Former England striker Chris Sutton must have been squirming when he saw that Cardiff City moved to 14th place in the Premier League. Cardiff’s fourth win in five home fixtures lifted them to 14 points and there were big celebrations among fans and players after a 1-0 win against Southampton. Football pundit Sutton predicted that […]

Graham Potter has conceded Swansea City may pay a heavy price for their impressive 3-2 victory at Brentford through an injury to Martin Olsson. The Sweden World Cup full-back was carried off on stretcher with an Achilles tendon problem early on during the first-half of his team’s victory at Griffin Park. Olsson is due to have a scan to assess the severity of the injury, but the likelihood appears to be he will be sidelined for some time with Potter admitting: “It does not look good, to be honest.

South Wales won the overall team award at the 20th annual Welsh Inter Regional Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The event held at Trefonnen Primary School in Llandrindod Wells was a successful one for the South Wales region as they also claimed the overall female title. The overall men’s team title was won by West Wales. 

Welsh tennis star Evan Hoyt has chalked up his sixth doubles tournament win of the year. The Llanelli right-hander was partnered to victory at the ITF Futures tournament in Tunisia by Luke Johnson.

Wales youth international Sion Spence returned to action Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds – and they turned on a sparkling team display in a 5-1 home win against Charlton Athletic. Spence, who has recovered from a long-term injury problem, watched for most of the match before being sent on just after the hour. Neil Warnock’s teenage […]

Swindon Town manager Richie Wellens is impressed by Newport County’s promotion push in League Two. Wellens and his players welcome County to the City Ground on Saturday and he says: “Newport are organised at the back and very strong. “Their wing-backs are energetic and when they lose possession, they’re a back five, but when they […]

Swansea City are being linked with a move for Dundee’s Finland international midfielder Glen Kamara. The Swans – who bid to end a three-game losing streak at Brentford on Saturday – reportedly watched Kamara in action for Dundee against Hamilton in midweek. They are also said to be attending Dundee’s clash against Rangers on Sunday to view Kamara again.

Wrexham won’t be rushed in their search for a new manager. Sam Ricketts is now in charge at Shrewsbury Town, while his former Dragons assistant Graham Barrow has stepped up at the Racecourse. Wrexham play Eastleigh at the Racecourse on Saturday in a Vanarama National League clash.  Former Wigan and Chester manager Barrow has taken […]

Wayne Pivac has offered no excuses after the Scarlets lost for the third successive time in the Heineken Champions Cup to end any realistic hopes of making the knockout stages. A narrow 25-24 home defeat to Ulster on Friday night means the region are still without a win at the halfway mark of the pool stages. The Scarlets needed a victory if they were going to repeat last season’s sequence of two early defeats ushering in four straight victories, but it never looked likely.

It is a rivalry that could continue for another decade but Jake Heyward is just relishing the latest instalment in Holland on Sunday (December 9). The Cardiff runner will face Scandinavian sensation Jakob Ingebrigtsen looking to stop him winning a third European Junior Cross Country title.

Tesni Evans saw her bid to win the Monte Carlo Classic end in defeat after an 68-minute scrap in the final on Friday night. The 26-year-old was beaten in five sets by rival Laura Massaro who gained some revenge for defeats to her Welsh foe this year.

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Welsh twins Fiona and Jenni Shuttleworth followed in the footsteps of one of the most famous sporting alumni of their junior school, Dan Biggar, in winning at Twickenham. The sisters packed down together in the back row for Cambridge as they won the 30thanniversary Women’s Varsity Match 8-5 to make it two wins out of two in their brief rugby careers. Although born in Bristol, the twins were raised in Swansea and went to the same Gowerton Primary School as Wales outside-half Biggar, who famously led Wales to a World Cup win over England at Twickenham in 2015.

Neil Warnock and his coaching staff have been flying around Europe on scouting missions in search of a striker to lead the Bluebirds attack. But he still believes that Cardiff City forward Kenneth Zohore could prove to the the answer. Warnock has been to Nantes, France plus at least one other match, while Kevin Blackwell, […]

Martyrs manager Gavin Williams has a decision to make before their EvoStik Southern League home fixture against Kings Langley at the MetCoaches Stadium on Saturday (3pm). Goalkeeper Josh Gould, signed on loan from Swansea City, made his debut in a 3-0 Premier Division defeat at Hendon, while Joe Perry is available again after suspension. Perry […]

It’s crunch time in Europe, so Robin Davey looks at the big questions. Do the Scarlets have a backstop position against Ulster even though Leigh Halfpenny is injured? Can the Cardiff Blues avoid a very hard border crossing when they go to Saracens? And what was the advice from the WRU given to the Dragons before they published their teamsheet? Europe is back on the rugby agenda and though it’s only the second block of the pool stages at least one Welsh region is in danger of crashing out without a deal. Last minute soundings are being taken with some final persuading to be done as the Scarlets count down to the crucial Champions Cup vote tonight.

Jack Shore takes inspiration from fellow Welshman and former World boxing champion Joe Calzaghe in his chase for mixed martial arts title glory. Shore, from Abertillery, clashes with London’s Mike Ekundayo in a World title fight at the Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay on Saturday. “I watched Joe when I was growing up,” says Shore. […]

Tesni Evans could end 2018 with another title in Monte Carlo, consolidating her status as one of the leading squash players in the world. But if it’s fame and fortune she’s after, she’s probably in the wrong game – at least for a while – as she tells Graham Thomas. Tesni Evans laughs and rolls her eyes before confessing that the subject matter – money – is a popular one on the women’s professional squash circuit. “It’s a bit of a running joke,” says the ninth best player in the world. “A lot of the girls will mention a female tennis player who’s just said they don’t get enough prize money – or a guy complaining about the same – and ask, ‘I wonder how they’d cope as a squash player?’

Penarth Ladies Hockey Club will next month launch the first Flyerz Hockey section giving a huge boost to Para-Hockey in Wales. The session for the first Flyerz players on Thursday January 16 will come after months of planning, coaching and volunteering training.

Welsh Wizards are now going Dutch in their Premier Squash League clash with Bexley in London on Friday. They were forced into late team changes with Milou van der Heijden from Holland called in. The World number 38 will play Kace Bartley in the women’s match, while the new-look Wizards line-up is Peter Creed, Edmon […]