By David Williams Sam Northeast was proud of his 177 as he and Billy Root re-wrote the record books on their way to defeating Worcestershire Rapids by 19 runs at New Road but admitted the dressing room are gutted after their hands slipped from the trophy, they had won last year. Kent’s last-over two wicket […]

By Paul Evans After 20 stages, 175 stage miles and almost two and a half hours of flat-out competition, just five seconds separated Elfyn Evans from victory on the Ypres Rally. Without a 10 second penalty, incurred for booking into a time control one minute late, it would have been his first FIA World Rally […]

By David Williams The Welsh Fire men succumbed to their fifth defeat in five games in the hundred against Southern Brave, who dominated both games at Sophia Gardens. The Welsh side are now languishing at the bottom of the table with 0 points in both the men’s and women’s competitions, after another two disappointing performances […]

By David Williams Welsh para canoeist Laura Sugar has spoken of her pride at completing the sport’s Grand Slam. Sugar – who switched from para athletics in 2019 and is also a former Wales U20s hockey player – struck gold for Great Britain on the final day of the European Championships in Munich. The 31-year-old […]

By Owen Morgan Jeremiah Azu “gave everything” as he launched Great Britain to 4x100m gold on a night of high drama as the European Athletics Championships came to a close in Munich on Sunday evening. The Cardiff youngster admitted to feeling the pressure in front of a large and noisy home crowd cheering on the […]

Ben Gregory remains on a life support machine as he receives the prayers and best wishes from across Welsh sport following his cycling accident. The Welsh decathlete – who represented Wales at three Commonwealth Games – is in a coma after suffering a fractured skull and neck and brain haemorrhages. The 31-year-old was injured at the weekend and after a social media post from his partner, Naomi Heffernan, there have been expressions of concern and supportive messages from fellow athletes and officials.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils came away from their opening weekend of pre-season with plenty to ponder after suffering back-to-back defeats to the Belfast Giants. Saturday night’s 5-1 defeat in Belfast was the Devils second in as many nights, preceding a disappointing 3-1 loss at Ice Arena Wales in which they managed just 11 […]

Joe Brier helped Great Britain’s 4x400m squad win gold at the European Athletics Championships. The Swansea Harrier ran the opening leg in the semi-final as Britain qualified for Saturday night’s final in Munich.

Jake Heyward revealed he believed he would have challenged Norwegian superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen for gold at the European Championships had illness not taken the edge off his running. Heyward overcame illness earlier in the week to claim a superb silver medal for Great Britain in the 1500m in Munich on Thursday night. The Welsh record holder had edged through to the final as one of the fastest losers after finishing fifth in Monday’s semi-final.

By Matthew Burgess Cardiff Devils fans are set to pack out Ice Arena Wales on Friday night for the visit of reigning Elite League champions Belfast Giants. The two teams will face each other twice in back-to-back exhibition games ahead of the new season. The Devils announced on social media on Thursday morning that just […]

Welsh sprinting sensation Jeremiah Azu’s coach Gareth Walton has another interest in the European Championships on Friday – the fate of the Ukrainian relay squad. Walton, who played a role in preparing individual bronze medal winner Azu as part of the Great Britain 4 x 100m team, has also been sharing his wisdom with another nation. They are the squad from war-torn Ukraine, who have honed their skills at Cardiff Met University in readiness to take their marks in Munich on Friday morning for the heats.

By Harry Corish Mark Wallace admitted defending champions Glamorgan have underperformed as their defence of the Royal London One Day Cup ended in the group stages at Neath. The Welsh County struggled to mount any sort of challenge up against second placed Lancashire, as they fell to a nine-wicket loss at the Gnoll. Glamorgan were […]

By Gareth James Matt Richards has revealed he was driven by revenge as he struck gold on another brilliant night for Welsh swimmers at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome. The Welsh ace won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain mixed 4 x 200m freestyle team on the penultimate night at, as […]

Jeremiah Azu has vowed to show his blazing talent on the world stage next year and avenge the “nonsense” of the ranking system that denied him earlier this summer. The 21-year-old Welsh star produced a brilliant run to claim a bronze medal in the 100m final at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Tuesday night. Azu clocked a new personal best of 10.13, finishing behind Italy’s Olympic Champion Marcel Jacobs and Great Britain team-mate Zharnel Hughes, who was the reigning European champion.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils returned to the ice for the first time on Monday morning for the start of their pre-season training camp. 19 full-time players, as well as four players signed on two-way contracts, checked in at Ice Arena Wales as the Devils look to build on last season’s Play-Off winning campaign. […]

By David Williams Matt Richards added a silver medal to add to Medi Harris’ silver in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay final at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome. Richards secured a silver medal in a thrilling Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay finale alongside Tom Dean, Anna Hopkin and Freya Anderson. As was the overriding tactic, […]

Osian Pryce maintains his strong challenge for the 2022 British Rally Championship title after finishing runner-up in the Voyonic Grampian Forest Rally. It was the second time in as many years that the Machynlleth-born driver had finished second on the Aberdeenshire forestry event, as he and co-driver Noel O’Sullivan enjoyed another fast and trouble-free run in their Demon Tweeks-backed Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. As the highest placed returnee, Pryce started this year’s Grampian Forest Rally first on the road – which turned out to be a disadvantage as he swept the loose gravel off the surface in the fast and flowing Durris, Fetteresso and Drumtochty forests.

By Owen Morgan Jake Heyward overcame feeling unwell to claim a place in the 1500m final as four Welsh athletes featured on the first day of the European Athletics Championships in Munich. Less than a fortnight after finishing fifth at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Heyward battled through to Thursday’s final as one of the […]

Welsh Fencing is celebrating a highly successful Senior Commonwealth Championships in which Wales won four medals, including gold for Gemma Collis. The London event – which saw teams from all over the Commonwealth compete in a sport that used to be part of the Games itself – yielded a gold, two silvers and a bronze for Wales. Leading the way was para fencer Collis, who took gold in the wheelchair women’s foil, category A competition.

Non Stanford has admitted she surprised herself when she brought the curtain down on her brilliant international triathlon career by becoming European champion. Wales’ biggest name in the sport went out in a blaze of glory at the weekend, by finishing first at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships. A full nine years since she became world champion back in 2013, the 33-year-old from Swansea rolled back the years in her final major competition – just a fortnight after she helped Wales win silver at the Commonwealth Games in the mixed triathlon relay.