Paul Clement believes Sam Clucas will offer Swansea City versatility after the midfielder completes his move from Hull City on Wednesday, but the manager is still keen to bring in more signings before the transfer window closes. The deal for Clucas will cost the Swans £16.5m with add-ons and is the first turnaround on the £45m they received from Everton for the sale of Gylfi Sigurdsson. “He is a good footballer and that is what we want here,” Clement said after Tuesday’s 4-1 win over MK Dons in the Carabao Cup.

Only two weeks ago, Dai Sport’s Richard Thomas paid a warm and widely circulated tribute to Don Shepherd ahead of a landmark birthday. Now, he reflects on the life of the Glamorgan great who inspired and uplifted cricket followers, both on and off the field. This has been a wretched few days for Glamorgan and indeed Welsh sport. In fact, off the field 2017 has turned into an annus horribilis for the county. The death of Don Shepherd last Friday, only six days after his 90th birthday, produced an outpouring of eulogies from the world of cricket and beyond.

Leeds United 5, Newport County 1 Newport County crashed out of the Carabao Cup, but they can look back with a little satisfaction on their performance. They gave Leeds a tough time for more than half the game and certainly did not deserve a 5-1 defeat. This would certainly have been an interesting confrontation had it […]

Tammy Abraham scored his first goal for the club as a strong Swansea City side came from behind to beat MK Dons and move into the third round of the Carabao Cup. Leroy Fer also grabbed a brace to seal the Swans’ first victory of the season after Southampton loanee Ryan Seager had put the hosts ahead with his first goal for the club. Fer then headed home twice, before Abraham’s maiden Swans goal and a solo effort from Jordan Ayew completed a comfortable victory for Paul Clement’s side.

Cardiff City 1, Burton Albion 2 Neil Warnock was let down by his Bluebirds’ fringe players in their Carabao Cup match at Cardiff City Stadium. The manager made big changes to his team, giving players a chance it shine, and was dismayed by a below par display. City had been unbeaten in league and cup […]

The Dragons are appa rently going back to their ‘Roman roots’ with their new-look kit design.The WRU owned region now have a new home and away kit to go with their new pitch and new coaching team. All that now needs to follow are some new results! New main sponsors Monmouthshire Building Society take pride of place on the front of the jerseys, while the new Guinness PRO14 logo is also included for the first time.

Cardiff Devils forward Craig Moore says he’s about to play in two of the biggest games of his career so far, writes Craig Anderson. The energetic, all-action Scot made the move to the Elite League champions this summer after two years at Dundee Stars and is preparing for his first taste of action in the […]

Wales internationals David Boote and Jack Davidson have made it into the Walker Cup squad, the first time in 10 years there has been more than one Welsh player. Since 2007, when Nigel Edwards, Rhys Davies and Llewellyn Matthews played alongside Rory McIlroy at Royal County Down, only Rhys Pugh has represented Wales in the transatlantic amateur version of the Ryder Cup when he was picked in 2011 and 2013.

Guinness Pro14 new boys Southern Kings have named their squad for the new season. Rob Cole takes a look at the South Africans’ preparations as well as those of their compatriots, the Cheetahs, as both try to overcome defections and dual tournament congestion. Guinness PRO14 new boys Southern Kings, who have to launch their campaign at the home of defending champions the Scarlets, have retained only 11 of their Super Rugby squad. Head coach Deon Davids was at least able to name a squad of 40 players for what is likely to be a baptism by fire at Parc y Scarlets on 2 September, but it will be more a case of getting to know their names, rather than turning them into a competitive outfit in the first instance.

Swansea City’s £16.5m bid for Sam Clucas has been accepted by Hull City and the midfielder is expected to complete his move on Wednesday. The move represents Swans manager Paul Clement’s first spend to strengthen his squad since the £45m sale of Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton. Clucas – a left-sided midfielder – has been a target for both the Swans and Burnley, who had a bid of £10m rejected earlier this month.

Newport County take on a huge Carabao Cup task when they take on Leeds United at Elland Road this evening (7.45pm). “It’s a brilliant tie,’ says County manager Michael Flynn, who is upbeat about his teams chances. Flynn’s men were drawn at home against Leeds, but switched the tie to Elland Road because a new […]

Former Bluebirds defender Ben Turner returns to Cardiff City Stadium for tonight’s Carabao Cup second round tie. Turner plays for Burton Albion and goes head-to-head with Cardiff’s new striker Omar Bogle. Big centre-half Turner has completed a five-game suspension and missed the Championship clash with Cardiff on the opening day of the season. “We still […]

Premier Development League (under-23) Sheffield United 3, Cardiff City 0 Nigerian striker Osayamen Osawe has joined Cardiff City on trial. Osawe, a 23-year-old who is with German club FC Kaiserslautern, was born in Benin City, Nigeria, but holds British citizenship. His family moved from Nigeria to Manchester in 2002 and Osawe spent his youth career […]

Cardiff Devils’ debut in Champions League ice hockey, against top Swiss club HC Davos, will be broadcast live in the city centre. Davos v Devils is being screened in Shooters Bar at the Cardiff Bierkeller Complex from 6.40pm. Shooters has the biggest screen in Cardiff and Devils supporters look certain to turn out in force. […]

Dylan Kerfoot-Robson saw off a strong line-up to be crowned Welsh Road Race Champion at Cerrig-y-drudion. The St Asaph-born rider who competes for Team Wiggins completed three laps of the challenging 33km Brenig course in an impressive time of two hours 35 minutes 27 seconds.

The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship is proving to be the most exciting and fiercely-fought in years and this autumn’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (26-29 October) will now be pivotal in the electrifying race to determine the winner of the coveted world championship crown.

Cardiff Devils 6, Krefeld Penguins 2 Cardiff Devils turned on the style in their final warm-up match before they face their European Champions League challenge. Visitors Krefeld play DEL hockey, the top tier in Germany, and Devils were ready for a difficult match. Penguins were blown away by Cardiff’s skating speed, great movement and flowing […]

Elfyn Evans was happy with his sixth place at Rally Deutschland but knows it could have been even better. The Dolgellau-born driver was battling for fourth at one stage with rivals Juho Hanninen and Craig Breen, but was hit by traction issues.

Wales have announced their team to face Canada at Queen’s University Belfast on Tuesday at 17:00, with both sides aiming for a fifth-place finish in the Women’s Rugby World Cup. In the second meeting between the two in this year’s tournament (with Canada the victors in a high-intensity encounter in the pool stage), head coach Rowland Phillips has kept faith in the same starting team that took on the 2014 finalists just over a week ago. This means a return to the starting line-up for nine players following Thursday’s bonus-point win against Hong Kong in Dublin, including experienced North Walian duo Dyddgu Hywel and Elen Evans.

In part two of Dai Sport’s regional health check ahead of the new rugby season, Geraint Powell puts his stethoscope next to the heart of the Scarlets to determine whether or not they can maintain the healthy beat of last season. If the Ospreys region has been mostly confined to the shadows this summer (http://www.dai-sport.com/ospreys-ready-fly-back-shadows/), the Scarlets region has inevitably been in the limelight as a result of their scintillating romp to the Guinness Pro12 title last season with comfortable play-off wins in Dublin over Leinster (at the RDS) and Munster (at the Aviva). As if that was not enough to secure media attention, to compensate for the loss of Liam Williams to Saracens they then secured the services of the somewhat stranded Leigh Halfpenny as Williams’ replacement on a dual central contract, 60% funded by the Welsh Rugby Union. If any team can rediscover Halfpenny’s early career attacking mojo, it will be the Scarlets.