Swansea City’s impending sale of Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton for £45m is a disaster for Paul Clement, according to pundit Ian Wright. Sigurdsson is expected to undergo a medical in Liverpool on Wednesday after the two clubs finally hammered out a deal, understood to be some way below the Swans’ initial demand for £50m, even with add-on payments. Swans manager Clement is now expected to finalise deals to bring in former striker Wilfried Bony from Manchester City and West Brom’s Nacer Chadli, although moves for Joe Allen from Stoke City are likely to remain rebuffed.

Stratford Town 2, Merthyr Town 2 Merthyr Town were left bitterly disappointed after their Southern League Premier Division match at Stratford Town. The Martyrs led by two goals only to draw and had goals ace Ian Traylor sent off during the second half. Manager Gavin Williams and his team were almost given reprieve when referee […]

Cardiff City 2, Sheffield United 0 Cardiff City have made it three wins in a row at the start of a season – and that is incredibly rare for the Bluebirds. They did manage it during 1945-46, in the peacetime league immediately after the Second World War, but that’s the only other time in their […]

Things are starting to look bright for the future of Welsh rugby with Geraint Lewis’ talented teenagers beating all-comers in South Africa, Having taken down South Africa Schools on Friday, 30-28, the Wales Under 18 side polished off England in their second game in Cape Town. Their 14-12 triumph made it two wins this year over the auld enemy as they backed up their 29-19 victory in Ebbw Vale in March. The annual development tour to South Africa has bee

The transfer window could soon be closed before the start of each season if plans being discussed by Premier League clubs go ahead. The debate over an earlier close to the transfer market was re-ignited by Swansea City manager Paul Clement at the weekend. Clement argued that uncertainty over recruitment and departures of players was not only hampering the planning of managers, but also short-changing fans with players kept on the sidelines.

After beating South Africa on Friday it will be old foes England on the agenda for Wales Under 18 in Cape Town on Tuesday. Geraint Lewis’s talented teenagers have already beaten England once this year in Ebbw Vale and the coach will be hoping lightening does strike twice when his side lines-up showing five changes from the team that beat the Boks 30-28. Hartpury College flanker Ben Fry join Scarlets quartet Scott Lloyd, Kemsley Mathias, Callum Morris and Joe Roberts come into the starting XV to tackle an English side that beaten France in their opening fixture.

After beating South Africa on Friday it will be old foes England on the agenda for Wales Under 18 in Cape Town on Tuesday. Geraint Lewis’s talented teenagers have already beaten England once this year in Ebbw Vale and the coach will be hoping lightening does strike twice when his side lines-up showing five changes from the team that beat the Boks 30-28. Hartpury College flanker Ben Fry join Scarlets quartet Scott Lloyd, Kemsley Mathias, Callum Morris and Joe Roberts come into the starting XV to tackle an English side that beaten France in their opening fixture.

Neil Warnock will have an affinity with a coalminer from Blaengarw if his Bluebirds beat Sheffield United this evening (7.45pm). Remarkably, Cardiff City have only ever won their opening three League matches of a season once during more than a century since the club was formed – and even that was in the regional leagues […]

Merthyr Town travel to Stratford Town for their second Southern League Premier Division mach on Tuesday (7.45pm). The Martyrs fought out a goalless draw at home against Hitchin Town and now hit the road in search of a first victory. Jarrad Wright and Kyle Copp with went close to scoring a winner for Merthyr at […]

Under 23 Development match: Cardiff City 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2 Diego Poyet, the son of former Uruguay, Chelsea and Spurs player Gus, has joined Cardiff City. The 22-year-old midfield player made his Bluebirds debut in their Premier Development League match against Sheffield Wednesday at Leckwith Stadium. Former West Ham and Charlton Athletic first team player […]

This season’s JD Welsh Premier League title race will be the closest in years – if the opening weekend is anything to go by. The three clubs chasing The New Saints’ crown each turned in convincing winning performances putting out an early statement of intent in the process. Talk ahead of the new season had […]

Neil Warnock and his coaching team are turning up the pressure on Cardiff City’s development and Academy players. That doesn’t mean he wants his young Bluebirds stressing, but he certainly wants them progressing. Today (Monday), Cardiff’s under-23 team play their first Premier Development League fixture of the season, taking on Sheffield Wednesday at Leckwith International […]

Something is stirring at Cardiff City after three straight victories, the latest of which was a 3-0 drubbing of Championship promotion favourites Aston Villa. Kenneth Zohore, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Junior Hoilett are the focus of much of the praise, but Josh Thomas reckons stability has stemmed from the impressive leadership of Sean Morrison. Over the summer, Cardiff City were hard at work, strengthening the team and holding onto their best players. With three wins from three, the Bluebirds already look a much better, improved and composed team ready to take on any side in the Championship.

Glamorgan have reached the quarter-final stages of the T20 Blast after a one-run victory over Somerset. Nick Selman struck 66 from 42 balls before Colin Ingram chipped in with 35 from 25 deliveries as Glamorgan reached 183-6 in their allotted overs. Although Johann Myburgh hit 87 from 51 balls, Glamorgan remained calm as Graham Wagg, on International Left Handers Day, took two wickets for 20 to restrict Somerset in the chase to 182-6.

Cardiff Devils 3, Nottingham Panthers 2 after overtime and penalties Cardiff Devils earned a second win against Nottingham Panthers, winning after a penalty shootout. They defeated Panthers 3-1 in Nottingham on Saturday and came from behind to win 3-2 at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay the following evening. The teams were locked at 2-2 […]

dai-sport journalist Terry Phillips sat down for a chat with Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan before Cardiff City’s 3-0 win against Aston Villa. The first part of the interview went online yesterday – and here is part two. Vincent Tan remains furious about one Danish striker who signed for the Bluebirds, but he is loving the […]

Canadian Drew Paris is ready to battle with the Panthers again tonight (Sunday). The powerful defenceman scored his first goal for Cardiff Devils during their 3-1 win at Nottingham Panthers on Saturday and the teams clash again in Cardiff Bay on Sunday (6pm). New signing Paris, an imposing 6ft 4ins man with a big shot, […]

Jessica Atwell from Llanwern scored an extraordinary 50 stableford points to win the Ping Welsh Junior Tour under 14s event at Lakeside Golf Course. Playing off a handicap of 13, Jessica recorded a gross score of 1 under par returning a card including 5 birdies. Golf Union of Wales championship manager David Wilson said, “This was an exceptional score from Jessica and easily justified the early morning start and long trip from Llanwern to get to the Lakeside venue.”

James Hook is back in Welsh rugby – older, wiser, and wetter than before. Owen Morgan was at the Brewery Field where Ospreys fans raised a glass in pre-season appreciation. At precisely 8.39pm on a rain-lashed Bridgend evening, one of the prodigal sons of Welsh rugby made his return to home soil, or, should I say, home mud. There may not have been a fatted calf prepared for James Hook’s return on Friday, but the burger stalls were certainly doing a brisk trade as fans tried to seek shelter and take their mind of the awful August weather.

Paul Clement has admitted that fans are being short-changed by clubs who leave their top players on the sidelines. As the transfer sagas revolving around Swansea City’s Gylfi Sigurdsson and Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk rumble on, both players were conspicuous by their absence at St. Mary’s where the Swans held on grimly for a point after a 0-0 draw in their Premier League opener.