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 […]

Welsh athlete Mica Moore’s dream of competing at the Winter Olympics is under threat due to a funding row. However, she is hoping that the Great British public will help her put her ambitions back on track. The Birchfield Harriers and Cardiff Met University sprinter is in pole position to act as the brake women for British bobsleigh driver Mica McNeill at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang.

British and Irish Lions legend JJ Williams has come out in defence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley in the wake of Sean O’Brien’s scathing attack of their coaching on the summer tour to New Zealand. Williams knows all about what it takes to win a series with the Lions having been on the greatest tour of all to South Africa in 1974. He also went to New Zealand in 1977, when the Lions won one of the four Tests. But he believes the Class of 2017 didn’t have the back line talent to match the All Blacks and feels they did much better than expected to draw the series against the double world champions.

Tammy Abraham has pledged his continuing allegiance to England and denied reports he was considering switching to Nigeria. The Swansea City loan striker has, though, admitted he met officials from the Nigerian Football Federation. Reports on Thursday suggested England Under-21 international Abraham, who qualifies for the African nation through his father, was thinking of swapping countries.

Scarlets forward Tadhg Beirne wants to play for Ireland and admits he has to go home to fulfil that ambition. Welsh players who cross borders face the same dilemma, but Robin Davey believes such demands are outmoded and have no place in the modern sporting era. Yet again the thorny subject of player qualification has reared its head, this time the case of Irish lock Tadhg Beirne hitting the headlines. He really blossomed under the tutelage of the Scarlets last season, into an international prospect, after being rejected by the Irish provinces.

Aberystwyth Town manager Nev Powell has admitted he is worried by his side’s start to the season after a heavy 4-0 defeat to Newtown saw the Seasiders slide to the bottom of the table. Aberystwyth have not picked up a point nor scored since drawing 1-1 with Barry Town on the opening weekend of the […]

Wales are off and running in their quest to reach the Women’s World Cup finals, thanks to Jess Fishlock’s brilliant winner against Kazakhstan. Manager Jayne Ludlow says they now have the Russians in their sights. http:// Wales Women got their #FIFAWWC qualifying campaign off to the perfect start yesterday in Astana! 👏 pic.twitter.com/25gjcuDrRK — Wales […]

While memories of a first foray into Europe begin to fade, Penarth Hockey Club is already turning its attention to another season of competition and, with it, the chance to add to the honours secured over the past couple of years.

The Scarlets could find themselves playing in front of an empty stadium when they head to South Africa to face the Southern Kings in Round 9 of the Guinness Pro 14 on 26 November. The reigning champions have already beaten the new boys once this season, but their return fixture could be a low key affair after calls in Port Elizabeth this week to boycott matches played by the SA Rugby-backed Kings. Given a crowd of only 3,011 turned up to watch their home debut against Leinster last weekend it won’t take many fans to vote with their feet for the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth to echo with emptiness.

It is 20 years this week since Glamorgan last conquered cricket by winning the County Championship – a happy anniversary for Matthew Maynard and his team. In an exclusive interview for Dai Sport the victorious former captain and England batsman, now director of cricket at Somerset, tells Alun Rhys Chivers how Glamorgan became champions. Ron Davies may have declared September 19, 1997 “a very good morning in Wales” but September 20 was an equally good day for the thousands of Welshmen who made that now famous pilgrimage to Taunton. The new optimism across Wales filtered down to an expectant crowd at the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, where the 11 players on the Glamorgan side were about to achieve something only achieved by 22 Glamorgan players before them, and something which hadn’t been emulated for 28 years.

It is 20 years this week since Glamorgan last conquered cricket by winning the County Championship – a happy anniversary for Matthew Maynard and his team. In an exclusive interview for Dai Sport the victorious former captain and England batsman, now director of cricket at Somerset, tells Alun Rhys Chivers how Glamorgan became champions. Ron Davies may have declared September 19, 1997 “a very good morning in Wales” but September 20 was an equally good day for the thousands of Welshmen who made that now famous pilgrimage to Taunton. The new optimism across Wales filtered down to an expectant crowd at the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, where the 11 players on the Glamorgan side were about to achieve something only achieved by 22 Glamorgan players before them, and something which hadn’t been emulated for 28 years.

Alfie Mawson earned high praise from manager Paul Clement as Swansea City eased into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. The Swans defender scored his first goal of the season in the 2-0 win at Reading and Jordan Ayew came off the bench to claim the second as Clement’s side moved into the last 16. Swansea were forced to defend for long periods, but their success in keeping another clean sheet means they are yet to concede a goal in away games at Southampton, Crystal Palace, Tottenham and now Reading.

Alfie Mawson earned high praise from manager Paul Clement as Swansea City eased into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. The Swans defender scored his first goal of the season in the 2-0 win at Reading and Jordan Ayew came off the bench to claim the second as Clement’s side moved into the last 16. Swansea were forced to defend for long periods, but their success in keeping another clean sheet means they are yet to concede a goal in away games at Southampton, Crystal Palace, Tottenham and now Reading.

Scarlets lock Tadhg Beirne is set to quit the region at the end of the season and return home to Ireland to join Munster. Beirne – who had an outstanding first season with the Guinness Pro12 champions – has turned down the offer of a new two-year deal in order to pursue his international ambitions with Ireland. The 25-year-old was an integral part of the region’s triumph last season, scoring a try in the runaway final victory over Munster in Dublin, and Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac was desperate to keep him at Parc Y Scarlets, where he has formed a formidable second row partnership with Wales forward Jake Ball.

George North has shaken off his Lions lows and is coming back to his best, according to his former Wales teammate Martyn Williams. The Northampton wing endured a frustrating tour to New Zealand in the summer, four years after he was the most feared player in the Lions’ line-up when they won their 2013 series in Australia. North managed just three matches for the Lions this year and failed to make the Test team to face the All Blacks before a hamstring injury ended his trip prematurely.

lfie Mawson has jumped to the defence of Renato Sanches and insisted the Portugal star will make a success of his loan move from Bayern Munich to Swansea City. Sanches has begun with two low key performances for the Swans –against Newcastle and Tottenham – which both ended with him being substituted. The 20-year-old has also been criticised by pundits such as Jamie Redknapp and suffered reports back in Germany that he was let go by the Bundesliga club because of doubts over his attitude.

Dai Young has admitted he would have been provoked into action against Joe Marler if the England prop had squirted water in his face. Former Wales skipper Young – now Wasps director of rugby – was angered by Marler’s scrap with James Haskell during Wasps’ 24-21 home defeat to Harlequins on Sunday. Haskell was left […]