The Cymru Premier title race may prove a bit more interesting than we all had thought after The New Saints flop on day one.

Swansea City play their first home game of the season on Tuesday night when they host Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup, with Alan Sheehan wanting more.

The Scarlets have thrown off the gloves and are ready for a bare-knuckle fight with the WRU over how the game should operate in west Wales.

Unbeaten Newport County are back in action on Tuesday night when they host Championship side Millwall in the first round of the Carabao Cup.

Wrexham seemed to be heading to a dream start to their Championship campaign, but they may end up paying a heavier price than just defeat.

Wrexham begin a new chapter on Saturday, when they start their push towards another promotion . . . this time up to the Premier League.

Swansea City enter the 2024–25 Championship season with renewed hope under Alan Sheehan, but a squad that still looks a little light, as Ian Mitchelmore reports.

First, the Ospreys paraded Swansea Council, now the Scarlets have trumpeted new investors from the USA as the Welsh regions scrap it out to prove how undroppable they are.

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) is launching a major consultation to reshape Welsh rugby, inviting fans, clubs, and players to help decide whether to keep four teams or cut to as few as two.

Steve Tandy will become Welsh rugby’s first Welsh-born permanent head coach since Gareth Jenkins (2005-2007) when he takes up his appointment on 1 September.

After the high of an opening day home victory, Cardiff City came down to earth with a 0-0 draw at Port Vale in their first away game in League One.

Louis Rees-Zammit may not have to play very many club games before he is back for Wales, according to new coach Steve Tandy.

Steve Tandy has a huge task ahead of him, but day one as the new Wales head coach went well enough as he tried his very public image on for size, reports Graham Thomas.

Wrexham are preparing for life in the Championship with major squad changes under manager Phil Parkinson, but have somehow kept the Hollywood underdog spiel, as Ian Mitchelmore reports.

Swansea City boss Alan Sheehan has distanced the club from Wrexham comparisons as co-owners Snoop Dogg and Luka Modrić spark global buzz ahead of the new Championship season.

Newport County have made a steady start under new boss David Hughes, but there is more to come – both on and off the pitch, says Ian Mitchelmore.

Cardiff City have finally made their first signing under new boss Brian Barry-Murphy – a loan deal for goalkeeper Nathan Trott from FC Copenhagen.

Wrexham could soon have Kieffer Moore up front alongside Nathan Broadhead, plus former England defender Conor Coady all in their starting line-up, plus a host of other new faces.

Glamorgan began the defence of their Metro Bank One-Day Cup with defeat as Hampshire’s young guns blew them away.

The New Saints are massive 1/4 favourites to win the Cymru Premier title again this season for what would be the fifth time on the bounce.