By Terry Phillips Cardiff Devils have now seen five players leave the Elite League club in the wake of the delayed season brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sam Duggan is the latest Devil to move to Europe for 2020-21, having agreed terms with Segeltorps IF of the Swedish HockeyEttan League. He will will to […]

By Terry Phillips Kwame Thomas, a striker of Ghanaian descent, and Tanzanian international Adi Yussuf are together again – and intent on helping Wrexham launch a Vanarama National League promotion challenge. The two men linked up for Solihull Moors two years ago when the English Midlands club finished second, three points behind Leyton Orient, before […]

Gareth Davies has made an eleventh-hour plea to hold on to power as he seeks to retain his position as Welsh Rugby Union chairman – warning of dire consequences for the game if he’s not re-elected.

Scarlets hope to follow Manchester United’s model of success as new executive chairman Simon Muderack plans on taking the Welsh region to another level on and off the field.

Geraint Thomas found himself in a sprint battle for third place after a hard and hilly stage four at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Cardiff-born rider was part of a select group of riders who went clear over the top of the final Ospedaletto climb on the 194km stage from Terni to Casca.

Evan Mosey has become the fourth player to leave Cardiff Devils as the the disruption to the 2019-20 Elite League ice hockey season continues to create problems. American Mosey, who can play on defence or offence, has agreed terms with a team in the top league in France.  He will spend this season with Repaces de Gap in the French Magnus League. He joins Joey Martin, Evan Mosey, Mark Richardson and Ben Bowns in leaving the Devils, who have also seen their hugely successful coach Andrew Lord and his assistant Luke Piggott leave this summer.

Ethan Ampadu admits he still has a lot to prove as he looks to become a permanent Premier League fixture after his loan move to Sheffield United. The 19-year-old has undoubted talent and showed his poise and presence in a central defensive role in Wales’ Nations Cup victories over Finland and Bulgaria last week.

Glamorgan have released spinner Kieran Bull and opener Connor Brown with more departures from the county likely. Having finished bottom of their table in the four-day Bob Willis Trophy, and with only the T20 Vitality Blast tournament left to play in a truncated season, the club are already looking to the future. That means a clear-out of the ranks with Bull – who has been in the first team squad for seven years – the notable first significant departure.

As a club, Maindy Fliers has a history to be proud of. A Tour de France winner, four Olympic gold medals, eight world championships titles and five medals at the Commonwealth Games. Few countries, let alone clubs, can match that. Not bad for a grass roots club set up in Cardiff only 30 years ago as somewhere young cyclists could go and have fun. A new book – The Maindy Flyers, the world’s most successful cycling club – details that rise, but for Elinor Barker it’s the future that’s just as important as the past as she tells Graham Thomas. Elinor Barker has stressed the need for the survival of grass roots sports clubs across Wales and the vital role they play in the health and social development of young people. As pupils across the country return to school, the world and Olympic cycling champion has paid tribute to her own junior club – the renowned Maindy Flyers in Cardiff – for putting her on the right track.

Leon Brown has become the first Dragons player to be named in a Guinness PRO14 team of the season since Colin Charvis in 2007. The 23-year-old featured in 11 league games and scored memorable tries home and away against the Ospreys. He also featured in five European Challenge cup ties and his form earned him […]

Bersant Celina will be a perfect fit for French football, according to the former Paris Saint-Germain star who has taken him to Dijon. The Swansea City midfielder has completed a move to the French top flight for an undisclosed fee, thought to be slightly less than the £3m the Swans paid Manchester City for him two years ago. Many Swans supporters will be disappointed that head coach Steve Cooper was unable to get the best out of Celina, a player who could look Premier League quality when the mood seemed to strike him.

Wales Rugby League CEO Gareth Kear has taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 rugby league season in Wales with immediate effect. This decision was taken after consulting all of the community rugby league clubs in an emergency meeting held on Tuesday night, and the WRL board have been informed.

Former Wales international Bethan Lewis has been appointed to the board of Tennis Wales. Lewis, who won national honours at both junior and senior level in the early 2000s, will join as a director next month and brings wide experience as both a player and a communications consultant. A director of Brandrocker, a South Wales-based public relations company, Lewis will join the board in October as they seek to implement their new strategy to “open up” the sport in Wales.

Geraint Thomas catapulted up the standings on the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy. The 34-year-old finished in a group of nine riders – including rival Simon Yates – that crossed the line 20 seconds adrift of stage winner Michael Woods in the uphill finish at Saturnia.

Cardiff City’s decision to sack Nathaniel Mendez-Laing is the second time in his career he has left a club in mysterious circumstances. The Bluebirds parted company with their winger abruptly on Wednesday afternoon for an alleged breach of contract. The 28-year-old was only eight games short of his century of appearances for the Welsh capital club having joined them from Rochdale in 2017. He helped them to reach the Premier League under Neil Warnock.

You’ve got to take your hat off to Newport County boss Michael Flynn, he’s never afraid to take a gamble. On Tuesday night he was confident enough to pick 15-year-old Sonny Lewis to make his debut in the Football League Trophy clash with Cheltenham Town. This weekend he’s pondering on whether or not to give 41-year-old Kevin Ellison his first shot in County colours at Scunthorpe. Lewis wasn’t born when Ellison kicked-off his professional career in 1999!

Geraint Thomas says he is fired up for a crack at the Giro d’Italia next month after admitting he did not want to go to the Tour de France to make up the numbers for his team. The Team Ineos rider – currently competing at the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy – has cleared up confusion over his admission from the Tour which he famously won in 2018.

Skipper Sophie Ingle is set to become the third Wales player to win 100 caps in the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 Qualifying Round tie against Norway in Oslo on September 22nd. The achievement will add to an incredible 2020 for Ingle who has won three domestic trophies with Chelsea.

Dylan Levitt is joining Charlton on a season long loan deal having been praised as the best passer at Manchester United. The 19-year-old midfield prospect made his Wales debut in last week’s Nations League victory in Finland.

Melissa Courtney-Bryant finished sixth in a high class 5,000m field in the Czech Republic on Tuesday night. The Welsh 3,000m and 5,000m record holder stayed with the early pace at the star-studded Ostrava Golden Spike meeting.