Cardiff City’s under-23 head west to take on Cymru Championship South club Haverfordwest County in a pre-season fixture this evening. Coach Andy Legg takes his players to Bridge Meadow Stadium for their latest match against Welsh pyramid opposition. The young Bluebirds have already played Taffs Well and Trefelin BGC, while they take on Haverfordwest later […]

Benti is back – and the signing completes Cardiff Devils forward unit for 2019-20. Sean Bentivoglio is returning for a fourth season in Cardiff and head coach Andrew Lord said: “Benti is a dynamic player with great playmaking ability and an excellent scoring touch.  “He’s formed a superb partnership with Joey Martin over the last […]

If you want the “perfect” assessment of the challenge Warren Gatland’s Wales team will face from Fiji at the World Cup, then it has been given by double tournament winner John Eales. The Aussie legend was in Tokyo last weekend to see the South Seas side go down 34-21 to host nation Japan but was suitably impressed by what he saw from the Pool D rivals to his own country and Wales. Few Wales fans will need reminding that 12 years ago in France, it was Fiji that bundled Gareth Jenkins’ team out of the tournament – a result that proved the end for the coach and precipitated the arrival of Gatland. 

Harborough Town 2, Merthyr Town 6 Ryan Prosser, Owain Jones and Gethyn Hill scored two goals apiece in Merthyr Town’s convincing pre-season away win at United Counties League Harborough Town. Player-manager Gavin Williams started and stayed on for more than an hour before making way for Owain Evans – and he later went back on […]

Seb Morris’ dream of racing in the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa as a works driver quickly turned into a nightmare, as the Bentley Continental GT3 he was waiting to pilot suffered engine failure 20 minutes into the race. It had started pretty well, with the 23-year old Wrexham-born driver qualifying as the fourth fastest of the 16 works Bentley pilots taking part in the fourth round of the Blancpain Endurance Cup in Belgium. But just six laps into the race, team-mate Callum MacLeod radioed into the pits to report that the car had a developing engine problem. Unbelievably, the issue was terminal and meant that the Bentley had to be retired from the race.

Two players who bounced back from the disappointment of being left out of the Wales European teams, came through to win the Welsh Girls and Boys titles. Ellie Willis from Chepstow and Swansea’s Dylan Thomas both played in the Wales Home Internationals teams last season and took advantage of the time this summer to work on their game ahead of the Girls and Boys Championships, held jointly at Carmarthen golf club.

Lucy Iball was the only Welsh winner at the Home International Regatta in Glasgow as he powered to victory in the women’s lightweight single sculls. Competing for the third year in a row in the international, the Chester Grosvenor Rowing Club athlete provided Wales with their only win against England, Scotland and Ireland. Iball also joined forces with Rebekah Edgar to finish second in the lightweight doubles behind the Scots and completed a demanding regatta by joining the women’s quad boat, which finished fourth.

Damian Cole has clinched his eighth King of Epynt title after winning the Stephens & George Print Group Harry Flatters Rally in his Get Connected/Energizer-backed Ford Fiesta WRC. It’s also the eighth time that the Abergavenny driver has won the event, and an astonishing six times in a row. Victory gives Cole a total of 22 rally wins on Epynt, just one win behind John Price, who holds the record of 23 wins over the famous Mid-Wales military range.

The chances of Gareth Bale’s stalled move to China being revived look over after Jiangsu Suning announced they have signed Croatian striker Ivan Santini. Bale was reported to be close to moving to the Chinese Super League club, but the deal collapsed over the weekend. Some reports in Spain claimed Real Madrid could not agree a fee with the Chinese club, while others suggested Bale himself rejected the supposed £1 million-a-week contract for family reasons.

Geraint Thomas can still win another Tour de France, according to Britain’s first winner, Sir Bradley Wiggins. Thomas finished this year’s tour in second place on Sunday, behind teammate Egan Bernal, a year after becoming the first Welshman to win cycling’s greatest race. The Cardiff rider conceded some disappointment at handing over his title, but his runners-up spot is by some distance the second-best placing at any grand tour event in his entire career.

Neil Warnock still wants to sign three new players – and the Bluebirds have 11 days to make his dreams come true. The transfer deadline for Premier and Championship clubs its Thursday, August 8 (5pm) and Cardiff City’s manager says: “I’m hoping to bring two or even three in this week. I am really looking […]

British internationals Sarah Jones and Rose Thomas will be in the Wales Women’s hockey squad due to battle for promotion in the EuroHockey Championships II in Glasgow. Leah Wilkinson’s side narrowly missed out on promotion to the top tier in Cardiff two years ago and will kick-off their campaign against Italy on Sunday, 4 August. They also take on Turkey and Poland in Pool A. Eloise Laity, who missed the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to injury, is set to earn her 50th cap during the tournament, as will Hannah Cozens. At the other end of the experience scale, Under 21 goalkeeper Lauren Roberts joins the senior squad for the first time.

Westfields FC 4, Cardiff City u-18s 4 Cardiff won 7-6 in penalty shootout Australian goalkeeper Jamie Cogman, a 16-year-old from the Gold Coast in Australia, helped Cardiff City win their first trophy of the season at Allpay Park, Hereford. The Bluebirds won the Herefordshire FA Senior Invitation final against Hellenic Premier team Westfields after a […]

Regan Grace is fast proving to be ‘the one that got away’ as far as the Ospreys and Wales are concerned. The 22-year-old flying wing from Port Talbot is described as one of the most deadly finishers in Super League and already has 46 tries to his credit for leaders St. Helens, 17 of which have come in 24 games this season. Now, he can start planning for a trip to Wembley for the Challenge Cup final on 24 August after helping Saints beat Halifax at the weekend to set-up a shoot-out with Warrington Wolves for the most prestigious piece of silverware in rugby league.

By Liz Byrnes in Gwangju Daniel Jervis admitted he “buckled under the pressure” after he failed to make the final of the 1500m freestyle at the World Championships in South Korea. Jervis arrived in Gwangju ranked third in the world after rattling David Davies’ British record at the British Championships in April.

Geraint Thomas admitted he will be disappointed not to win back-to-back Tour de France victories, but insists it’s a healthy rivalry between himself and prospective new champion Egan Bernal. The defending champion will finish second when the tour finishes in Paris tomorrow – one place behind Bernal, his Team Ineos co-leader. A year ago, it was Thomas who stood on top of the podium, sipped champagne and did his famous mic drop as the first Welshman to win cycling’s most prestigious race.

Cardiff City 1, OGC Nice 0 Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds finished their pre-season fixtures with an unbeaten record and now focus on next Saturday’s opening Championship match at Wigan Athletic. Warnock’s men gained a win against a Nice team managed by former Arsenal and Manchester City player Patrick Viera and the manager will be delighted with […]

Thomas ‘Mad Dog’ Murdy is back with Cardiff Devils for 2019-20. The 28-year-old goaltender has committed to a fourth season with the Elite League play-off champions, linking up with Ben Bowns. Head coach Andrew Lord said: “The strength of our goaltending gives us a chance to win every night. “We have the best goaltending team in […]

As hard luck stories go, Graeme Thomas has got a belter to tell his grandchildren. Having worked so hard to achieve his dream of becoming an Olympian, the Welsh rower went all the way to Rio with Team GB in 2016 only to be struck down by a mystery, flu-like virus after arriving in Brazil. Although he recovered pretty quickly the selectors took the decision not to risk his fitness and at the 11th hour they called-up Jack Beaumont to replace him. He didn’t even get out on the water with his British quadruple scull team mates and was sent home on the next available flight.

Gareth Bale will put Chinese football on a new level if he decides to take up the reported £1m-a-week deal from Jiangsu Suning – although he could also end up playing in Italy for Inter Milan. Reports in Spain on Friday night said the Wales star was in advanced talks to leave Real Madrid for around £50m after six years and head for the Far East and the Chinese Super League. Real manager Zinedine Zidane said last weekend he thought it would be “best for everyone” if Bale’s departure could be arranged quickly — comments Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett branded “disrespectful” of a player who has helped his club to a Spanish league title and four Champions Leagues since arriving from Tottenham six years ago.