Cardiff City fans Craig Moulden and Connah Hughes will be living their own Bluebirds dream on Sunday. The two men will represent supporters by playing in Kevin McNaughton’s benefit match at Cardiff City Stadium (3pm). They will be in the changing rooms and on the pitch alongside Craig Bellamy, Darren Purse, Michael Chopra, McNaughton and […]
The Scarlets have been trumped in the Six Nations recall game with Edinburgh bringing back nine Scotland players for their clash in Llanelli on Friday night. That is one more than the eight internationals from the tournament the Scarlets have included in their squad.
Craig Bellamy and Kevin McNaughton are back together this weekend. Bellamy says he is proud to be part of McNaughton’s benefit match at Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday (3pm). The two men played together for Cardiff City over three seasons and helped the Bluebirds earn promotion to the Premier League. It was a dream achievement […]
Josh Bull, a striker who has netted more than 50 goals over the last two Welsh League season, will have a first taste of Southern League football on Saturday. Bull has scored 73 goals in 107 Cwmbran Celtic appearances and has now signed for promotion-chasing Merthyr Town. He makes his debut against Cambridge City at […]
Chris Coleman is in calm and confident mood ahead of Wales’ crucial World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on Friday night. Third-placed Wales have ground to make up, with their opponents and Group D leaders and four points ahead of them before their Aviva Stadium clash.
Cardiff Metropolitan University are the 2017 B.U.C.S Men’s Football Champions. A dramatic, closely fought 2-1 win against Northumbria University, at the #BUCSBigWednesday Finals in Bath, meant Cardiff Met took home the title for the first time in their 150-year history – a first class result for the students.
It’s Six Nations review week and the season of Lions lists. For Geraint Powell, the tournament confirmed England’s strengths and exposed their weaknesses, but left Wales looking cautious and unadventurous both on and off the field. At the end of any Six Nations, it is always fun for anybody to look back at their predictions beforehand. (https://www.dai-sport.com/six-nations-raw-lions-appeal-red-rose-sharpest/). I was not too wide of the mark this season, England retaining their crown without securing back-to-back Grand Slams. A strange tournament, and one where away wins between five of the teams were like gold dust. If Wales had closed out their win against England, as they should have, then five teams would have won all their home matches against each other and finished on three wins apiece.
Welsh forward Matthew Myers and his Cardiff Devils team-mates are out to complete a triple crown this weekend. Devils have back-to-back home matches against Belfast Giants to complete the 2016-17 regular season and one victory will ensure they are Erhardt Conference champions for a second successive season. They have already won the Elite League title […]
Merthyr Town have signed goals ace Josh Bull from Welsh League Cwmbran Celtic. The former Aberystwyth Town forward, aged 24, joins the Martyrs for their Southern League Premier Division run in. He is set to make his Martyrs debut against Cambridge City at Penydarren Park on Saturday (2.30pm). Bull’s 34 goals last season for Cwmbran […]
Gareth Davies has branded as “nonsense” claims the Welsh Rugby Union are asset-stripping by taking over the Newport Gwent Dragons. The WRU chairman has urged shareholders of Newport RFC to back the move, which includes the purchase of Rodney Parade.
Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris has led the tributes to the county’s former coach and player John Derrick, who has died at the age of 54. Derrick, who played over 200 matches for Glamorgan and New Zealand’s Northern Districts between 1983 and 1991 as a seam bowler and lower-order batsman, was diagnosed with a brain tumour last summer.
Former NHL forwards David Brine and Patrick Bordeleau have both achieved ice hockey firsts with Cardiff Devils. They played at the top level for Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche, but hadn’t won a trophy or a winners medal in senior hockey. Now they have two each after Devils clinched an Elite League and Challenge Cup […]
Merthyr Town manager Gavin Williams is working to sign a new striker before Thursday’s Southern League registration deadline. The Martyrs have lost Kayne McLaggon and Ryan Prosser to injuries and Williams badly needs to strengthen his squad. McLaggon suffered a fractured cheekbone at Chippenham Town and has had an operation, while Prosser will be out […]
Lowri Hart enjoyed success during the Yonex Welsh Junior Badminton Championships, winning titles at under-15 and under-17 levels. Hart won singles, doubles and mixed in the younger events, playing alongside Jasmine Owen and Daniel Clarke respectively to win the doubles events. Hart continued to play at a high level on the second day of the […]
South Glamorgan’s Adil Khan won an under-15 title double during the Yonex Welsh National Junior Badminton Championships at Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff. The first day of the championships started and ended with the under-15 events and there was a lot of outstanding badminton played. Khan and Kite were seeded in the boys singles and […]
Aberystwyth Town have taken the unusual step of replacing manager Matthew Bishop on a temporary basis as the club bid to avoid relegation from the Dafabet Welsh Premier League. Bishop, who was been in post since the start of the season, has been asked to stand aside “for the time being” in order to allow […]
North Wales sailor Dan Whiteley has just been named the RYA Cymru Wales Youth Champion, while embarking on the pathway he hopes will lead to Olympic success. The Bangor teenager has joined the RYA Podium Potential Pathway squad in the Laser boat, the class in which Ben Ainslie won his first Olympic gold medal, based in Weymouth, preparing for his first senior international event in Spain at the end of this month.
Former Lions captain Martin Johnson believes Alun Wyn Jones should skipper the tourists in New Zealand this summer. Johnson – who led the Lions in both 1997 and 2001 – believes the Wales second row should be coach Warren Gatland’s choice to front the squad that takes on the All Blacks.
Chris Coleman has insisted that even a half-baked Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale can help Wales turn up the heat on the Republic of Ireland on Friday. The Wales boss has admitted his team’s World Cup qualification campaign has failed to rise as injuries have meant the pair have only played together in one match so far.
Cardiff’s Ice Arena Wales will host the National Ice Hockey League Division Two Cup Final weekend in April. Home city club Cardiff Fire have qualified for the finals, to be held over the weekend of Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9, and are on course to complete a trophy treble. Unfortunately, the NIHL finals clash […]