Cardiff Fire have signed four quality netminders for their first season playing in the second tier of British ice hockey. Joe Myers, who was first to join Fire, will compete with Luke Takel, Lewis Davies and James Whiting between the pipes. Cardiff-born Myers and Takel, from Pontypool, will initially battle it out for the starting […]

Neil Warnock remains keen on adding a midfield player to his Bluebirds squad and that could yet be Welshman Joe Ledley. Cardiff City have two potential targets and Ledley is one of those. The transfer deadline is 11pm this evening, but Wales international Ledley remains a free agent having been released by Crystal Palace last season. […]

Continuing our countdown to the new Guinness Pro 14 season, Geraint Powell looks at the Cardiff Blues and assesses whether or not astute coaching and promising youngsters can overcome financial constraints and shifting priorities. The Cardiff Blues are always the most difficult Welsh region to analyse pre-season and far more so than the Ospreys (http://www.dai-sport.com/ospreys-ready-fly-back-shadows/) or the Scarlets (http://www.dai-sport.com/scarlets-bloodline-williams-halfpenny-will-keep-pumping-top-pro14/). Unlike the recently failed Newport Gwent Dragons, now the Dragons under WRU member club ownership, they have not been operating on a shoestring budget over many years thanks in particular to the benevolence of chairman Peter Thomas.

Former Wales second row Lou Reed is hoping his form for Merthyr in the opening weeks of the season can get him back into regional rugby. For the first time in a decade, the former Scarlets and Cardiff Blues lock is without a full-time professional deal. Reed left Sale by mutual consent in February after struggling for regular appearances, but the 29-year-old reckons he has plenty of miles left on the clock at the top level.

There were Welsh Premier upsets across three ties in the first round of the Nathaniel MG Cup midweek with five Cymru Alliance clubs advancing. A total of eight clubs from outside the JD Welsh Premier League are in the hat for Thursday afternoon’s second round draw, which is being made live on Facebook. Cefn Druids, […]

Luke Rowe is already doing strength work in the gym – just three weeks after breaking his leg on his brother’s stag do. The Cardiff-born rider smashed his fibula and tibia jumping on a rock while white-water rafting in Prague.

An incredible line-up of evocative rally cars from past eras will be one of the many highlights at this autumn’s Cholmondeley Castle RallyFest on Saturday 28 October. Set up to provide families with a full day of fun-fuelled entertainment, RallyFest is one of the 21 thrilling speed tests that make up the four-day Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

The Guinness Pro14 – 16.6% bigger and possibly better than last season – kicks off on Friday night. Robin Davey examines what might happen on the opening weekend and how the four Welsh regions might perform this season. The phoney war is over, pre-season friendlies which can be meaningless are done, and now it’s the real thing as a new professional rugby season in Wales gets under way on Friday night. The Guinness Pro 12 League has evolved into the Pro 14, split into two conferences of seven teams with the addition of two South African sides, bringing in a much-needed injection of capital.

Andrew Lord’s Cardiff Devils are aiming to make plenty of noise in their two Champions Hockey League home matches over the next four days week. Head coach Lord is preparing his team for group fixtures against Czech champions Bili Tygri Liberec on Thursday (tonight, 7pm) plus Swiss elite team HC Davos on Sunday (6pm). Both […]

Paul Clement will hope his friendship with Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti enables Swansea City to complete the signing of Renato Sanches on Thursday. The Swans boss is optimistic he can conclude a season-long loan deal for the midfielder from the club where Clement was Ancelotti’s assistant. Sanches is currently on international duty with Portugal ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Porto on Thursday night.

Pennard golfers have claimed the Welsh club double this season, adding the Welsh Team Championships to the Victory Shield. They claimed the spoils in a tight final against Celtic Manor at Rhuddlan, with Welsh Boys international Ollie Dickson winning the crucial match on the 18th against Rhys Briscoe.

Geraint Thomas is relishing racing in front of his home crowds at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain. The Cardiff-born rider was confirmed in Team Sky’s six-man squad for the race which gets underway in Edinburgh on Sunday.

The Principality Premiership season has kicked-off with a new format and some new coaches at the helm. Geraint Powell highlights the notable results from week one and assesses how the two conference system may pan out through the campaign. The Principality Premiership returned at the bank holiday weekend, in an all-new east/west conference format with an earlier season start to accommodate more league matches. In the east conference, defending champions Merthyr were forced to work hard for a 31-29 win over visitors Cross Keys.

While Theresa May’s Conservatives continue Brexit negotiations, Cardiff Devils coach Andrew Lord is aiming to ensure Wales stay in Europe. That’s a massive challenge for Lord and his players, but Devils are relishing the chance to play against top European clubs at their Cardiff Bay arena. Lord’s men face two massive Champions Hockey League fixtures […]

It is now 17 years since the scorers, statisticians and historians of Welsh cricket had their busiest, and possibly their finest, hour. Glamorgan had headed north, as they have this week, and Richard Thomas recalls how their batsmen made a lot of hay in the sunshine. A trip by Sussex to Colwyn Bay is enough to shake the cricket stattos of this world into life. Time to sharpen the pencils and rewrite the record books, it would seem. Because as the English south coast county visit the north Wales coast this week, memories of a significant cricket match at the Rhos-on-Sea ground 17 years ago come flooding back.

Leigh Halfpenny has revealed overcoming the serious knee injury that put him out of the last World Cup has proved tougher than he ever imagined. The Wales full-back will make his Scarlets debut on Saturday at home to the Southern Kings after moving from Toulon earlier this summer. His fractious departure from the French club came whilst he was trying to win a Test place with the Lions in New Zealand, but Halfpenny believes his most significant setback in recent times was regaining full fitness.

Forest Green Rovers 2, Newport County 0 Newport County slipped to defeat in their opening Checkatrade Trophy group match. Hosts Forest Green netted a goal in each half with Dan Wishart and Luke James the scorers. Both of Newport’s remaining trophy fixtures are at home and they still have a genuine chance of finishing in […]

Cardiff City have rejected the latest enquiry about star striker Kenneth Zohore. Premier League Everton are the latest club to ask about the powerful Dane, who has also attracted interest from Brighton, Hull and others. The Bluebirds, though, insist the won’t budge from their stance that Zohore is staying. Manager Neil Warnock has that it […]

Newport County players will wear black armbands during their Checkatrade Trophy tie against Forest Green Rovers at the New Lawn stadium this evening (7.30pm). County supporter Kieran Sanges passed away over the bank holiday weekend. Since Kieran had been diagnosed with cancer the club has been in regular contact with the family and players visited […]

There are surprise names at opposite ends of the JD Welsh Premier League although the season is still very much in its infancy. Three rounds have now been played giving us nothing more than a flavour of what is to come but there is already a surprise element with Llandudno topping the table and Carmarthen […]