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  • Treviso 17 Newport Gwent Dragons 32

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will head into their European showdown with Cardiff Blues with a spring in their step after a first ever league win in Treviso. The Rodney Parade region rode their luck at times but emerged from the clash at the Stadio Monigo

  • Win for Sean McGoldrick helps Lionhearts to victory

    NEWPORT'S Sean McGoldrick became the first Welsh fighter to win in this season of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) on Saturday night. McGoldrick defeated Farid Kennouche to help the British Lionhearts return to winning ways with a 3-2 victory over

  • County hopeful on injured duo ahead of Easter double-header

    NEWPORT County AFC are hopeful that Joe Day and Ryan Jackson will be fit to play their part in the Easter double-header against Hartlepool United and Exeter City.The pair were both forced off with injuries during County’s 2-0 win at Accrington Stanley

  • Israel 0 Wales 3

    AARON Ramsey and Gareth Bale combined to see off Israel as Wales took a huge step towards their aim of qualifying for Euro 2016. Chris Coleman’s men surged to the top of Group B thanks to a dominant display in Haifa that was too much for the hosts

  • Carmarthen Quins 30 Newport 21

    NEWPORT came close to pulling off a major shock against high-flying Carmarthen but ultimately exited the Swalec Cup after a brave and battling performance out west. The Black and Ambers, struggling at the foot of the Premiership produced a fine

  • Pilot 'planned a place in history'

    AN ex-girlfriend of the co-pilot who deliberately crashed a Germanwings plane, killing all 150 on board, has told how he vowed to "do something" history would remember him by, according to reports. Andreas Lubitz, 27, had hidden a sick note declaring

  • IT'S THE WEEKEND: Emerging talent at Chepstow boxing club

    CHEPSTOW’S most promising boxers will look to secure victory at national competitions over the next few weeks. The town's Amateur Boxing Club (ABC), led by Steve Woods, has two exciting prospects who will be looking to secure progression in the WABA Elite

  • Brynmawr man jailed after admitting grooming child

    A BRYNMAWR man who admitted grooming a child so that she would let him take sexually explicit pictures of her was jailed for five years. Anthony Grout, 58, of Shoemaker Close, had admitted one charge of sexual activity with a child and seven of

  • Hatswell hails big win for County

    ASSISTANT manager Wayne Hatswell hailed last night’s 2-0 victory at Accrington Stanley as one of the biggest wins of the season for Newport County AFC. Second half goals from Aaron O’Connor and Shaun Jeffers sealed all three points at the Crown

  • Tense tussles in prospect in last eight of Swalec Cup

    IF league encounters between Cross Keys and Bedwas are anything to go by then it will be a tense afternoon at Pandy Park in the quarter-finals of the Swalec Cup (kick-off 2.30pm).Eight teams are within 160 minutes of the Millennium Stadium and the toughest