It’s the new year, so perhaps it’s time to try a new sport. Padel is the new kid on the block – fast and furious and rapidly growing, it’s already got the backing of some major names as Lucy Rees discovers. Padel. Ever heard of it? Probably not. Well, it’s a sport that you could […]

Laura Deas will go for gold next month when the Welsh Olympian returns to the Games, this time being held in Beijing. She may be a specialist in skeleton – one of the most technically demanding of winter sports – but as she tells Lucy Rees, her foundation as an athlete was built around a […]

The number of members at Welsh golf clubs has gone up by almost a quarter in the last two years, with a 13 per cent rise in 2021, according to official Wales Golf figures. That followed an increase of 10per cent  2020, putting the membership of Welsh golf clubs comfortably back over the 50,000 figure – a windfall for many clubs in otherwise difficult times with other revenues falling.

By Owen Morgan Competition opportunities on home soil may currently be few and far between due to COVID measures, but that didn’t stop Welsh athletes producing outstanding performances away from their homeland at the weekend. Leading the way were Jenny Nesbitt and Osian Perrin who chalked up new Welsh and United Kingdom records respectively at […]

The good times continue to roll for the Cardiff Devils – despite the absence of fans – as a 5-3 win over the Manchester Storm last night saw them notch a fifth-straight victory and move level on points with Elite League leaders Sheffield Steelers. The Devils are 16-7-1 this season with 33 points from 24 […]

The first image that pops into your head when you think of the word “frisbee” is probably a family or bunch of mates chucking a plastic disc around at the beach. With the barbeque smoking and sun shining in the background, those familiar with frisbee usually see it as nothing more than a bit of fun to pass the time. There is, though, another world of the plastic disc. A hard core, competitive world.

By Lucy Rees Max Watters is “really excited” about returning to Cardiff following a spell on loan with Milton Keynes Dons. The 22-year-old – who joined last year for £1 million – was loaned out to MK Dons at the start of the season. “I spoke to the manager and he said that he’d like […]

Gerwyn Price wants next year’s PDC Darts World Championships to be held in Wales. The deposed world champion – who lost his crown in a thrilling but painful quarter-final defeat to Michael Smith – insists moving the tournament around Europe is the solution to the abuse he and others have suffered from the Alexandra Palace crowd in London. Price, who last year became the first Welshman to win the recognised world title since Richie Burnett in 1995, had to contend with constant abusive heckling throughout his matches.

Welsh athlete Adele Nicoll won a stunning bobsleigh World Cup silver medal in Latvia on Sunday morning. In only her second World Cup race, the reigning Welsh shot put champion partnered pilot Mica McNeill to second place in Sigulda.

By Rob Cole Ron Jones, one of Wales’ greatest athletes and the former Great Britain Olympic men’s athletics team captain in Mexico City in 1968, has died at the age of 87. One of the few Welsh athletes ever to hold a world record in athletics, he was part of the British 4 x 110 […]

By Graham Thomas There were highs, lows, new heroes and old faithfuls for Welsh sport in 2021 – but the real story was about survival. Not just of the fittest, either. To survive as a sports enthusiast this year was all about adaptability and resilience. Whether you were a Welsh athlete winning gold at the […]

After a great year of sport for Glamorgan Cricket, Wales Women in their 2023 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 100-cap Gareth Bale, and Wales on the threshold of qualification for the World Cup finals, plus the men’s rugby team winning the Six Nations again, it’s time to take stock. The WRU took a step in the […]

Of all the remarkable sporting achievements in Wales in 2021, the one you have probably not heard about involves Seren Hughes. The young cricketer boldly travelled where no Welsh woman had travelled before, as she tells Lucy Rees. Seren Hughes can look back on 2021 as the year she made cricket history in Wales – although she didn’t know it at the time. The 20-year-old entered the record books back in the summer when she became the first female in the South Wales Cricket Association to score a century at club level.

By Gareth James Aidan Heslop has revealed he thought he had blown his chance of winning before taking gold at the FINA High Diving qualifier in Abu Dhabi. The 19-year-old Team Wales star pulled off a hugely difficult dive to win the competition and secure his spot in the 27m high diving event at next […]

By David Williams Michael Hogan – who will retire from cricket at the end of the 2022 season – would earn a place in Glamorgan’s greatest team in history, according to the county’s director of cricket, Mark Wallace, Hogan has announced he is to call it a day at the age of 41, but not […]

Cardiff Devils managing director Todd Kelman has urged the team’s fanbase to remain calm and insists the team ‘aren’t going anywhere’ following the Welsh Government’s latest announcement regarding sporting fixtures. All sporting events in Wales are to be played behind closed doors over the holiday period with no definitive return date, initially effecting Devils home […]

Jenny Nesbitt and Piers Copeland produced spectacular performances as The Cardiff Met Christmas Classic proved to be a real cracker for Welsh endurance stars. Nesbitt and Copeland stole the show in the event’s blue riband 3,000m races on Sunday, while Bethan Davies enjoyed a dominant gun to tape win in the 3,000m walk. Seven days after winning a team gold at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Nesbitt was in record-breaking form as the popular meeting returned after last year’s cancellation due to the pandemic.

By David Williams Glamorgan’s Australian run-machine Marnus Labuschagne enjoys winning games for his team more than any personal milestone, the 27-year-old said after his sixth test century consolidated the position of the hosts in the second Ashes test against England on Friday. The South Africa-born Labuschagne – who is due to return to play for […]

David Lloyd has taken over from Chris Cooke to become Glamorgan’s new captain. The county announced the news on Wednesday, bringing to an end Cooke’s three year spell as skipper. All-rounder Lloyd, will lead the side in next season’s LV= Insurance County Championship and Vitality Blast competitions, while Kiran Carlson will continue to captain the Royal London Cup team after winning the tournament this year.

By Paul Evans Matthew Rees is rocketing up the motorsport rankings and is now considered by many as a star in the making. Whether that means he will be the next Lewis Hamilton remains to be seen, but the 16-year-old from Cardiff has certainly made a fast start off the grid. Having won the prestigious […]