Paul Clement has revealed Swansea City’s players did a double take when Claude Makelele walked into the dressing room. The midfield legend will assist Clement – who he worked with at Chelsea and PSG – having stunned the new manager by offering h

Luciano Narsingh insists he is confident Swansea City will be playing in the Premier League next season. The winger agreed a £4million switch from PSV Eindhoven on a two-and-a-half year deal on Thursday.

Scarlets captain Ken Owens has insisted no more could have been done to keep Liam Williams in Welsh rugby. Wales full-back Williams will line up for the Scarlets against his future employers Saracens on Sunday.

International Motor Sports Ltd (IMS), organiser of Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship, is delighted to announce that Dayinsure has extended its title partnership of the event for the next two years.

Newport’s David Haley won the men’s A event in the South Glamorgan Squash Championships. More than 60 players entered the men’s and ladies event at Rhiwbina SRC and Haley, 25, came through a tough semi-final before lifting the trophy.

Andy Dibble has been appointed Cardiff City’s new goalkeeping coach by manager Neil Warnock. Cwmbran-born Dibble, 51, has replaced Martyn Margetson, who has joined Premier League Crystal Palace to work under Sam Allardyce.

The Dafabet Welsh Premier League is about to raise the drawbridge, with the top six fighting to be kings of the castle and the bottom six entering into their own battle. Matthew Burgess examines how Carmarthen Town, under former Wales international Mark Aizlewood, could upset the odds.

Cardiff Devils tough guy Patrick Bordeleau will, as expected, miss this Saturday’s Elite League clash with title rivals Belfast Giants at Ice Arena Wales (7pm). But the 6ft 6ins Canadian will return when Devils play Coventry Blaze away and Sheffield Steelers at home the following weekend.

Red cards, yellow cards, and refs who have done “beserk”. Robin Davey tackles the issue of the tackle and says rugby is in danger of becoming a mystery to those who are actually on the field.

Man of the match Sam Smith, the former Devils winger, led Cardiff Fire to a 10th successive ice hockey win this season. Fire still have a 100 per cent record and their next match is a cup match against London Racers at Ice Arena Wales on Saturday, January 21.

Kosovo-born striker Flo Bojaj has signed for Newport County on loan from Championship club Huddersfield Town. The 20-year-old is manager Graham Westley’s seventh signing in January, following Aaron Williams, Jaanai Gordon, Sid Nelson, David Pipe, Mark O’Brien and Craig Reid.

TNS manager Craig Harrison, who takes his Welsh Premier League champions TNS to Cardiff on Saturday week, played alongside some of the most talented footballers in the world. He lined up in teams alongside the likes of Paul Gascoigne, Juninho, Fabrizio Ravenelli, Paul Merson, Clayton Blackmore and even Chinese international Fan Zhiyi, who later played for Cardiff City.

Former Cardiff City player Curtis McDonald returns to the Merthyr Town squad for their home clash with Southern League promotion rivals Hitchin Town at Penydarren Park on Saturday (3pm). The Martyrs are third in the Premier Division table and take on the team immediately above them.

Aron Gunnarsson, Cardiff City’s Icelandic Warrior, has been packed off to Dubai by manager Neil Warnock. Midfield battler ‘Gunnar’ flew out last week and Warnock says: “He hasn’t had a break since before Iceland knocked England out of the Euro finals.

Belfast Giants head coach Derrick Walser believes the Elite League title chase will go right down to the last weekend of this season. Cardiff Devils are five points clear of second-placed Giants with Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers also in contention.

Lee Selby has vowed to bring the title back to Wales when he defends his IBF world featherweight crown in Las Vegas. The Barry fighter will make his Vegas bow when he defends the title against Jonathan Victor Barros.

Cardiff Blues lock George Earle has failed with his appeal against an eight-week suspension for eye gouging. Earle was sent off in the Blues’ 38-3 European Challenge Cup loss to Bath on December 15 for making contact with the eye area of flanker Tom Ellis.

Rugby legend Roger Blyth has been awarded an honorary degree by Swansea University. Mr Blyth was presented with the MSc (Master of Science) award on Monday at Swansea University’s Great Hall by Professor Iwan Davies, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Swansea University during the degree ceremony for the College of Arts and Humanities.

Sol Bamba is back in the Cardiff City side after his recent suspension and likely to be a key figure for the rest of the season. Josh Thomas considers his influence and the reasons behind his early December meltdown following his sending off at Ipswich.

Liam Williams’ move from the Scarlets to Saracens for next season has been confirmed by both sides. The Wales full-back will complete the season with the Welsh region before joining the English and European champions.