Merthyr Town make the trip to Berkshire on Saturday for a tough Southern League Premier Division clash with promotion-chasing rivals Slough Town. The Martyrs are second, just behind leaders Chippenham, while Slough are fifth. Both are in the hunt to win the title and automatic promotion, but Slough manager Neil Baker reckons they will miss […]

Trinidad and Tobago netballer Kalifa McCollin is aiming to shoot her way to the top for Celtic Dragons in the Vitality Superleague. McCollin, nicknamed ‘Kali’, is a key player for Dragons, who open the 2017 Superleague season at home against Team Bath on Saturday. That fixture, being played at Cardiff’s Sport Wales National Centre (4pm) […]

Dean Keates had admitted he was surprised to be offered an early contract extension by Wrexham. The manager has signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the National League club after guiding them to 10th in the table.

Warren Gatland has warned that plans to shorten Lions tours are pointless if pre-tour preparation is not protected. The Lions coach is suspicious of suggestions future trips should be reduced to ease congested fixture lists.

Celtic Dragons and their Green Army supporters will make themselves heard in Cardiff on Saturday. Dragons open their Vitality Superleague season with a match against Team Bath at Sports Centre Wales (4pm). These teams met in the Superleague Grand Final in 2013 when Bath edged it 62-56 to be crowned champions. That was their fifth […]

Assistant manager Rehanne Skinner hailed an improved display as Wales U17 Women lost 2-1 in their second game against Hungary at Merthyr’s Penydarren Park. Anna Morphet struck straight from a corner to give Wales the lead but the visitors netted twice after the break to secure the win on Thursday.

Wales and Ospreys wing Eli Walker has been ruled out of the remainder of the season after undergoing back surgery. The 24-year-old has been sidelined since November when he suffered a foot injury during the Anglo-Welsh Cup win over Cardiff Blues, and a back injury delayed his return to action.

Two players with a combined age of more than 150 years fought out a squash final at Rhiwbina SRC. Brian Phillips was the senior man by two years and he emerged champion ahead of Eric Robinson in the Over-75 event at the Welsh Masters Squash Championships. Phillips, 77, had to work hard, taking the first […]

Top seed Richard Murphy has won the crowned Welsh Masters Championships men’s over-50 squash title for a second time. He won the title on a glass-back court at his home club, Rhiwbina SRC. Top seed Murphy played former Cardiff Club coach Gary Hales in the final. Number two seed Hales won a fiercely contested semi-final […]

The fall-out continues after Wales’ defeat to England, but Geraint Powell got his weekend rugby fix by watching U15s in the Dewar Shield. There were lessons, he says, in both matches. High quality coaching in rugby union is critical. Has been for decades. Always will be now.

Denny Kearney is preparing for potentially the most exciting spell of his ice hockey career. The American forward flew in from Italy this week and has now had two training sessions with his new Cardiff Devils team-mates. Kearney, 29, strolled out of the Cardiff locker room at Ice Arena Wales with coach Andrew Lord, who […]

Paul Lambert and Malky Mackay were among the managers who tipped speed ace Kadeem Harris for a hugely successful playing career. They saw the potential in a kid from London who possessed sizzling pace and now Neil Warnock is hoping to see the best of Harris in a Bluebirds shirt. “I’ve given Kadeem confidence really,” […]

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is in a war of words with Pat Lam over the time Hansen spent in charge of Wales. The row centres over comments made by Hansen that his fellow coach is an “ex-New Zealander” because of his efforts in trying to tempt players to the UK.

Joost van der Westhuizen played against Wales in six Tests, was never on the losing side, and scored six tries. But that was only a small measure of his greatness, says Peter Jackson. They carried his oak coffin out of Loftus Versveld a few minutes before three o’clock on Friday afternoon at the end of a funeral fit for a king.

Winger Jack Compton has signed for Southern League Merthyr Town from Newport County. Cardiff-born Compton, 28, goes straight into the Martyrs squad for their Premier Division clash with Slough Town away on Saturday (3pm). Manager Gavin Williams said: “I am delighted to be able to add a player of Jack’s quality to the squad at […]

Cardiff Fire can win a second successive ice hockey league title this weekend. They won National League Division Two a year ago and are now on the brink of repeating that feat. They will clinch the title with a home win against Swindon Wildcats at Ice Arena Wales on Sunday (6pm). This time, though, Fire […]

Scotland may have lost skipper Greig Ladlaw to injury, but it will take more than that for Wales to beat them at Murrayfield, according to Robin Davey. Unless they axe suspect players, and both players and coaches react to events as they are happening, it will be another defeat. Wales head for Murrayfield next week, smarting from their narrow defeat at the hands of England but with fans pleading for them to show more initiative.

Scotland have suffered a huge blow ahead of their RBS Six Nations clash with Wales with skipper Greig Laidlaw ruled out for the rest of the tournament. The Gloucester scrum-half suffered an ankle injury just before half-time in the 22-16 defeat to France in Paris last Sunday.

Jayne Ludlow is relishing the prospect of another strong Cyprus Cup campaign after announcing the Wales women’s squad for the tournament which starts on St David’s Day. Wales will face Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Ireland after being drawn in Group C.

Jack Cork says Swansea City’s players are delighted to have put the smiles back on the fans faces’ – but insists the job is not yet done. The skipper has helped steer to the club to 15th in the Premier League – their highest placing since September – after a run of four wins in six games.