Kevin McNaughton is going head-to-head with Craig Bellamy in his benefit match at Cardiff City Stadium. ’Super Kev’ has named his team and Bellamy will be manager of their opponents on Sunday, March 26 (3pm). Darren Purse, Paul Parry, Andy Campbell, Craig Noone and Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink are in Bellamy’s team for what should be a […]

Michael Flynn has vowed his Newport County team will ‘fight and scrap’ for their Football League lives. Caretaker manager Flynn takes his County team to Lancashire for their League Two clash with Morecambe at Globe Arena on Tuesday (7.45pm). They earned a hard-fought victory in Flynn’s first match since taking over from Graham Westley, beating […]

Wales will warm-up for their summer tour to the southern hemisphere by heading to North Wales to play Principality Premiership club RGC. The touring party for Tonga and Samoa – which will be minus the Welsh players picked for the Lions – will also undergo a six-day training camp in Colwyn Bay prior to the game. Coach Robin McByrde, who will lead Wales for the two fixtures this June, will put his squad through their paces in a fixture against RGC on Friday June 2. “We are delighted to be heading to North Wales this summer,” said McBryde.

Cameron Toshack believes his young Swans can hold their own against the best in the Premier League next season. The Swansea City Under 23s coach was full of praise for the club’s youngsters after they secured the Premier League 2 (Division 2) title at the Liberty Stadium on Monday with a point in a 2-2 draw against Wolves. The result means the young Swans gain promotion to Division 1 next season to face the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham in the top tier of development football.

Bangor City overcame a 2-1 deficit against Carmarthen Town, scoring twice inside the final five-minutes to keep themselves within touch of an automatic European place. Five points now separate the Citizens from second-placed Bala Town and third-placed gap Connah’s Quay. Only second place is guaranteed automatic European qualification unless The New Saints go on to lift the Welsh Cup – in which case would see third-place in the table awarded a European spot.

Cardiff Devils expect Ben Bowns to be fit for next weekend’s Elite League fixtures against Sheffield Steelers and Fife Flyers. Netminder Bowns is having treatment on an ankle injury, but Devils managing director Todd Kelman says: “We don’t believe there is any serious damage. “Ben wanted to play on at Sheffield. That was possible and […]

Goals ace Robert Earnshaw is flying in from North American to take part in what he describes as ‘a special day for the Bluebirds’. ‘Earnie’, one of a select group of players to have scored more than 100 goals for Cardiff City, is returning from Vancouver to play in Kevin McNaughton’s testimonial match. He is […]

Elfyn Evans again showed his pace after overcoming an engine set-back on Rally Mexico. The Dolgellau-born driver was hit with a five minute time penalty for an engine change in his DMACK Ford Fiesta WRC car. The problem was discovered after the pre-event shakedown. Evans had to start the rally in last spot which meant […]

Coach Zak Jones praise Wales’ spirit after they maintained an unbeaten World League Rd 2 record with a comeback win against Scotland. Wales were trailing 2-1 at half-time but levelled in the final quarter through Gareth Furlong.

Wales manager Chris Coleman will name his next squad on Thursday, ahead of his team’s crunch World Cup qualifier against Ireland in Dublin on March 24. Ross Tyson reckons some freshening up is needed as spring approaches and suggests Coleman looks first at Ipswich’s loan striker Tom Lawrence. It’s still pretty cold and wet here in Wales, but Spring is upon us and that means our biggest World Cup fixture since Paul Bodin had everybody’s heads in their hands in 1993. Fail to win and you’ll be far less likely to be Putin in leave requests for a trip to Russia in 2018 (No, I’m not sorry).

Rhys Webb insists the Lions can wait until after Wales have enjoyed some springtime in Paris. The Ospreys scrum-half says his thoughts are focussed solely on ending the Six Nations on a high this Saturday, rather than a summer spent in New Zealand with the tourists.

Jamie Roberts’ victory-clinching try against Ireland means Wales have dodged the bullet as far as another group of death goes at the 2019 World Cup. But Geraint Powell believes the win also takes Rob Howley and Warren Gatland out of the firing line for another two years as well. Welsh rugby can now finally relax and start looking towards the 2019 World Cup in Japan, thanks to a 22-9 win over Ireland at the Principality Stadium on Friday night. Wales will enter the draw as a 5th-8th ranked team, not a 9th-12th ranked team. There will be no back-to-back defeats to Ireland and France and the nightmare scenario of a repeat of a group of death in 2019 against two other Top 8 teams. The Welsh squad can express themselves in Paris this weekend, with the weight of the world lifted off their shoulders.

Angel Rangel will miss the rest of Swansea City’s season after breaking a bone in his right foot. The Spanish defender suffered the injury during his team’s 2-1 defeat at Hull City on Saturday and went off before half-time.

Sheffield Steelers 6, Cardiff Devils 2 Cardiff Devils slipped to defeat at Sheffield Arena, but remain within reach of the Elite League title. They two wins from their last four fixtures to be certain of the title. That could become one victory if Sheffield win at second-placed Belfast Giants on Friday evening. Devils could also […]

Wales twice battled back to beat Scotland 4-2 in a dramatic shoot-out to maintain their perfect record in World League Rd 2. Coach Zak Jones’ side followed up their victory over Poland in Saturday’s opener in Belfast to see off their Celtic rivals.

Alfie Mawson has admitted Swansea City should have been able to cope with the injuries they suffered on their way to a 2-1 defeat at Hull City. The Swans lost Fernando Llorente and Angel Rangel before the game itself, while Martin Olsson also picked up a knock.

Coach Zak Jones hailed Wales’ stunning 3-1 victory over Poland in their opening World League Rd 2 game in Belfast. But Jones insisted there was still more to come from his Welsh side who saw off a side ranked 15 places above them.

Chaz Davies salvaged a points finish after sliding out of victory contention in the World Superbikes race in Thailand on Sunday. The Knighton-born rider was set for a scrap for the win with reigning champ Jonathan Rea when he hit the tarmac on his Ducati on the third lap.

Two-try man-of-the-match Keiran Williams consigned the Ireland Under-20s to their first defeat of the season as Wales triumphed 41-27 in a pulsating eight-try contest. The Under-20 Six Nations has mirrored the senior tournament in that England – thanks to their 33-5 bonus point win over Scotland – have secured the title with one round still to play.Williams’ two tries took him to five for this year’s tournament and saw him secure a second successive man-of-the-match award.

Wales Women No.8 Shona Powell-Hughes believes her team honoured the memory of Elli Norkett with a hard-fought defeat to Grand Slam-chasing Ireland. Powell-Hughes scored Wales’ only try as they were edged out 12-7 at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, leaving Ireland just one game away from a clean sweep.