Hal Robson-Kanu is wanted by champions Leicester City and newly promoted Hull after his heroics for Wales at Euro 2016. The striker – who scored the goal of the tournament in the quarter-final victory over Belgium – is set for talks with Tigers manager Steve Bruce, but champions Leicester are also keen to speak to a player who is currently without a club after running down his contract with Reading.
Glamorgan skipper Jacques Rudolph insists his team will not be derailed from their impressive T20 Blast form, despite their defeat to Gloucestershire. The Welsh county went down by nine wickets at the Swalec Stadium on Sunday as the top two met in the South Group.
Former Wales captain turned top BBC pundit Jonathan Davies insists there is plenty of room in the country for both rugby and football following the Euro 2016 heroics. The success of Gareth Bale and Co. in France has led to some fans claiming the round ball is about to bounce the oval one into touch.
Chaz Davies is confident of coming back even stronger after bagging a vital podium in Sunday’s World Superbikes race in California. The Knighton-born rider recovered from crashing out in Saturday’s race to finish third at Laguna Seca.
Chaz Davies has vowed to bounce back in Sunday’s World Superbikes race in California after crashing out of the opener in Laguna Seca. The Powys-born rider had just snatched the lead from Kawasaki rival Tom Sykes when his Ducati slipped from under him.
Chaz Davies is confident of going even quicker after setting the World Superbikes pace in practice in California. The Knighton-born rider was just ten-tenths-of-a-second shy of the Laguna Seca track record as he clocked a time of one minute 23.622 secs.
Lauren Williams is weighing up a new challenge at the Taekwondo Luxembourg Open on Saturday. The Blackwood teenager – who is a reserve for this summer’s Olympics – will takes a step into the unknown.
The numbers were always stacked against Wales in Lyon but Chris Coleman’s men still return home as heroes, albeit ultimately heroic in failure after manfully battling to defeat by one of European football’s most successful ever teams. This was Wales appearing in a major semi-final for the first time in their history, their first tournament since 1958, undone by one of the world’s best players appearing in his seventh finals for a country that was appearing in its fifth semi-final in 16 years.
Wales boss Chris Coleman heaped praise on his players after their historic and transformative campaign at Euro 2016 ended on Wednesday night. Coleman’s heroes bowed out at the semi-finals after a 2-0 defeat to Portugal in Lyon.
Wales captain Ashley Williams feels the late Gary Speed would be proud of the team’s achievement in reaching the semi-final of Euro 2016. Speed put in motion the changes leading to the greatest moment in Welsh football history before his untimely death in November 2011 at the age of 42.
The ash from the volcano of celebration which erupted on Friday has barely settled, but on Wednesday July 6th Wales will take on Portugal for a place in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final. However, thanks to suspension rules more cruel than kicking a kitten before telling nursery kids that Santa doesn’t exist, Wales will have to do so without stalwart Ben Davies and potential player of the tournament, Aaron Ramsey.
Geraint Thomas is being forced to ride through the pain barrier at the Tour de France after two painful crashes. The Team Sky rider was caught up in the first major crash of the race on the opening staged which also involved team-mate and fellow Cardiff rider Luke Rowe and two-time champ Alberto Contador.
Chaz Davies is California dreaming about launching his World Superbikes title fightback at Laguna Seca. The Knighton-born flier roared to his first double on the Ducati Panigale R bike at the famous track last year.
Gareth Bale says Wales’ march to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 has ended the years of “abuse” he has had to endure from club team-mates. Real Madrid forward Bale is usually on his summer holidays when major tournaments are held, but not this time with Wales playing Portugal on Wednesday night for a place in the final of Euro 2016.
Wales boss Chris Coleman has dismissed suggestions that he could become the next England manager. Coleman’s stock has soared as Wales have marched to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, while England’s embarrassment at losing to Iceland and failing to get beyond the last 16 has left them looking for a managerial successor to Roy Hodgson.
Osian Pryce is celebrating the biggest moment of his career after he bagged the most sought after prize in world rallying. The Machynlleth flier has earned two coveted drives in next year’s World Rally Championship after finishing second in his class on Rally Poland.
Wales reached their first ever semi-final of a major tournament with a magnificent 3-1 victory over Belgium in Lille. On a night dripping with raw emotion in northern France, Wales went one better than their 1958 predecessors who reached the last eight of the World Cup.
Chris Coleman will use the memory of his late father – as well as his footballing forefathers from the 1950s – to try and inspire Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 on Friday night. The Wales manager will summon the emotion of his father Paddy’s pride in his son’s achievements before saying his final words to his players ahead of the quarter-final clash against Belgium in Lille.
Geraint Thomas is praying Wales’s Euro2016 quarter-final clash with Belgium does not go to penalties – and not just for footballing reasons. The Cardiff-born flier will be glued to the tv along with his fellow Welshman and Team Sky team-mate Luke Rowe at their Normandy hotel.
Gareth Bale insists Wales can make the last four of Euro 2016 by underlining how they have become a “bogey team” for Belgium. The Wales talisman at the tournament believes the two favourable results achieved against their quarter-final opponents in qualifying – when Wales took four points off the Belgians – have planted seeds of doubt.