Nottingham Panthers 1, Cardiff Devils 3 New signing Drew Paris scored his first goal for Cardiff Devils in their 3-1 Aladdin Cup win at Nottingham Panthers on Saturday. Joey Martin and Sean Bentivoglio were Cardiff’s other scorers in a convincing victory. The teams clash again at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay on Sunday evening […]

Merthyr Town 0, Hitchin Town 0 Merthyr Town opened their new Southern League season with a hard-fought goalless draw at the Loadlok Community Stadium. Visitors Hitchin are the team who ended Merthyr’s Premier Division play-off hopes in the semi-finals last season, but neither could gain the upper hand this time. Captain Jarrad Wright headed just […]

Wales men’s hockey team suffered agonising defeat against hosts Scotland in their EuroHockey Championship II final in Glasgow. The Scots recovered from a goal down to score twice in the final quarter and lift the title. Both teams are, though, promoted to the top tier for 2019. Wales had won 4-3 in their semi-final against […]

Crewe Alexandra 1, Newport County 1 Newport County failed to see off 10-man Crewe Alexandra at their Gresty Road ground. The Exiles were 1-0 ahead when Crewe had Perry Ng sent off after 17 minutes for a second bookable offence, but the home team fought back to earn a League Two point. Frank Nouble fired […]

Dai Sport’s Terry Phillips sat down with Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan before the match against Aston Villa at Cardiff City Stadium. The Malaysian businessman chose exactly the right match to attend with Neil Warnock’s team emerging 3-0 winners against captain John Terry and his Championship promotion favourites. The owner, wearing a blue Cardiff City shirt, […]

Cardiff City 3, Aston Villa 0 Vincent Tan was greeted by a mighty roar when he walked out of the Chairman’s Suite and took his seat before the Championship clash with Aston Villa. The Bluebirds owner was delighted with the atmosphere generated by almost 24,000 spectators even if the roar was for the teams rather […]

Osian Pryce has two rallies left in his Prestone British Rally Championship season – and his aim is simple: to win both of them. Next week’s penultimate round of the BRC takes crews to Londonderry/Derry for the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally.

Cardiff Devils open their 2017-18 ice hockey season tonight when they take on Elite League rivals Nottingham Panthers in the English midlands. Head coach Andrew Lord now has all of his Devils players in the UK with key defenceman Andrew Hotham flying in to complete the group. ‘Hoth’ is unlikely to be involved against Nottingham […]

Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce sends his promotion favourites out to play Cardiff City in front of 25,000 spectators today. It’s 40 years since dai-sport journalist Terry Phillips first met Bruce in Kent. The Villa boss won’t remember that first meeting, but Phillips recalls the day he bumped into teenagers Bruce and Peter Beardsley. Geordies […]

Tammy Abraham will not be content to live in the shadow of Fernando Llorente at Swansea City – according to the manager who nurtured the young striker’s dramatic impact last season. Abraham is set to make his Premier League debut for the Swans in their opening match of the campaign at Southampton on Saturday. The 19-year-old England U21 star is likely to lead the line in the absence of the injured Llorente with manager Paul Clement already having given the former Bristol City forward a prominent role in pre-season games.

Former Cardiff City first team coach Kevin Nicholson is causing a stir in North Wales. Nicholson is now in charge at Bangor City, his first managerial role, and they opened 2017-18 Welsh Premier League season with a crushing 5-2 win against champions The New Saints last night (Friday). That convincing win has sent a strong […]

Wales coach Zak Jones has paid tribute to his team ahead of their European men’s hockey clash against Scotland. Having already secured promotion to the top tier in Europe after a magnificent shock victory over France in Glasgow, Wales face the Scots on Saturday in the final of the EuroHockey Championship.

Leon Britton has revealed he considered retirement before helping Swansea stay in the Premier League last season. Club captain Britton’s future looked bleak when Paul Clement overlooked the 34-year-old veteran during the first few months of his tenure. But Britton got his chance with Swansea in dire relegation straits and the midfielder played a huge role, with 13 points from the last five games keeping the Welsh club in the top flight.

Newly-promoted Llanelli Town opened their Welsh League season in style, firing five goals past Taffs Well at Stebonheath Park on Friday evening. Veteran striker Lee Trundle showed he has lost none of his appetite for goals, scoring Llanelli’s first goal and capping their victory with a screamer of a fifth. Joe Clarke (2) and Jordan […]

Merthyr Town have signed teenage left-back Cameron Pring on loan from Championship club Bristol City. The 19-year-old former Cheltenham Town youth player, who has signed a contract extension with City, is from Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire and had a spell on loan at Guernsey FC last season. Pring goes straight into the Martyrs squad for their […]

Newport County have signed Brentford midfield player Reece Cole and he goes straight into their squad for Saturday’s League Two match at Crewe Alexandra. Teenager Cole, a 19-year-old product of the Brentford Academy, made his Bees debut in their 3-2 Championship win at Nottingham Forest last season. He has signed a three-year deal with Brentford […]

EuroHockey women: Wales 1, Russia 2 Wales women suffered EuroHockey heartache at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff. They were denied promotion to the top tier after Russia scored following a short corner with nine minutes left in this semi-final. While the Welsh players reflect on what might have been, Russia celebrated promotion and […]

He’s fast proving to be a chip off the old block, Cowbridge Comprehensive School and Ospreys outside half Cai Evans. The talented teenager has big shoes to fill as he progresses through the ranks, but it was his trusty right boot that steered Wales Under 18 to an historic win over the South African Schools side in Cape Town as he kicked 20 points in a 30-28 triumph. Back in the city where his famous father helped the 1997 British & Irish Lions win the first Test against the senior Springboks to lay the ground work for their 2-1 test series triumph, Evans junior joined his team mates in tackling his heart out and nursing his side through a tough challenge with magnificent game management.

Neil Warnock has issued a challenge to stayaway Bluebirds fans, saying: “If you care for your club now if the time to come on board.” Former England captain John Terry and his Aston Villa team are at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday (3pm) and manager Warnock’s team are gunning for a third successive victory. There […]

Nicky Chinn is coming home to Cardiff. The former Devils firebrand has signed for Cardiff Fire, who are competing in the second tier of British ice hockey in 2017-18. Cardiff-Born Chinn started his career in South Wales during the late 1980s and is heading back to end his playing days in his home city. “Well […]