Being selected in the NHL entry draft is something that most young hockey players growing up in Canada can only dream of. For the young prospects talented enough to get drafted, the moment an NHL team announces their name is their first taste of the ‘big-time’. Even after getting drafted, not all players get to […]

Joel Makin has booked a spot in the quarter-finals for the fourth successive time after seeing off Youssef Ibrahim at the El Gouna International in Egypt. The Haverfordwest-born ace saw off Egypt’s World No 30 12-10, 11-7, 11-2 in 42 minutes – but then reckoned all it needed was 20 minutes of hard squash.

Chaz Davies saw his hopes of another top six finish in the opening weekend of World Superbikes dashed. The Powys-born rider crashed his Team Go Eleven bike on the opening lap of Sunday’s race as he was caught out by the damp conditions on the Motorland Aragon track.

Elfyn Evans powered to a crushing victory at Rally Portugal – the fourth triumph of his World Rally Championship career. The Dolgellau-born ace won by a commanding 28.3seconds from the Hyundai of Dani Sordo with his Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate and seven-time champ Sebastien Ogier a massive one min 25.6 secs back in third.

Elfyn Evans is expecting a ‘tricky’ final day on RallyPortugal as he looks to celebrate his first World Rally Championship victory of the season. The Dolgellau born racer inherited the lead for Toyota on the penultimate stage of the rally on Saturday after Estonia’s Ott Tanak was forced to retire his Hyundai.

oel Makin raced into the last 16 of the El Gouna International Open in Egypt with a straight sets victory over England’s Adrian waller. Wales’ world No 9 triumphed 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 to set up a third round match against Egypt’s Youssef Ibrahim.

Chaz Davies finished fifth for his new team as the World Superbikes season got underway with Jonathan Rea racing into the history books. The 34-year-old from Knighton was just edged out of fourth on the final lap at Motorland Aragon in Spain by former Aruba.it Racing team-mate Sco

The global pandemic has disrupted and upended sport wherever you look. But few professional sports clubs in Wales have been as deeply affected as the Cardiff Devils. Little more than a year ago they were on fire. Then came the big freeze. As a result, changes in the squad and management have left most Devils […]

Elfyn Evans is right in the hunt for victory on Rally Portugal after a dramatic finish to the opening day. The Dolgellau-born racer goes into Saturday’s speed tests in second place just six seconds behind Hyundai’s Ott Tanak.

Wales Commonwealth Games hopeful Joe Cemlyn-Jones has been selected to represent Great Britain at the FIG World Challenge Cup series event in Varna, Bulgaria, next week. The Bristol-born men’s artistic gymnast, 21, who also represents Wales thanks to his Welsh grandfather, will be back in action at the event which takes place between 27-30 May.

Chaz Davies made a promising start to the new World Superbikes season with his new team in Spain on Friday. The Knighton-born rider clocked the second fastest time of the day – and was also quickest in the afternoon session on an Aragon track where he has enjoyed huge success in the past.

Defenceman Brendan Mikkelson has become the Cardiff Devils first signing ahead of the 2021/2022 season. Mikkelson becomes the first player to join the Devils since the team appointed head coach Jarrod Skalde. Mikkelson, 33, arrives having previously played 131 games in the NHL with the Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames and Tampa Lightning after being drafted […]

Welsh Netball have appointed former England international Hellen Manufor as their first equality, diversity and inclusion director. Manufor – who played for England during the 1990s – moves to the governing body from her most recent role as brand manager for the kit and equipment supplier, Gilbert Netball. Her brief will be to make the sport more inclusive and diverse across Wales.

Wales Golf championships are back with a bang this weekend with the Welsh Ladies Amateur Championship as the first major event for more than 18 months. With the Coronavirus pandemic having seen almost all the 2020 championships wiped out, meaning for the first time outside war years there were no Welsh ladies or men’s amateur champions, the easing of lockdown sees their return this summer.

He’s won every rally championship title that he has contested since 2015, and now Jason Pritchard is targeting yet another major trophy – an incredible sixth in a row – as he prepares for the delayed start to the 2021 rally season.

Matt Richards is dreaming of challenging for something shiny at the Olympics in Tokyo after bagging his second medal in the pool in Hungary. The 18-year-old Welsh freestyle record holder at 100m & 200m followed up his silver in the men’s 4x100m free relay with another in the 4x200m free at the European Championships.

Two talented aerobic gymnasts from Aberdare will be flying for flag for Wales this weekend as they begin their quest to earn selection for this year’s European Championships. Mia Bernardo, 18, and Emily James, 17, both head down the M4 to Reading to compete as part of a quintet in the first of two trials for Great Britain selection for this year’s Aerobic Europeans – being staged in Pesaro, Italy, in September.

Cardiff sprinters Sam Gordon and Jeremiah Azu are joined by distance runner Beth Kidger in the Great Britain team for the European Athletics Team Championships Super League later this month. The three Welsh athletes will travel to Silesia in Poland to take on France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine and the host nation in the two day fixture on May 29-30.

Cricket will be sharing centre stage when Welsh Fire start their campaign in The Hundred this summer. Music be sharing the stage at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff as the new competition looks to broaden its appeal far beyond traditional cricket-watchers. After more than a year of cancelled festivals and concerts, musical artists from Cardiff and Swansea will return to performing this summer as live music and top-quality sporting entertainment combine in the Welsh capital.

Ben Llewellin will fly to Croatia on Friday to compete in next week’s European Shooting Championship event that should see him qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Both Team GB Men’s Skeet shooting quotas are up for grabs in Osijek – with Llewellin firm favourite to secure his place in Japan.