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Just Joshing . . . Old School Scarlets Skipper Macleod Making Up For Lost Time

Just Joshing . . . Old School Scarlets Skipper Macleod Making Up For Lost Time
Scarlets skipper Josh Macleod is a man making up for lost time in a big way. The luckless flanker has been plagued by injuries over the past few years, including a ruptured Achilles, knee ligament damage, shoulder surgery and hamstring issues. That’s severely limited his regional appearances - just three last season - and restricted him to only the two Wales caps.

Bridgend Battler Robert Owen Bows Out Of World Darts Championship

Bridgend Battler Robert Owen Bows Out Of World Darts Championship
Robert Owen’s fairytale run at the World Darts Championship is over after he just failed to make the quarter-finals. The Bridgend thrower - who surged from nowhere into the last 16 to clinch his PDC tour card for 2025 - lost 4-3 to Englishman Callan Rydz. Owen led  2-0 and looked on course for a place in the last eight alongside fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price, but Rydz booked his spot in the quarter-finals for the second time in his career with a brilliant comeback.

Grant Bradburn Sacked By Glamorgan After Investigation

Grant Bradburn Sacked By Glamorgan After Investigation
Grant Bradburn has been dismissed as Glamorgan's head coach with immediate effect, following a recent charge of misconduct brought by the independent Cricket Regulator. The 58-year-old was referred to the regulator by the club after allegations of inappropriate behaviour were made against him.

Super-Charged Robert Owen Provides Emotional Victory To Surge Into Last 16

Super-Charged Robert Owen Provides Emotional Victory To Surge Into Last 16
Rising Welsh star Robert Owen’s stunning victory over Ricky Evans at the World Darts Championship was a rollercoaster of emotions, marked by tears, triumph, and tension. The 40-year-old from Bridgend overcame a 2-1 deficit to secure a 4-2 win, guaranteeing his PDC Tour card for the upcoming season and leaving the crowd electrified.

Ice Man Gerwyn Price Vows To Improve After He Wins Druid Derby Against Jonny Clayton

Ice Man Gerwyn Price Vows To Improve After He Wins Druid Derby Against Jonny Clayton
Gerwyn Price advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Darts Championship with a 4-2 victory over fellow Welshman Jonny Clayton in an encounter dubbed the "Druid Derby." Despite their close friendship off the oche, Price revealed that maintaining focus against Clayton was no easy task, admitting he almost told his compatriot to stop chatting during the match.

Callum Robinson Is Our Sharpest Weapon, Says Cardiff City’s Omer Riza After Leaving Him Out

Callum Robinson Is Our Sharpest Weapon, Says Cardiff City’s Omer Riza After Leaving Him Out
Callum Robinson was hailed as Cardiff City’s “best finisher at the club” by manager Omer Riza after the striker helped deliver a priceless Championship victory at Watford. Robinson - who was oddly left out of the starting line-up by Riza for the two previous matches - scored twice as Cardiff won 2-1 to earn their first away win of the season.

Blood, Sweat, Tears, Fears And Cheers For Goncalo Franco And Swansea City

Blood, Sweat, Tears, Fears And Cheers For Goncalo Franco And Swansea City
Swansea City have climbed to ninth in the Championship after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Luton Town, capped by Myles Peart-Harris’ stoppage-time winner. However, the triumph was overshadowed by an injury to Goncalo Franco, who left the pitch in tears after suffering a brutal collision that sent him to hospital.

Gerwyn Price Survives Scare To Set Up All-Welsh Clash Against Jonny Clayton

Gerwyn Price Survives Scare To Set Up All-Welsh Clash Against Jonny Clayton
Wales’ former champion Gerwyn Price survived a spirited comeback from Joe Cullen to secure his place in the fourth round of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship in a dramatic contest at Alexandra Palace. The win also set up an all-Welsh clash against his World Cup teammate Jonny Clayton.

Sam Thomas Proud of Welsh Grand National Near Miss And Insists There’s More To Come

Sam Thomas Proud of Welsh Grand National Near Miss And Insists There’s More To Come
Leading Welsh trainer Sam Thomas was proud of his two horses’ efforts at the Coral Welsh Grand National even though Val Dancer emerged from the murk to seize victory. Val Dancer tenaciously held off Thomas' dual challenge of Jubilee Express and Iwilldoit at Chepstow to win a race that was only visible at certain stages due to thick fog.

Cardiff Move To Third In URC Table And Matt Sherratt Is A Happy Man

Cardiff Move To Third In URC Table And Matt Sherratt Is A Happy Man
Cardiff finished their United Rugby Championship of 2024 on a high while the Dragons finished theirs on a familiar case of white might have been if only chances had been taken. Cardiff collected five points from the fixture at a packed Rodney Parade to move into third place on the league table as the Dragons remain rooted firmly to the bottom.

Nicole Cooke

It’s 15 Years Since Nicole Cooke Earned Olympic Glory

It’s 15 years to the day since Nicole Cooke won Great Britain’s first medal of the Beijing Olympics when she took gold in the women’s road race in 2008. The Welsh rider overcame the competition and heavy rain to cross the line first at the end of the 126km route... Read More

Menna And Hollie In Running For Top Sports Award

Winter Paralympic gold medallist Menna Fitzpatrick and Commonwealth Games champion Hollie Arnold have both been nominated for the prestigious title of Sunday Times Disabled Sportswoman of the Year. The two Welsh heroines are up against some tough competition to carry off the title in the shape of triple European sprint... Read More

Geraint Thomas - The Second Welsh Rider To Win A Race Around France

As Wales basks in the yellow-infused glow of Geraint Thomas’s Cardiff homecoming, there’s a nagging question for cycling aficionados and those keen to recognise the pioneering spirit of female riders. Was Thomas the first Welsh rider – and third Briton - to win the Tour de France? Or was he... Read More

The G-Force Pulling Elynor And Zoe Backstedt Towards More Welsh Cycling Glory

Elynor Backstedt was born to be a cyclist. Her Dad won the Paris-Roubaix classic, and picked up stage wins in the Giro D’Italia and Tour de France, while Mum, Megan, won the British road race title and competed for Wales at the Commonwealth Games. But as big an influence as... Read More

Welsh Sports Hall Of Fame Leads Tributes To Geraint The Great!

"The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame would like to join with everyone else in Wales and beyond in congratulating Geraint Thomas in becoming only the first Welsh cyclist to win the Tour de France. It is a hugely significant victory for one of the greatest sportsmen ever produced in Wales. ... Read More

Nicole Cooke Rides Into Battle Against Sexist Cycling And Dodgy Drugs

Nicole Cooke has told a panel of MPs that cycling is a sport “run by men, for men” and the fight against doping is being waged by “the wrong people, in the wrong way, with the wrong tools”. Over 70 minutes of wide-ranging testimony, Wales’ Olympic and world road race... Read More
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