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Rob Edwards Admits Relegated Luton Missed Wales Star Tom Lockyer

Rob Edwards Luton
Rob Edwards admitted the doubters were right about Luton after they were relegated from the Premier League following a final-day 4-2 defeat to Fulham at Kenilworth Road. Adama Traore opened the scoring for the Cottagers with Raul Jimenez on target twice and Harry Wilson rounding things off midway through the second half. Carlton Morris (penalty) and Alfie Doughty scored to make it 1-1 and 2-3, but the visitors had too much.

WRU Insist New Tier Will Provide Super Lift-Off

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Welsh Rugby Union head of player development John Alder insists the new Super Rygbi Cymru competition can provide a smooth pathway from the club to the international game. Welsh rugby's new Elite Domestic Competition (EDC) will be branded as the Super Rygbi Cymru (SRC) trophy next season.

Omar Ahmed Wins Cardiff Bay 10K

Race winner, Omar Ahmed.
Unusually warm conditions proved challenging for athletes assembled for the flat and fast Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay 10K, meaning no course records were broken, but more than 5,000 registered runners enjoyed a run in the sun. The event was the second fixture of the Run 4 Wales 10K Series, seeing a re-match from the top three athletes in last month’s ABP Newport 10K in the men’s race.

Ospreys’ Morgan Morris Impresses Most Watchers . . . Except Warren Gatland

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When two greats of the Welsh game like Shane Williams and Justin Tipuric describe a player as “superb” and “amazing”, that’s praise indeed. Those were their plaudits for the Ospreys No 8 Morgan Morris after he produced yet another Man of the Match performance in his team’s 26-13 victory over the Dragons in Swansea.

Sabrina Fortune Keeps A 'Straight Face' To Smash World Record Twice To Land Shot Gold

Sabrina Fortune broke the women's F20 shot put world record twice as she powered to a third successive gold medal at the World Paralympic Champs in Kobe.

Joe Cordina To Consider Move To Lightweight After Shock World Title Defeat in Saudi Arabia

Joe Cordina will consider moving up to lightweight after the shock loss of his world super-featherweight title in Saudi Arabia. The Welsh fighter lost his belt - and his previously unbeaten professional record to Belfast boxer Anthony Cacace, who delivered the performance of his career to win the IBF crown. Cordina was stopped in the eighth round of a fight that appeared to slip away from him from the early stages.

Anna Hursey Admits She's Tired . . . But She's Off To The Olympic Games At 17

Anna Hursey
Anna Hursey admitted she had to overcome fatigue as she became the first Welsh table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games. The 17-year-old – who became the youngest athlete to compete at a Commonwealth Games as an 11-year-old six years ago – is through to compete in Paris after a hugely impressive qualification tournament. Hursey beat a string of players above her in the world rankings to take one of five players on offer.

Risky Business Sees Geraint Grab Second Place On Giro d'Italia

Geraint Thomas saw his risky approach pay off as he regained second place at the Giro d'Italia following the individual time trial.

Joe Cordina Ready For Riyadh Title Defence And Confident He Will Deal With Anthony Cacace

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Joe Cordina is in confident mood as he prepares to make a second defence of his IBF super-featherweight crown in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night against Belfast’s IBO world champion, Anthony Cacace. Cordina - already Wales’ most successful boxer since the days of Joe Calzaghe - knows he will have the eyes of the world upon him as the warm-up act in Riyadh for Tyson Fury’s monumental undisputed heavyweight title clash against Oleksandr Usyk.

Dewi Lake Keen To Dive Straight Back In For Ospreys And Wales

Dewi Lake Ospreys
Dewi Lake is aiming to play his part in helping put some joy back into Welsh rugby. It’s been a difficult season for the game in Wales with the Test team suffering a Six Nations whitewash and three of the regions lying in the bottom four of the BKT URC table.

Piers Copeland

Wales 1500m Man Piers Copeland Take Stunning UK Title

Piers Copeland produced the most spectacular finish of the day to snatch a brilliant gold medal in the 1500m at the Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday. The Pontypridd Roadents AC man was tucked in behind Callum Elson, of Cambridge and Coleridge AC, and Adam Fogg, of Coventry Godiva... Read More

Jeremiah Azu Is The Fastest Man In Britain . . . But He's Fixed On Olympic Success This Summer

Jeremiah Azu claimed domestic gold in Birmingham on Saturday, but the Cardiff sprinter has his sights set on global glory this year. The 2022 British 100m champion added 60m gold to his growing medal collection at a sold out Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships. Victory secured Azu a place at... Read More

Ben and Jenny’s Ice Cool Indoor Welsh Titles

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Jeremiah Azu Smashes Welsh 100m Record . . . And Ex-Holder Christian Malcolm Is There To See It

By Owen Morgan Christian Malcolm’s 22-year-old Welsh 100-metre record was finally broken by rising star Jeremiah Azu in an electric display of sprinting on day one of the UK Athletics Championships. Thunderstorms had been forecast for Manchester, but it was Azu and new British record-holder Zharnel Hughes who provided the lightening on... Read More

Charlotte Arter Leads 10K Assault . . . In London And Caerphilly

Welsh endurance athletes will be concentrating on the 10,000m distance this weekend, whether that is on the road or the track. On Saturday, a number of Wales’ top runners will be heading for London’s Parliament Hill track for the prestigious Night of the 10,000m PBs. The following day sees the... Read More

Bethan Davies, Hannah Brier And Piers Copeland Lead A Welsh Gold Rush At UK Championships

By Owen Morgan Welsh athletes enjoyed a gold rush of medals on the second day of the UK Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. Bethan Davies, Hannah Brier and Piers Copeland led the way by claiming UK titles in the 3,000m race walk, 200m and 1500m respectively. Meanwhile, there were bronze medals... Read More
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