Russell Slade has revealed that Cardiff City are already in talks with Feyenoord to sign Lex Immers. The darts-mad Dutchman has been a big hit since joining on loan in January with five goals in 11 starts.

Jacques Rudolph believes Glamorgan are in good shape ahead of their Specsavers County Championship curtain-raiser against Leicestershire on Sunday. A solid pre-season, saw the Welsh County play friendlies against Somerset and Gloucestershire, as well as the draw against Cardiff MCCU earlier in the week.

Liam Williams’ re-appearance for the Scarlets is like making a new signing, according to head coach Wayne Pivac. The Wales full-back will make his first start in front of Scarlets fans for almost a year when they host Glasgow Warriors on Saturday in a match vital to the region’s hopes of a Guinness Pro 12 play-off place.

Swansea City director John van Zweden has spoken of his happiness at making £12m from the sale of the club. Van Zweden, a 54-year-old Dutchman who invested £50,000 into the Swans back in 2002, owns an 8.75 per cent share.

Jazz Carlin has admitted she was haunted by past failure after she failed to make the Olympic qualifying time, despite winning gold at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow on Friday night. The Wales Commonwealth Games champion touched first in the 800m freestyle but was well outside the time she needed for automatic selection for Rio de Janerio.

Joe Allen plays for Liverpool on Thursday night against Borussia Dortmund, finally free of one of the heaviest pieces of baggage any Welsh footballer has ever had to carry. Dai Sport’s Ross Tyson (Twitter @rosstyson) looks at the way Extraordinary Joe has dropped a weight from his shoulders.

Jonjo Shelvey has been told he will get no sympathy from Swansea City in his relegation plight on Saturday. The midfielder said his £12m move to the North East in January would be the Swans loss as he quit the club unhappy at not being a regular.

Cardiff City’s Lex Immers has been warned he will come off second best in this weekend’s battle of the flying Dutchmen. Immers – who has scored five goals in 11 games for the Bluebirds – will go head-to-head with Queens Parks Rangers’ in-form front man Tjaronn Chery at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.

Lyn Jones’ absence from Newport Gwent Dragons duty is set to continue this weekend when his team face a derby against the Cardiff Blues. The Dragons director of rugby has been off sick but was spotted at the Twickenham Stoop last Thursday – sparking rumours he was in line to join Harlequins.

New Welsh swimming sensation Chloe Tutton believes she can go faster after putting herself on the cusp of Olympic selection. The 19-year-old City of Cardiff swimmer is in pole position to make the GB squad for Rio de Janeiro this summer after beating rival Molly Renshaw at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow on Wednesday night.

Chloe Tutton and Georgia Davies stormed to a stunning golden double for Wales at the British Championships in Glasgow. Tutton swam the race of the life to win the to shatter the British 200m Breaststroke record at the Tollcross pool.

Chaz Davies insists he will not be resting on his laurels as he steps up his World Superbikes title bid in Holland this weekend. The Knighton-born rider catapulted into second place in the championship with his superb double triumph at the last round at Aragon in Spain.

Jazz Carlin has got Rio in her sights after powering to British Championship gold in Glasgow. The Swansea star triumphed in the 200m freestyle at the Tollcross Pool in a fiercely contested final.

The Scarlets have confirmed the signing of Crusaders wing Johnny McNicholl for next season. McNicholl, who can also operate at full-back, has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal to move to Parc Y Scarlets.

The planned £100m takeover of Swansea City will involve more than just Americans Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan, according to the club’s Supporters Trust. Members of the Trust met with Levien last Saturday, before the Swans’ 1-0 victory over Chelsea which has virtually guaranteed another season in the Premier League.

Lyn Jones’ trip to Harlequins does not mean he is set to become their new director of rugby, according to current Quins chief Conor O’Shea. Newport Gwent Dragons boss Jones attended Harlequins training last Thursday, sparking suggestions the former Ospreys coach could be in the running to join the Aviva Premiership outfit next term.

Jayne Ludlow insists Wales women can still qualify for the Euro 2017 finals after a convincing victory over Kazakhstan. The manager saw her team win 4-0 in Shymkent on Tuesday to stay third in Group H, five points behind joint leaders Austria and Norway.

Luke Rowe has hailed his Classics campaign as promising after a crash dashed his Paris-Roubaix victory hopes. The Cardiff flier has targeted the cobbled Monument and had gone in to the race as Team Sky’s joint leader.

Wales will hand three players their debuts when they face France in the the first men’s international test series of the season in Cardiff. Swansea’s current Wales Under 18 Captain Ioan Wall, 16, will be joined by Jonny Gooch and Rhys Doherty, who play for the University of Birmingham and Loughborough Students respectively.

Lyn Jones has emerged as a contender for the Harlequins job as a successor to current director of rugby Conor O’Shea. Newport Gwent Dragons chief Jones was spotted at Quins last Thursday, just two days before the Dragons’ impressive victory over Gloucester in the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.