Celtic Dragons 52, Team Northumbria 47 Head coach Trish Wilcox says her Celtic Dragons team have learned the lessons from their 2017 Vitality Netball Superleague season. Wilcox insists Dragons will return next season having grown and improved from their experience. They finished a tough campaign in style, winning 52-47 against Northumbria at Ebbw Vale Leisure […]

Penarth Hockey Club’s wait for a first win at the EuroHockey Club Challenge in the Ukraine goes on after a lacklustre display saw them fall to Czech opposition in a battle for third place in Pool A. The Welsh club, buoyed by a much improved showing in defeat to Croatia’s HC Zelina on Saturday, knew that victory against TJ Plzen Litice in their final group game would be enough to leapfrog the Czechs in the standings and secure a crossover play-off game with the lowest team in Pool B to bring the tournament to a close on Monday.

Wales hooker Ken Owens will take over the Lions captaincy for Wednesday’s game against the Blues. Warren Gatland has named entirely different XV – including 11 debutants – as part of his plan to give every member of the 41-man squad a start in the first three games of the tour. Owens – nicknamed The Sheriff among other labels – missed the end of the club season with an ankle injury but will make his comeback by leading a new look team featuring six Englishmen, five Welshman and four Irishmen.

The Old Farts have arrived at their final stop before cycling into Torquay. More than 40 riders are gathering at the Hare and Hounds, Kingskerswell ready for the final three miles to the finish. They have cycled more than 170 miles over two days – and the end is in sight. Paul Ring, one of […]

Warren Gatland admitted there is plenty of leg room for improvement as a jet-lagged and far from jet-heeled British and Irish Lions began their New Zealand tour with a scrappy 13-7 victory over the Provincial Barbarians. The Lions coach saw his pedestrian side on the back foot for much of the game and hanging on for victory at the end in Whangarei.

Luke Jones makes his GB Taekwondo debut at the Austrian Open on Sunday insisting he’s under no pressure to match the achievements of his big sister. Jones, the teenage brother of double Olympic Games gold medallist Jade, is part of a youthful squad competing in Innsbruck.

A large soft toy is soon to be clutched by Sam Warburton and then dropped pitch-side as he runs onto the field. It’s almost here . . . the Lions tour is about to begin and Robin Davey sets the scene. The eagerly awaited British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand is about to begin with the opening game and the rugby world holds its breath to see if they can roar in the land of the world champions.

The Old Farts have crossed the border into England. The boys and girls who have taken up the challenge of cycling from Cardiff to Torquay swept across the old Severn Bridge and Aust for their first stop. The first section from Roath Park Rec and across the River Severn took around three hours or more. […]

Bala Town appear to have upped the ante in their attempts to close the gap on WPL champions The New Saints by pulling a truck-shaped rabbit out of the hat in the form of Connah’s Quay striker Les Davies. The powerful 6’2 centre-forward, known as ‘the Truck’, became the biggest WPL transfer of the summer […]

Canadian forward Sean Bentivoglio is the seventh player signed by Cardiff Devils for the 2017-18 season. ‘Benti’ averaged almost a point a game for Devils in their Elite League title season, his first with the Welsh club. He fired 18 goals plus 29 assists to total 47 points in 49 matches. And Bentivoglio’s record suggests […]

Chaz Davies is relishing racing back in Italy after a World Superbikes test at Misano this week. The Knighton-born rider spent two days testing his aruba.it Racing bike ahead of the next round on June 16-18.

The European Champions League final has come to Cardiff this weekend, but the Old Farts are pedaling out of town. Gareth Bale and his Real Madrid team-mates take on Juventus, where John Charles is still idolised, will be in South Wales, while the Old Farts head over the Severn Bridge and keep cycling towards Torquay. […]

Andrew Lord is ready to play on for Cardiff Devils through the 2017-18 season. Player-Coach Lord, a 6ft 3ins winger, was a key player for Devils in winning the Elite League title last season. His playing role was questioned by a number of fans a year ago, but Devils were crowned League champions, qualified for […]

World Cup winner Thierry Henry says Newport County will make progress in League Two after their Great Escape last season. French ace Henry is a close pal of County manager Michael Flynn after they met at the Uefa Pro Licence coaching course run by the Football Association of Wales in Newport. The former Arsenal striker […]

Neil Warnock is keen to have midfield playmaker Peter Whittingham in his Bluebirds squad next season. Long-serving ‘Whitts’ has spent the last decade playing for Cardiff City and he has been offered a new one-year contract. Whittingham, 32, is also in talks with other clubs and manager Warnock says: “In Peter’s case he is looking […]

Kerry Morgan has rejoined Southern League Premier club Merthyr Town. Former Swansea City player Morgan helped home-town cub Merthyr win the Division One South and West title two years ago before moving on to Port Talbot, Mangotsfield and Cirencester. Now the 28-year-old, who has also played for Newport County and Neath, is back after agreeing […]

Pyle and Kenfig golf club have received a national award for helping young people to learn to play golf, in a glittering ceremony at Wentworth.

Llandudno have announced their first new signing of the summer following the arrival of young striker Shaun Cavanagh from Bangor. The 19-year old was promoted to the Bangor first-team squad last season after impressing in the WPL Development League but was restricted to handful of substitute appearances with his only goal coming against Llandudno. Cavanagh […]

The future of WPL Young Player of the Year Henry Jones could become clearer this week with the out of contract Bangor City midfielder holding further talks to determine his future. Jones played a key role in helping Bangor qualify for European football this season and his performances have not gone unnoticed by potential suitors. […]

Glamorgan are finally off the mark, thanks in large part to Nick Selman and St Helen’s enduring capacity to inspire the county to heroics. Richard Thomas salutes both. Glamorgan arrived by the seaside last week almost resigned to the fact that their County Championship season had already been swept out into the Bristol Channel on a tide of mediocrity.