The midweek fixtures featured many Welshmen in action this week. Iestyn Samuel wraps up all the action as the Carabao Cup second round gave first team opportunities to many youngsters out to prove a point and fight for a future starting berth.

Chris Coleman has opened the door to a possible U-turn over his decision to stand down as Wales manager. The 47-year-old has previously stated he would leave his post after the current World Cup campaign – regardless of whether or not his team qualifies for the finals in Russia next summer. But after naming a 25-man squad for the crunch qualifiers with Austria and Moldova, Coleman revealed he will soon discuss his future with his Football Association of Wales bosses.

Gareth Bale has been backed to return to peak form and fitness for Wales next week, by a relieved Chris Coleman. The Real Madrid star was named on Friday for the World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Moldova after returning from international suspension. Bale missed the 1-1 draw against Serbia in June and has played just one La Liga match since then as the season starts later in Spain.

Wales have made six changes to their starting team for the Women’s Rugby World Cup seventh-place play-off against Ireland at the Kingspan Stadium tomorrow afternoon. Two of the changes are positional: Elinor Snowsill goes from fly-half to fullback, allowing Robyn Wilkins her first tournament start at number ten, and Elen Evans moves from left to right wing as Jasmine Joyce returns to the side.

Neil Warnock has revealed Cardiff City are prepared to sell in-form centre-forward Kenneth Zohore, but only if a Premier League club offers £30m-plus. “If we got £30m offered we’d have to sell him,” says the Bluebirds manager. Warnock, though, does not expect any movement and said: “If Kenneth has another good season with Cardiff than […]

Former Merthyr Town captain Ryan Green believes his old club will again be challenging hard for promotion. The Martyrs play two matches in three days over the Bank Holiday weekend, entertaining Farnborough Town at the Loadlok Community Stadium on Saturday before travelling to Green’s current club Hereford on Monday (both 3pm). Hereford go to St […]

Andrew Lord is backing his Cardiff Devils players to bounce back in their Champions Hockey League campaign. Devils were beaten 10-1 by top Swiss club HC Davos in their first match and head coach Lord said: “That’s a pretty ugly scoreline, one of the worst defeats I’ve been involved in for a long time. “Penalties […]

HC Davos 10, Cardiff Devils 1 Cardiff Devils were left gasping for breath in the high altitude of the Alpine region. The Elite League champions were outskated by Swiss team HC Davos, who are among the leading teams in Europe. While Vaxjo Lakers defeated Czech team Bili Tygri Liberec 4-3 after overtime in the same […]

Cardiff AAC Juniors won 33 medals at the Welsh Junior Championships in Wrexham. There were 13 golds, 12 silver and seven bronze medals for Cardiff. Teenager Jay Morse, the younger brother of London Olympics and Glasgow Commonwealth Games competitor Brett, won two events. Jay won golds in the under-17 discus and shot put events at […]

HC Davos seem to have written off their Champions Hockey League rivals Cardiff Devils. Elite League champions Devils are in Switzerland for their opening CHL group match tonight and former Swiss international Sandro Rizzi, the club’s assistant general manager, says: “Our aim is to get through this group and qualify for the knockout stages. “With […]

Cardiff AAC are back in the Premier Division of British athletics. They earned promotion by finishing top of Division One, ahead of Swansea Harriers in second place. Both clubs are promoted which means that Cardiff and Swansea will be in the Premier together for the first time ever. They will be competing against clubs like […]

The end of August marks another major milestone on the countdown to the UK’s eagerly-anticipated round of the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship. With little more than nine weeks remaining until the thrilling WRC title fight arrives on these shores, official entries to this autumn’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (26-29 October) have just opened.

Geraint Thomas will make his comeback from a broken collarbone on next month’s OVO Energy Tour of Britain. The Team Sky rider will be joined by Owain Doull for the eight-day event which finishes in their home city of Cardiff on Sunday, September 10.

Welshman Matthew Myers and the Cardiff Devils are in Switzerland on a European ice hockey mission. Cardiff-born power forward Myers is one of the most decorated players in Britain, having won the Challenge Cup seven times and the play-off championship in five seasons plus two Elite League titles. Tonight (Thursday) Myers is likely to join […]

WRU head of rugby performance Geraint John believes standards in the Principality Premiership will rise this season thanks to some high profile new coaches. Namibia head coach and former Scarlets supremo Phil Davies has returned to home club Llanelli, adding to the number of coaches with regional and international experience working beneath regional level. The Premiership begins this Saturday in a new format with east and west leagues for the first half of the campaign.

There’s a novelty feel about the Dragons as the region gears up towards the start of a new rugby season and a new era. But Robin Davey says enthusiasm, good intentions, and Bernard Jackman’s busy Twitter fingers alone will not be enough to take them striding forward. It is now well documented that it’s been a summer of upheaval for the Dragons – from a time when they were in real danger of going under to becoming a re-branded region under the control of the Welsh Rugby Union. Rodney Parade was bought by the Union who have spent, or are spending, £5m on the buy-out, extensive renovations and providing a new hybrid pitch so that the Dragons, Newport RFC and Newport County can play on it without the fear of the flooding which so blighted the previous one.

Colin Ingram revealed Glamorgan had been driven by a fierce determination to make amends for last season as they reached the Nat West T20 Blast Finals Day. Ingram struck an unbeaten 70 from 43 balls and Craig Meschede took three wickets for 17 as Glamorgan booked their place on Wednesday night with a comprehensive nine wicket victory over Leicestershire in Cardiff. Ingram said: “We had to right the wrong from last year. To hear the crowd cheering and chanting, we can get excited about Finals Day now.

David Miller has jetted in to the Glamorgan squad for Wednesday night’s NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final clash with Leicestershire Foxes at The Swalec Stadium. The South African batsman arrived on an overnight flight from Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, just hours after playing match in his homeland. The big-hitting left-hander arrives having been involved in the two-game South Africa A against India A series which finished on Tuesday.

The Dragons meet Glasgow Warriors at Eugene Cross Park on Friday. Geraint Powell argues it’s a “missionary” trip which should be supported as the region tries to overcome the suspicions and resentments of the past. After a baptism of fire on the road against powerhouses Montpellier, Northampton and Exeter, whilst their new Desso pitch has been laid at Rodney Parade, the Dragons head up to Eugene Cross Park in Ebbw Vale for their final pre-season friendly match on Friday afternoon against a Glasgow Warriors district now under the guidance of Dave Rennie (formerly of the Chiefs of New Zealand). Expectations need to be carefully managed by the Dragons, for the evolution will take a number of seasons, but there has not been such a good vibe in Gwent rugby for many years – albeit mixed with sadness and regret over the consequences of the Newport Gwent Dragons failure for one club. Given Rennie’s well-publicised comments since arriving in Scotland about the need for his Glasgow team to get

The Dragons meet Glasgow Warriors at Eugene Cross Park on Friday. Geraint Powell argues it’s a “missionary” trip which should be supported as the region tries to overcome the suspicions and resentments of the past. After a baptism of fire on the road against powerhouses Montpellier, Northampton and Exeter, whilst their new Desso pitch has been laid at Rodney Parade, the Dragons head up to Eugene Cross Park in Ebbw Vale for their final pre-season friendly match on Friday afternoon against a Glasgow Warriors district now under the guidance of Dave Rennie (formerly of the Chiefs of New Zealand). Expectations need to be carefully managed by the Dragons, for the evolution will take a number of seasons, but there has not been such a good vibe in Gwent rugby for many years – albeit mixed with sadness and regret over the consequences of the Newport Gwent Dragons failure for one club. Given Rennie’s well-publicised comments since arriving in Scotland about the need for his Glasgow team to get