Jim Botham will get back into action for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery when he plays for Cardiff in their Principality Premiership clash with Pontypridd at Sardis Road on Saturday. It’s the final round of fixtures in the East and West Divisions and the game will be shown live on S4C (kick-off 5.00pm). The two regional leagues of eight clubs will come together in one division for the second half of the season to determine which club wins the title. Pontypridd can still top the East Division if they beat the Blue & Blacks and reigning champions Merthyr slip-up at home against bottom-of-table Bargoed. The Ironmen currently hold a one point lead.

Cardiff Devils punished Braehead Clan and extended their unbeaten run to nine matches. Elite League leaders Devils scored two powerplay goals at the Braehead Arena, taking their PP total against their Scottish rivals to six in two games. Devils eased to a 3-2 win in an arena where the atmosphere was hot as the home […]

Wrexham are hoping it’s Dover and out when the Kent club visit North Wales on Saturday. The Dragons have failed to beat their Southern rivals in seven attempts, but know they dare not lose this Vanarama National Conference clash at the Racecourse (3pm). Manager Dean Keates and his Wrexham team are third in the table, […]

Former Cardiff City and Newport County striker Matt Green returns to Wales on Saturday. Pace ace Green plays alongside 6ft 3ins Matt Rhead in Lincoln City’s attack and they take on Newport County in a League Two promotion clash at Rodney Parade (3pm). The Imps have won their last four fixtures and Green has netted […]

Ian Culverhouse and his league leading Linnets are on their way to South Wales. Former Spurs and Norwich City defender Culverhouse and his King’s Lynn team are Southern League Premier Division leaders and they play Merthyr Town away on Saturday (3pm). Norfolk-based Lynn make the 480-miles round trip to Merthyr Tydfil by coach on the […]

Neil Warnock has pledged himself to the Bluebirds – and is in talks on a new contract with chairman Mehmet Dalman. Manager Warnock’s Cardiff City are unbeaten in six matches and stand second in the Championship table behind Wolves. They play two matches in four days over the Christmas period, at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday […]

The Six Nations is looming and Wales are preparing for unfamiliar underdog status compared to Scotland. The latest betting has Wales at 12-1 to win the title, with Scots at the shorter odds of 11-1. Peter Jackson considers two teams heading in different directions. Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time ago, helping Scotland beat Wales in a duel for fourth and fifth place. He will be back in the New Year in circumstances very different to those of April 2002 when the most anti-climactic of finishes would have left Wales lumbered with the Wooden Spoon had Italy not beaten them to it by losing all five matches.

Wales international Declan John is staying in Scotland. Merthyr Tydfil-born John, 22, has been playing for Rangers on loan from Cardiff City and he has made the deal permanent. John moved to Scottish Premiership team Rangers last summer and has scored two goals in 12 appearances. Manager Pedro Caixinha has worked closely with John to […]

Leon Britton believes he can inch Swansea City closer towards Premier League survival on Saturday as the club consider going Dutch for the longer haul. Caretaker manager Britton insists the Swans can repeat their great escape of last season with the first step being a victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday. That could be the veteran midfielder’s only game in charge as the club mull over candidates to replace Paul Clement. Dutchman Frank de Boer is understood to be heading their wanted list, with a possible added attraction of a role for his compatriot Dennis Berkamp.

Canadian centre Layne Ulmer makes a landmark appearance for Cardiff Devils in Saturday’s Elite League home clash with Dundee Stars. Ulmer will hit the 100 mark when he skates out against Stars at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay (7pm). The hugely talented forward from North Battleford, Saskatchewan, a former Ottawa Senators NHL draft pick, […]

Osian Pryce is a surprise entry for the West Wales Rally Spares JAFFA Stages – the rallying finale of 2017, which takes place at the Welsh Motorsports Centre at Pembrey on Saturday 30 December. The 24-year old Brecon-based driver, who has contested 13 rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship and who led this year’s MSA British Rally Championship at the half way point, will be reunited with his old Ford Fiesta R2 – the car in which he made his class-winning WRC debut in on the 2010 Wales Rally GB.

VELOTHON Wales have revealed two shorter routes to offer something for every level of cycling enthusiast in 2018. Keen riders will once again take on the fearsome climbs up the Tumble and Caerphilly Mountain on the VELOTHON Wales 140KM course.

Former Cardiff Devils forward Bari McKenzie welcomes his old club  to Glasgow on Friday and he says: “Lord’s men have the look of champions.” Player-coach Andrew Lord and his team won 5-3 against McKenzie’s Braehead Clan at Ice Arena Wales in their last Elite League fixture, recovering from 3-1 down. “Devils have such a well […]

By Robin Davey Never let it be said, but all is not lost in Welsh regional rugby as we reach the halfway point of the season.

Goalkeeper Oliver Davies has returned to Merthyr Town FC and plays against King’s Lynn and Hereford over the Christmas period. The former Swansea City player will be the fifth goalkeeper used by the Martyrs in three matches when he plays against Southern League leaders The Linnets from Norfolk (3pm). Cameron Clarke and Ed Lewiston have […]

The Team Wales squad of para-athletes for next April’s Commonwealth Games in Australia has been completed with the selection of two swimmers and three powerlifters. Swimmers Jack Thomas and Alex Rosser have both been selected to represent Wales in the men’s 200m freestyle event (S14 category).

As Swansea City begin the search for another manager, Dai Sport looks at the stats behind the sackings and whether the new man can pull-off another Great Escape.

As the regional tier of Welsh rugby has long been renowned for its opaqueness, Geraint Powell takes a look behind the sudden fascination with transparency in Gwent following the Welsh Rugby Union’s takeover and transformation of the troubled region.

Cardiff Devils returned from Surrey with hopes of winning the Challenge Cup for a third time in four years alive and kicking. Devils drew 3-3 against Guildford Flames at the Spectrum in their quarter-final first leg. The return is at Ice Arena Wales on Wednesday, January 10 and the winners will play Sheffield Steelers in […]

Tony Pulis heads the list of candidates to take over at Swansea City following the sacking of Paul Clement. For the third December in a row, the Swans are looking for a new manager.