Neil Warnock says his Cardiff City side can face any Championship rival with confidence following their stunning 4-3 win at Derby County. The Bluebirds manager feels there is a rising tide of confidence in his squad after their comeback victory on Tuesday night lifted them to 12th spot in the table.

Former world champion Mark Williams has launched another devastating self-appraisal after crashing out of the Coral Welsh Open. Williams lost 4-3 in the first round to Elliot Slessor before branding himself “a shadow” of the player he used to be at his peak.

Denny Kearney is on the ice with his new Cardiff Devils team-mates today – and he’s ready to face Belfast Giants in Northern Ireland this weekend. American winger Kearney is in peak condition, having been playing for Italian club Bolzano, and is the type of forward who will relish the physical element of Elite League […]

Cardiff Blues coach Danny Wilson has claimed he has signed one of the most coveted young players in England in Jack Roberts. The Blues have confirmed Roberts is joining the region this summer from Leicester Tigers. The former Wales U18 centre will move to the Arms Park and will compete with Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Garyn Smith and Harri Millard for a centre spot next season.

Newport County 0, Grimsby Town 0 Doom-mongers will say this was a drab match Newport County failed to win, but it would be wrong to suggest that manager Graham Westley cannot keep the Exiles up on the evidence of this match. Yes, they were poor going forward, but kept things tight and gave little away. […]

Cardiff Devils will play bitter rivals Sheffield Steelers in the 2017 Challenge Cup final. Steelers won 3-0 against Nottingham Panthers in the second leg of their semi-final last night, completing a 5-1 victory. Coach Andrew Lord’s Devils have qualified for their third successive final, having beaten Steelers two years ago and lost in overtime against […]

Derby County 3, Cardiff City 4 Neil Warnock is certainly putting the pressure on Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan. Cardiff City’s manager has outlined that he is capable of working promotion wonders if Tan gives him access to £6m in promotion money this summer. Warnock has already had a massive impact on this City team and […]

Chaz Davies has hinted he is ready to switch to MotoGP next year if he wins the World Superbikes crown this season. The Knighton-born rider – who turned 30 recently – reckons now is the time to move to the premier series.

Manager Steve McLaren admits his Derby County team are in for a rough ride against Cardiff City at Pride Park on Tuesday (7.45pm). The Bluebirds are upbeat after their 2-0 win at Leeds, while Derby had to battle back from 3-0 down ton earn a draw against Bristol City. Neil Warnock has steered Cardiff to […]

The Challenge Wales sail training vessel, which helps a wide range of people from disabled and disadvantaged children to experienced sailors, has won a national award. The Penarth-based former round-the-world yacht, which is crewed by volunteers and is an RYA training centre, won the award from the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

Jane Louis flies home to Canada today – and Cardiff Devils are heartbroken to see her go. When the real estate agent from Ponoka, Aberta flew in to visit her son, Devils’ defenceman Mark Louis, there was an air of despondency among ice hockey fans in South Wales. Cardiff had just lost at home against […]

Maxime Blanchard is ready for battle again when Newport County play Grimsby Town in a crucial League Two match at Rodney Parade on Tuesday (7.45pm). Blanchard was preferred to playmaker Josh Sheehan for County’s 0-0 draw against league leaders Doncaster Rovers and is ready for a second appearance in five days. “The last competitive game […]

There have been some tough tackles and some hard men so far in this season’s Six Nations. But Peter Jackson recalls the days when different laws and fewer cameras allowed real bruisers to lay down the law. The years keep rolling by but when it comes to dispensing their own brand of rough justice, a pair of Welsh internationals will still reign supreme a century from now. Jim Mills and Mike Nicholas caused enough mayhem to be sent off at least 35 times, which makes them rugby’s reincarnation of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. In an era when just about anything went, when the Australians gloried in ‘Going The Biff,’ Mills even managed the Herculean task of out-biffing his scrapping compatriot.

It’s the temperature gauge of football management, the barometer of the bosses, the indicator of a possibly poisonous touchline atmosphere. I’m talking, of course, of the managers’ pre-match and post-match handshake. The other day, two Welsh managers – Mark Hughes and Tony Pulis – made headlines by not shaking hands, either before or after West Bromwich Albion’s 1-0 victory over Stoke City at The Hawthorns.

Neil Warnock has spelt out what he wants from Cardiff City in order to stay at the club next season – £6m to spend on three new players. Warnock – whose steadily improving team face Derby County on Tuesday night – has revealed he spoke to owner Vincent Tan on Sunday, following the impressive 2-0 away victory at Leeds United.

The race for the second automatic European qualification spot in the Dafabet Welsh Premier League took a twist after gap Connah’s Quay were defeated by Bangor City, on a weekend in which The New Saints’ incredible unbeaten run was finally ended. Former Swansea City midfielder Henry Jones turned in another impressive display scoring twice inside […]

Newtown striker Jason Oswell grabbed his 11th and 12th goals of the season on Saturday as the Mid-Wales club continued their recent resurgence in the Dafabet Welsh Premier League. Newtown finished the first phase of the season in the relegation zone, a point off safety – but successive wins in Phase 2 have since lifted the Mid-Wales […]

Cardiff Fire 7, Wightlink Raiders 1 Captain Sam Smith is loving life alongside Tamas Elias and Alan Armour in the Cardiff Fire team. They led the charge for Fire in their 7-1 National League win against Wightlink Raiders at Ice Arena Wales with four goals and four assists between them. Smith netted a goal with […]

Disability Sport Wales Chief Executive Jon Morgan has announced he will step down after a very successful fifteen years in the post. He will remain in post until the end of June and continue to lead the organisation in delivering its vision for disability sport in Wales until his departure.

A Welsh sailor has been given one of Ireland’s top sailing awards in recognition of his efforts to support the sport on both sides of the Irish Channel. RYA Cymru Wales board member Stephen Tudor is well known in Wales as one of the driving forces behind the Welsh National Sailing Academy and Event Centre […]