Cardiff Devils face a Hungarian ‘bull’ when they play MAC Budapest in a challenge clash at the Viola Arena on Sunday (6pm). Two-way defenceman Chris Carlisle, an American from Fort Lee, New Jersey, is 5ft 10ins tall and will be far from the biggest player on the ice, but his head coach Gergely Majoross says: […]

Cardiff City 2, Huddersfield Town 1 Neil Warnock rang former Cardiff City and Newport County manager Len Ashurst in the aftermath of the Bluebirds’ 3-0 defeat at Reading on Sunday. Warnock called a player meeting on Tuesday morning and went into detail about why that had happened, speaking to every member of his first team […]

Australian referee Jarred Gillett, a five-times Aussie ref of the year, takes charge of Cardiff City’s Championship home match against Huddersfield Town this evening. He is the first foreign referee to officiate in the English Football League. Gillett, 32, has been on the Australian A-League rota since 2010 and joined the Fifa referees’ list in […]

Ryan Giggs insists he is “not fussed” over Paul Dummett’s decision to make himself unavailable for Wales.The Newcastle defender appears to have called time on his international career after manager Giggs revealed the player had chosen not to be part of the national squad. Dummett has won only five caps in a stop-start international career, but Giggs admitted the 27-year-old was in contention to play in next month’s vital Euro 2020 qualifier against Azerbaijan.

Mark Hudson, the Bluebirds captain who led Cardiff City to the Championship title in 2013, returns to South Wales intent on piling more misery on Neil Warnock’s team. Hudson is now caretaker head coach of Championship rivals Huddersfield Town, who play at Cardiff City Stadium on Wednesday, and he says: “We’re there to take the […]

Anglesey Circuit will host the annual Thundersport GB and the Moto Super Prix of Wales this weekend, with a total of 32 races taking place on August Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday. Thundersport GB, commonly hailed as ‘The Home Of Sportsman Racing’, offers an absolute plethora of magical diversity when it comes to motorcycle racing. Categories include the now famous BTS GP3 Superteens that produced riders like World Superbike racer and former BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year winner Chaz Davies (not to mention Casey Stoner, Cal Crutchlow, et al), plus the next step up for these youngsters in the blistering pace of the Alto Digital GP2 featuring the Supertwin and Stocktwins, through budget classes such as Dunlop/HMT Racing Thundersport 500 and the now hugely popular Blackbird Corporate Golden Era Steelsport/Supersport, BeMoto Golden Era Superbikes and TW Suspension Tech GP1 Classics. There will also be some beautiful machinery in action from the late nineties, ridden by both gentleman racers and youngsters who have now too decided to soak up the challenge.

Ashley Williams is facing a fight to save his international career after being dropped from the Wales squad for the first time. The current captain – his side’s inspirational leader at Euro 2016 in France as Wales reached the semi-finals – has been left out by manager Ryan Giggs for the crunch Euro 2020 qualifier against Azerbaijan next month. No new captain has yet been confirmed by Giggs, but the team is expected to be led by Gareth Bale who has worn the armband in the past when Williams was in the squad, but left out of the starting team.

Scotland’s Andrew Davidson is celebrating the biggest win of his career after coping with the weather and opponents in Prestatyn to win the Welsh Open Stroke Play. The 25-year-old from Fife beat fellow Scot Stephen Roger at the second play-off hole, after they both finished the regular event four shots clear of England’s William Dodds who had led going into the final round.

Walsall 0, Newport County 0 Newport County battled to a goalless League Two draw at Walsall, but have also been struck by a major blow. Manager Michael Flynn was happy with an away point at Bescot Stadium, but the news that centre-back Mickey Demetriou has been ruled out for up to 14 weeks has rocked […]

Miles Jenkins retained the Hirwaun Open Squash title in Aberdare, beating Welshman Elliott Morris Devred in a thrilling final. Jones, whose highest World Ranking was 163, was crowned champion after beating Welsh Wizards Professional League player Morris Devred 11-4, 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-9. Top seed Jenkins had beaten Oliver Griffiths 11-4, 11-5, 11-2 and Lewis […]

Rob Page has joined Ryan Giggs’ coaching staff with Wales in a shake-up prompted by the departure of Osian Roberts. Page, who has been managing the Wales U21 squad, has stepped up to fill the void left by Roberts after the long-serving No.2 left to take up a job in Morocco. Page will join Giggs and his assistant, Albert Stuivenberg, as a coach for the senior men’s national side, starting with the matches against Azerbaijan and Belarus next month.

Under 23 fixture: Barnsley 3, Cardiff City 1 Shamar Moore, Cardiff City’s fast and tricky centre-forward struck an early goal to fire their under-23 team ahead against Barnsley at the Oakwell training Complex. The Bluebirds, though, could not build on their advantage and Barnsley hit back to win Professional Development League match 3-1 thanks to […]

The heat in Tokyo may be causing some concerns ahead of next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, but that’s not all that’s warming up. As the countdown ticks down to under a year to go, Dai Sport checks the temperature of the Welsh contingent hoping to get selected for team GB. The Olympic Games in Tokyo are now less than year away and for the many Welsh hopefuls the next 12 months will be make or break in their attempts to make the Great Britain squad. Some – like Taekwondo star Jade Jones – know what it takes not just to make the trip, but also to conquer the world. Twice.

Ken Owens insists he will only take extended interest in Wales’ No.1 ranking if it’s still there after the World Cup. The Wales hooker is clear his country’s new found status as the most in-form rugby team on the planet is no more than an indicator of what might be possible in Japan next month. Wales reached the top of the pile – a status officially confirmed by World Rugby on Monday – by beating England last Saturday in a controlled 13-6 victory at the Principality Stadium.

Seb Morris will drive a works Bentley Continental GT3 in the 10 Hours of Suzuka, which takes place on Sunday (25 August) at the Suzuka International Racing Course. Marking yet another huge opportunity in the 23-year old’s racing career, the Japanese race is a round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and one of the world’s most prestigious endurance racing contests. Wrexham-born Morris, the 2017 British GT Champion and a multiple podium finisher in the Blancpain Endurance Cup, will share the Bentley Continental GT3 with pro driving team-mates Alex Buncombe (UK) and Andy Soucek (Spain).

Ian Traylor fired Merthyr Town’s winner in their BetVictor Southern Premier home clash with Gosport Borough at the MetCoaches Stadium. The Martyrs were still without six injured players, including centre-forwards Gethyn Hill and Ryan Prosser, but they battled to a hard-earned victory. ‘Traylz’ netted from a 70th minute penalty awarded when he was fouled by […]

Wales manager Jayne Ludlow has included a 15-year-old in her squad for the first stages of their UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 qualification campaign. Carrie Jones – who plays for Cardiff City Ladies – has been named in a squad of 22 for the matches against Northern Ireland and the Faroe Islands. The midfielder from Newtown is uncapped but has previously trained with the senior squad and had captained Wales at Under 17 level.

Walsall-born Kyle Howkins, an imposing, combative defender, scored his first goal for Newport County and says: “I want more.” The Exiles, who defeated SkyBet League Two leaders Plymouth Argyle 1-0 at home, play Howkins’ home town club Walsall away on Tuesday. “It was great to help Newport earn three points and felt good to score […]

Former Cardiff City player and Academy manager Neal Ardley says Notts County feel ‘hard done by’ after their 1-1 draw against Wrexham. “Wrexham had one shot on goal and scored,” said Ardley after the Vanarama National League fixture at Meadow Lane. “The stats that would indicate it was a winning performance and it was the […]

Tom Cave admits that it will be ‘extremely tough’ for him to win the British Rally Championship title, after crashing out of the Ulster Rally. The 27-year old had gone into last weekend’s Ulster Rally tied for the lead of the series with Matt Edwards. And their close battle continued on the bumpy closed roads in Northern Ireland, as just 9.8 seconds separated them after the first loop of stages. An overshoot into a field on SS5 cost Cave and co-driver Dale Bowen precious seconds, but an overall fastest time on SS6 did much to restore some of the deficit. However, the gap between them and Edwards was now 19.3 seconds, which meant that a return to the softer tyres and a consolidation of positions was the order for the final loop.