By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils finally recorded their first victory of the season in the Challenge Cup, putting an end to a four-game winless run – but it came at cost, after it was later announced that assistant captain Trever Cox will face a one-game ban ahead of tonight’s trip to Manchester Storm. Cox […]

By Matthew Burgess The season might only be in its infancy, but the Coventry Blaze are proving to be a thorn in the side for the inconsistent Cardiff Devils. The Devils have played three games in the Elite League and maintain a perfect record, but have lost each of their four games in the Challenge […]

Wales coach Sara Moore has challenged her team to lay down a marker for the Netball World Cup qualifiers when they face Uganda this weekend. The Welsh Feathers – as they have recently been rebranded – take on the East African nation in two matches at the House of Sport in Cardiff, with one eye firmly fixed towards Glasgow. That’s where Moore’s side face a six-nation round-robin tournament next month that will determine whether or not they make the World Cup in Cape Town next year.

By Matthew Burgess Cardiff Devils’ troubles in the Challenge Cup continued after they suffered a 5-3 (EN) defeat on the road to Coventry Blaze. Backup goalie Jordan Hedley inspired Blaze to victory after coming on in relief for injured starter Paavo Holsa, before going on to make 32 saves. His introduction initially lifted the Devils, […]

Matthew Maynard has admitted Glamorgan’s promotion hopes evaporated the moment they heard news from Worcester late on Wednesday afternoon. The Glamorgan coach revealed his players learned that rivals Middlesex had taken maximum points against Worcestershire at New Road and the steam went out of their own efforts against Sussex. The Welsh county needed to better Middlesex’s result in their final match of their County Championship Division Two season in order to go up, but Middlesex’s points tally meant a draw would be enough for them to cement the second promotion place.

Seventy two of the best young golfers in Wales took part in the PING Welsh Junior Tour Finals at Tredegar Park, with winners coming from all round Wales. Bleddyn Holgate, from Cilgwyn in West Wales, won the Under 14 category Order of Merit, with Geraint Barnes, Llantrisant and Pontyclun, taking the honours on the day with an impressive 44 points, along with third place overall.

By Paul Jones The first reaction of most Australian cricket fans to the news that Michael Hogan retires this week is likely to be, ‘I didn’t know he was still playing’. But half a world away a very good career is finally coming to a close. But Hogan could yet finish with a bang, as […]

By Matthew Burgess Brodie Dupont admitted his frustrations after the Cardiff Devils fickle early-season form continued on Sunday against visiting Guildford Flames in the Challenge Cup. Devils outshot the Flames 41-30 but were unable to recover after former Cardiff defenceman Ben O’Connor fired Guildford into a two-goal lead midway through the second period Guildford led […]

Ben Pritchard plans on using his bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships as a springboard to the Paris Olympics in 2014. The Welsh rowing ace’s first world medal in the PR1 Men’s single sculls added to the bronze he won at the Europeans in Munich in July.

Osian Pryce finally fulfilled his dream as he was crowned Motorsport UK British Rally Champion after storming to victory at the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire.

By Matthew Burgess Six goals, six different scorers, two points and another commanding display of goaltending. Saturday night’s 6-3 win over Glasgow Clan was as close to a perfect response to last weekend’s Challenge Cup defeats as Brodie Dupont could’ve wanted. Brodie Reid scored his first goal of the season, in addition to posting two […]

Zoe Backstedt celebrated her 18th birthday with a crushing victory to retain her World Junior Road Race title in Australia – her fourth global crown of 2022! The Welsh wonder produced a 57km solo ride in Wollongong – coming home more than two minutes ahead of the field – to add to the time trial victory four days earlier.

By Matthew Burgess Brodie Dupont has hinted at possible line changes and believes a high-energy brand of hockey will help the Cardiff Devils end a two-game slump as they return for back-to-back home games this weekend. The Devils will face Glasgow Clan and Guildford Flames after starting their Challenge Cup group-stage campaign with successive defeats. […]

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel believes he can help keep alive Glamorgan’s chance of promotion. Patel will bid to add to his first five-wicket haul for his new county as Glamorgan aim to close in on victory at home to Derbyshire on Friday. The Welsh county need another seven wickets on the final day to maintain the pressure on Middlesex in the race for the second promotion spot in Division Two.

Wales hockey star Toby Reynolds-Cotterill has hailed the ‘huge’ opportunity for the sport of a joint England and Wales bid to host the Hockey World Cup. Reynolds-Cotterill was on a visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to support the campaign to host the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2026. With less than 50 days to go until the International Hockey Federation (FIH) make their decision on the where to host the tournament, the Great Britain international joined over 20 other Wales and England players at the state-of-the-art stadium where both the semi-finals and the final would be played, to get a glimpse of what it might be like to walk out there in four years’ time.

David Lloyd has revealed that demands from his coach Matthew Maynard were behind the Glamorgan captain’s record-breaking innings Lloyd struck the highest-ever first-class score by a Welshman of 313 not out to put his side in control against Derbyshire and keep alive their outside hopes of promotion. The second highest score by a Glamorgan player, behind Sam Northeast’s 410 against Leicestershire earlier this season, made it the first time that two players at the same county had registered quadruple and triple centuries in the same season.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils have announced they have restructured their coaching staff with the appointment of a new assistant coach. American Christian Horn, a former team-mate of head coach Brodie Dupont, joins the club in a full-time capacity after arriving in Cardiff yesterday. The move, which was originally planned to take effect at […]

By Hannah Blackwell Wales coach Ioan Cunningham believes he has two top quality leaders in his squad after naming Siwan Lillicrap as captain and Hannah Jones as vice-captain for the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Lillicrap will lead the group – as she did in last season’s Six Nations – although Jones took over the captaincy […]

By Matthew Burgess A 4-1 defeat at unbeaten Coventry Blaze left the Cardiff Devils empty-handed for the second time this weekend and winless in Group B of the Challenge Cup. Coming off a disappointing defeat to the Guildford Flames on Saturday night, Marcus Crawford (Josh Brittain) looked to have given the Devils the ideal opportunity […]

Zoe Backstedt insisted she felt no pressure after she became the junior women’s time trial world champion in Australia after a magnificent day for Welsh cycling during which Josh Tarling also struck gold. The Welsh teenagers both won gold for Great Britain in Wollongong to underline their huge potential Backstedt completed the 14.1km course in a blistering time of 18:26.78, a full 1:35.58 minutes ahead of the silver medal winner, Germany’s Justyna Czapla.