Rhys Jones has described being selected for a third Commonwealth Games as his “gold medal moment”. Anything else he achieves on the Alexander Stadium track in Birmingham this summer will be a bonus, says the para sprinter.

By Hannah Blackwell Keira Forsythe can’t wait to get started as the newest member of the GB para taekwondo squad. But Forsythe is no stranger to her training partners or surroundings at the National Taekwondo Centre in Manchester and has already made her debut for the team at last month’s European Championships. However, the 24-year-old […]

By Harry Corish Sam Northeast insists Glamorgan are right back in the hunt for a T20 Blast knock-out spot after inspiring the Welsh county to an emphatic 8-wicket win over Middlesex. Recent signing Northeast has been impressing in his first season with the Welsh county and continued his rich run of form yesterday, smashing 89 […]

By Paul Evans Matt Edwards came close to winning the famous Donegal International Rally at his first attempt, but after a truly heroic performance he lost the lead of the event when his Pirelli-shod Citroën C3 R5 left the road with just four stages from the end of the three-day, 20 stage and 187 stage […]

Poppy Stickler will head to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month on a high after clinching a stunning silver medal at her first World Challenge Cup appearance. The Cardiff teenager capped a dream week by marking her first FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup appearance with a superb second place for her floor exercise at the latest series event in Koper, Slovenia. Stickler, who has just turned 16, was also making her senior bow for Great Britain and had qualified in second place for Sunday’s floor final.

By Harry Corish Despite an agonising loss in the final to Australia, Gerwyn Price has vowed to come back stronger next year and win Wales another darts World Cup. After winning the World Cup in 2020, Johnny Clayton and ‘The Iceman’ Price were looking to secure more silverware after easing through the earlier rounds against […]

Geraint Thomas is ready for another crack at winning the Tour de France after underlining his return to form with victory at the Tour de Suisse. The Welshman, who won cycling’s biggest race four years ago, says he is ready to lead Ineos Grenadiers after doubts all year over whether he would be the team’s main man. That status would leave Thomas well-place to battle for his second Tour de France title at the age of 36 after he proved in Switzerland he is back to full fitness following injury issues earlier in the season.

Father’s Day is probably the perfect occasion to tell the story of Welsh Commonwealth Games athlete Amber Simpson. A pair of running shoes bought by her step-dad helped Simpson combat the bullying which plagued her school days and led to the launch of her career as an international hammer thrower.

By Paul Evans Having won a third British rally title last November, Matt Edwards’ wait to compete in a modern R5 car is finally over. After a frustrating seven months, Edwards will contest this weekend’s Donegal International Rally (17-19 June) in a Pirelli-shod Citroën C3 R5. The Colwyn Bay-based driver hasn’t been sitting around twigging […]

Welsh basketball stars of the future will be on court on Wednesday when the finals of the Junior NBA Basketball Wales League take place at Aberystwyth University. Adding prestige, the day will also feature a guest appearance by NBA European ambassador and former WNBA player Anastasia Kostaki.

By Stuart Taylor While football and rugby fans continue to squabble over which sport is Wales’s No.1, boxing managed to deliver a timely ‘remember me’ dig with its resurgence into the Welsh sporting psyche. The metaphorical dig was issued by Cardiff fighter  Joe Cordina who became the 13th Welsh World Champion boxer as he knocked out Kenichi […]

Olympian Brinn Bevan will head a team of 13 gymnasts selected by Wales to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month. Bevan – who competed for Great Britain at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016 – will be the most experienced gymnast in the group of five men and eight women. The three rhythmic gymnasts selected are Gemma Frizelle, Elizabeth Popova and Lauryn Carpenter.

In Geneva, on Saturday evening, Joe Brier ran the fastest 400m time by a Welshman in 13 years and then showed an equally impressive turn of speed to return to Cardiff by Sunday afternoon. The Swansea Harrier wanted to be back in time to watch his girlfriend run in the 400m final at the Welsh Athletics Championships where he would also be cheering on his sister, Hannah, to the 100m title. It had been something of a whirlwind few days for the Brier siblings, who were both named last Wednesday in the Welsh athletics squad for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

By Matthew Burgess Cardiff Devils coach Brodie Dupont might just have established two-thirds of the most dangerous forward line in British ice hockey. Namesake Brodie Reid has become the latest Cardiff Devil to recommit for next season, with the right-handed, left-wing shooter tipped to form an intriguing partnership with returning star Joey Martin. Thirty-two year-old […]

Dylan Thomas once described Swansea as an ugly lovely town. On Sunday, Swansea Harrier Hannah Brier produced an ugly lovely race on day two of the Welsh Athletics Championships.

New mum Elinor Barker may have grabbed the attention with her recent selection for the Commonwealth Games, but there’s plenty more happening in Welsh cycling at present. Owen Morgan sampled two events either side of selection for Birmingham, which both underlined how the sport in Wales is currently enjoying a boom time. Wales once again this week showed off what a wonderful cycling venue it has become. From Wrexham in the north to the Black Mountain in the south – with Aberystwyth and Welshpool enjoying starring roles in between – the nation showed off its finery.

Lauren Evans and Lemarl Freckleton were two of the stand-out performers on the first day of the Welsh Athletics Championships in Cardiff on Saturday. With members of the Welsh Commonwealth Games athletics team announced on Wednesday being introduced to the crowd, Evans celebrated her own selection for Birmingham in fine style. The Cardiff heptathlete, who received an invitation to join Team Wales direct from the Commonwealth Games Federation, marked the achievement by winning the 100m hurdles Welsh title at the city’s International Sports Campus in Leckwith.

By Carl Field Poppy Stickler will make her senior bow for Great Britain next week after earning selection for the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup series event in Koper, Slovenia. It’s part of a big week coming up for the women’s artistic gymnast, who is in her first year as a senior. This weekend […]

By Paul Evans He might be more used to driving a 40-year old historic-spec Escort on gravel rallies, but that’s not going to stop Jason Pritchard going for glory when he contests his first forestry rally for 10 years in a four-wheel drive car on the Nicky Grist Stages (Saturday 9 July). And as the […]

By Carl Field It was certainly a weekend to remember for Welsh tumbler Megan Surman who yesterday returned home from the 2022 Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT European Championships in Rimini, Italy with two medals in her luggage. First on Friday, she was part of the Great Britain senior women’s tumbling team with Megan Kealy, Demi […]