Aled Davies has revealed he wants to compete for Wales at the Commonwealth Games after conquering the World Para Athletics Championships. The Welshman is looking to the future – and competing against able-bodied athletes – after reflecting on his gold medal in London on Sunday night. Davies won Great Britain’s seventh gold of the Championships on its third day with victory in the F42 discus.

The New Saints (0) vs (2) Rijeka The New Saints go into tonight’s second leg needing a Champions League miracle if they are to overturn HNK Rijeka’s first leg lead at Park Hall (7.00). Classy Rijeka proved too strong for Saints in Croatia last week and travel with a two-goal advantage under their belts. Goals […]

AFC Tavistock 2 Cardiff City 7 Cardiff City scored six of their goals in the first half and then eased off to see out a comfortable victory in Cornwall. AFC Tavistock, South West Peninsular League champions, worked hard, but Cardiff had the edge in all departments. Kenneth Zohore, Idriss Saadi and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored two […]

Terry’s Bluebirds tour blog – first up AFC Tavistock away It’s a warm, sunny day in Tavistock, Cornwall – and the South West Peninsular League hosts are ready for Cardiff City’s visit. Manager Neil Warnock lives near the town, but he will be arriving with his team. A Welsh flag and a Cornish flag are […]

Joe Ralls has made the transformation from midfield rookie experienced professional footballer – and he’s still only 23-years-old. Former England under-19 international Ralls has proved doubters wrong along the way and is in manager Neil Warnock’s plans to play his part in a Bluebirds assault on promotion. He has made 139 first team appearances, scoring […]

Football and rugby union are joining forces in Merthyr Tydfil. The Martyrs, a Southern League Premier club, are linking up with Merthyr RFC. It is the first partnership between The Martyrs and The Ironmen and will benefit season ticket holders for both clubs. Any season ticket holder for Merthyr Town will only have to pay […]

Bala Town have been dealt a blow in their pre-season preparations after reluctantly agreeing to release forward Kieran Smith from his contract following an offer to play in New Zealand. Smith’s departure was confirmed following the side’s 4-2 win over Caernarfon Town on the weekend – a match which celebrated assistant manager Stephen Fisher’s 12-years service with the club. […]

Neil Warnock has scouting mission lined up – and he won’t even have to leave Cardiff. Two players he has been tracking, Scottish strikers Matthew Knox and Danny Mullen, are likely to be in Livingston’s team for the Bluebirds friendly at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday, July 28 (7pm). City manager Warnock could have opted […]

Neil Warnock is taking around 20 players on Cardiff City’s pre-season tour to Cornwall and Devon. The Bluebirds manager will leave several players in South Wales for training, while Lee Tomlin, Aaron Gunnarsson, Idriss Saadi and Kenneth Zohore look certain to travel. Cardiff open their Cornish trip on Monday with a match against Tavistock FC, […]

On tour with the Bluebirds. Terry Phillips has travelled with Cardiff City  on pre-season trips over the last 20 years – he is based in Cornwall this week and will be watching all matches.  Here are Terry’s tales from the tours as he looks back at some pre-season memories – and the managers he knew. […]

Lee Selby wants to move on to a Battle of Britain fight against Carl Frampton after a remarkably composed defence of his world title. The Barry fighter put aside his emotions following the death of his mother, Marie, earlier in the week to beat Jonathan Barros on Saturday night. The successful mandatory defence of his IBF featherweight title was more than a year in the making following the postponement of the original fight in January in Las Vegas.

Hollie Arnold has set her sights on Tokyo 2020 – and throwing over 50 metres – after defending her title with a world record display at the World Para Athletics Championships. Wales-based Arnold retained her women’s F46 javelin title at the London Stadium on Saturday night with 43.02 metres throw. Now she believes she can retain her Paralympic title won in Rio last year with a huge improvement in Japan in three year’s time.

Glamorgan and Somerset shared the spoils at Cardiff on Saturday night, where their T20 Blast match was abandoned after just 17.2 overs of Glamorgan’s innings. Despite a 35-minute delay because of rain, there was no reduction in overs, and after winning the toss, Somerset, who had lost the previous nine games in the competition, elected to bowl first. They gained immediate success when Lewis Gregory, with the second ball of his first over, had David Lloyd caught down the leg side by wicketkeeper Steve Davies for a single.

Wales 44, Trinidad & Tobago 43 Welsh pride shone through on another dramatic and successful day at the Netball World Youth Cup in Botswana. Wales put the emotion of their 47-44 win against Barbados on Friday to one side and produced another team performance full of heart, spirit and composure. They kept their nerve in […]

Cardiff City play Scottish Championship team Livingston FC at home on Friday, July 28 (7pm). The pre-season fixture replaces the proposed match against Portsmouth which was cancelled when the clubs were drawn against each other in the Carabao Cup. Livingston are newly promoted to the Championship in Scotland, having won the League One title in […]

Under-18 fixture: Cheltenham Town 0, Cardiff City 5 Connor Young and James Waite have had a busy couple of days with the Bluebirds. The teenagers both played for Neil Warnock’s first team squad in their 1-0 win at Taff’s Well on Friday – and then joined Craig Bellamy’s under-18 squad the next morning. Both went […]

Tom Marshall has become only the 13th Welsh athlete to break the magical four minute barrier for the mile. The 28-year-old Cardiff AAC middle distance star further underlined his potential for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold coast next year by clocking 3 min, 58.31 sec in the Morton Mile at the Morton Games in Dublin this week. His latest personal best goes alongside a Commonwealth Games A standard in the 1500 metres at London’s Olympic Park last week (3.37.45) and an 800 metre best (1.48.68) in Watford last month. Slowly, but surely, he is catching up to the times posted by his coach, double Welsh Commonwealth Games athlete James Thie.

Wales are ready for their biggest and final challenge at the Netball World Youth Cup in Botswana. Head coach Natalie Peperell and her under-21 team take on Trinidad & Tobago in a play-off clash – and the Caribbean team have already beaten the Welsh during this tournament. Wales were edged out 36-32 in a tight […]

Taff’s Well 0, Cardiff City 1 Bluebirds fans turned out in force for their club’s opening pre-season match against Taff’s Well at the Rhiw Ddar Stadium. A capacity attendance of almost 3,000 spectators watched Cardiff City take on the Welsh League Division One Wellmen. Proceeds from the match are being shared by Velindre, Cancer Research […]

The rising stars of Welsh athletics clinched victory over their English and schools counterparts at the Under-20 Outdoor International Meeting in Cardiff. Wales Under-20s took on England North, England South, England Midlands and a Welsh Schools Under-20 team at Cardiff International Sports Stadium in midweek. After an exciting and entertaining evening of high quality athletics, the final standings were: Wales – 132 points; England South – 125; England Midlands – 97; England North- 95; Welsh schools – 61.