Andrew Lord has vowed his Cardiff Devils team will roar back to their best in tonight’s (Wednesday) Elite League clash with Dundee Stars in Scotland. “I know for a fact we will be back to normal come Wednesday’s match,” said Lord, who was shocked by lacklustre performances against MK Lightning (2-5) and Manchester Storm (1-6). […]

Merthyr Town 2, Tiverton Town 1 Eliot Richards and Ian Traylor scored the Merthyr Town goals in their Southern League home win against Tiverton Town at the Loadlok Community Stadium. Both teams had a player sent off in this Premier League clash. Jordan Rogers was dismissed for a second bookable offence during the first half, […]

In one incredible year, Josh Griffiths has gone from park runs to membership of the world’s marathon elite. Owen Morgan went to meet him and heard about his plans for an equally memorable 2018. As the mid-day sun reflected off the Thames below, high above on Tower Bridge Josh Griffiths was doing some reflection of his own. The Swansea Harrier had just finished the World Athletics Championships marathon, completing a whirlwind year which had seem him transform from talented club athlete to one of the top 40 marathon runners in the world. 

Neil Warnock is taking his inspiration from an old American crooner as he provides the melody, rhythm and drum beat of Cardiff City’s march back to the top of the Championship. The Bluebirds manager revealed he had been to a Neil Sedaka concert in the build-up to his team’s heavy bass 3-1 thumping of Leeds United on Tuesday night, played out to an ear-bashing by a near capacity 28,000 crowd. The singer is still packing them in at 78-year-old, just like Warnock is still relishing building promotion-winning sides at only 10 years younger.

Bridgend-born Josh Yorwerth, a former Cardiff City and Merthyr Town defender, faces a Welsh challenge tonight (Tuesday). Centre-half Yorwerth is in the Crawley Town team for their League Two match against Newport County at Checkatrade Stadium (7.45pm). The 22-year-old former Wales youth international is described as ‘a rock’ by Crawley manager Harry Kewell, who says: […]

Premier Under-23 Development League: Cardiff City 4, Charlton Athletic 3  Anthony Pilkington fired a hat-trick for Cardiff City’s development team in their victory against Charlton Athletic at Cardiff International Sports Campus. Mark Harris also netted for the young Bluebirds, but was sent off after midway through the first half. Pilkington might have scored four goals, […]

Merthyr Town 2, Royston Town 1 Captain Ashley Evans scored twice for Merthyr Town in their Southern League home win against Premier Division new boys Royston Town. The Martyrs now entertain Tiverton Town at the Loadlok Community Stadium on Tuesday (7.45pm). Manager Gavin Williams set up his team in a 3-5-2 formation and created several […]

Cardiff Devils 1, Manchester Storm 6 Cardiff Devils fans endured a weekend of abject ice hockey misery. Their team performance against Manchester Storm was embarrassing for supporters and players alike. Many spectators were walking out of Ice Arena Wales well before the end with Devils trailing by five goals. Devils followed their 5-2 Challenge Cup […]

Richard Cockerill has launched an incredible attack on referees following the Scarlets’ defeat of Edinburgh. The former Leicester coach – whose team lost 28-8 at Parc Y Scarlets at the weekend – could be in hot water with Guinness Pro14 chiefs after suggesting there is a conspiracy against the Scots. Cockerill was angered by decisions made by referee John Lacey, but went further and claimed there is a widespread bias against Edinburgh, who are “supposed to lose”.

Milton Keynes Lightning 5, Cardiff Devils 2 Former Cardiff Devils captain Ryan Finnerty brings his Manchester Storm team to South Wales on Sunday (6pm). Devils aim to hit back with intensity in the Elite League clash with Storm following a bitterly disappointing 5-2 Challenge Cup group defeat at Milton Keynes Lightning. Finnerty knows his Storm […]

Sunderland 1, Cardiff City 2 The Bluebirds have their very own ‘Jack In The Box’ who has added extra spark to their bid for Championship success. Craig Bryson, who has joined Cardiff City on a season-long loan from Derby, scored their first goal in their away win at the Stadium of Light. “He created things […]

Paul Clement was as generous with the blame for Swansea City’s third straight home defeat as his players were with their defending. The Swans lost 2-1 to Watford after Brazilian youngster Richarlison scored a 90th minute winner, just as Clement’s side appeared content to take a point from a game they began dreadfully, improved, before slumping again before the end. Not many Premier League managers go with five at the back at home to Watford, but Clement chose to.

The JD Welsh Premier League took a more familiar look to it on Friday night after The New Saints climbed to the top of the table for the first time this season. Chris Seargeant’s early strike was enough to secure three points at Park Hall against previously unbeaten Llandudno. Saints recorded a fifth-straight clean-sheet in […]

The All Blacks will be back in Wales in just two months’ time. It will be 64 years’ worth of mental scars for the Welsh players who have failed to beat them since 1953, but for Clive Rowlands there is a physical reminder, too, as he tells Peter Jackson. Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back, just as he has woken up every day for more than half a century. One late hit from Colin Meads has lasted a lifetime. “I get pain every morning,’’ said Rowlands. “I suppose the natural process of getting older doesn’t help but I don’t have a problem with Colin Meads, not really. I’ve got no hard feelings about it.”

Lions hero Jonathan Davies has been promised an unhappy return on Saturday when he makes his first start of the season for the Scarlets. The warning comes from Scotland lock Ben Toolis who insists Edinburgh can repeat their victory of last season at Parc Y Scarlets, whether Davies plays or not. Both teams are coming off the back of Guinness Pro14 defeats last week, with the Scarlets losing at Ulster and Richard Cockerill’s Edinburgh victims of a shock home defeat to Treviso.

Merthyr Town are aiming for a return to winning ways when they play two Southern League home fixtures in four days. Royston Town make the trip from Hertfordshire to South Wales on Saturday (3pm), while Premier Division leaders Tiverton visit the Loadlok Community Stadium next Tuesday (7.45pm). Manager Gavin Williams and his team need the […]

Cardiff Fire are battling to ensure Australian David Manning can make his debut against Milton Keynes Thunder at Ice Arena Wales on Saturday (6.30pm). Mark Cuddihy, Fire’s general manager, spent yesterday working to ensure all paperwork was in place to make Manning eligible for the National Ice Hockey League match. That is the second of […]

Former Cardiff City manager Russell Slade is plotting Newport County’s downfall this Saturday. Grimsby Town manager Slade takes his team to Newport’s Rodney Parade ground on Saturday (3pm) looking for a fourth win in five League Two fixtures. Former Grimsby forward Padraig Amond is in the County team and Slade says: “Amond works extremely hard […]

Cardiff City are shooting for Championship glory – and manager Neil Warnock is backing his team to keep flying high. The Bluebirds are joint top of the table, level on points with Leeds United and Wolves and are travelling to Saturday’s clash with Sunderland in style. Cardiff are flying to the North East of England […]

Cardiff Devils go into a gruelling spell of five matches in 11 days when they travel to play Milton Keynes Lightning on Saturday. Head coach Andrew Lord and his team play Challenge Cup, Elite League and Champions League fixtures in their quest to build on a solid start to the 2017-18 season. Champions Devils opened […]