Chaz Davies boosted his chances of finishing second in the World Superbikes Championship as Jonathan Rea sealed his fourth title in a row in France. The Knighton-born rider finished fifth despite still battling with the shoulder he broke twice during the summer break.

All five goals were packed into the last 17 minutes when Cardiff City won 3-2 against Watford in a Professional Development League under-18 match. Isaak Davies scored twice for the young Bluebirds with Trystan Jones their other scorer.  Davies, a former Aberdare Town Church in Wales Primary School pupil, has been working his way through […]

Merthyr Town test themselves against the EvoStik Southern League leaders Hartley Wintney at their Memorial Fields stadium in Hampshire this afternoon. Wintney finished fourth in the East division last season, going on to beat Cambridge City 1-0 in the play-off final to clinch promotion. Captain Nic Ciardini and his team moved top thanks to a […]

Billed as a blockbuster, next week’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (4-7 October) really has it all: a dramatic opening night under the floodlights; challenging new speed tests in the legendary Welsh forests and a stunning finale with cars racing through the closed streets of Llandudno – the first free-to-attend WRC stage in the UK for more than 20 years. Then there’s the added excitement of thrilling three-way title fights for both Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ WRC Championships as well as a local Welshman – Elfyn Evans – gunning for back-to-back GB victories after his 2017 success. It all adds up to an absolutely unmissable sporting spectacle.

Rookie manager Sam Ricketts, aged 36, goes head-to-head with a master of lower division football at the Racecourse this afternoon. Barnet boss John Still is a 68-year-old veteran of more than 1,000 matches in management and, like Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock, has been involved in football for more than 50 years. Over the last […]

Newport County have a golden opportunity to fire up their League Two promotion hopes over their next four fixtures. The Exiles have three of their next four matches at Rodney Parade, starting against Cambridge United at Rodney Parade this afternoon (3pm). County have beaten the U’s on the last five occasions they have played each […]

Sean Dyche brings his Burnley team to Cardiff City Stadium for a Premier League clash on Sunday, but he could easily have been in the home dug-out. Former defender Dyche, who was a Nottingham Forest youth player when Brian Clough was in charge at the City Ground, was offered the chance to be Bluebirds’ assistant […]

By Brian Lee Welsh trainers Dai Burchell, Tim Vaughan and Peter Bowen all saddled winners at Worcester on Friday. First off the mark was Ebbw Vale’s Burchell, whose seven-year-old King Alfonso, partnered by Richard Patrick, took the opening John Burke Memorial Handicap Chase by six lengths from the top weighted Salto Chisco. King Alfonso, 3-1 […]

Former England manager Steve McClaren has backed Swansea City to climb the Championship table and either make or get close to the play-offs. McClaren brings his Queens Parks Rangers team to the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, having recovered from a wretched start to the season. Rangers lost their first four league games and conceded 13 goals, but have since steadied the ship to climb to 16th place, just two behind the Swans.

Sam Warburton believes the depth Wales have at openside flanker is such that as many as five players could take possession of his No.7 shirt. The former Cardiff Blues back rower – who opted to retire this summer – reckons Warren Gatland has choices to replace him who would be the envy of most international teams. While England and Eddie Jones struggle for just one option in the No.7 jersey, his Wales counterpart Gatland has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal.

It all comes down to this. In it’s 60th anniversary year, the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship title fight will be decided on one of rallying’s greatest challenges – Dayinsure Wales Rally GB. With two sets of championship points on offer for the double-header, a battle royale is set to rage throughout the famous Welsh forests and four days separate the crews and their quest for glory.

Connah’s Quay are doing their best to give us a genuine title race this season in the JD Welsh Premier League. The league is crying out for a side to threaten The New Saints’ six-year run as champions and almost a quarter of the way through the new season, the Nomads are going along nicely […]

Graham Potter wants the Swansea City fans to give Angel Rangel a heroes welcome on his return to the Liberty Stadium with QPR this weekend. But the new Swans boss hopes that’s where the goodwill ends when the Spanish defender, who spent 11 years at the club, makes his emotional trip back to the ground where he became a cult figure.

Brian Lee, Cardiff born and bred, launches his horse racing and point-to-point column Amateur rider Charlie Price, based at Tim Vaughan’s Aberthin yard in the Vale of Glamorgan, is making a bold bid for the Arabian Horse Racing Jockeys’ Championship title.  Charlie, a 20-year-old who is also a successful point-to-point rider, has ridden nine winners […]

Meet the new horse racing columnist for dai-sport.  Brian Lee, a former long distance runner, has been reporting on Welsh horse racing for national and local press for more than half-a-century. He is THE expert on his subject in Wales. Brian’s love of horse racing began at Chepstow after the last war when as a […]

Josh Haslam, who has won championships in ice hockey and lacrosse, is playing a key role for Cardiff Fire this season. Caerphilly-born forward Haslam was seven-years-old when he started playing hockey at the old Wales National Ice Rink and has played in Cardiff ever since. He was selected for South West Conference teams at every […]

Cardiff Devils suffered heartache in Nottingham, going down to a last minute goal at the Motorpoint Arena. They led 2-0 and 3-1, while sharpshooter Joey Martin failed to convert a penalty shot when the score was 1-1. The Canadian centre Luke Pither scored Panthers’ fourth goal 40 seconds from the end, dancing through Devils defence […]

Hugh Morris has suggested it could take over a decade for Glamorgan to turn their fortunes around after another woeful season. The Welsh county actually finished their Championship campaign with a victory over Leicestershire on Wednesday, but their chief executive and director of cricket admits it was scant consolation following a campaign that would rival any for recurring failure on the field. Glamorgan won just two out of 14 matches in the County Championship Division Two and finished bottom of the pile.

Wales Dragonhearts have been preparing well for this Saturday’s warm-up match against London and South East at New River Stadium, London (kick-off 4pm) before embarking on a two-test tour to Serbia. There have been a number of changes to the Dragonhearts squad since it was first announced, due to injuries, births, work commitments and weddings, but Dragonhearts head coach Paul Chambers is grateful to have such a talented selection of players to choose from, following the successful North v South East v South West Origin series.

The Welsh Rugby Union’s recent accounts paint a picture of increasing revenues and falling debt. So what to do with the cash in a members’ organisation. Geraint Powell recognises that some mouths need more feeding than others, but says the solution is an orderly queue. Who owns company 03419514, otherwise known as The Welsh Rugby Union Ltd? It is a question which invariably induces panic when asked, for somebody must own it in the absence of a post-property rights end stage Marxist utopia in South Wales!