Cardiff Comets 1, Bracknell Firebees 0 Sam Zala fired a final period winning goal for Cardiff Comets in their National Women’s Ice Hockey League match against Bracknell Firebees. Captain Emma Adams took possession in her defensive zone and rifled a pass to Zala, who was skating hard. A neat deke on the edge of the […]
Chaz Davies admits 2016 was the best season of his career – thanks to a record eleven wins and 10 fastest laps – but still he wants more this year. Wales’ World Superbikes ace dominated from the summer break last season winning seven of the last eight races including the final six on his Ducati.
Swansea City winger Wayne Routledge has committed himself to the Premier League club until 2019. Routledge’s original deal was due to run out in the summer of 2018, but he has added another 12 months to his Liberty Stadium contract.
Lee Selby is in Las Vegas to play the right cards he hopes will deal him a Belfast bonanza against Carl Frampton. Both Welshman Selby and Northern Irishman Frampton fight at the MGM Grand casino resort on Saturday before they hope to turn their sights on each other.
Craig Bellamy is coming out of retirement to play again at Cardiff City Stadium. The former Wales captain has committed to Kevin McNaughton’s benefit match on Sunday, March 26 (3pm). Bellamy joins Robbie Fowler, Stephen McPhail, Darren Purse, Jay Bothroyd, Michael Chopra, Paul Parry and Steve Thompson in confirming they will all be back to […]
Rob Howley insists he’s happy for Wales to be left as outsiders for this year’s RBS Six Nations. The Wales coach believes his team can repeat their last title triumph of 2013, but is content for the bookies and pundits to install defending Grand Slam champions England and Ireland as favourites. Wales are a distant 8-1 behind England (4-5) and Ireland (9-4).
Chaz Davies is happy with his progress after ending the first of three pre-season tests for the new World Superbikes season. The Powys-born rider clocked a best time of one minute 40.324 secs on the second day at Jerez in Spain on Wednesday.
Alun Wyn Jones is a captain who wants other leaders alongside him for Wales and claimed “followers are for Twitter”. The new Wales skipper has also suggested he would not have taken the armband if he felt it would have protected his place in the team should he lose form.
Former Wales centre Sonny Parker has blasted the RFU over their decision to kick London Welsh out of the English Championship. Parker, the ex-Ospreys star who went on to become a player and then team manager at the Exiles, is furious at the governing body over the timing of their announcement which came on Tuesday afternoon.
The 2017 Welsh Cycling MTB Cross-country Series has been extended to five rounds for 2017. The series – including the Welsh MTB Cross-country Championships, will be co-ordinated by Welsh Cycling and supported by clubs and event organisers across Wales.
Wales head coach Rowland Phillips says his team are going in the right direction as the start of the Women’s Six Nations looms on the horizon. Since Phillips took over in 2016, Wales have won all four of their games with their latest success seeing them claim an impressive 22-14 victory over Ireland. That win […]
Rugby’s rules seem to be forever changing, but Robin Davey argues a tightening on regulations allowing players from one country to wear the shirt of another are long overdue.
Neil Warnock reckoned Cardiff City showed the strides they are making despite seeing a four-match unbeaten league run ended at Brighton. The Bluebirds were beaten by Tomer Hemed’s strike 17 minutes from time as the Seagulls went back top of the Championship.
Swansea City’s youngsters failed to make it through to the semi-finals of the Checkatrade Trophy after losing on penalties to Coventry City. The Swans U21s team – the only age group side still left in the competition – bowed out 4-2 on spot kicks after their Liberty Stadium tie ended 1-1 after 90 minutes.
Merthyr Town 1, King’s Lynn 1 Ian Traylor scored Merthyr Town’s goal in an exciting Southern League Premier Division match at Penydarren Park. Both teams had chances to score more goals, but the clash ended all square and the Martyrs extended their unbeaten home record. They edged a point closer to the leading clubs and […]
Nicole Cooke has told a panel of MPs that cycling is a sport “run by men, for men” and the fight against doping is being waged by “the wrong people, in the wrong way, with the wrong tools”. Over 70 minutes of wide-ranging testimony, Wales’ Olympic and world road race champion strongly criticised British Cycling, the International Cycling Union, UK Anti-Doping, UK Sport and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon, Wales’ leading mass participation event, has officially been recognised as one of the leading road races in the world by the IAAF. Each year the IAAF – the world governing body of athletics – awards Gold, Silver and Bronze Labels to leading road races around the globe. In 2016 the Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon became one of only five events in the UK to be granted a Label of any colour when it was awarded a Bronze Label.
Josh Sheehan has given Newport County a boost by extending his loan deal until the end of the season from Swansea City. The 21-year-old has made 21 appearances fro the Exiles so far this campaign and is top scorer with seven goals.
Head coach Andrew Lord says his Cardiff Devils team have ‘tons of belief’ in their Elite League title potential. Devils stand top with 18 fixtures left and it looks a three-team race to be crowned champions with Belfast Giants and Sheffield Steelers the main rivals. Both Fife Flyers and Nottingham Panthers will argue they can […]
Chaz Davies got his World Superbikes season up-and-running on the first day of testing in Jerez on Tuesday. The Knighton-born flier clocked the third quickest time on his Ducati only bettered by the Kawasaki duo of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes.