By Paul Jones Head coach Wayne Pivac believes that the “wealth of experience” Dan Biggar has will be a key ingredient when he captains Wales in this season’s Guinness Six Nations championship. The Wales boss has appointed Northampton fly-half Biggar to lead his country’s title defence, taking over from an injured Alun Wyn Jones. Jones, […]

By Gareth James Liam Williams’ eagerly-awaited middleweight showdown against Chris Eubank Jr. has been rearranged for February 5 at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. A shoulder injury to Williams scuppered an initial December 11 bout while the British Boxing Board of Control’s decision to suspend all events within its jurisdiction this month meant a rescheduled January 29 […]

By David Williams Dan Biggar has been named as Wales captain for this season’s Guinness Six Nations Championship. The Northampton and Lions star takes over from the injured Alun Wyn Jones, who is among a number of high-profile absentees. Other players not part of the squad due to injuries are Jones’ fellow British and Irish […]

By Paul Jones Jake Bidwell will strengthen Coventry City’s promotion bid, according to their manager Mark Robins who has signed the defender on a free transfer from Swansea City. Robins evidently see something in the 28-year-old Bidwell that Swans head coach Russell Martin does  not, with the former Everton youngster allowed to leave on a […]

By Owen Morgan American-based distance runner Emily Kearney produced a spectacular marathon debut to become the latest Welsh athlete to gain the Commonwealth Games nomination standard. On Sunday, Kearney ran a hugely impressive 2:34.28 on her first venture over 26.2 miles, finishing 13th at the Chevron Houston Marathon. The time was well within the Welsh […]

By Rob Carbon Newport assistant manager Wayne Hatswell admits the club will have to fend off bids for League Two top scorer Dom Telford this month. Telford has 19 goals in 20 games after his double on Saturday helped his County side hammer Harrogate 4-0, with Mickey Demetriou and Courtney Baker-Richardson also on target. “There’s […]

Wales are close to securing their place in the netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games after boosting their world ranking. Head coach Sara Moore’s team beat the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Gibraltar at the weekend in a tournament played at Ebbw Vale to secure the Wendy White trophy. It was the first international matches Wales have been able to host since 2019 and the victories have put them on the threshold of confirming their place at the Birmingham Games later this year.

By Paul Jones   Dwayne Peel has admitted there has to be some soul-searching among his Scarlets players after their latest European hammering. The region were thrashed 45-10 by Bordeaux-Begles at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in the third round of the Heineken Champions Cup. It rounded off a bleak weekend for the four Welsh teams in […]

By Graham Thomas John Gillibrand is the incredible Vanishing Vicar of Pontarddulais whose rediscovered love of running has turned him into a new man. His story – from frustrated lockdown priest with an expanding waistline – to free-flowing Half Marathon runner is an inspirational one, as joyous as one of his Sunday sermons. It also […]

The fans are back in Welsh sport – sort of. A host of smaller football and rugby clubs were able to welcome up to 500 supporters through their gates this weekend and it’s doors fully open everywhere next weekend. It meant some strange comparisons on Saturday, as Owen Morgan discovered when he went to watch Bonymaen RFC. Strange sporting anomalies have become the norm across the globe over the past two years due to Covid regulations. Grand Slam tennis champions deported, fanless FA Cup finals, and an Olympic Games stadium where the only noise was the pounding of the sprinters’ running shoes.

Russell Martin has spoken of his pride in Swansea City for the way they stopped the rot at in-form Huddersfield. The Swans head coach had plenty of praise for his players who earned a 1-1 draw away from home to end a run of four straight defeats. “We could have probably had the three points and I don’t think anyone could have complained,” said Martin, whose team remain 17th in the table, 14 points off the play-offs but with three matches in hand.

Steve Morison has warned his misfiring Cardiff City strikers they must start scoring – or else they will be shipped out. The ultimatum was given after the Bluebirds manager saw him team lose 1-0 at home to Blackburn – their eighth defeat in their last nine at home in the league. Cardiff drew a blank at home for the seventh time this season and have scored one goal in their last three Championship matches.

Dai Young has refused to be down-hearted by what appears to be the end of Cardiff’s hopes of making progress to the knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup. The head coach has chosen, instead, to look on the bright side of his team’s 36-33 defeat to Harlequins – even though victory was offered up to the English champions in the closing seconds. A mistake by Wales wing Josh Adams, who gave away a penalty when he tried to run the ball from deep with the scores tied at 33-33, was punished by the mercurial Marcus Smith, who had earlier scored a scintillating try to bring his team level.

Sam Davies reckons he has never felt fresher in January and aims to prove it when the Dragons resume their season on Saturday after a month-long break. After four weeks of inactivity, the Newport region finally get back on the rugby field when they travel to Treviso to take on Benetton in the European Challenge Cup. For their playmaker and No.10, it’s an opportunity to show the benefits of a mid-season break and a chance for his team to end a six-match losing sequence, in a must-win clash that is live on S4C.

Cardiff Devils head coach Jarrod Skalde was left perplexed and surprised last night after seeing his side’s late equalising goal chalked off in an enthralling clash with title rivals Belfast Giants. The Devils were on a powerplay and had pulled their goaltender when Matt Register wound up and sent a rocket of a shot past […]

By Owen Morgan Welsh sport has welcomed First Minister Mark Drakeford’s announcement that Covid restrictions are to be lifted on sporting activities across the country. From Saturday, up to 500 adults can take part in outdoor events in Wales. This allows the return of mass participation running events including the hugely popular Parkrun events. Fans […]

Olivier Ntcham has been backed to lead a Swansea City resurgence in the second half of the season after Russell Martin revealed the French star had rejected a big money move to Russia. The Swans head coach is predicting Ntcham will become a growing influence at the club as they bid to rejoin the Championship play-off race. Frenchman Ntcham came to Wales on a free transfer from Celtic back in September, when Martin said the midfielder could have earned more money by joining a major Russian club, believed to be Zenit St. Petersburg.

Rhys Carre admits he is cut from different cloth to Joe Marler – but aims to make sure it is simple Cardiff blue and black that catches the eye on Friday night. England prop Marler is one of rugby’s most colourful and ubiquitous characters. Even when he is not wearing the multi-coloured strip of Harlequins, the bearded, one-time Mohican-haired No.1 tends to attract plenty of attention. Carre, on the other hand, confesses he is a bit more low key. But the Wales international will settle for a a successful job done quietly when Cardiff host Quins at the Arms Park in a match that is live on S4C.

By Aled Wheeler As he sat down to watch a Muppet’s Christmas Carol with his wife and kids, James Thie found the inspiration needed to write his academic paper on sports coaching. The paper gave the Welsh running coach a chance to reflect on his career by confronting his own ghosts of coaching past, present, […]

Cody Drameh’s Premier League quality can help Cardiff City pull away from the Championship relegation zone, insists manager Steve Morison. Drameh has completed a loan move from Leeds United until the end of the season and the 20-year-old could make his debut this weekend at home to high-flying Blackburn Rovers. The England U21 defender has made three Premier League appearances for Leeds this season and Morison believes he can follow the success of Mark McGuinness, who has arguably been Cardiff’s best player this season following his switch last summer from Arsenal.