Welsh competitors at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be boosted by additional scientific, medical and well-being support, thanks to an exciting new addition to the team’s backroom staff. Commonwealth Games Wales has appointed Cath Shearer to the new role of performance general team manager. The aim of the role is to coordinate performance support to Team Wales ahead of and during the Birmingham games.

Mission number one accomplished – Wales are in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, and with a game to spare into the bargain, after hard fought victories over Australia and Fiji following an easier one against Georgia. It remains to be seen who their opponents are, but it will be regular Six Nations opponents – either England or France depending on the outcome of their clash on Saturday. France are the most likely unless they can beat England this weekend – something they have not managed to do outside of Paris for eight years.

Celtic Dragons are on a fast track to netball success, starting against Team Bath at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday. They have qualified for the British Fast5 All-Stars competition for the first time and the draw has pitted Dragons against Bath in the quarter-finals. The Fast5 tournament, a fast, exciting, pulsating event, […]

Warren Gatland has admitted his players have been left all shook up by Fiji and that some will find themselves in unfamiliar positions when they come back down to ground for their final World Cup pool match in Japan. The Wales coach says he will be forced to pick some of his squad out of position against Uruguay as Gatland’s team paid a painful price for progress into the quarter-finals. Dan Biggar, Josh Adams and Jonathan Davies were all injured against the Fijians who gave Wales a scoreboard fright as well as a physical one before they were finally suued, 29-17.

Newport County look on their way out of the Leasing.Com Trophy, but manager Michael Flynn won’t worry about that one bit. They lost 2-0 against Exeter City at Rodney Parade and lie bottom of the group table after suffering two defeats. Flynn made 10 changes to his starting line-up from the win against Carlisle United […]

Cardiff Devils supporters are the talk of Swedish ice hockey after their night out in Gothenburg. Security staff at the Scandinavium praised the Red Army faithful after Devils’ 9-2 Champions Hockey League defeat against Frolunda’s Indians, saying ’they are the best’. Around 150 Cardiff fans were at the match, cheering, singing, chanting and backing their […]

Dean Keates believes he can utilise the experience of his Wrexham squad to pull them away from the relegation zone – despite starting his second spell in charge with a draw. The reinstated Wrexham manager was hoping for a winning return at the Racecourse Ground, but had to settle for a cruel 1-1 draw against a physical Harrogate side. Bobby Grant scored the first goal for Wrexham just five minutes in, but a costly missed penalty by the midfielder meant he failed to kill the game off.

Rabbi Matondo insists he was not inspired by Jadon Sancho to try his luck in German football – but the success of his old Manchester City clubmate certainly helped. Born in Liverpool, but raised in Cardiff, Matondo is bidding to win his fourth cap in Slovakia on Thursday night and play only his second senior match of the season. It’s not easy holding down a starting place at Schalke 04 in Germany and Matondo has only made one Bundesliga appearance so far this season.

Jayne Ludlow insisted Wales are back in the old routine after Rachel Rowe’s goal rekindled hopes of qualification for the Women’s Euro 2021 finals. A vital 1-0 win away in Belarus has put Wales in second place in Group C, just two points behind leaders Norway, who thrashed the Faroe Island 13-0 and have now scored an incredible 26 goals in just three qualification matches. There was no such goal feast for Wales in Borisov, but single goal victories are the currency Wales deal in  – there were four of them in their last campaign – and Ludlow could not have been more pleased with a crucial return to her team’s old strengths of tight defending and alertness when a chance comes their way.

Frolunda Indians 9, Cardiff Devils 2 Cardiff Devils know exactly what they have to do against reigning European ice hockey champions Frolunda Indians at the Viola Arena next Tuesday. A home win in Cardiff Bay could lift Devils back above Swedish title winners Indians and a place in the last 16 knockout stages would be […]

Wales powered to silver success during the Netball Europe Under-21 Championships in Worcester. Wins against Northern Ireland and Scotland earned the Welsh team runners-up spot behind England. Four players earned their first caps for Wales and they were Nia Evans, Carys Llewelyn, Erin Williams and Morganne Dunn, who studied and played at Richard Huish College […]

Cardiff Devils faced the biggest test in their 33-year history when they take on three-times European champions Frolunda Indians at their Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg. Head coach Andrew Lord and his Devils take on the reigning Champions Hockey League title winners and a win could clinch a place in the last 16 knockout stages. “We […]

Suzy Drane has called a halt to her Vitality Netball Superleague playing days after 14 years competing for Celtic Dragons. St Asaph-born Drane, now a lecturer in Sport Development and Performance Sport at Cardiff Met University, admits it was a difficult decision, but says: “There are other aspirations in my life I would like to […]

Glamorgan bowler Marchant de Lange has vowed to take more wickets for the county after signing a new two-year deal. The South African has extended his contract until the end of the 2021 season after taking 76 wickets in 22 Championship matches as well as spearheading Glamorgan’s T20 bowling attack. De Lange, 28, said: “It’s […]

Cardiff Athletic Club women’s team finished first at the English National Combined Autumn Road Relays in Birmingham at the weekend. Although teams from outside England were allowed to compete in this year’s event, they could not win championship medals, meaning the second placed Tonbridge AC team picked up gold. However, Cardiff were the undisputed fastest team on the day as their powerful line-up of four Welsh internationals finished a shade under two minutes ahead of their closest rivals in a field of more than 60 clubs drawn from around the country.

Jayne Ludlow insists she will be happy with a narrow victory in Belarus this evening as Wales bid to get their Euro 2021 qualifying campaign back on track. The Wales manager will be hoping for a positive result to make up for the points dropped in the recent 2-2 home draw with Northern Ireland. Belarus were thumped 7-1 by powerful Group C leaders Norway in their last match, but Ludlow says any kind of win in Borisov will be mission accomplished.

Newport County have taken a two-week break from playing League Two football – and manager Michael Flynn hopes that will boost hopes of promotion. Flynn has taken up his option of calling off County’s match at Cheltenham Town on Saturday and he says: “It’s for football reasons. There is no hidden agenda.” Newport’s defeated Carlisle […]

Wales have withdrawn into their own bubble ahead of Wednesday’s vital World Cup match against Fiji, saying they have done their all homework on their dangerous opponents. As a powerful typhoon charts course for Japan, Wales are in calm seas, claims forwards coach Robin McBryde. Wins over unpredictable Fiji and minnows Uruguay would see the Six Nations champions qualify top of Pool D and set up a quarter-final with either France or England.

Dan James is used to joining up with Wales from a middling club, nor more than on the fringes of finding success, but just not as a player with Manchester United. A year ago, he was trying to help Swansea City keep pace with the pack of clubs above them vying for the top six positions in the Championship. Now, despite joining the biggest football club in the world, he’s in a similar position in the Premier League.

Professional Under-23 Development League Cardiff City 2, Millwall 1 Goalkeeper Joe Day, Curtis Nelson and Omar Bogle were first team players named in Cardiff City’s under-23 starting line-up against Kevin Nugent’s Millwall. Former Bluebirds centre-forward is an Academy coach at Millwall and was in charge of their team at the Cardiff Sports Campus. Day, Nelson […]