Player-coach Chris Douglas and his Cardiff Fire team are preparing for a huge weekend of National League ice hockey. Fire opened the new season with high hopes of making a bold bid for a play-offs place in South Two (Wilkinson Conference). But they suffered a 4-3 home defeat against Basingstoke Buffalo before crashing 7-2, also […]

The Scarlets are preparing a Saturday night speed trap for Fijian superstar Leone Nakarawa. Coach Wayne Pivac has warned his team they must slow the wheels on the brilliant Fiji lock when they face Racing 92. The Scarlets face last season’s beating finalists in Llanelli desperate to get their Champions Cup campaign off to a winning start.

Hugh Morris has admitted the time was right for him to walk away from the playing side at Glamorgan. Morris, the county’s chief executive, has stepped down from his other role as director of cricket following an external review of their wretched 2018 season. The Welsh county finished bottom of Division Two of the Championship, winning just twice, and failed to make it out of the group stage in either the Vitality Blast or Royal London Cup.

Welsh sport has lost a second iconic figure this week following the decision by British Olympic bobsleigh expert Bruce Tasker to retire. Hot on the heels of the move by Welsh hockey 100-cap goalkeeper Dave Kettle to bring his stellar international career to a close, Tasker has followed suit. The 31-year-old, often described as ‘Mr Bobsleigh’, spent eight years at the top and was robbed of a chance to chase an Olympic medal in PyeongChang earlier this year when he suffered a stroke.

The Philadelphia dream of Tesni Evans is finally over – for this year at least. Welsh champion Evans, the Rhyl-based pride of Wales, took on former World Open champion Raneem El Welily and the two fierce competitors battled it out for more than an hour. Egyptian El Welily, ranked number one in the World not […]

Michael Flynn wants his Newport County players to keep expressing themselves in their quest for League Two success. The Exiles stunned unbeaten Forest Green Rovers at their New Lawn home stadium with an equaliser which involved 35 touches and 15 completed passes before Padraig Amond netted. County, who are at home against Stevenage on Saturday, […]

Merthyr Town took on the Swans in midweek – and they take on a different flight of Swans on Saturday. Neither of their opponents have any connection with Swansea City, but both are proud of their club’s nickname. The Martyrs travelled to Gloucestershire for their League Cup time against Slimbridge AFC, who gained their Swans […]

Welsh squash ace Tesni Evans is preparing for one of the biggest nights of her squash life at the US Open in Philadelphia. Evans, the pride of Wales, plays Raneem El Welily in the semi-finals and the Egyptian tweeted: “Playing tonight against in-form Tesni Evans who is enjoying a great tour so far. Wish me […]

Wales suffered a fourth defeat in their Euro Under-21 qualifying campaign, losing 2-0 against group leaders Romania at the Dr Constantin Rădulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca. Manager Rob Page and his team now aim to finish their campaign on a high note when they play Switzerland at Rodney Parade, Newport next Tuesday. Welsh chances of earning a […]

Connah’s Quay manager Andy Morrison believes midfielder Callum Morris is ready to step up and become one of the club’s key players. The Nomads will be putting their JD Welsh Premier League title challenge to one side this weekend as they turn their attentions to the Irn-Bru Cup, with Northern Irish outfit Coleraine standing between […]

Former Wales international Sam Ricketts is hoping for a belated birthday present from his Wrexham players in East London. The Dragons’ manager celebrated his 37th birthday this week and takes his team on a long trip to take on Dagenham and Redbridge at the Chigwell Construction Stadium. That is the first of three successive away […]

It’s the pressing issue of our time. . . Europe and the question of whether the Scarlets and the Cardiff Blues are heading for a soft or hard pool stage when the Heineken Champions Cup kicks-off this weekend. Robin Davey reckons the Scarlets will go deeper into the tournament, with the Ospreys to do likewise in the Challenge Cup, whilst the Dragons have to show signs of improvement. Europe is the big arena in more ways than one, but on the rugby front the Scarlets and Cardiff Blues head into Heineken Champions Cup action this weekend while for the Ospreys and Dragons it’s the Challenge Cup competition. The Scarlets have the European pedigree, they are more than used to playing in the top tier and reached the semi-final stage last season, while for the Blues it’s a welcome return to the main event.

Dai Sport’s Rally man, Paul Evans, spent the weekend of the Wales Rally GB with the men and women of Ralio, S4C’s motorsport programme, as they filmed, interviewed and then edited,  at speeds Elfyn Evans would have been proud of, the high octane sport – and all from an industrial unit in Deeside! Paul also […]

Tiger Bay Juniors have been drawn against Craig Bellamy’s Cardiff City in the Welsh Youth Cup second round. The Bluebirds’ youth team is coached by Bellamy and they entertain grassroots club Tiger Bay over the weekend of Saturday, November 3 and Sunday, November 4. That is a dream tie for Tiger Bay, who tweeted after […]

Samu Manoa will be entering a blood-thirsty French battle ground when he makes his Cardiff Blues debut this weekend – but only from the replacements’ bench. The American back rower of Tongan descent will make his long-awaited first appearance for the Blues away to Lyon in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup on Sunday if he is sent on. Blues coach John Mulvihill had claimed earlier in the week that Manoa would be starting the game, but has changed his mind and instead drafted his new signing onto the bench.

Two of the hottest prospects in Welsh sport are due go head to head in a Cardiff park on Saturday afternoon. Middle distance athletics prodigy Jake Heyward and triathlon tyro Matt Willis meet in the under-20 race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on Llandaff Fields.

Tesni Evans is the pride of Welsh squash after earning another exhausting, magnificent victory at the FS Investments US Squash Open. The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist has powered into the last four after beating New Zealand’s Joelle King, who won gold on the Gold Coast earlier this year, and England’s Sarah-Jane Perry, the silver medallist.  […]

Wales’ most capped goalkeeper, David Kettle,  has called time on his international career ending 16 years of distinguished service. The 30-year-old first represented Wales aged 14 and progressed from the junior sides to make his senior debut in 2009 during the World Cup qualifying tournament in New Zealand.

Ryan Giggs felt a humbling defeat to Spain was “disappointing” after seeing his Wales side comfortably beaten 4-1 in Cardiff. Wales returned to the Principality Stadium for the first time since being defeated by England in a Euro 2012 qualifier, but failed to gain inspiration from the homecoming.

A bad night for Wales fans grew worse with the news that Gareth Bale looks certain to miss Tuesday’s UEFA Nations League match against the Republic of Ireland. After seeing his team dismantled and left deflated by 4-1 home defeat to Spain on Thursday, Wales manager Ryan Giggs then revealed that Bale – who missed the friendly – is unlikely to recover from a groin injury. “It is very unlikely at this point,” Giggs told Sky Sports about Bale’s availability after the Spain defeat.