After little over a month into the start of the UK ice hockey season, it is still too early to tell whether the Cardiff Devils’ erratic start will undermine their chances of silverware. A mix of Elite League and Challenge Cup competitions has thrown up a mishmash of performances and results that essentially leaves the […]

Olivia Breen achieved her lifelong dream at the Tokyo Paralympics but she is now looking forward to getting back into her Welsh kit and inspiring even more people to take up sport, as she tells Tom Prosser. Paralympic star Olivia Breen can’t wait to represent Wales at next year’s Commonwealth Games and is hungry for even more success after winning her first individual Paralympic medal in Tokyo this summer. After taking a well-earned break following a busy summer, the 25-year-old is planning her year ahead as one of Wales’ most consistent and versatile Paralympic athletes.

By Paul Evans Either Osian Pryce or Matt Edwards will be crowned 2021 British rally champion after one enjoyed led from start to finish to score a magical victory and the other had to make miracle emergency repairs to reach the finish on the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally. For Pryce, the penultimate round of Britain’s premier rally championship could not have gone better. An incredible start saw him complete the opening 5.93-mile Gwydir stage with a 10.4 second lead after a brave attack in treacherously wet and muddy conditions paid dividends for the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 driver.

By Tom Prosser Welsh darts star Jonny Clayton says he is “one really, really happy geezer” after claiming victory at the World Series Finals in Amsterdam on Sunday evening. This is Clayton’s fourth “TV major win” of the year which is astonishing considering he had never won one before the start of the year. “I’m on cloud nine and smiling from ear to ear,” said Clayton, who away from darts works as a plasterer for Carmarthenshire County Council.

Huw James (Tregaron Motor Club) and Dafydd Evans (Lampeter & District Motor Club) were the stars of an incredibly wet Legend Fires Tour of Epynt, finishing second overall in their rear-wheel driver Ford Escort Mk2.

Lucy and Graham sat down with former Wales and Scarlets wing, Mark Jones, to discuss the start of Wales’ autumn nation series. Discussing everything from the Welshman’s career to living in New Zealand and from facing the All Blacks to coaching the Crusaders, Canterbury and Worcester Warriors. Give it a listen on Spotify: On Amazon […]

The Cardiff Devils visit the Guildford Flames tonight in the Challenge Cup looking to build on the momentum of Sunday’s shutout victory (7.30). Josh Batch, Josh Waller and Jodie Reid scored and Mac Carruth blanked the Manchester Storm as the Devils returned to winning ways against the Manchester Storm. A successive win tonight would represent […]

Lauren Williams returned to competition after Tokyo 2020 with a gold medal winning performance at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven. Williams, who marked her Olympic debut in Japan with a superb silver medal, stepped up from -67kg to -73kg for her first fight of the Paris 2024 cycle. “Tactically, it was a lot different,” said the Welsh star. “The girls weren’t as quick and as intense as I am used to.

Lewis Prosser believes Welsh hockey is on course for a year to savour after he helped Wales men’s team qualify for the World Cup for the first time. Not only did Prosser set a new record mark of 159 caps for his country last weekend, when he made his 159th appearance, but he guided his team to the tournament finals in India, which take place at the start of 2023. The unparalleled achievement means Wales can look forward to a bumper few months of elite hockey competition with the Eurohockey Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the World Cup all in the space of less than a year.

Cardiff Devils forward Josh Waller is emerging as one of the most promising players in the Elite League this season. The 22-year-old winger posted his fifth point in as many league games, on a night when the Devils got their season back on track with a 3-0 victory over visiting Manchester Storm. A solid collective […]

Two Welsh endurance athletes were in national record breaking form in Yorkshire over the weekend. On Saturday, race walker Bethan Davies set a new British 35k record in Leeds, while Sunday saw Charlotte Arter break the 37-year-old Welsh 10k record in the same city.

Jason Pritchard has won the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship title for a third time in a row after scoring maximum points on the final round, the Ford Parts Cheviot Stages Rally.

Brinn Bevan said he had “mixed emotions” after marking his return to gymnastics’ world stage. Wales’ 2016 Olympian was back competing for Great Britain at the 2021 Artistic World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan alongside fellow Wales Commonwealth Games contender Joe Cemlyn-Jones – who was making his debut at a major championship. It was the first time since 1987 that Wales had two senior men’s artistic gymnasts in the Great Britain team in the same year for an Artistic World Championships.

Welsh golfers Archie Davies and Ffion Tyan are currently in the USA, learning their craft in the most demanding competitions in the world for prospective professional golfers – the American collegiate system. Their progress is proof that the future of elite golf in Wales is in good hands with those players acting as role models for the grass roots, as Tom Prosser reports. Jamie Donaldson was the last Welshman to represent Europe at a Ryder Cup back in 2014, but with a new winning mindset introduced by Golf Wales, hopes are high that the next Welsh golfing star may be just around the corner. Gillian O’Leary – director of performance for Golf Wales – says one of her biggest tasks since swapping her native Ireland for Wales has been to change the mindset of some of the golfers she works with.   

Wales’ male and female national football and rugby teams are all in advance preparations for vital matches this autumn. That’s four head coaches, plus various assistants who are working to give their players an edge. Often though, coaching inspiration and innovation needs to come from elsewhere, which is where the Welsh coaching network comes in, […]

By Paul Evans Wales will host three rounds of the British Rally Championship next year, with the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion joining the Nicky Grist Stages and the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally on the 2022 calendar. The Aberystwyth-based Rali Bae Ceredigion was Wales’ first ever closed road stage rally when it ran in 2019 […]

Meirion Evans had to admit that you can’t win them all, although it speaks volumes for his driving ability and competitive nature that he feels slightly disappointed to have finished second on a rally in Ireland – beaten only by a former Irish Tarmac rally champion.

By Carl Field Seven artistic gymnasts have been selected to represent Wales at the Northern Europeans in Cardiff next month. Men’s National Coach Peter Haysham has named a full team of six – up from five when the event was last held in 2019 – and includes four of the team who won a silver medal in Iceland two years ago. Emil Barber (Swansea Gymnastics Centre), Brinn Bevan (South Essex), Joe Cemlyn-Jones (City of Birmingham) and Jacob Edwards (Olympus) return as they bid to go one better by grabbing team gold on home soil.

Olympic 1500m finalist Jake Heyward has been speaking about his Tokyo Games experience whilst on a visit back to his home city of Cardiff. Now based in Oregon, Hayward was an interested spectator at the Cardiff Cross Challenge held at Llandaff Fields, where he has twice won the under-20 title.

By Owen Morgan The Cardiff Cross Challenge lived up to its new status as a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold standard event with thrilling finishes in top quality senior men’s and women’s races. Charlotte Arter retained her title ahead of Cardiff team-mate Jenny Nesbitt, while Derby’s Hugo Milner produced a blistering time to win the men’s race. The sun came out to celebrate the event’s elevation to global standard and training partners Arter and Nesbitt rose to the occasion in the most un-cross country-like warm conditions.