Brighton will be without top scorer Glenn Murray for their Championship match against Cardiff City at the Amex Stadium in Sussex tomorrow. The Football Association rejected Murray’s appeal against his red card against Sheffield Wednesday last Friday evening. Murray was sent off by referee Stuart Attwell for blocking a Glen Loovens shot with his hands […]
Cardiff Fire scored 17 goals in two ice hockey matches and extended their winning run to 12 matches this season. Head coach Mark Cuddihy and his Fire team won 9-2 against Haringey London Racers at home in a cup group match on Saturday before travelling to Swindon Wildcats and powering home 8-2 in the League. […]
Graham Westley is at a low point in his managerial career, but he still believes Newport County are capable of staying in the Football League this season. Manager Westley has earned only five wins in 21 matches since he took charge of League Two County – and admits they need more than twice that number […]
Peter Creed, who plays out of Rhiwbina SRC in Cardiff, is men’s squash champion of Wales for a seventh time. Caerphilly-born Creed, 29, defeated World number 50 Joel Makin, from Pembrokeshire, in the final. Holder Makin won the title for the first time a year ago, but Creed came storming back to be crowned champion […]
Elfyn Evans reckons he stunned a few people with his sixth place finish on the Monte Carlo Rally. The Dolgellau-born flier was making his World Rally Championship return after a season in WRC2 and showed he had not lost his pace.
Coach Kevin Johnson has urged Wales women to use their best World League finish as the launching pad to qualify for next year’s Commonwealth Games. The squad finished fourth in Malaysia having created history when they qualified for Round 2 for the first time last September.
Kettering Town 1, Merthyr Town 3 Curtis McDonald marked his Merthyr Town return with a goal in their Southern League match against Kettering Town at Latimer Park. Centre-half McDonald returned to action after serving a one-match suspension and fired the Martyrs ahead after only eight minutes. Eliot Richards made it 2-0 after 16 minutes with […]
New Swansea City left back Martin Olsson has revealed he hesitated over joining the Premier League strugglers, but felt reassured when the first training session left him unable to walk. The former Norwich City defender was one of the key performers for the Swans in their stunning 3-2 victory at Liverpool on Saturday.
Rob Howley believes his former captain Sam Warburton will prosper back in the ranks in the same way Chris Robshaw has done for England. Interim Wales coach Howley ended Warburton’s commission as his country’s leader after almost six years when he confirmed that Alun Wyn Jones would lead Wales into the Six Nations. The 49 Tests in which Warburton wore the armband was seven more than Robshaw managed during his time as England skipper under the reign of former coach Stuart Lancaster.
Cardiff Devils 3, Sheffield Steelers 4 Cardiff Devils remain top of Elite League, by one point ahead of Belfast Giants, despite suffering a fourth home defeat in their last six matches at Ice Arena Wales.
Swansea’s Dewi Griffiths proved too hot for his rivals as he powered to victory at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on a chilly day at Blackweir Fields. Griffiths is just back from a Welsh Athletics warm weather training camp in Tenerife.
Elfyn Evans made a points scoring return to the World Rally Championship after finishing sixth in Monte Carlo. The Dolgellau-born flier had won three out of four special stages on Saturday in his Ford Fiesta RS. Evans finished six minutes 45 seconds behind fellow M-Sport driver Sebastien Ogier who won on his debut for the Cumbria-based team.
Wales head coach Kevin Johnson hailed his side after their hopes of reaching the World League Round 2 final were ended by Ireland. Johnson admitted he was proud of his players after the 2-0 defeat by world ranked No 16 Ireland in the semi-final in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Welsh Premier League hopefuls Barry Town were taught a harsh lesson in the Nathaniel MG Cup final after a late flurry of goals saw TNS run out 4-0 winners. Just a week after their World Record was ended, TNS have sent out a timely reminder to any club daring to challenge their crown.
Wales head coach Kevin Johnson hailed his side after their hopes of reaching the World League Round 2 were ended by Ireland. Johnson admitted he was proud of his players after the 2-0 defeat by world ranked No 16 Ireland in the semi-final in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Coventry Blaze 5, Cardiff Devils 7 Layne Ulmer led Cardiff Devils to a dramatic away win against Coventry Blaze. Elite League leaders Devils had top scorer Joey Martin thrown out on a checking to the head call, a penalty which led to Blaze scoring twice, but they held on to collect the points.
Lauren Williams wasted no time adding more gold to her growing collection after winning the Taekwondo German Open on Saturday. The Blackwood teenager carried on from where she left off in 2016 with a crushing win in the -67kg final in Hamburg.
Elfyn Evans is set for a points finish on his World Championship return after a super Saturday on the Monte Carlo Rally. The Dolgellau-born flier won three of the five special stages in the Alps with a blistering show of speed.
Newport Gwent Dragons bowed out of Europe with a 36-19 defeat by Brive at Stade Amédée-Domenech with head coach Kingsley Jones bemoaning the team’s poor form on the road. The Dragons are a force on home soil but have now lost all 10 of their away fixtures in all competitions this season – and that has been their Challenge Cup Pool 3 downfall this campaign.
Cardiff Blues coach Danny Wilson paid tribute to Matthew Morgan after his two tries put the region into the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The Blues made it into the last eight with a 37-21 victory over Bristol Rugby at the Arms Park.