By David Williams Dylan Baines is aiming to move his handicap into single digits, after winning the final event of this year’s European Disability Golf Association (EDGA) in Portugal. Now the golfer from Bargoed has set his sights on the next European Disability Golf Association (EDGA) tournament, which is at St Andrews next year. Baines […]

The PDC World Darts Championship will have added Welsh six appeal this year – thanks to a record number of Welsh entrants. Forget Christmas songs on the radio or cheap tinsel and wrapping paper in the market stalls, you really know you’re feeling the winter warmth of the yuletide spirit when the world’s best step up on the oche and there’s wall-to-wall darts into the New Year. Former world champion Gerwyn Price  – The Iceman – and last year’s Premier League winner Jonny Clayton will lead the Welsh challenge, but there are four other members of the darting dragonhood.

Matt Richards closed out the 2022 short course season in record-breaking style as his stunning form continued at the Scottish National Short Course Championships. The 19-year-old claimed a haul of four gold medals, a silver and a Welsh record to boot on another impressive weekend at Glasgow’s Royal Commonwealth Pool. On day one, the Olympic gold medallist triumphed in the 100m freestyle a week on from his British record performance in Sheffield.

Deposed world champion David Smith has admitted his disappointment at losing his boccia crown. The Swansea-based Paralympic champion lost his World Championship title in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend. Smith had to settle for a silver medal in the BC1 class after being well beaten by formidable opponent,  Witsanu Huadpradit of Thailand, who won 5-0 to secure gold.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils (13-5-2) could be without up to four players for Saturday’s visit of the Belfast Giants (12-7-0). Brodie Dupont’s team are seeking their first victory of the season against the defending Elite League champions. However, they will require a bounceback performance following a Challenge Cup setback against the Sheffield Steelers […]

Rising young Welsh stars Awen Gwilym Davies and Niall Pickerd-Barua are set to play in the renowned Junior Orange Bowl Championship in the USA – dubbed the “unofficial World Championships” for players aged 14 and under. The two 12-year-olds, both from Cardiff, will test their progress at the Coral Gables in Florida when the tournament begins on Sunday. The iconic event brings together around 800 of the top-ranked players from 76 countries across the globe. Originally founded in 1945, the calibre of competition provides many players with their first taste of international competition.

By Carl Field The 2022 Artistic Disability British Championships took centre stage at Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff recently – with five Welsh gymnasts among the medal winners. Between them, Bethany Paull (Valleys Gymnastics Academy), Mia Stockley (St Tydfils), Lilly-Ann Ridd (Neath Afan Gymnastics), Kieran Innes (Fusion Gymnastics Wales) and Ruby Allen (Neath Afan) […]

By Simon Gronow Following the final round of the J D Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship, the Glyn Memorial Stages Rally held over two days at the end of November at Trac Mon in Anglesey, Wayne Jones has been confirmed as the 2022 Champion. Things didn’t start well for Jones and co-driver Jonathan Davies, who […]

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils are in good form as they target their second victory away to the Sheffield Steelers within the space of a week. The Devils head into the first leg of tonight’s Challenge Cup quarter-final tie having improved their league record over the weekend to 13-5-2, which included a 3-2 win […]

Natasha Cockram has thanked those who have helped her to rise to become a world elite level marathon runner. The Welsh Commonwealth Games star smashed the Welsh record for the distance and became the sixth fastest British woman of all time at the Valencia Marathon in Spain on Sunday. Cockram sliced almost four minutes off her previous personal best when she finished in 2:26:14 – inside the qualifying time for next year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

By David Williams Warren Gatland has replaced Wayne Pivac as Wales head coach – and could well in charge for the next two World Cup tournaments. Gatland is returning to the job he left three years ago after the Welsh Rugby Union announced they had sacked his fellow New Zealander, Wayne Pivac. Gatland, who took […]

Matt Richards has become the second fastest British man of all time over 50m. The 19-year-old Team Wales Commonwealth Games star smashed his own personal best when he won the 50m freestyle at the 2022 Swim England Winter Championships on Friday night. Richards – Olympic Gold medal winner last year in the men’s 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in Tokyo – won his 50m sprint event, with Welsh star Medi Harris also taking gold in the women’s 50m backstroke.

New Commonwealth Games Wales chief executive Rebecca Edwards-Symmons says she is keen to build on the legacy of predecessor Chris Jenkins. Edwards-Symmons – a former head of commercial at Swansea City – has been appointed chief executive following the retirement of Chris Jenkins after Birmingham 2022. Jenkins had been CGW chief executive for 17 years, while several current Board members’ terms are due to end during the build up to the next Games in Victoria, Australia, in 2026.

By Paul Jones Welsh Olympic star Laura Deas continued British Skeleton’s stunning start to the season.  The Wrexham Wrexham-born Deas came away with a World Cup bronze in the United States on Thursday evening, making an excellent start to her World Cup campaign. Deas and Marcus Wyatt made it five medals in eight days for […]

Welsh women’s artistic gymnasts Ruby Evans and Evie Flage-Donovan brought the curtain down on their junior careers in style with yet more medal success to cap a sensational year. The Clwb Cymru Caerdydd duo, who are both 15, travelled to Belgium last weekend to represent Great Britain at the 24th edition of prestigious junior women’s competition Top Gym – in what would be their final outing of 2022 and their last as junior gymnasts before they turn senior next year.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils produced a three-point return this weekend, as they continue to cling onto the coattails of the Elite League’s top teams. The Devils bounced back from their overtime defeat to Coventry Blaze with a comfortable shutout victory at Fife Flyers. Their 24-point haul from 18 games leaves them fifth in […]

By Carl Field Welsh Gymnastics are reflecting on more success at the recent 2022 Northern European Championships in Jyväskylä, Finland. The Welsh Artistic gymnasts returned home with five medals, including a gold in the Women’s Team event. The women’s team of Mia Evans (Park Wrekin), Abigail Roper (Pipers Vale) along with Clwb Cymru quartet Jea […]

By Graham Thomas So, just who is the greatest Welsh footballer of all time? Gareth Bale or John Charles? Or maybe it’s Ryan Giggs, the owner of most medals. Or perhaps your vote goes to Neville Southalll, gloved guardian of the goalmouth for 16 years. Or maybe there’s a quirky preference out there among the […]

By Harry Corish To be sung to the tune of Guide Me O’ Thou Great Redeemer (Bread of Heaven) . . . “Six foot seven, bread of heaven, feed me till I’m Kieffer Moore.” He’s actually only 6ft 5in but no wonder Wales fans felt they needed a hymn with which to praise their World […]

European ice hockey is set to take over Cardiff Bay’s Ice Arena Wales for the next three days as the Cardiff Devils host Group E of the IIHF Continental Cup. The Devils enter the third round of the tournament and compete over the next three days against teams from France, Latvia and Slovenia. Starting from […]