Geraint Thomas admitted his thrilling solo attack on the Criterium du Dauphine was not pre-planned as his left his rival stunned. The 2018 Tour de France champ launched himself into a tight right-hand turn with just over 1km left on stage five.

Returning Cardiff Devils defenceman Mark Louis says he is ready to help the team transition into a ‘new era’ next season under new coach Jarrod Skalde. The 34-year-old recently returned to Wales ahead of what will be a fifth season with the Devils following a spell in Slovakia. The Devils are set to make their […]

Tania Hoffman says her decision to leave the Celtic Dragons at the end of the season and return to New Zealand to join the Christchurch-based club, The Good Oil Tactix, has been driven by family reasons. Hoffman – who has endured a difficult season as director during which the Dragons have won just once in 17 Vitality Superleague matches – has also said that the offer of a new role was too good to turn down. The Good Oil Tactix – formerly known as Mainland Tactix before a sponsorship deal – play in the ANZ Championship.

Wales’ former world champion Colin Jackson is excited for stars of the future to flourish when the Commonwealth Games come to Birmingham in 2022. With the application process for volunteers now open, the 54-year-old looked ahead to the 22nd edition of the event which will be back in the UK again after he competed in Manchester at the beginning of this century. With the four home nations competing as independent teams, it offers greater opportunities for youngsters to test themselves against some of the world’s best and Wales’ two-time Commonwealth gold medallist is eager to see which prospects will impress at Alexander Stadium next year.

Olivia Breen and Rhys Jones agonisingly missed out on medals at the European Para Athletics Championships in Poland on Wednesday. Both Welsh athletes finished fourth in their respective sprint events on day two of the championships in Bydgoszcz. Competing in the final track event of the morning session, Jones secured fourth place in a high quality men’s T37 100m final, recording a time of 12.16 (+2.6).

Shot putter Kyron Duke claimed a silver medal on a successful first day for Great Britain at the European Para Athletics Championships in Poland. The Disability Sport Wales Para Academy athlete finished second in the F41 shot put as British athletes claimed four medals in Bydgoszcz. The first three rounds of the competition were completed in reasonably fine conditions with Duke claiming a best of 13.39m during the first half of the competition.

The confirmation that Jade Jones and Lauren Williams are off to the Tokyo Olympics as part of the Great Britain taekwondo squad is part of a significant shift in women’s sport, says Team GB chief Mark England. Double Olympic champion Jones and fellow Welsh star Williams have been rubber-stamped for selection by the British Olympic Association as part of a five-strong taekwondo team for the Games. There’s no surprise Jones and former European champion Williams are off to Japan, but England – the Team GB Chef de Mission – insists the pair are part of an increasing female domination of Team GB.

Osian Pryce made a successful return to the British Rally Championship (BRC) – finishing third on the Neil Howard Stages in his Rocked-!T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5.

Chloe Williams is celebrating her best finish yet on the Ladies European Tour after securing fourth place at the Italian Open. The Wrexham player – ranked fourth in Wales and 524th in the world – shot a two-under par round of 70 to finish on five under, for a share of fourth place alongside Michele Thomson of Scotland and the Australian, Stephanie Kyriacou. It was 26-year-old Williams’ best placing at an event since she joined the Ladies European Tour two seasons ago, in only the second event of the season, and it puts her ninth on the tour’s order of merit, the Race to Costa Del Sol.

Welsh athletes have excelled at home and abroad as Kate Seary set a new Welsh steeplechase record in Manchester and Joe Brier claimed a huge new 400m personal best in Belgium.

Jake Heyward has smashed Neil Horsfield’s 31-year old Welsh 1500m record in America. The Cardiff athlete clocked a brilliant 3:33.99 at the Portland Track Festival in the early hours of Sunday UK time to obliterate Horsfield’s existing Welsh best of 3:35.08, set in Brussels way back in 1990.

Wales’ Jonny Clayton could hardly contain his pride after he claimed to have put Pontyberem on the map by being crowned Premier League champion. Clayton beat fellow debutant Jose De Sousa 11-5 in the final on Friday night to claim the biggest prize of his career so far, including a cheque for £250,000. The Ferret, already a World Cup winner and Masters champion, became the first man to win the title from fourth place in the group stage.

Popular Cardiff Devils defenceman Mark Louis will return for the 2021/22 season, the team have confirmed. The forthcoming season will be Louis’ fifth in the Welsh capital after originally joining from ECHL outfit Orlando Solar Bears in 2016. The 33-year-old has made 178 appearances in the EIHL for the Devils, establishing himself as a no-nonsense […]

Ben Llewellin saw his Olympic dream ended in agonising fashion as he just missed out on a place at the Tokyo Olympics. The Pembrokeshire marksmen hit an excellent 122 in qualifying for the men’s skeet at the European Championships in Croatia which went to a shoot-out for the final.

Cardiff Devils forward Matthew Myers will lace up and skate for Team GB for the 100th time in his career this afternoon against ice hockey heavyweights Sweden in the IIHF World Championships in Latvia. Cardiff-born Myers contributed an assist on his 99th appearance as Team GB regained the lead in Wednesday’s 4-3 victory over Belarus […]

Welsh international athlete Kate Seary is taking inspiration from an ancient Olympian to champion the rights of modern day sportswomen. Kyniska, Princess of Sparta, won two Olympic gold medals in the four-horse chariot race in 392 and 396.

Beth Munro will make her Para Olympics debut in Tokyo – after only taking up Taekwondo in 2019. Munro will be joined by fellow Welsh para ace Matt Bush as part of a three strong GB team with Amy Truesdale.

Joel Makin saw his title hopes at the El Gouna International Open in Egypt ended despite a superb comeback – in a game that was halted due to humidity and switched to a different court.

Osian Pryce will return to the British Rally Championship (BRC) this year driving a Rocked-!T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 – with his title challenge beginning at the opening round of the 2021 series, the Neil Howard Stages at the Oulton Park Circuit in Cheshire on Monday 31 May.

Chepstow 16-year-old Isabella Hopkins became one of the youngest ever Welsh Ladies Amateur Champions – before returning to school to finish her GCSE’s. Hopkins beat Welsh international Ffion Tynan 8&7 in the final at Wenvoe Castle, the pair regularly playing together for Gloucestershire where the two Welsh-based girls compete in their club golf.