By Owen Morgan Commonwealth Games Wales have today revealed the latest group of athletes selected to compete at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, which includes the biggest para inclusion in Team Wales history with 19 athletes across 6 sports (Athletics, Swimming, Lawn Bowls, Triathlon, Cycling, Table Tennis). In total 106 athletes have been announced across 11 sports, […]

By Carl Field For the second time in a little over nine months there was a clean sweep for Gemma Frizelle at the Welsh Rhythmic Championships in Cardiff over the weekend – just days ahead of the Commonwealth Games team announcement. The 24-year-old, who was part of Team Wales on Australia’s Gold Coast four years […]

By Paul Evans “Some points are better than none.” It’s a horrible last resort, let’s try to be positive, sporting phrase that’s pulled from the bottom drawer when realistically all hope is lost. Mathematically it’s possible, but realistically it isn’t. You’re relegated. You’re going to be knocked out. Or in Elfyn Evans’ case, you’re sadly […]

You don’t always have to be racing through the water as a competitor to feel you’re making a big splash in swimming. Charlotte Howells, 18, from Morriston in Swansea was once a keen competitor, but now spends her spare time helping out and volunteering in conjunction with Swim Wales. Charlotte is a member of the Swim Wales Youth Panel and aims to enable and encourage people to enjoy themselves and be active through the sport.

Joe Cordina claimed the IBF super-featherweight title in his home town of Cardiff with a one-punch, second-round knockout to unseat Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa. Welsh favourite Cordina thrilled the Motorpoint Arena crowd with a devastating right-hand finish, to storm to his first world title. The 30-year-old underwent major hand surgery in 2019, raising concerns on his potential future punching power.

By Owen Morgan The publication of the FAW’s recent research into the popularity of football has re-ignited the age old argument – what is Wales’ national sport? While the heavyweights of rugby and football battle it out for a title which is unlikely to ever be undisputed, here’s a gentle reminder that there are plenty […]

Hugh Morris, Gareth Bale and Brynmor Williams were Welsh sports stars given awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Glamorgan chief executive Morris was awarded an MBE for services to cricket and charity, while Wales captain Bale had the same honour for services to football and charity. Williams, a former Wales and Lions scrum-half, was also recognised for his charity work as well as achievements in rugby.

Welsh golfers made it a clean sweep of the major prizes in a strong field at the Welsh Open Youths (Mixed) at Porthmadog. Alex James, Royal Lytham and St Anne’s, won the event as part of an all-Welsh top three, while Wales international Izzy Hopkins, Bristol and Clifton, finished as the top female.

By Carl Field The 2022 Welsh Rhythmic Championships take centre stage at Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff this weekend as Commonwealth Games selection draws ever closer. In two days of action across the various age groups in the Open and Closed categories, it will also be the last chance for the Team Wales contenders […]

By Rob Cole Poppy Stickler is undergoing a pretty nerve-wracking summer with GCSE exams and Commonwealth Games selection battling for top billing in her life. The Whitchurch HS international gymnast doesn’t have long to wait to see if she makes the grade for Birmingham this summer as part of Team Wales and it would be the perfect […]

By Simon Gronow The trip over the Severn to Gloucestershire proved to be a good one for Wayne Jones as he took his Darrian T90 GTR to a very comfortable win on the Red Dragon I T Stages Rally. On only his fifth event in the car, Jones and navigator Jonathan Davies got off to […]

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils have brought back two of their most influential players in recent years to aid head coach Brodie Dupont’s first full season in charge. Former captain Joey Martin and Team GB goaltender Ben Bowns were announced as new signings at a fan event that also saw the club confirm extensions […]

Marie Tilley is no stranger to forging on through adversity in her life, so 193 miles of arduous path and 30,649 feet of elevation was never going to intimidate her. Sure enough, Marie’s epic fundraising efforts continued this month when she completed the famous Offa’s Dyke route in a 12-day period. And the cause couldn’t have been more poignant.

By Gareth James Welsh boxing prospect Garan Croft will go for gold on Monday afternoon and bid to emulate the likes of Andrew Selby, Fred Evans and Joe Cordina. Croft, from Crymach in Pembrokeshire, is through to the light-middleweight final at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. The 20-year-old – who will fight […]

Welsh world champion Lily Rice has switched sports and will make her Commonwealth Games debut in para swimming in Birmingham later this year. Rice – the 18-year-old renowned for her wheelchair backflips – is already a world champion in women’s wheelchair motorcross. But now she is poised to represent Wales in para swimming as part of a four-athlete squad who will compete at the Games in July.

Students and young people in Wales have had a taste of triathlon and the hope is it’s a flavour to their liking. The event was a recent Go-Tri duathlon within broader activity at Pembrey Country Park that also included a competitive duathlon for more regular runners and cyclists. Organised by ColegauCymru/Colleges Wales – a partner to Sport Wales – the day was aimed at all abilities and involved both students and staff.

Matt Edwards stormed to another sensational win on the Plains Rally – setting the fastest time on all 10 stages in his Fiat Abarth 131 to win the ‘National’ 2WD section of the Bala-based event by exactly a minute. The result puts the three-time British rally champion second overall in both the Pirelli Ravenol Welsh and British Historic rally championships – not to mention the class lead in the highly competitive Restruct Welsh Historic category. “It has been really nice to have that sort of run in the car,” said Edwards.

Gemma Frizelle bagged herself two medals at the 2022 Rhythmic British Championships in Telford over the weekend as she continues to build towards this summer’s Commonwealth Games. The 24-year-old, who is bidding to secure herself a Team Wales spot for a second successive Games, qualified for three of the four senior individual apparatus finals and medalled in two of those. She scored 26.750 with hoop to scoop silver and 25.800 with ball to bag bronze.

Elfyn Evans scored more FIA World Rally Championship points by finishing second on Rally Portugal – his first podium finish of the season – than he had done in the first three rallies of 2022 combined. It’s rocketed him from ninth to fifth in the drivers’ standings. But the result hasn’t exactly got his title challenge back on track.

Jeremiah Azu has set his sights on returning to Birmingham’s newly refurbished Alexander Stadium in August to break the Welsh 100m record at the Commonwealth Games. The Cardiff sprinter enjoyed a winning debut on Saturday at the new look stadium, which hosted its first major event since a £72million redevelopment ahead of this summer’s games. Running in the men’s 100m B race at the Wanda Muller Diamond League meeting, Azu equalled his season’s best time to win in 10.19.