By David Williams Sam Northeast has admitted Glamorgan were disappointed with having to settle for a draw at Derbyshire despite rallying with a superb ran chase. The former Hampshire batsmen – who joined the Welsh county this season – conceded his side could have come out on top in a topsy-turvy final day of their […]

By Carl Field It has been quite some month for junior women’s artistic gymnast Evie Flage-Donovan. The 15-year-old rising star from Newport bagged herself a stunning gold medal on beam at the 2022 Artistic British Championships at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool at the end of March, having finished sixth in the junior all-around […]

Gareth Bale is looking to inspire the next generation of golfers in Wales, backing a new national Under 16 event for boys and girls. Working with Wales Golf, who will run the national junior championship at the beginning of June, the tournament is the start of a three-year partnership between Wales Golf, Bale and his management company ICM Stellar Sports.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils saved their best for last as they outfought the treble-chasing Belfast Giants to clinch the Play-Off title for the third time in as many seasons. Empty-net goals from Trevor Cox and Josh Lammon ensured the Devils held out as they sealed a 6-3 win amidst building pressure from Belfast, […]

He may have delivered one of the all-time great losing performances in a thriller at the World Snooker Championship, but Mark Williams reckons he would rather have been thrashed. The three-time champion produced an epic fightback before losing 17-16 in a nerve-shredding final frame to Judd Trump in their semi-final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. Williams was bidding to add a fourth world title to the triumph he last enjoyed in 2018, but although he contributed to one of the greatest matches in the tournament’s long history, he said there was little consolation.

By Matthew Burgess Less than a year ago, Brodie Dupont’s name would’ve been unfamiliar to most Cardiff Devils fans. After all, it wasn’t until mid-August that he was announced as the team’s final signing of a hectic summer of recruitment. This weekend, the 35-year-old will lead the Devil’s charge into the Elite League Play-Off finals […]

In a little over three months, Wales’ men’s artistic gymnasts will be aiming to write their names into the history books at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. They will bid to do something no Welsh men’s team have ever done at a previous Games: win a team medal. The development and gathering momentum of the men’s team over the past four years means there is now growing optimism and excitement ahead of this summer.

By David Williams Lauren Price will continue to be involved with team GB despite making the move to professional boxing. GB Boxing has announced plans to continue to work with some its former boxers that have signed professional contracts. This means the boxers will continue to train in the GB Boxing gym in Sheffield where […]

Rhuddlan’s Caolan Burford became the first home winner of the Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play for nine years, in one of the strongest ever showings for Welsh players at the event. Welsh players took seven of the top nine places, including Royal Porthcawl’s Matt Roberts as runner-up at Ashburnham Golf Club near Llanelli, with Sweden’s David Lundgren in third.

By Paul Evans Osian Pryce has made the perfect start to his British Rally Championship campaign by winning the opening round of the 2022 series, the Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton (23/24 April), in his Demon Tweeks-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. Co-driven by Noel O’Sullivan, Pryce made a solid start on Saturday night’s two […]

Once again Elfyn Evans had to dig deep to salvage a points-scoring result – but fifth on the Croatia Rally was not the fuel-injection boost his FIA World Rally Championship title aspirations needs. He has the speed to win rallies. In the Toyota Yaris Rally1, he has the car to win the title.

With the countdown clock to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony now below 100 days, Welsh athletes have been competing across the globe in preparation. Some, who have already achieved the nomination standards, are fine-tuning their form and fitness ahead of the games in Birmingham this summer. Others are still chasing those standards here, across Europe and in the United States where Welsh Athletics has been supporting warm weather training camps and competition opportunities for some athletes.

Having finished runner-up in the British Rally Championship three times, and led the series many more times than that, Osian Pryce says he’s done with finishing second and is aiming for nothing less than the title this year. Runner-up in 2013 and ’14, Pryce led the BRC at half distance in 2017 before mechanical failure on the final two rounds dropped him to fifth. Since that disappointment, his first full season back in the BRC was 2021 and once again Pryce was unlucky.

By Simon Gronow It’s been a busy start for competitors in the JD Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship as they faced their third event in a month when they tackled Port Talbot Motor Club’s Nigel Ferguson Fabricators Tour of Epynt. Held over the daunting Epynt range, crews faced seven special stages totaling around 70 miles […]

By James Candy Sophie Smith had never been open water swimming before the pandemic, but has now completed the gruelling challenge, winning the Channel Swimming Association’s 2021 trophy for the Greatest  Feat of Endurance as part of the five-strong female relay team. During lockdown Sophie and her two children, Zag (13) and Dil (8), were […]

A trio of Welsh gymnasts bidding to reach the Commonwealth Games this summer have all been named in the Great Britain women’s artistic senior squad for 2022. Jea Maracha, Mali Morgan and Poppy Stickler are in the 15-strong British women’s senior squad. It follows the Cardiff trio’s performances at the Artistic British Championships in Liverpool at the end of last month – in what is their debut year as senior gymnasts.

Bob Fowden has taken the lead in the JD Competition Tyres Welsh National Tarmacadam Championship after a successful outing on round two, the SMC Stages Rally, held at the Anglesey Racing Circuit. Following eight special stages at the coastal track, it was former rallycross champion Andy Scott who celebrated his first ever overall rally victory in his Ford Fiesta S2000 Turbo. After taking maximum Welsh Championship points on the first round at Caerwent, things didn’t go so well on this occasion for Dave Willett/John Davies, who failed to complete the event after breaking a steering arm on the Ford Escort early in the day.

Joel Makin has underlined his status as Britain’s No.1 male squash player – and world No.9 – with a stunning win over world No.3 Mohamed Elshorbagy to win the Manchester Open title. But who’s following behind him? It could be 14-year-old Archie Turnbull, who has revealed Makin is his role model, as he tells Harry Corish.  Archie Turnbull has squash pedigree running through his veins, but it’s the prospect of making his own mark in the sport which really gets his heart pumping. After tasting victory at the recent British Junior Under 15 Nationals, the 14-year-old is hungry for more and is pouring his incredible work ethic and focus into his future development.

By Paul Jones Glamorgan captain David Lloyd believes his players’ tougher mental strength can boost their County Championship campaign further after their superb win at Nottinghamshire. The Welsh county host Middlesex on Thursday, where they will be looking to build on their seven-wicket victory at Trent Bridge, where returning Australian star Marnus Labuschagne hit an […]

Joel Makin believes he has made another major breakthrough by beating world No.3 Mohamed ElShorbagy to claim the Manchester Open title. Makin – the Welsh and British No.1 and ranked No.9 in the world – earned one of the most impressive victories of his career to overcome his Egyptian opponent, 3-1, winning 11-7, 5-11, 13-11, 11-4 in 70 minutes. It was a landmark win for the 27-year-old from Pembrokeshire who had lost 3-0 to ElShorbagy the last time they had met at the Squash On Fire Open.