Chris Coleman insists namesake Seamus Coleman’s controversial broken leg will have no impact on Wales’ final and decisive World Cup qualifier with the Republic of Ireland on Monday night. The Everton right-back will miss the game at Cardiff City Stadium as he continues his recovery from the injury he suffered in the game in Dublin last March following a tackle by Neil Taylor.

Dean Keates hailed his Wrexham side after a comeback 2-1 victory over Eastleigh extended their unbeaten run to 10 games. Shaun Pearson and Chris Holroyd struck in the space of five second-half minutes at the Racecourse Ground to lift the Reds to fifth place in the National League.

Wayne Pivac reckons the Scarlets have given their Champions Cup challenge a huge boost with the victory in the West Wales derby. Pivac’s men get their European campaign underway at former champions Toulon next Sunday.

Andrew Selby has earned a shot at joining big brother Lee as a World Champion after seeing off Mexico’s Maximino Flores. The Barry fighter is set for a crack at the WBC flyweight title after winning his eliminator at London’s York Hall on Saturday. Selby claimed an unanimous 119-109, 117-111, 117-112 decision on the judges’ […]

Georgia 0, Wales 1 Aaron Ramsey hailed a special Wales team after their World Cup qualifying victory against Georgia in Tbilisi. “We find a way and that is why this team is so special,” said ‘Rambo’. “We found a way to break Georgia down. We wanted to go back to Cardiff with three points and […]

Wales swept to an impressive 61-40 victory in their World ranking netball international against Fiji Pearls at the Netball Europe Championships in Cardiff. The Welsh players bounced back from their agonising one-goal defeat against Northern Ireland on day one and produced a solid team performance at Sport Wales National Centre. Wales led 17-6 after the […]

Gavin Williams and his Merthyr Town team face a massive test of their promotion credentials when they travel to play Kettering Town on Saturday. The Martyrs manager rested his entire first team squad during midweek and sent the club’s development team to Shortwood United for a BigFreeBet.Com Cup tie. Williams and his players have focused […]

Newport County goals ace Frank Nouble reckons England hit-man Harry Kane may have out a spell on him. Nouble, who scored five goals in four games during August and failed to find the net at all last month, joked: “I think Harry Kane has put a spell on me because I didn’t score in September. […]

Wales manager Chris Coleman will recall a painful memory in Tbilisi this evening. He was in the Welsh team thrashed 5-0 by hosts Georgia in 1994 when he was in Mike Smith’s team, but he’s planning for a far better outcome in Friday’s World Cup qualifier. Gareth Bale is missing because of a calf strain, […]

Welsh cycling has been given a boost with SD Sealants renewing their sponsorship of the Junior Tour of Wales for two more years. The partnership with SD Sealants, the UK’s leading specialist sealant application and cosmetic repair company, began in 2016.

The number of girls playing rugby in Wales has soared according to new figures released, with almost 10,000 secondary female pupils now engaged in rugby. From a very modest starting point when school club hub officers were first introduced in Wales (less than 200 female players in the 43 original hubs), 9,911 girls from the 93 schools and colleges with a full-time hub officer played rugby during the last academic year.

Wales 46, Northern Ireland 47 Wales suffered heartbreak on day one of the Netball Europe Championships. They suffered a one-goal defeat after going agonisingly close to levelling the scores with six seconds left. Welsh goalshooter Georgia Rowe saw her shot roll off the basket lip and fall, leaving Northern Ireland delighted with a hard-earned victory. […]

Uefa Under-21 Championships  Liechtenstein 1, Wales 3 Wales are second in their Uefa Under-21 Championship group after battling to a big away win at the Eschen-Mauren Sportpark in Liechtenstein. Leicester City’s George Thomas scored twice with Matthew Smith (Manchester City) adding their third goal. Wales manager Robert Page said: “It was a professional performance by […]

Chris Coleman has promised Wales will “go for it” against Georgia in an attempt to keep their World Cup dream alive. Wales, second in Group D behind leaders Serbia, are without talisman Gareth Bale in Tbilisi on Friday after the Real Madrid forward suffered a calf injury. But Wales boss Coleman has targeted victories in the final two qualifiers, in Georgia and at home to the Republic of Ireland on Monday, although four points might be enough for a play-off spot next month if certain results in other groups fall in their favour.

The Dragons travel to face the Cardiff Blues on Friday night in the first Guinness Pro14 Welsh derby of the season. For head coach Bernard Jackman it’s a yardstick by which to measure progress and despite a huge injury list there will be no excuses, as he tells Graham Thomas. Bernard Jackman insists his wounded Dragons will do much more than merely limp through their first derby clash under his charge. The Dragons’ recent record against the Cardiff Blues is not one to shout about, with just one victory in their last six meetings, but the persuasive Irishman coaching in his first Welsh derby on Friday night intends to ensure it is a memorable encounter for more than mere novelty.

Athletes from all over the world have given the ABP Newport Marathon a vote of confidence by flooding in their entries. More than 600 had signed-up for the new race on Sunday, 29 April, 2016, within the first 10 minutes of entries opening at 12 noon on Thursday, 5 October. By 3.00pm the number had grown to 2000 and by the close of play race organisers, Run4Wales, were predicting more than 2,500 entries. “It has been a remarkable start and it shows there is obviously a huge appetite for a world-class marathon race here in Wales. We are delighted at the enthusiasm shown by runners of all shapes, sizes, ages and standards,” said Run4Wales CEO Matt Newman.

Angry Lions, resurgent Dragons, and nose-diving Ospreys – Robin Davey examines the health of the beasts in the Welsh rugby game park after a dramatic few weeks on and off the field. Welsh rugby is never without its dramas and though we are only just into the second month of the current season they are there in abundance – some of the am-dram kind, but another with potential to please the critics. Who would have guessed little over a month ago that previous top-gunners the Ospreys would lose both their Wales and Lions half-backs Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb at the end of the season?

Elfyn Evans hopes to put his pain in Spain behind him as he targets a top five spot in the World Rally Championship. The Dolgellau-born driver has competed in the event four times previously but his best result is 14th in 2014.

Andrew Lord admits he has ‘bitter-sweet’ feelings after Cardiff Devils crushing five-goal Champions Hockey League win against Swedish champions Vaxjo Lakers. Head coach Lord and his team have won back-to-back CHL group matches and still have one fixture to play, but they are out of the running to qualify for the last 16. Devils lost […]

Caroline O’Hanlon, a star in netball and gaelic football, leads Northern Ireland into their Netball European Open Championship clash with Wales in Cardiff today (6.25pm). Ireland captain O’Hanlon, who has played for Superleague clubs Team Northumberland and Sirens, is also an Armagh ladies gaelic football ace and former All-Ireland player of the year. The sportswoman […]