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.

Wales has been selected to host the first FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) event, which will see some of the globe’s best off-road motorcycle racers compete at the Principality Stadium on Saturday October 8. The Australian-based WSX promoter, SX Global, has chosen the Cardiff venue for round one of the inaugural WSX series, ensuring that the famous Principality Stadium will go down in supercross history. The ultimate dirt battlefield will see 10 teams and 40 of the world’s best riders compete for the £200,000 cash prize fund and international supremacy over a specially constructed rollercoaster course on the floor of the Principality Stadium.

By Matthew Burgess Cardiff Devils must quickly recover from their first defeat of the season ahead of this afternoon’s Challenge Cup game against in-form Coventry Blaze (5.30). The Devils were outsmarted by the Guildford Flames on Saturday night with Jake Coughler getting the solitary goal in a 3-1 loss. Flames were backstopped by an impressive […]

Goaltender Taran Kozun could be handed his first start of the season as the Cardiff Devils switch their focus to the Challenge Cup this weekend. The Devils have been runners-up in the competition for the last two seasons and will be keen to make a strong start to this season’s campaign when they host Guildford […]

Ben Llewellin celebrated a double medal haul at the European Shotgun Championships in Cyprus. The Welsh clay shooter and four-times British champion, helped Great Britain secure a fourth gold medal of the Championships in Larnaca in a mixed skeet team victory alongside Amber Hill. The pair triumphed against Rio 2016 individual gold medallist Diana Bacosi and her Italian compatriot Tammaro Cassandro, a two-time world gold medallist.

By Matthew Burgess Head coach Brodie Dupont says a strong team ethos was the key factor as the Cardiff Devils claimed maximum points from the opening weekend of the Elite League season. In an ominous early warning to the rest of the EIHL, the Devils coach believes his new-look team not only have the skill […]

By Matthew Burgess Team GB winger Sam Duggan lit up the opening night of the Cardiff Devils season, scoring twice to lift his team to a 3-1 victory over Sheffield Steelers. Duggan had a hand in all three goals as the Devils ground out a hard-fought win that was aided by a 29-save performance from […]

The Cardiff Devils take on Sheffield Steelers and Manchester Storm in a double-header on Saturday and Sunday, after the Elite League confirmed the start of the new season will go ahead. A meeting held by Elite League Board on Friday morning resulted with the league’s ten member clubs agreeing to proceed with the opening weekend’s […]

Wales captain Rupert Shipperley believes England will offer “a  great challenge” after the two countries were grouped together at next year’s Hockey World Cup. The 16-team draw was held on Thursday and has seen hosts India pitted in a pool with both England and Wales. The format will see the four group winners qualify for the last eight and second and third in the pools playing cross-over matches.

By James Skeldon A woeful Hundred campaign for Welsh Fire has lead to a fierce debate around the future of the team based in Cardiff. While attendances were up, the product on the pitch was poor, with only one win between the two sides, Welsh fans were left without any real excitement towards the crunch […]

By Gareth James Cardiff is now firmly Marnus Labuschagne’s second home after the Australian signed a deal to keep him at the Welsh County for another two years. Glamorgan Cricket have announced that the world’s current no.2 ICC Men’s Ranked Test batter, Marnus Labuschagne, has signed a new deal that will see him remain at […]

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils wrapped up their pre-season schedule with back-to-back wins over the Nottingham Panthers to lift the pre-season Aladdin Cup, as Brodie Dupont hailed his team with the new season just around the corner. Sam Duggan scored twice and Joey Martin claimed a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win […]

Wales golfers have finished in the top 10 of the world in both the individual and team events at the Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Team Championships. The trio of Archie Davies, James Ashfield and Luke Harries finished tied eighth at the team event in France. Davies finished tied ninth on the individual leaderboard, up against the world’s best amateur golfers.

Machynlleth’s Osian Pryce ensured his quest for a maiden Motorsport UK British Rally Championship title remains firmly on track, by taking maximum points at the fifth round of the series, the Get Connected Rali Ceredigion.

Cardiff Devils head coach Brodie Dupont has trimmed his roster heading into their final pre-season games this weekend. The team will contest for the annual pre-season Aladdin Cup over two games against the Nottingham Panthers with a 20-man squad as their pre-season programme draws to a close. Devils visit the Panthers tonight (7pm) before facing […]

By Gareth James Glamorgan have confirmed the signing of Indian opening batter Shubman Gill for the final four matches of the LV= Insurance County Championship season. The exciting young Indian batter will link up with Glamorgan’s squad as they push for promotion to Division One. There will hopefully be a buzz at Sophia Gardens on […]

Anna Morris’s route to elite level cycling couldn’t exactly be called traditional. A junior doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cardiff-born athlete had an unusual journey to becoming a world class cyclist after being surrounded by sport as a youngster. Growing up in Cardiff, a young Morris enjoyed netball, hockey, cross country, gymnastics, triathlon and tennis, but strangely enough, didn’t get on the cycling track until she was at university.

By Matthew Burgess Cardiff Devils head coach Brodie Dupont has backed summer signing Ryan Penny to make a major impact this season following his man of the match performance against Manchester Storm on Saturday night. Penny scored twice as the Devils ran out 8-3 winners at Ice Arena Wales to seal their first win of […]