Elinor Barker joined Ellie Dickinson in saving the best until last for the British team as they struck gold in the Madison at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin. Olympic champion Barker had already picked up a silver medal in the Team Pursuit earlier in the week, but with debut Dickinson she won the final sprint for 10 points which saw the British duo leapfrog Ireland for the gold medal.

Warren Gatland’s back row injury crisis has taken a turn for the worse with Dragons flanker Ollie Griffiths ruled out for up to six weeks with a broken jaw. The 22-year-old Griffiths has become the fourth international flanker to be ruled out of Wales’ four autumn Tests after having his jaw smashed by a flying elbow in his side’s 28-21 European Challenge Cup win in Moscow. Griffiths, who made his Wales debut this summer against Tonga, is set to undergo surgery on his return from Russia and now joins British & Irish Lions skipper Sam Warburton, Ross Moriarty and Ellis Jenkins on the sidelines, ahead of the games against Australia, Georgia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Paul Clement has told his Swansea City players they need to toughen up as the stress of another relegation battle begins to take its toll. The Swans manager will send his team into a Carabao Cup tie against Manchester United on Tuesday night on the back of wretched home form that he concedes is eroding self-belief. Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Leicester City was the club’s fourth home loss in five matches, a trend of failure at the Liberty Stadium that will send the club down unless it can be quickly reversed.

Chaz Davies survived a first lap incident to move into second place in the World Superbikes standings in Jerez. The Knighton-born rider was involved in a collision with Eugene Laverty on the first lap of the race on Sunday, but was able to get back to the pits.

There was scarcely a sound outside the Cardiff Devils dressing room after their devastating 4-0 Elite League defeat against Sheffield Steelers. Coach Andrew Lord, sitting in the corridor, looked stunned. Finally, after several minutes, Lord, still in his skates and playing kit, stood up and marched in to tell his players what he thought of […]

Merthyr Town suffered more Southern League heartache, losing 2-0 against Hitchin Town at Top Field. The Martyrs had an ideal chance to equalise after 89 minutes, but Kyle Copp’s spot-kick was saved and moments later Elliott Bailey fired his second goal of the game. For more than an hour the match was goalless and Merthyr […]

Michael Flynn was feeling deflated after Newport County failed to earn all three points at Rodney Parade. Manager Flynn’s Newport County have earned only one point from successive home fixtures, drawing 1-1 against Mansfield Town in their latest match after losing 2-1 against Colchester United in midweek. “We should have been awarded three, maybe four […]

Neil Warnock looked away when Joe Ralls took the second half penalty which won the game at Middlesbrough for Cardiff City. Ralls fired home and manager Warnock said: “I didn’t see Joe take the penalty – I never look! “I just looked at Boro’s fans because if they jumped up cheering I know he will […]

Jade Jones made it a golden double for Wales with victory in the Taekwondo World Grand Prix in London. The Flint fighter beat world champion Ah-Reum Lee 31-14 in the -57kg final to follow-up Lauren Williams’ stunning victory 24 hours earlier.

Chaz Davies is creeping up on Tom Sykes in the battle to finish runner-up in World Superbikes after a cat-and-mouse battle with his rival in Jerez. The Knighton-born rider finished second in race one on the Spanish track on Saturday just ahead of Sykes.

Michael Flynn and his coaching staff have been searching for a solution this week. Captain Joss Labadie is ruled out by a hamstring injury and Newport County’s manager needs to find a replacement in his squad for the home match against Mansfield Town on Saturday (3pm). Labadie has been a success in a new midfield […]

Lauren Williams produced the biggest win of her career as she struck gold at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in London. The Blackwood Belter beat reigning world champ Nur Tatar and a former world champ in Ruth Gbagbi at the Copper Box Arena.

Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac has admitted his team already need favours elsewhere if they are to make any impact in this season’s European Champions Cup. The Guinness Pro12 title holders were given a lesson in control and wet weather proficiency by Bath on Friday night as the English club won 18-13 at Parc Y Scarlets. It means the Scarlets have now lost both their opening two matches, normally the kiss of death for any team hoping to make it through to the quarter-finals.

Danny Wilson believes his young Cardiff Blues side are starting to add guts to youthful gusto after their impressive win in Toulouse on Friday night. The Blues made it two wins from two games in the European Challenge Cup with a courageous 17-15 victory over the French giants at the Stade Ernest Wallon. Toulouse – who beat Cardiff in the very first European Cup final back in 1996 – had won 14 of their previous 15 home matches against Welsh opposition in the premier European tournament.

Andy Campbell, the Bluebirds’ hero of 2003, will have split loyalties at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium on Saturday (3pm). He started his career with local club Boro – and fired the extra time goal which earned Cardiff City promotion to the Championship. Campbell will be at the match and says: “My hometown club against the side […]

Chaz Davies is confident of bouncing back after his World Superbikes crash in Jerez on Friday. The Powys-born racer hit the fresh tarmac on the Spanish track where he roared to a double win last year.

Dai Young insists son Thomas will make his own mind up on whether or not he wants to return to Wales to secure his international career. The 25-year-old Wasps flanker won two caps on Wales’ tour of the South Seas this summer and will still be eligible to improve that tally this season. But with the WRU having introduced a 60-cap base line for players outside of Wales when they reach the end of their existing contracts, Young junior will have to decide if he wants to join a Welsh region when his current deal in two years’ time.

Merthyr Town travel to North Hertfordshire for their Southern League clash with Hitchin Town on Saturday (3pm). Manager Gavin Williams and his Martyrs face a difficult test at Hitchin’s Top Field Stadium, particularly after suffering three defeats in their last four fixtures. Hitchin have qualified for the Premier Division play-offs in the last two seasons […]

NHL clubs Arizona Coyotes and San Jose Sharks both had a role in Tyson Strachan’s ice hockey journey from Phoenix to South Wales. Tough guy Strachan, who has 186 NHL matches for  St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild, has signed for Cardiff Devils and makes his debut this weekend. […]

Alex Reid has returned to the Racecourse Ground for a second loan spell with Wrexham. The Fleetwood Town striker’s initial spell lasted 55 days until the victory over Eastleigh on October 22.