the Challenge Cup quarter-finals if they win against Coventry Blaze at Ice Arena Wales on Saturday. This is a crunch clash for the holders, who won 3-2 against Blaze away in their last cup clash. Head coach Andrew Lord is hoping two or three of his injured players – Patrick […]

A mother from Flintshire has joined forces with a local charity to become a tennis volunteer on the programme that helped turn her son’s life around. Martina Pritchard from Hawarden got involved in the Bouncing Back initiative at Mold Tennis Club after seeing the transformation it had on her son, who was so badly affected by anxiety that he was unable to go to school. Thanks to a partnership between Mold Tennis Club and local community enterprise KIM Inspire1, Martina began taking her 17-year-old son to the Bouncing Back programme in August 2016, which has now helped him cope so well with his anxiety, he has been able to return to school.

The new face of Welsh cycling was on parade this week when professional riders Scott Davies and Amy Roberts joined forces with the Mayor of Carmarthen, Cllr Alun Lenny, at the official re-opening of the velodrome at Carmarthen Park. The track first opened in 1900 and was soon the home of some of the best cyclists in Wales, one of whom was selected for the 1908 Olympic Games in London. Bert Andrews was always referred to as “the Carmarthen flyer” and was obviously as tough as old boots. Why? Well read on! On 26 July, 1902, he won the 25 mile championship of the world at Pontypridd, beating all the top English riders. It was a brilliant achievement and one that marked him out as a major track cycling star in the making.

Elfyn Evans tore his way through his home forests to build up a big overnight lead on Wales Rally GB. The Dolgellau-born racer driver won three of Friday’s six special stages in mid Wales.

Brother and sister were crowned champions at the Coors Newport Open Squash Championships. Emyr Evans lifted the men’s A title, while sister Tesni, ranked 15 in the World, won the women’s A trophy. Cardiff’s Emyr, aged 20, defeated 21-year-old Owain Taylor, a Welshman from Colchester in straight sets at Newport SRC. Evans won 11-7, 11-6, […]

Christian Edwards believes his Cardiff Met team can topple JD Welsh Premier League leaders The New Saints on Saturday – and replace them as frontrunners. A victory for the students at Park Hall would see them reverse the current order at the top of the table and, perhaps, convince some of the doubters that the champions can be denied another title. It night be premature to talk of any changing of the guard – even if there is a change in the pecking order – but results and recent form suggest another close contest following the 0-0 draw the last time the sides locked horns.

Merthyr Town are on the FA Trophy trail this Saturday. The Martyrs play Taunton Town away at their Viridor Stadium with £3,250 prize money on offer for the winners. Manager Gavin Williams and his players lifted confidence within the group thanks to a 3-1 home win against Stratford Town in midweek thanks to goals by […]

Cardiff Blues have made five changes for their return to Guinness Pro14 action against the Scarlets on Saturday night. The Blues go into the Welsh derby at Parc y Scarlets on the back of consecutive European Challenge Cup victories against Lyon and Toulouse. Kristian Dacey continues to skipper the team and four of the changes come in the pack. Brad Thyer and Dillon Lewis complete the front-row, while Seb Davies and Olly Robinson step up from the bench at lock and flanker respectively.

Stevie Lyle, the Cardiff-born netminder who first played for Cardiff Devils at the age of 14, has been beaten by his seven-year-old son. Zack was starting goalie for captain Tyson Marsh and his Black team, keeping a clean sheet in the first 10 minutes. He even faced a fierce shot from Max Birbraer, but wasn’t […]

Bernard Jackman is convinced the Dragons can do without home comforts, having been to Moscow and returned with more than tourist snaps of Red Square. The Dragons coach has dumped one unwanted record – an 18-month losing streak on their European travels – when the region beat Enisei-STM in the Challenge Cup last week. Now, he turns to ridding the Dragons of another painful losing stretch. When they visit the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium on Friday night it will be 30 matches since they last won away from home in the Guinness Pro14, a sequence that goes way back to March 2015.

The last time Katie Taylor was in Cardiff she was playing football for the Republic of Ireland. Now she hopes to rule the world from the Welsh capital. Not only that, the pin-up girl of Irish sport wants to use her fight with newly crowned WBA lightweight champion Anahi Sanchez on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua v Carlos Takam heavyweight title fight at the Principality Stadium “to elevate women’s boxing”. While she can’t remember the result of the friendly international against Wales – “I think we lost” – she knows that nothing other than victory on Saturday night will be good enough as she bids to meet her goal of becoming a world champion within a year of turning pro.