Gleason Fournier, arguably the best skater in Elite League ice hockey, is enjoying the most successful season of his career. Flying ‘Fourns’ has already set a professional career high of 47 points and there are still almost three months left in the 2018-19 campaign. He is the highest ranked defenceman on the Elite scoring lists, […]

Bluebirds past, present and future – a weekly new Dai-Sport football column by Terry Phillips Past . . . . Neil Warnock takes his Bluebirds to St James Park, Newcastle this Saturday for a crunch Premier League clash. Former City manager Jimmy Scoular led the Magpies to FA Cup success in 1955, beating Manchester City […]

Newport County are to help their fans with the long trip to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup by paying half their costs. The gesture is a thank you by the club for their supporters’ role in their giant-killing run that has taken them through to the fourth round. Manager Mike Flynn and his team earned a stunning 2-1 victory over Leicester City in the third round before being handed a fourth round trip to the Riverside Stadium on January 26.

The FAW/WPL have confirmed this morning that the winners of the Nathaniel MG Cup (League Cup) will be awarded a place in the IRN-BRU Cup competition from the 2019/20 season. In what is described as a ‘radical shake-up of the competition’, there will also be an increased number of teams participating in the competition and […]

Tesni Evans hopes to play her part in bringing New Yorkers to a standstill when she plays her first match at the JP Morgan Tournament of Champions this weekend. The Welsh No.1 – who broke into the world’s top 10 on the back of stunning performances in America last year – rates the event as one of the sport’s best due to its iconic location. Imagine a glass squash court dropped into the main passenger concourse at Waterloo train station during rush hour and you get an idea of the impact made by hosting the championship at New York’s Grand Central Terminal.

Josh Adams has been ruled out of a comeback this weekend as the Wales wing battles for fitness ahead of the Six Nations. The Worcester Warriors star has not played since injuring his hamstring last month and the club have warned that any setback now could lead to another six to eight weeks on the sidelines. That would be another significant blow for Wales who are already without Leigh Halfpenny for an unspecified further period as he tries to overcome the effects of concussion.

Everton striker Oumar Niasse has arrived in Cardiff to complete his loan move to the Bluebirds – and he could be joined by Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini. But Emiliano Sala’s proposed move to South Wales has been delayed after he was sent on from the Nantes subs bench in their French Ligue 1 fixture against Nimes on Wednesday. That effectively rules put any chance of Sala arriving in time for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Newcastle United, although it is believes Kenneth Zohore has recovered from injury and available to return.

By Owen Morgan The busy cross country season continues for Welsh athletes this weekend at the IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country event. Welsh Athletics has selected a strong team to compete in the Celtic and Home Countries International match which is incorporated into the event in Belfast. European Cross Country Championships silver medallists Charlie Hulson, of Liverpool Harriers, and Swansea Harrier Kris Jones are selected fresh from representing Great Britain at the Simplyhealth Stirling XCountry last weekend.

Liam Williams’ first defence of his British Middleweight title will see boxing return to an iconic London venue. The Church Village man will face England’s Joe Mullender on March 8 at The Royal Albert Hall, which stages only its second professional boxing show since the 1990s. The talented Williams (19-2-1-KO14) produced a sensational stoppage of Mark Heffron at the Manchester Arena to claim the title in December and is back in action to defend his title against former English champion Mullender (11-2-KO5).

Dai Sport journalist Terry Phillips launches his new, weekly ice hockey column today – an off-beat look at the sport in Cardiff and beyond. Former Cardiff Devils defenceman Rick Strachan has been appointed Nottingham Panthers coach following the departure of Rich Chernomaz. Panthers dismissed Canadian head coach Rich Chernomaz, who replaced Corey Neilson last April, […]

Anna Hursey and Callum Evans celebrated their World Championships call-up by both bagging title hat-tricks at the Bath Grand Prix. The duo have been named along with Charlotte Carey and Josh Stacey to compete at the championships in the Hungarian capital Budapest from 21-28 April.

January blues? Not for Robin Davey, who says with European dreams trampled into the dirt once more, the Wales players will feel liberated when they cross under the watch towers at the “Jail of Glamorgan”. The Six Nations is coming and Wales are on a nine-match winning streak. What’s to feel blue about? Europe may have been a disaster for the regions, not to mention for the whole country on the political front, but Wales can still head into the Six Nations full of optimism. Head coach Warren Gatland had major injury worries before naming his final Six Nation squad, but he has the satisfaction of increasing the depth in the squad over the past year or more so that Wales can still present a formidable front.

Welsh hockey prospect Beth Wood has won a major award to mark her ability and passion for the sport. The Christ College Brecon product won the Youth and Girls 18-and-under award from the Hockey Writers’ Club at its annual prize giving. Wood, who also plays for Cardiff & Met HC, collected her award, sponsored by the Higgins Group,  at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London.

Cardiff City’s pursuit of Emiliano Sala has hit the buffers again, according to reports in France. A deal for the Nantes striker is currently off the table after the clubs were unable to agree on a price, claim the reports. Sala flew to Cardiff for talks on Monday and met manager Neil Warnock and chief executive Ken Choo over a proposed £18m deal.

Merthyr captain Craig Locke has admitted rivals are standing tall in a determined bid to stop them retaining their Principality Premiership title. The champions are eight points clear of Pontypridd at the top after the latest round of matches, but had to survive a few scares in their latest victory at The Wern – a 26-20 struggle to overcome Llanelli. Tries from Matt Dwyer, Jake Thomas, Harry Davies and Matthew Jarvis was enough to see them home but Locke insists his side will have to keep improving if they are to retain their title and make it three crowns in a row.

Mark Williams has confessed he has work ahead of him if he is to avoid an embarrassing defence of his snooker world title. Wales’ world champion of the green baize crashed out of the Masters tournament on Tuesday night and admitted he had hardly practised prior to the event. Neil Robertson produced a run of five straight frames to knock Williams out of the London event with a 6-3 first-round win at Alexandra Palace.

Airbus Broughton UK and Penybont, the leading clubs in tier two of Welsh domestic football, are among 52 clubs who have applied for a place in the new Welsh Championship next season. From season 2019-20 all clubs in tier two must have certification to play in the new Conference North and South leagues. All 32 […]

Cardiff City’s young players were left devastated after Ipswich Town fired an injury time winner in their Professional Under-23 Development League match at Cardiff City Stadium. Armando Dobra, an 81st minute substitute, scored the only goal of the match for League leaders Ipswich and Cardiff’s former Wealdstone defender Ciaron Brown said: “Losing 1-0 was a […]

Have horses will travel seems to be the motto of Aberthin trainer Tim Vaughan (writes Brian Lee). He sent two horses on a 760-miles round-trip to Kelso in Scotland and landed a Sunday winner. Vaughan then secured a first place at Ffos Las on Monday, Briac taking the honours, and on Tuesday thanks to Debece […]

Warren Gatland is confident if Wales beat France in Paris they can use it as a springboard to win the 2019 Six Nations. In his final crack at the annual tournament before leaving the job, the Wales coach thinks the opening Friday night fixture holds the key to success. Wales have not won the title for six years and Gatland – who named his squad on Tuesday afternoon – must also negotiate home fixtures against reigning Six Nations champions Ireland and Eddie Jones’ England at the Principality Stadium.