Stevenage 3, Newport County 3 New boy Shawn McCoulsky made a breathtaking Newport County debut off the substitutes bench. The striker, signed on loan from Bristol City, struck with an injury time equaliser in County’s League Two match at Stevenage. McCoulsky scored 31 goals last season and struck gold again after being sent on with […]

Burton Albion 0, Cardiff City 1 Kenneth Zohore fired a late winner for Cardiff City in their opening Championship fixture of the season. The Bluebirds dominated after half-time and were good value for the three points at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium. More than 1,700 City fans followed their team to Staffordshire and went home happy […]

Welsh marathon duo Josh Griffiths and Andrew Davies are fast approaching the biggest day of their athletic careers. Sunday morning will see them join Scotland’s Callum Hawkins in taking on the best athletes in the world on the streets of London in a battle for medals at the World Athletics Championships. For the dynamic Welsh duo it will be a return to the scene of their greatest performances. Both men qualified for the British team, and posted qualifying marks for next year’s Commonwealth Games, with their outstanding runs in the London Marathon. Griffiths made a stunning marathon debut to come home as the first Brit in 13th place in 2:14.49, while Davies was four places behind in 2:15.11.

James Thie is the man who has put Ieuan Thomas, Josh Griffiths and Tom Marshall on the fast track to athletics success. Dai Sport’s Owen Morgan has been to meet him. Welsh endurance running coach James Thie has spoken of the pride he feels in the success of athletes in his training group this season, culminating in the selection of 3000m steeplechaser Ieuan Thomas for the World Championships in London. Thomas’ achievement may currently be the headline news of the Team Thie success story, but there have been plenty of others within the 40-strong group who have shone on the track this season.

Kenneth Zohore and Lee Tomlin will lead Cardiff City’s attack in their opening Championship fixture at Burton Albion on Saturday (3pm). Manager Neil Warnock has confirmed the explosive, powerful Zohore, who has scored four goals in pre-season, will be at centre-forward with the quick-thinking Tomlin aiming to set up chances, More than 1,600 Bluebirds fans […]

Oliver Davies, Merthyr Town’s outstanding young goalkeeper last season, has returned to Penydarren Park. The decision by Welshman Davies, 22, is a massive boost for the Martyrs, who are at home against Hednesford Town on Saturday (3pm). Merthyr finished third in the Southern League Premier Division last season and the quality of Davies was a […]

Andrew Lord has finally got his man. Cardiff Devils head coach has tied to sign Canadian forward Paul Crowder for three years and has succeeded for 2017-18. “Paul is hungry to make an immediate impact,” says Lord, who played alongside Crowder at Wheeling Nailers.” The big forward, who can play centre or winger, is a […]

Netminder Joe Myers, nicknamed ‘dead puck’ by team-mates, has agreed to return to Cardiff Fire’s line-up for the 2017-18 season. Cardiff-born Myers, the brother of Devils forward Matthew, starts his third season with Fire. The 29-year-old joined Fire in their formation season and has been an outstanding member of the team, sharing netminding duties with […]

The Guinness Pro 14 is coming your way. Phil Bennett welcomes the expansion but says the B-listers have it easy compared to Conference A and worries for the South Africans when they head a long way from home. The Scarlets were envied as Guinness Pro12 champions last season – and the jealousies will only have increased in Wales after the splitting of the new Pro 14. The two Conferences are meant to be equal, but if you gaze at the lists of Zebras, Cheetahs, Dragons and Kings, you’ll be reminded of George Orwell’s quote that some animals are more equal than others. Conference B is aptly named, as it’s definitely somewhere behind Conference A.

British forward Luke Piggott is back for his seventh season with Cardiff Devils. The surprise announcement came a few hours after Devils has revealed high-end import forward Patrick Asselin will play for the team again in 2017-18. New Elite League rules limit rosters to 19 players with the option if signing more players who are […]

Goals ace Shawn McCoulsky is fired up for Newport County’s new League Two season. The Exiles open their campaign against Stevenage away on Saturday (3pm) and 20-year-old striker McCoulsky, who netted 31 goals in 2016-17, says: “I’ll bring pace, power and hopefully goals to the team. “There are lot of experienced players in the team, […]

Usain Bolt isn’t the only athlete to star in a TV documentary this week as the countdown continues to the start of the World Athletics Championships in London on Friday. The Jamaican sprint star may have taken all the headlines on Monday with his “I am Bolt” profile on the BBC, but on Thursday night it was the turn of Gorslas distance runner Josh Griffiths, who is the subject of an S4C documentary “Josh Griffiths: Mr Marathon.” Following his fairytale qualification for the World Championship at the London Marathon in April, 23-year-old Griffiths has been at the centre of the athletics media spotlight.

Welsh pair Peter Creed and Tesni Evans have qualified for the World Mixed Doubles Squash Championship semi-finals. Creed and Evans swept past Scots Doug Kempsell and Lisa Aitken in a dramatic and tense last eight clash in Manchester. Kempsell and Aitken led 5-2 in the final set, but were edged out 11-9. “We were outplayed […]

Patrick Asselin is back with Cardiff Devils and their Elite League title rivals are looking on in awe at their player recruitment. Devils have signed 14 import players, bringing back key men and adding four in Bryce Reddick, Drew Paris, Justin Faryna and Matt Pope. Asselin is pure class at Elite level and there is […]

The countdown to the new rugby season has begun. The Guinness Pro12 has become the Pro14, Leigh Halfpenny has joined the Scarlets, and the other regions are flexing whatever muscle they can muster. Geraint Powell casts a beady eye over the goings-on and says this will be a season of signs of what is to follow. Make no mistake, 2017-18 will be a pivotal season in Welsh rugby. Watch very closely, indeed, everything that the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) does or does not do.

After Jacques Rudolph’s dismissal ultimately cost Glamorgan a T20 Blast victory, Michael Hogan refused to blame his captain for the outcome of Thursday night’s match, which Gloucestershire won by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. Had Rudolph not been dismissed off the last ball of the fifth over – what proved to be the last delivery of the match – then the teams would have been tied. However, Glamorgan remain on top of the South Group ahead of a trip to the Oval to face Surrey on Friday, and still have every chance of reaching the quarter-finals.

Leigh Halfpenny has chosen the Scarlets ahead of others, because of their playing style – according to coach Wayne Pivac. The Wales full-back has signed a three-year deal with the region on a national dual contract, primarily funded by the Welsh Rugby Union. Halfpenny held talks with the Cardiff Blues earlier in the year after his relationship with French club Toulon began to come under stress.

Jacques Rudolph is making his mark in the Professional Cricketers’ Association Most Valuable Player Rankings in his final season of county cricket. The 36-year-old left-hander will retire next month but he will hope to bow out with silverware having made a significant contribution to Glamorgan’s impressive start to their NatWest T20 Blast campaign.

Welsh pair Tesni Evans and Deon Saffery have powered into the World Doubles Squash Championship quarter-finals. Cardiff-born Evans, who now lives in Rhyl, and Barry’s Saffery, who is based in England, play the women’s doubles top seeds at the National Squash Centre, Manchester. New Zealand’s Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy are the last eight opponents […]

Former Springboks star Thinus Delport has written off the chances of either of the new South African teams winning the expanded Guinness Pro14. Delport – who won 18 caps for the Boks before playing in England for both Gloucester and Worcester – reckons the Cheetahs and the Southern Kings will bring flair and excitement to the competition, but won’t be making off with the trophy next May. Instead, he believes it will be a season of transition for the sides who were cut from Super Rugby earlier this year.