More than 100 sailors enjoyed the sunny weather and gusty conditions on Fishguard Bay with a range of winds from high to manageable. Sailors aged 8-16 competed in six fleets. The regatta fleets turned into a double for Llangorse with James Gosson winning the Optimist class, with Cardiff Bay’s Willow Matthews-Ratner second, and Llangorse clubmate […]

Neil Warnock is the ‘Red Adair’ of South Wales. The Yorkshireman comfortably kept the Bluebirds out of relegation danger last season and has led them on a bold charge to become Championship leaders. Cardiff City manager Warnock likened himself to Adair, the American oil well firefighter who completed more than 1,000 jobs internationally, and was […]

Welshmen Michael Flynn and Nathan Jones go head-to-head at Kenilworth Road in Luton on Saturday (3pm). Newport-born Flynn, aged 36, is manager of his home city club County, while Jones, a 44-year-old from the Rhondda, is in charge at Luton Town. Jones is a former Cardiff City junior player who started his senior career with […]

Craig Moore, Cardiff Devils’ young Scottish forward, is intent on creating many new hockey memories with the Welsh club. The former Dundee Stars player helped Devils win 4-0 against his former club in Scotland during midweek – and is now focused on a second Scottish scalp in four days. Devils are at home against Glasgow-based […]

Stuart Fleetwood aims to sign off in style when Merthyr Town make the long trip to play St Ives in Cambridgeshire on Saturday. The Martyrs will travel more than 400 miles on the round trip to St Ives and Fleetwood is looking to make a big impact before starting a three-match suspension. The former Cardiff […]

Dewi Griffiths will use Sunday’s Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon as a final trial before deciding whether or not to make his marathon debut in Frankfurt next month. The 26-year-old Swansea Harrier, fresh from his latest big personal best time of 62:53 in finishing seventh in the Great North Run, is looking to reduce his time even further on the streets of the Welsh capital in what is shaping up to be one of the hottest fields ever assembled outside the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon. Griffiths, whose previous best was 63:27 in finishing eighth in Cardiff last year, will find himself embroiled in a huge battle to be the best of British and Welsh with World Championship marathon men Andrew Davies (65:18) and Josh Griffiths (65:08).

Paul Clement has told Tammy Abraham and Alfie Mawson they need to find consistency for Swansea City if they are progress to full international honours. Abraham has been named in the England Under-21 squad just a week after denying he was considering switching allegiances to Nigeria. The London-born striker, on loan from Chelsea, has been called up by manager Aidy Boothroyd ahead of the Euro 2019 qualifiers against Scotland and Andorra next month.

Ely Rangers 1, Cardiff City 4 after extra time Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds earned their place in the Welsh Youth Under-19 Cup second round, but they were made to work for success. Cardiff City had to recover from a goal down against an Ely Rangers team who played with pace, aggression and discipline. The Welsh […]

As the Ospreys struggle for results and appear ever more vulnerable to losing their best players, Owen Morgan has a radical solution – one that’s common enough elsewhere from Bristol to Barcelona. With Swansea City’s takeover of the Liberty Stadium apparently imminent, the club should take another arguably bolder and even more beneficial step forward.  It’s a step I believe would also be hugely advantageous to their fellow tenants at the Morfa  ground, making the Ospreys more resilient to the kind of raid which has lured star outside-half Dan Biggar away to Northampton in a £600,000 deal. 

Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac believes his champions have finally turned themselves into a side addicted to winning. Last season’s Guinness Pro 12 conquerors host Connacht on Friday night, seeking their fourth win in five matches – an early season record in sharp contrast to the other three struggling Welsh regions. But as the Scarlets aim to keep that streak on track at Parc Y Scarlets with a win that could move them to the top of Conference B, Pivac says the transformation in his squad has not happened overnight.

Chris Coleman has admitted he is happy to make waves across the border if it means Wales can fish from England’s pool of talent. The Wales manager has said he knew it would create a stir if he included David Brooks in his senior squad for the first time, given that the Sheffield United striker has already worn a shirt adorned with three lions. Brooks has been named in the Wales squad for their final 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and the Republic of Ireland, even though he has only started three league games for the Blades.

Amateur golf in Wales has a new name with Wales Golf taking over from the Golf Union of Wales and Golf Development Wales. The official rebranding was launched at the Annual General Meeting (Sept 26) of the Golf Union of Wales, 10 years after the merger between the Welsh Golfing Union and the Welsh Ladies Golf Union as Wales became the first Home Union to unite the men’s and women’s games.

The Vitality Netball Superleague has turned to Welshman Mark Evans to become their new independent chairman. The former Harlequins chief executive and Saracens director of rugby recently spent two years in Australia as CEO of the Melbourne Storm and has a wide range of sporting knowledge as coach, administrator and mentor. The founder and director of Capacity Consulting, which specialises in providing advice and project delivery to the sports industry. In this role, his expertise particularly lies in the areas of crowd growth, match day revenues, stadium development, culture development and strategic review.

Craig Bellamy takes his Cardiff City under-19 team to Ely Rangers for a Welsh Youth Cup first round tie this evening (Thursday). Former Bluebirds and Wales player Bellamy is Cardiff’s player development manager and he takes charge of the club’s under-18 team for Academy matches. He also takes charge for the Welsh Cup, which has […]

Everton’s Ryan Astley was Wales under-17 captain for back-to-back international friendlies against Scotland at Stebonheath Park, Llanelli. Manager Robert Page selected Astley, from Llanfair Caereinion in Mid Wales, to lead the team for fixtures arranged to help preparations for the Uefa qualifiers. Scotland, who take on Andorra, Denmark and Estonia in their group, won both […]

As Wales manager Chris Coleman names his squad on Thursday for the final two World Cup qualifiers, Josh Thomas reveals how 17-year-old Ben Woodburn has quickly gone from fringe player to focal point. “Su…per, super Ben, su…per, super Ben, su…per, super Ben, super Benny Woodburn”. That was the cry from the crowd who had just witnessed the teenage sensation make his mark, scoring his first goal for his county after entering the pitch only 261 seconds earlier. But who is this wonderkid? Where has he come from? Can he go on and be the next Wales superstar?    

Dundee Stars 0, Cardiff Devils 4 Cardiff Devils returned to winning form and earned a convincing victory in Scotland. Captain Jake Morissette and his team scored three goals during the first period and maintained their grip over the 60 minutes. Former Stars player Justin Faryna, Matthew Myers, Patrick Asselin and Layne Ulmer scored Cardiff’s goals […]

Coaches leaving the Cardiff Blues is nothing new in recent years, but the decision of Danny Wilson to quit next spring symbolises so much that has gone rapidly downhill, argues Rob Cole. From the chairman to the squad, to the commercial department, there is a need for overhaul. There are many ways to look at Danny Wilson deciding enough is enough as the head coach at Cardiff Blues. You could say he is leaving because he has potentially got a better offer to join a really big club in England, Northampton Saints, albeit in a less senior role.

Danny Wilson is leaving Cardiff Blues at the end of the season and Robin Davey is less than surprised at a “yo-yo” region where coaches are either on the up  . . . or the way down. The downbeat feel extends to the Ospreys and the Dragons, too, but at least he sees the Scarlets continuing to set the standards. The new rugby season is only a month old but already it’s a tale of woe for three of the Welsh regions with little prospect of things getting any better soon. Cardiff Blues, the Ospreys and the Dragons are all having their problems, though the Scarlets are an honourable exception having got their campaign off to a pretty effective start.

Not enough time at night to sit down and read the WRU’s latest accounts and annual report from cover to cover? No, we thought not. But don’t worry because Geraint Powell has and here are his half dozen headlines. Having reviewed the latest annual report from the Welsh Rugby Union (http://www.wru.co.uk/downloads/WRU_ARA_2017_1o.pdf), these six main themes can be appreciated from the underlying 2016-17 financial and other information. For those who have not yet read it, particularly Chairmen, Secretaries and Treasurers at the constituent member clubs of the WRU, I would, as with every other year, always recommend starting with the Strategic Report prepared by Finance Director Steve Phillips (pages 14-21) before reading the statements by Chief Executive Martyn Phillips, Chairman Gareth Davies, Head of Rugby Performance Geraint John and Head of Rugby Participation Ryan Jones.