Fuming Australia coach Michael Cheika launched a furious attack on rugby chiefs over a crucial decision in Sunday’s 29-25 World Cup loss to Wales, saying he was “embarrassed” by the decision to penalise Samu Kerevi while he was carrying the ball. Already angry with rugby’s officialdom over the three-match ban handed out to winger Reece Hodge for a dangerous tackle in Australia’s first match against Fiji, Cheika was moved to near apoplexy by the Kerevi decision. The hulking centre was Australia’s most effective attacking weapon in the first half and, with his side trailing 13-8 five minutes before the break, he barrelled into Wales replacement Rhys Patchell a couple of metres inside his own half.

Warren Gatland insists Wales have come of age as a rugby team as they shaped the World Cup draw to their own will with an epic victory over Australia. The Wales coach says his players will have a deserved 10 days off before their next Pool D match in Japan against Fiji. By then, Gatland will have had time to check on injuries suffered by the likes of Liam Williams and George North after an energy-sapping, balance-switching, but magnificent 29-25 victory.

Wales produced a sensational final quarter performance to stun England in the Netball Europe tournament. Going into the final 15 minutes England were leading 40-31, but the Welsh players worked their way back into the game and won the period 20-11 to force a 51-51 draw. Shooter Chelsea Lewis was in supreme form, while Nic […]

Former Newport County striker Rene Howe is aiming shoot down Merthyr Town at the Xcel Sports Hub in Walton-on-Thames. Howe has played a key role for Walton Casuals in a run of three consecutive victories, beating Weston-super-Mare 2-1, Metropolitan Police 3-0 and Yate Town 2-0 in BetVictor Southern Premier. He scored twice, both headers from […]

Josh Magennis looks set to lead Hull City’s attack against Cardiff City, the club where he started his professional playing career as a goalkeeper! Northern Ireland international Magennis was a teenager when Bluebirds’ manager Dave Jones selected him in the first team squad for a cup match against Liverpool at Anfield. But it wasn’t long […]

Head coach Julie Hoornweg and her Wales team opened their Netball Europe campaign in winning style. They defeated Northern Ireland 51-44 in their opening fixture and now take on England today. “Netball Europe is the premier international competition in the region and has been the focus of the team for many months,” says Hoornweg. “We […]

Steff Hughes will captain the Scarlets for the first Guinness Pro 14 fixture of the Brad Mooar era against Connacht this evening. The Scarlets are without 15 players who are on international duty at the World Cup in Japan but have selected a squad brimming with young Welsh talent for a match which is live […]

Dai Sport’s Terry Phillips sat down for a one-to-one chat with Cardiff Devils winger Matias Sointu after a training session at the Viola Arena.  Finnish forward Matias Sointu is loving life with Devils. The former Tampa Bay Lightning NHL draft pick shares an apartment in Cardiff Bay with club captain Joey Martin and says: “The club […]

Shaun Edwards believes four years of planning and plotting will bring their reward tomorrow when he is backing Wales to beat Australia. The Wales defence coach insists the critical clash in Tokyo has been a focal point for him and his players since the draw for the World Cup was made. Wales have lost to the Wallabies at the last three tournaments and only won four matches in the last 31 played between the countries, so it is hardly surprising that Edwards admits this fixture has been whirring around in his head almost since he left Twickenham after Wales were beaten by South Africa in the 2015 quarter-final.

Welsh cycling prodigy Elynor Backstedt rounded off a successful week at the UCI World Cycling Championships by signing her first professional contract. On the day she finished fifth in the junior women’s road race, the 17-year old signed for World Tour team Trek-Segafredo. The news comes just days after fellow rising Welsh cycling star Jess Roberts announced she had signed for another World Tour team. Mitchelton-SCOTT.

Swansea City will have central defender Ben Wilmot available again for Saturday’s Championship match at home to Reading. The Watford loanee, who has been an unused substitute in seven of the Welsh club’s eight League matches so far, was ineligible to play against his parent club on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup but could be back in the squad for this clash at the Liberty Stadium.

Elfyn Evans says that next week’s Wales Rally GB (3-6 October) is the “highlight of my year, every year” as the Dolgellau ace prepares to return to the FIA World Rally Championship after an injury-induced lay-off. Evans, who won the event in 2017, was having a good season in the M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC. Only a puncture on the final stage of the Tour of Corsica robbed him of a second career WRC victory and he had been fourth in the drivers’ standings – which was the best of the rest behind the three-way fight for the title between Ott Tänak (Toyota), Sébastien Ogier (Citroen) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). But Evans hurt his back on a heavy landing on the non-championship Rally Estonia in July, and he’s been out of the WRC ever since. However, a recent full day’s testing in Wales went well, and he and co-driver Scott Martin are keen to resume where their WRC season left off three rounds ago.

Scott Williams will guide the Ospreys back into Guinness Pro 14 action tonight – just a month after Wales decided he was too much of a fitness risk to take to the World Cup. The centre – who played at the 2011 and 2015 tournaments – was left at home by Warren Gatland, who concluded that a back injury suffered by the 28-year-old last season had taken too heavy a toll for him to make the squad for Japan. Instead, Williams has a chance to relive his frustrations by lining up for the Ospreys away to Ulster in Belfast in the first Pro14 fixture of the season.

Bluebirds Bluebirds’ loan watch. Dai Sport’s Terry Phillips takes an in-depth look at the 12 Cardiff City players currently out on loan – 10 of those are from the Academy  Cardiff City’s scheduled under-23 fixture at Coventry City this week was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. The Professional Under-23 Development South clash will now be […]

Jayne Ludlow has revealed the extent of her frustration as Wales manager as she bids to guide her team to qualification for Euro 2021. Ludlow has named her squad to visit Belarus on October 8 and has been able to recall Rachel Rowe and Nadia Lawrence, who have both recovered from injury. But the Wales boss has admitted there needs to be a huge improvement from the 2-2 draw at home to Northern Ireland in their last match, where she says there was a “blank moment” where she has confessed the team looked clueless.

Andrew ‘Superstar’ Selby is hoping to take another step towards a world title fight when he faces Fadhili Majiha on Saturday night. The Welshman (12-1, 7 KOs) takes on the Tanzanian (24-13-4, 11 KOs) on a busy #MTKFightNight at Newcastle’s Eagles Community Arena – live on iFL TV. With the two-time world amateur medallist looking to follow up his spectacular one-round demolition of Worawatchai Boonjan in Dubai earlier this month, confidence is high.

Warren Gatland has pinpointed David Pocock as the man Wales must stop if they are to beat Australia in Sunday’s World Cup clash in Tokyo. The Wales coach – who has named an unchanged side to face the Wallabies – knows the damage Pocock can do at the breakdown and admits his own team have suffered badly before. The Aussie No.7 plans to retire after the tournament, but his value to the men in gold is clear with only the briefest look at the statistics.

Former Cardiff City and Wales midfield player Brian Flynn has been appointed to take charge of National League Wrexham. Flynn has accepted the role of interim manager following the departure of Bryan Hughes, who left the club after a run of eight matches without a win. He takes charge for Saturday’s home fixture against Kent […]

Deryn Allen-Dyer struck gold for Wales on the opening day of the Commonwealth Judo Championships. The 14-year-old from Merthyr Tydfil won both contests against India’s Muthulakshmi Murugan to claim the F2 -57kg gold medal for visually impaired judoka on day one of the competition in Walsall. Allen-Dyer was unaware she was fighting a more experienced opponent and said: “I didn’t know I was fighting against a senior judoka. My mum told me after I’d won and I was shocked.

American squash champion Todd Harrity,  from Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania, has joined the Welsh Wizards. Harrity, ranked 47 in the World, is among 15 signings for Wizards’ 2019-20 Premier Squash League season. Squash Wales performance director is in charge of recruitment for the PSL team and has signed two men formerly ranked at three in […]