Llandudno manager Iwan Williams has appointed Connah’s Quay and former The New Saints forward Matty Williams as his new assistant manager. The 35-year-old will commence his new role immediately and will register as a player from January 1st. “To bring someone of Matty’s stature in as my Assistant Manager is fantastic news for me personally […]

Sion Spence, Cardiff City’s goalscoring midfield player, is in a rich vein of form for the Bluebirds. Barry-born Spence, 17, has scored 12 goals for Craig Bellamy’s youth Academy under-18 team including a hat-trick against Millwall in their latest fixture. The pity was that his treble strike did not earn Cardiff victory because hosts Millwall […]

Ross Moriarty is on the move – back to Wales for a team owned by the WRU, but not on a WRU deal. Confused? Seimon Williams outlines why a team seemingly moving from rags to riches need to say who’s paying for their new gear. The confirmation of Gloucester, Wales and Lions back-rower Ross Moriarty’s […]

Neil Warnock and his coaching staff are looking to the future by giving a series of young players trial spells with Cardiff City. Warnock’s Bluebirds fielded five trialists in their Under-23 Development team who played Bristol City in a 2-2 draw at Cardiff International Sports Campus. Winger Nathan Mavilla, a former West Ham player, remains […]

Paul Clement admits Swansea City are about to find tougher hurdles ahead but has backed his team to rise to the challenge. The Swans manager has embraced a daunting run of fixtures as Swansea attempt to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone – even though they will be without their captain Federico Fernandez for half of them. Clement returns to former club Chelsea on Wednesday before a weekend trip to Stoke and home games against West Brom and Manchester City.

Commonwealth Games Wales have today announced the first para-athletes selected for Team Wales ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Six athletes have been chosen to compete for Wales in para-athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

The New Saints pulled two points clear at the top of the JD Welsh Premier League table while Bangor City maintained their impressive run of form to move up into third. Two late goals ensured Saints of a comfortable 5-2 winning margin over Carmarthen Town but the visit of the league’s basement side was far […]

Girls will compete equally with boys in some junior Welsh golf competitions next year, as part of a series of changes to championship golf in Wales aimed at increasing both competition and participation. The previously-named Boys competitions at Under 16 and Under 14 levels will change name to reflect the extension to allow girls to compete for the first time, they will be called the Welsh U16’s and Welsh U14’s Championships.

A brand new 10K race will add an exciting extra dimension to the inaugural ABP Newport Wales Marathon on April 29, 2018. The ABP Newport Wales 10K will offer runners of all abilities the opportunity to get involved in a new era for distance running in Wales without taking on the full 26.2 mile distance.

There are statistics, statistics and damn lies. But some figures reveal the hard truth about why teams are not winning. For instance, take a look at the numbers from the last 30 Test meetings between Wales and the All Blacks. They stretch back to 1963 up to last weekend and have all ended up in victories for New Zealand.

Manager Jayne Ludlow and her Wales team aim to extend their World Women’s Cup unbeaten run against Bosnia Herzegovina on Tuesday (12.30pm). They won 1-0 against Kazakhstan at home on Friday to stay top of group one, ahead of England, and Ludlow says: “We’ll have a certain game plan now in Bosnia and hope it’ll […]

Manon Lloyd has joined Olympic and World champion Elinor Barker on the 35-strong British Cycling podium programme for 2017/18 season. The 21-year-old Carmarthen-born rider was a member of British Cycling’s Olympic Development Programme from a young age and was crowned as double European junior champion in 2014, winning the gold medal in both the team pursuit and the points race.

Cardiff Devils are feeling the pain. They were stunned by Belfast Giants, who levelled the scores with five second left in regulation time and snatched a 4-3 victory after overtime and penalties. David Rutherford netted the winning goal after five rounds of a dramatic shootout. The heartache felt by captain Jake Morissette and his team […]

Ross Moriarty’s move to the Dragons from Gloucester has been confirmed by the Welsh region. The Wales back row forward has signed a two-year deal to start next season that will enable him to continue his international career. The switch is not on a national dual contract, meaning the Dragons will be funding Moriarty’s wages in total – although they are now wholly owned by the governing body.

Jordan Ayew believes Swansea City have taken a big step towards turning their season around – even though they failed to take all three points against Bournemouth. The Swans striker insisted the goalless draw at home to the Cherries on Saturday represented the team’s best display of the season. The point keeps Paul Clement’s side still in the relegation zone and two points adrift of those on the other side of the trap door but it did end a run of four straight Premier League defeats.

Mike Phillips has admitted his comeback was not the gentle evening stroll he had anticipated – but that did not prevent him rolling back the years to help the Scarlets to victory in South Africa. The region showed they are made of champion stuff as they withstood a major storm in Port Elizabeth to leave the Southern Kings still seeking their first win since joining the Guinness PRO14. Minus 15 internationals, and forced to press gang Phillips out of retirement to make his first appearance for the club in 12 years, they twice came from behind to run out 34-30 victors’ to remain seven points clear of Leinster and Ulster at the top of Conference B table.

Holywell Town caused a stir by earning a 4-1 Huws Gray Alliance win at title-chasing Airbus UK Broughton. “What a result and performance that was – loved it,” said Town captain Steve Thomas. Steve Lewis led the way with a hat-trick in Holywell’s best team performance for a long time. Manager John Haseldin said, “That’s […]

Cardiff City earned a third successive Championship victory thanks to a convincing performance at the City Ground in Nottingham. Junior Hoilett put the Bluebirds ahead and Danny Ward smashed home their second with a magnificent strike. “You won’t see better goal than that this weekend,” said BBC commentator Kevin Ratcliffe. “It was an outstanding strike. […]

Penybont FC maintained their challenge near the top of Welsh League Division One with a 2-0 away win against Port Talbot Town. Bridgend-based Penybont are fourth in the table with a game in hand on leaders Haverfordwest County. Adam Carpenter and Billy Borge scored for the winners to make it a good day for manager Rhys […]

Ben Tozer returned to Swindon Town more than a decade after he made his professional debut for the Robins. He started his senior playing career with Swindon at the age of 17 and returned to the County Ground with Newport County to show the home team what they are missing. Defender Tozer headed te only […]