Scott Williams has told his Scarlets teammates it is time to put right a decade of under-achievement by lifting the Guinness Pro12 trophy. The region face Munster at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night as outsiders to lift the trophy, despite their stunning semi-final play-off victory over Leinster a week ago. Munster – who will be infused by a burning desire to mark the passing of Anthony Foley with a triumph in his honour – are the bookies’ favourites with most giving them a seven-point handicap.

Former Cardiff Devils captain Ryan Finnerty is back in British ice hockey. The intensely competitive Canadian has been appointed Manchester Storm coach for the 2017-18 Elite League season. Finnerty has agreed a two-year contract with Storm and replaces player-coach Omar Pacha. Finnerty said: “I am very excited to join a growing organisation with a great fan […]

Within a week of collecting the Welsh Premier League’s Manager of the Season award for the third year in a row, Craig Harrison is gone from Welsh football and his hugely successful tenure at The New Saints has come to an end. After praising his backroom staff and rival managers in a fashion we’ve become […]

Chaz Davies is confident of a strong World Superbikes showing in his home round at Donington Park after posting the fifth fastest time in opening practice. The Knighton-born rider was just 0.013seconds behind his aruba.it Racing team-mate Marco Melandri who clocked the fourth quickest time.

Stuart Fleetwood, the latest signing for Southern League Merthyr Town, faced challenges from Andy Campbell, Robert Earnshaw and Cameron Jerome after breaking into Cardiff City’s first team squad. Bluebirds manager Lennie Lawrence rated pace ace Fleetwood highly and he was one of two teenagers, along with defender James Collins, selected for a pre-season tour to […]

Swansea City assistant manager Claude Makelele has put pen to paper on a new contract with the club. The former Real Madrid, Chelsea and France midfielder joined the Swans as one of the number twos to new boss Paul Clement at the start of the year on a short-term deal which was due to expire this summer.

Ken Owens will again be absent when the Scarlets go for Guinness Pro 12 title glory on Saturday night. Owens, who was with the Lions during their training camp in Ireland this week, missed last Friday’s pulsating semi-final victory over Leinster and is continuing his recovery from an ankle injury. The Wales hooker now sits out the final at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, with Ryan Elias in the centre of the front row and Scotland international flanker John Barclay leading the Scarlets’ victory bid against Munster.

The final countdown is on for Ffos Las Ladies Night on Bank Holiday Saturday (May 27th) and the chance for the best dressed people to win some exciting cash prizes. Ladies, it’s time to get out those stunning frocks and see if you could be crowned The Best Dressed Lady and receive £250 cash. This is only one of the prizes on offer at one of Carmarthenshire’s must-be-at social events of the year. There are also other prizes for the best hat and the best dressed gent.

Michael Flynn has made a strong start to Newport County’s player recruitment for 2017-18. He has confirmed seven signings, while former Cardiff City manager Lennie Lawrence and Wayne Hatswell will continue to be working alongside the County team boss. Tom Owen-Evans, goalkeeper Joe Day, Mark O’Brien, Marlon Jackson, David Pipe, Robbie Wilmott and Mickey Demetriou […]

Coach Jonathan Hooper is confident the Wales women’s sevens squad can make an impact at the Commonwealth Youth Games. A 14-strong squad, including two non-travelling reserves to be named later, has been announced for the Games in the Bahamas in July.

Ben Bowns has committed to Devils for 2017-18 and says: “There is no club I want to play for in the UK besides Cardiff.” Yorkshireman Bowns, 26, is back for a fourth season in South Wales, a sixth signing for head coach Andrew Lord. Joey Martin, Joey Haddad, Mark Richardson, Craig Moore and Lord himself […]

Women’s Head coach Kev Johnson is relishing Wales’ three match series against Scotland which starts in Glasgow on Friday night. The squad will face their fellow Home Nation having risen six places in the latest world rankings to 26th – nice places below Scotland.

Cardiff’s Emyr Evans underlined his squash potential with a fiercely competitive performance against fourth seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in the Rhiwbina PSA $10,000 tournament. This was a tough test for qualifier Evans against a former World top 50 player, but he covered the court with athleticism, retrieved balls which looked beyond him and at times played […]

Chris Coleman has supported Sam Allardyce’s “brave” decision to quit football management, but stressed that he will not be following the former England boss into Selhurst Park. Wales manager Coleman was quickly linked with the Crystal Palace vacancy after Allardyce’s shock resignation given his 190-game spell at the Premier League club between 1991 and 1995.

Andrew Lord has paid tribute to British forwards Chris Jones and Luke Piggott, who look certain to move on for 2017-18. Welsh winger Jones and Calgary-born Piggott, who qualifies as British because he grew up here, are both wanted by other Elite League clubs. The new limit of five British players aged over-23 means that […]

Celtic Dragons sign off at their Cardiff venue for the 2017 Vitality Superleague Netball Season this weekend. They play second-placed Wasps at the Sport Wales National Centre on Saturday (4pm) when with teams will be hungry for success. Dragons are preparing for a capacity attendance and their Green Army fans will again fire up the […]

Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints have announced they will be holding a training camp in Scotland next month as they prepare for their forthcoming Champions League qualifying campaign. The Saints will play three behind closed doors games against Aberdeen, St. Johnstone and Rangers prior to what will be their sixth-consecutive Champions League qualifying […]

Cardiff’s Emyr Evans has powered into the main draw at the Rhiwbina PSA $10,000 tournament. Home favourite Evans earned early Welsh success in the professional squash competition, the first PSA event to be played in Wales for a decade. Evans, aged 20, defeated Lewis Walters (Jamaica) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 in 34 minutes in his first […]

David Omoregie got his season off to a flying start as he clocked a World Championships qualifying mark of 13.47 sec in the Loughborough International Athletics event at the weekend. The 21-year-old sprint hurdler, who missed out on the Olympic Games in Rio last year, has twin targets in his sights with this summer’s World Championships in London followed by the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in April.

New Bangor City manager Kevin Nicholson says he is ready for the biggest challenge of his career as he prepares to take charge of the Welsh Premier League side. The 31-year old former Cardiff City first-team coach succeeds Ian Dawes as manager and will work alongside caretaker player/boss Gary Taylor-Fletcher, who steps down to an […]