Watford (u-23) 1, Cardiff City (u-23) 1 Bluebirds’ manager Neil Harris is determined to give youth a pathway to first team success during 2020. Harris is involved in talks to appoint a new Cardiff City under-23 manager following the departure of Andy Legg, who had been in sole charge since Jarred Harvey left the club […]

Wales will kick-off their Euro 2020 preparations with a home friendly against Austria on Friday, 27 March next year. The FAW is yet to announce the venue for the game. It will be the first game for Ryan Giggs’s side as they begin the count-down to the Euro2020 games against Switzerland, Turkey and Italy next June.

Two sailing volunteers from Wales were recognised for their exceptional dedication and achievements in boating at the RYA Volunteer Awards by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. The awards were presented to volunteers from Llangorse and Royal Anglesey sailing clubs at the prestigious annual awards ceremony held at One Great George Street, Westminster, London.

Fife Flyers 4, Cardiff Devils 6 Andrew Lord and Joey Haddad enjoyed landmark moments when Cardiff Devils earned a fourth successive Elite League victory, beating Fife Flyers in Scotland. It was Lord’s 350th domestic fixture in charge of Cardiff Devils, while Haddad, nicknamed ‘The Chef’ among team-mates, moved top of the EIHL goalscoring charts with […]

Steve Cooper accused his Swansea City players of self-inflicted wounds after they were thrashed 5-1 at West Bromwich Albion. The Swans manager has also demanded an immediate reaction from his players after their unbeaten away record was torn up into tiny pieces by the rampant Championship leaders. After rattling through August without a care in the world and topping the table themselves, Cooper’s team are now falling down the league ladder at an alarming rate.

Wrexham 2, Solihull Moors 0 James Jennings has family connections at Wrexham FC – and he’s intent on helping the Dragons leave their Vanarama National League relegation. Issues behind them. Manchester-born Jennings, signed from, signed from Cheltenham Town, is the younger brother of Connor Jennings, a former Wrexham striker who now plays for League One […]

Welsh athletes helped Great Britain to a huge haul of five team gold medals and a bronze at the European Cross Country Championships in Portugal on Sunday. Charlotte Arter, Jenny Nesbitt and Kris Jones all won senior team golds, while Matt Willis also struck gold in the men’s under-20 race. Bronwen Owen and Cari Hughes were part of the bronze medal winning women’s under-23 team. In the senior women’s race, Arter was pushing for an individual medal early on but eventually settled for seventh place overall as GB clinched team gold over a hugely demanding course in Lisbon where Turkey’s Yasemin Can won individual gold.

Glasgow Clan 2, Cardiff Devils 5 Andrew Lord’s Cardiff Devils took advantage of Glasgow Clan indiscipline to earn a solid Elite League away win in Scotland. All seven goals were scored on the power play and Clan did themselves no favours by running up 54 minutes in penalties during the final period. “It was a […]

Steve Cooper is unlikely to be splashing any cash in the January sales – and will look again to the loan market if striker Sam Surridge is recalled by Bournemouth. As the Swans visit high-flying West Brom on Sunday, it’s not just the club’s recent form that is increasing the worry lines on the manager’s face. Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has suggested he may need to consider recalling Surridge from his loan spell if injuries continue to damage their prospects of remaining in the Premier League, a phone call Cooper hopes will not be interrupting his Christmas.

Neil Harris insists he will continue to encourage Lee Tomlin to be Cardiff City’s free spirit – by providing him with solid ground to work from. Tomlin’s skill and creativity proved the decisive moments as Cardiff turned around a 2-1 scoreline to beat Barnsley 3-2 at home on Saturday and move within striking distance of the play-offs. It was a third successive victory for Harris, but also a personal triumph in management as in a few short weeks he has transformed Tomlin from bit-part contributor to lead actor – but within an overall team script.

The Scarlets are closing in on the signing of Wales star Liam Williams but face stiff competition from French giants Toulon. Williams’ contract at crisis-hit Saracens expires at the end of the current season and the 28-year-old has been weighing up his options. The Wales and Lions full-back visited Parc Y Scarlets recently and was impressed with head coach Brad Mooar’s vision for the region.

Six Welsh athletes will go head to head with some of the world biggest names at the European Cross Country Championships on Sunday. Wrexham AC’s Matt Willis and Swansea Harrier Kris Jones will be up against Norway’s Ingebrigtsen twins Filip and Jakob, who will both be defending their European titles in Portugal. Jones will face Filip Ingebrigtsen in the senior men’s race, while Willis goes in the under-20 race alongside teenage sensation Jakob, who finished fourth in the World Championship 1500 final in Doha earlier this year.

Exclusive by Robert Wheeler Christian Edwards – the mastermind behind Cardiff Met’s journey into European football – will return to the dug-out today (Saturday), just two weeks after a suspected heart attack. The former Swansea City defender and current Cardiff Met FC manager was taken ill during a training session a fortnight ago, but is now looking ahead to getting back on the touchline. His side host Pontypridd this afternoon, in the third round of the Welsh Cup.

Matthew Stevens is out of the UK Championship in York after losing his quarter-final, 6-4, to Stephen Maguire. Stevens was bidding to make it back to the final of the tournament he won in 2003, but the Carmarthen player scored just nine points in the final three frames. Maguire’s aggressive style of play paid off as he came from 4-3 down to win the last three frames.

Osian Pryce has scored a magnificent class win on the gruelling East African Classic Safari, which is widely regarded as the world’s toughest rally. And the Machynlleth ace finished the nine-day, 5,000 kilometre event in style, by setting yet another fastest time on the final stage. Co-driven by Llanfyllin’s Dale Furniss, Pryce finished ninth overall in a Minti Motorsport-tuned Ford Escort RS1600, beaten only by eight much more powerful Porsche 911s.

Dan Biggar has claimed Northampton coach Chris Boyd is the best he has ever worked with – putting the New Zealander on top of an impressive list of rivals that would include Warren Gatland, Lyn Jones, Steve Tandy and Jim Mallinder. The Wales World Cup No.10 will try and guide his Saints side past Leinster today (Saturday) in the Heineken Champions Cup. Northampton have won both their opening matches so far in Europe and Biggar believes the chances of them inflicting a first defeat of the season on the Irish province are high, thanks to the influence of Boyd,  their former Hurricanes and All Blacks U20 chief.

Merthyr Town have paid tribute to fearless Frank Hegarty, an uncompromising centre-half from the 1960s. Hegarty, whose immediate family originally lived in Galon Uchaf, passed away last month. Former Martyrs player-manager Ken Tucker, who called Hegarty into the Southern League team in 1967, said: “Frank was the most reliable person I have ever met.  “There […]

Steve Cooper has refused to single out Mike van der Hoorn as more important than any other player at Swansea City as the countdown begins to the end of the Dutchman’s contract. Van der Hoorn is one of a dozen players whose deal expires next summer and as yet no talks have begun over a new offer. But the statistics would suggest the centre-back is the most reliable performer in the squad as this Sunday’s match at West Brom is likely to mark his 67th consecutive league appearance.

A stellar 3,000m race, the world’s fastest sprinting Santas, officials dressed as elves and wall to wall Christmas tunes will be just some of the highlights at an indoor athletics meeting in Cardiff this weekend. The Cardiff Met Christmas Classic combines all the fun of the festive season with a top-class athletics meeting boasting some of the most exciting talent from across the UK.

Wales Golf is to launch a new festival weekend in 2020 with five separate events open for new, junior and disabled golfers. That is one of a series of changes to many of the Wales Golf events which have been announced with the aim of allowing more golfers to compete in national championships. The inaugural Wales Golf Festival will take place on the 19th – 21st June at Parc Golf Club between Cardiff and Newport as a celebration of inclusive and competitive golf.