You wouldn’t have thought Wales’ top goalscorer Helen Ward would have missed a penalty she had just earned for her team at the Liberty Stadium in a vital World Cup qualifier. With 42 international goals already to her credit, it seemed odds-on that she would calmly thread the ball past the giant Melisa Envera in the Bosnian goal. But she went for power rather than placement, and the two strides forward taken by Envera enabled her to make a vital 56th minute save to keep her side in the game.

Helen Ward believes Wales have wised-up on the mean streets of international football. The Watford striker is set to earn her 71st cap against Bosnia-Herzegovina at Swansea City’s Liberty Stadium on Thursday night, where Jayne Ludlow’s side can take another big stride towards World Cup qualification. Wales currently sit second in Group One, with two further games remaining – both at home – against Russia and England.

Ten days on from Gareth Bale’s wonder goal for Real Madrid in the Champions League final and people around the world are still talking about Wales’ best known export. Rob Cole has been in America, where Mexicans, Armenians, Afghans and Bulgarians nod their heads appreciatively at the mention of Wales, smile, and say simply, . . . ‘Gareth Bale.’ The global impact of Wales’ greatest sporting superstar, Gareth Bale, has never been as evident as in the days since his match-winning performance in the Champions League final. ‘That goal’ went viral on every social media channel and helped to swell his Twitter following to 16.8 million and his Instagram flock to 3.3 million. But outside that often tenuous ‘virtual’ world, he has also been the talk of the real sporting public.

Wales under-18 Academy squad are in Gibraltar aiming to build on their recent success against the Republic of Ireland. Manager Mark Pike and his team play Gibraltar in a double-header at the Victoria Stadium today (May 28) and Wednesday (May 30). A 2-0 win and a 0-0 draw against the Republic of Ireland in February […]

David Brooks has insisted he used England as “stepping stone” to play for Wales, his first choice from the outset. The Sheffield United youngster is set to earn his third full Welsh cap on Tuesday when Ryan Giggs’ side play a friendly against Mexico in California. Brooks was England’s face of the future as they won the Toulon Tournament last summer, but now the Blades ace is anxious to convince that his switch of allegiance was always on the cards.

Gareth Bale’s situation at Real Madrid is “complicated” according to manager Zinedine Zidane. The inspiration and saviour for Wales on so many occasions, Bale proved match-winner for his club with a gravity-defying, momentous, awe-inspiring overhead kick that swing the Champions League final away from Liverpool and in the Spanish club’s favour on Saturday night. Immediately after scoring a second stunning goal, man-of-the-match Bale suggested the 3-1 victory in Kiev could be his final game for Madrid where he has recently struggled to be a starting presence under Zidane.

Ryan Giggs is keen to introduce his young guns to Welsh football supporters in North Wales on Monday. Wales manager Giggs is ending a 10 year gap by taking his squad to Wrexham’s Racecourse Stadium on Monday – and he’ll be revealing a glimpse of the future. It’s been a decade since the Welsh squad […]

Over 50 athletes at the Commonwealth Games, a record-breaking Winter Olympian, a constant flow of former students representing Wales in rugby and football – and England in cricket and basketball  – and two teams on the verge of Europe…Is Cardiff Met University the most important sports organisation in Wales? 

Junior Hoilett WILL be playing for the Bluebirds in Premier League 2018-19. Manager Neil Warnock mischievously told fans who packed the that Canadian international Hoilett had not yet signed his contract and the chant immediately went up: “We want you to stay, we want you to stay. Junior Hoilett, we want you to stay.” Hoilett’s […]

Simon Church has been forced to retire due to a long-term hip problem. The 29-year-old won the last of his 38 caps for Wales in the Euro 2016 semi-final defeat by Portugal.

Terry Phillips takes an in-depth look at Sam Ricketts, the newly appointed Wrexham AFC manager. Ricketts has agreed a three-year contract at the Racecourse and he is intent on leading the Dragons back to the Football League. Sam Ricketts, Wrexham AFC’s new manager, overcame many major obstacles and a change of sporting career when he […]

Former Wales international Sam Ricketts has been appointed Wrexham’s new manager. Ricketts, a defender who played for Swansea, Hull, Bolton and Wolves, earned promotion three times during his 16-year playing career. He was captain of Wolves in League One and the Championship. Ricketts said: “The fans are everything at every club. We are nothing without […]