ith 31 Championship appearances so far this season, Cardiff City midfielder Roe Ralls has become a key figure for manager Neil Warnock. Only Sean Morrison has played more games. Josh Thomas assesses his impact for the Bluebirds. Still only 23 and having established himself as a regular under Neil Warnock, Joe Ralls can go all the way to the top. Since the turn of the year, Ralls has been in fine form. Having been nominated for the Championship player of the month for January, he contributed with crucial goals which continued into February. Once a rare finisher, he has scored three goals in 12 games after previously scoring just twice goals in his previous 18 appearances.
Stuart Barnes has claimed Wales fans will be slow to forgive Rob Howley for the failure of the Six Nations campaign. The former England fly-half, who played for Welsh Schools, has said he does not envy the Wales coach following back-to-back defeats in the tournament.
Calgary businessman Steve King and his fellow Devils owners are flying in for Sunday’s ice hockey Challenge Cup final in Cardiff Bay. Devils are in the final for a third successive season and this time they host the event at Ice Arena Wales (4pm). They play rivals Sheffield Steelers in the final and the club’s […]
Goals ace Lee Trundle is still banging ‘em in at the age of 40. The former Swansea City striker has netted 38 time in 18 matches for Welsh League Division Two leaders Llanelli Town and has no plans to stop. “I’ll keep playing until my legs won’t work any more,” says Trundle. “I love playing, […]
Cardiff City and Swansea City both have players in the Wales under-15 squad who are currently in Doha, Qatar. Eli King and Cavan Williams are the Bluebirds junior players who have travelled with Wales, while the Swansea trio are Tivonge Rushesha, Luke Motruk and Bradley Gibbings. Wales are in Qatar to take part in a […]
The chase for Welsh Football League title glory and possible promotion is hotting up. Leaders Barry Town United suffered a first Division One home defeat of the season at Jenner Park, slipping 2-1 against second-placed Goytre FC. Only three points cover the top four clubs with one promotion place available, while Penybont and Taffs Well […]
Denny Kearney is having a Devil of a time in Cardiff. The American winger flew in five Elite League matches ago and Cardiff Devils won four of them, extended their lead at the top and are now preparing for the Challenge Cup final against Sheffield Steelers this Sunday. “I’m in a first placed team gunning […]
Elfyn Evans has hailed how winning the British Rally Championship helped catapult him back onto the world stage. The Dolgellau-born flier sealed the 2016 title on the Ulster Rally – 20 years after his father Gwyndaf lifted the same trophy on the same event. The 28-year-old’s success story fired him back into a World Rally […]
Cardiff Fire 7, Bristol Pitbulls 3 Cardiff Fire are intent on completing a perfect ice hockey season. Head coach Mark Cuddihy and his players have already won National League Division Two, have qualified for the cup finals weekend and have a match record of played 15, won 15. “We set out to win all three […]
As Wales reflect on their first back-to-back Six Nations defeats for seven years, the questions are stacking up for Rob Howley. Hywel Picken, from rugby blog The Scarlet Way, is not convinced the Wales coach has a clear enough vision to find the answers. Rob Howley looked a broken man at the Murrayfield post-match press conference. Warren Gatland, watching on from the stands, looked stunned as the Scots cantered to victory. Where now for Warren’s Wales? Where now for his coaching staff?
Captain Suzy Drane and her Celtic Dragons players are aiming to fire up their Vitality Superleague season this weekend. They have opened their 2017 season with back-to-back defeats, going down 73-36 against Sirens in their latest match. Now they travel to play new Superleague club Severn Stars in Worcester on Friday (7.30pm). “We are desperately […]
Elinor Barker claimed a bronze medal in the scratch race at the Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles. Wales’ Olympic champ bagged Britain’s only medal of the event just minutes after finishing fifth in the Madison with Ellie Dickinson.
Swansea City striker Borja Baston has been promised he will get another chance to prove he’s not a £15.5m flop. The Spaniard was the Swans’ record signing when he moved from Atletico Madrid last summer but he has scored just one goal all season.
Rhys Webb insists Wales can recover to finish the Six Nations with a flourish after a “harsh” self-examination. The Wales scrum-half believes his team – beaten 29-13 by Scotland at Murrayfield – can revive their tournament with victories over Ireland and France.
Edinburgh Capitals 2, Cardiff Devils 3 after sudden death overtime Man of the match Patrick Bordeleau led Cardiff Devils to victory in a tough, dour Elite League ice hockey battle at Murrayfield. The day after Wales had been beaten by Scotland in a Six Nationals rugby clash, Devils were in action at the ice rink […]
Luke Rowe continued his cobbled Classics campaign with a superb third place at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne in Belgium. The Cardiff-born rider followed up his sixth place at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday with another gritty display on Sunday.
Jon Mould finished fifth in the scratch on the opening day at the Tissott UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles. The Newport-born rider, competing for the Welsh Cycling-backed Team USN, has returned to the track after a spell on the road in Australia with JLT Condor.
Luke Rowe kicked off his Classics campaign with sixth place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The Cardiff-born rider, who was fourth last year, came home 50 seconds adrift after missing out following an attack by the top three.
Connah’s Quay and TNS will meet in the JD Welsh Cup semi-final, but only after recording narrow quarter-final victories. The two sides passage to the last four was anything but straightforward with their respective quarter-final ties going to the wire. Current Welsh Cup holders TNS required extra-time to see off Bangor City. The Citizens produced […]
Paul Clement says the month of March will decide Swansea City’s future in the Premier League. The Swans head coach watxcehd his team lose 3-1 at leaders Chelsea on Saturday, but believes the blow is not a decisive one to their chances of avoding relegation.