Wales Wheelchair Rugby League head coach Stephen Jones has announced a 17 player train-on squad, which includes six potential debutants, for camps in both March and April to prepare for the upcoming Celtic Cup. Jones will later narrow the squad down to a maximum of 13 for the Celtic Cup, which is being held at The University of Edinburgh’s Sport & Exercise Pleasance facility on Saturday 12th June, the tournament having been postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Golfers in Wales will soon be able to improve at a state-of-the-art, fully inclusive Short Game Academy, that is all-weather and floodlit, after work has just started on the exciting new project. The Inclusive Short Game Academy will be at Parc Golf Club between Cardiff and Newport and has been funded by the Sport Wales, R&A, Wales Golf and Parc itself.

With British middle distance running entering what could be a new golden era, rising 1500m star Piers Copeland is excited at the prospect of winning his first GB vest at this weekend’s European Athletics Championships in Poland.

Mike Phillips has heaped praise on Wayne Pivac and told England they need to wise up with referees. The former Wakes scrum-half has pointed to Pivac’s selection policy in the autumn as sewing the seeds for the Triple Crown success, with the willingness of the Wales coach to give youngsters game time to earn valuable experience. But Phillips also believes Wales are way ahead of England – who were beaten 40-24 in Cardiff last weekend – in their recognition of how to communicate with officials, without getting on the wrong side of them.

Mick McCarthy will revert back to being the senior pro in the dug-out tonight when Wayne Rooney brings his Derby County side to the Welsh capital. Having had to concede 500 games to his old pal Neil Warnock at Middlesbrough last weekend, the 62-year-old Cardiff City manager McCarthy will be the one holding all the aces in the experience department against the new kid on the block. Rooney has 21 games under his belt compared to McCarthy’s 994.

It’s been no less than 73 days since a ball was last kicked in JD Cymru Premier, but the league’s Covid-induced hiatus finally comes to an end tonight in mid-Wales where Newtown face Penybont (8.00). The fixture will kick-start the 2020/21 season which has been on hold since mid-December and an intensive schedule will see […]

Cardiff Blues will be confined to the history books next season when the Welsh region rebrands itself as Cardiff Rugby. After 18 years as the Blues, the professional rugby team in the Welsh capital will change its name and image in a bid to get closer to its famous past and heritage created by Cardiff RFC. It means the Arms Park will now host two teams with almost identical names – Cardiff Rugby, who will play in the Guinness Pro14, and Cardiff Rugby Football Club, who play in the Welsh Premiership.

Jonny Clayton says he will go into the Ladbrokes UK Open full of confidence after continuing his stunning start to 2021. The Pontyberem thrower is in the form of his life after following up last month’s Ladbrokes Maters success – his first TV title – with a superb four days at the Players Championship.

Three Welsh runners will be in Poland this weekend, taking on the continent’s best in the European Indoor Athletics Championships. In the first of three features, Owen Morgan has spoken to the youngest of the trio – 400m star Joe Brier. Joe Brier is relishing the chance to take on some of the best 400 meters in the world  this weekend. The Swansea Harrier will face the likes of three-time world indoor 400m champion Pavel Maslák at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.

Rupert Shipperley and Jacob Draper have been named in the GB men’s hockey squad for four uncapped matches against India and Belgium. The games are part of the preparations for the resumption of the FIH Hockey Pro League and the subsequent Tokyo Olympics.

Callum Sheedy says Wales knew England’s discipline would crack “if we could choke them enough” after he put the boot into Eddie Jones’ team. England conceded a damaging 14 penalties in their 40-24 Six Nations defeat at the Principality Stadium. They imploded during the final quarter when substitute Sheedy kicked three penalties in nine minutes during a 16-point unanswered burst by Wales that meant Triple Crown glory and left them two wins away from a second Grand Slam in three seasons.

Kasey Palmer admits he didn’t spend enough time playing in a Swansea City kit, so now his son is making amends. The Bristol City midfielder scored a goal – in the Robins’ 3-1 win at the Liberty Stadium – against the club where he spent a loan spell earlier this season and from where his four-year-old son Leo is struggling to break his attachment. Like his dad, Leo has worn both kits this season, but has been left confused by his father’s return to playing in red.

Elfyn Evans admitted he was hoping for better after finishing fifth on the Arctic Rally Finland. The Welsh rally ace, who won last season’s snow round in Sweden, was never in the hunt for victory as he finished one minute 1.5 secs behind winner Ott Tanak of Estonia.

At kick off, Nigel Pearson sat calmy, sipping out of a coffee cup as he prepared to take in the opening stages of his first match in charge of Bristol City. The serenity lasted less than a minute. Indeed, throughout Pearson’s colourful managerial career – which has brought controversy and success in equal measures – one accusation that can never be levelled at him is that of a shrinking violet.

Wales have something England don’t possess, according to injured playmaker Rhys Patchell – it’s the Alun Wyn Jones stare. It has been highlighted by former England World Cup winner, now pundit, Matt Dawson in his BBC online column in which he compared the leadership the Wales captain provides to that which England have under their skipper Owen Farrell. Dawson said: “Because there are no fans, you can hear everything now. I hear the England players and it is all cajoling and tapping people on the bum telling them it is OK when they have just given away their 13th penalty.

Wayne Pivac has admitted French referee Pascal Gauzere got it badly wrong at the Principality Stadium – he should definitely have yellow carded Maro Itoje. Whilst all the focus may have been on Gauzere’s controversial decisions to allow tries for Josh Adams and Liam Williams to stand in Wales’ 40-24 Triple Crown-clinching victory, the Wales coach pointed to another decision by the official. Itoje conceded five penalties on his own as England’s discipline fell apart in the later stages of the match and Pivac admitted he expected the England second row to be sent to the sin bin.

Steve Cooper admitted Freddie Woodman had made two mistakes in Swansea City’s 3-1 home defeat to Bristol City – but reckoned the points should have been in his team’s grasp by half-time. Goalkeeper Woodman was at fault when a corner kick from former Swansea loan player Kasey Palmer flew over his head and directly onto the far corner of the net to give the Robins a 2-1 lead. The keeper then saw his clearance charged down in stoppage time for Antoine Semenyo to clinch a first win in the first game in charge for new Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson.

Elfyn Evans was unable to make any inroads on Arctic Rally Finland but his championship hopes are set for huge boost. The Dolgellau-born ace ended Saturday’s second day in fifth spot – the same place where he had set out for the six special stages.

Mick McCarthy saw Cardiff City’s bid for a seventh straight league win dashed – but he was more than happy after taking advantage of ‘Warny’ ball. The Bluebirds take the first-half lead as skipper Sean Morrison netted from a Will Vaulks long-throw against former boss Neil Warnock’s Middlesbrough.

Steve Cooper insists there is no guarantee of a new manager “bounce” when Bristol City visit the Liberty Stadium today. The Robins have appointed Nigel Pearson as their new manager following the sacking of Dean Holden, but in one sense the recovery period has already been sparked as the managerless Robins won 3-1 at Middlesbrough in midweek. Swans head coach Cooper knows the visitors’ caretaker coaches Paul Simpson and Keith Downing – who have both been retained – from his time with England U17s.