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The Ghosts Of St. Helen’s Are About To Awaken As Ospreys Get Ready To Rumble

The Ghosts Of St. Helen’s Are About To Awaken As Ospreys Get Ready To Rumble
Swansea’s St Helen’s is a stadium filled to its vast capacity with the ghosts of sporting occasions past. Wales playing their first ever home international rugby union match way back in 1882.

As Wales Consider Wielding The Axe, England Chief Pockets £1.1m

As Wales Consider Wielding The Axe, England Chief Pockets £1.1m
While the Welsh Rugby Union consider whether to stick with their two highest paid rugby staff – head coach Warren Gatland and director of rugby Nigel Walker – England fans have been left choking over their breakkfasts over the news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney is to be paid £1.1m for the last financial year. That comes despite the governing body reporting record losses and making 42 staff redundant.

Steve Cooper Sacking Leaves Wales Without A Premier League Manager

Steve Cooper Sacking Leaves Wales Without A Premier League Manager
Steve Cooper’s surprise sacking by Leicester City at the weekend means there are currently no Welsh managers left working in the Premier League. Cooper had been flying the flag for Wales in the top flight after the dismissal last year of Nathan Jones by Southampton and the relegation suffered last season by Luton Town with Rob Edwards at the helm.

Omer Riza Tells Cardiff City Players To Improve Their Focus As Climb To Safety Continues

Omer Riza Tells Cardiff City Players To Improve Their Focus As Climb To Safety Continues
Omer Riza wants his Cardiff City players to improve their concentration in matches after they let slip a lead to draw 1-1 at Sheffield Wednesday. The Bluebirds interim manager saw his team pick up a point that lifted them out of the Championship relegation zone, but they were only ahead for two minutes.

Luke Williams Insists Leeds Stress Test Proves Swansea City Can Compete Near The Top

Luke Williams Insists Leeds Stress Test Proves Swansea City Can Compete Near The Top
Luke Williams insists Swansea City can draw some optimism for the rest of their season, despite losing a 4-3 thriller at home to Leeds United. The Swans head coach watched his side twice go ahead, before eventually conceding the winner in stoppage time to Leeds, who moved to the top of the Championship.

WRU describe Warren Gatland’s Winless Year As “Disappointing” Ahead Of Wales Review

WRU describe Warren Gatland’s Winless Year As “Disappointing” Ahead Of Wales Review
Warren Gatland has overseen a “disappointing” year according to the Welsh Rugby Union officials who will now decide whether the Wales coach remains in place. The Union is now set to undertake a comprehensive review of Gatland’s position - and that of the national team set-up more broadly - after an unprecedented period of poor results.

The New Saints Stop The Rot And Give Boost To Craig Harrison

The New Saints Stop The Rot And Give Boost To Craig Harrison
Craig Harrison asked for a reaction from his players following their shock 3-1 defeat to Briton Ferry Llansawel earlier in the week and he got it in spades as The New Saints moved to within a point of the top of the JD Cymru Premier table. They were forced to do it the hard way after falling behind to two goals in as many minutes from former Cardiff City academy star James Crole that gave league leaders Penybont a handy half-time lead at Park Hall.

Jamie Roberts To Be Key Figure As Warren Gatland's Wales Future Is Weighed Up

Jamie Roberts To Be Key Figure As Warren Gatland’s Wales Future Is Weighed Up
Warren Gatland is facing the sack as Wales coach – unless he can convince his former star player Jamie Roberts he should be allowed to continue. Gatland lost for the 12th time in a row on Sunday and the 45-12 defeat to South Africa means he is the first Wales coach for 87 years to go through an entire calendar year without winning. The buffeted Welsh Rugby Union will start their review process of the Autumn Series next week, with Roberts set to be a key figure.

Will Rowlands Insists The Buck Stops With Players As Wales Face A Dozen Straight Defeats

Will Rowlands Insists The Buck Stops With Players As Wales Face A Dozen Straight Defeats
Will Rowlands accepts that Wales find themselves in “a brutal situation” as they prepare to face South Africa following 11 successive Test defeats and raging speculation about their head coach’s future. Wales and Warren Gatland are behind the eight-ball ahead of an Autumn Nations Series finale that has landslide defeat written all over it.

Dion Regan And Isobel Kelly Win For Wales . . . And Follow Rory McIlroy

Dion Regan And Isobel Kelly Win For Wales . . . And Follow Rory McIlroy
Wales Golf squad16-year-old Dion Regan has won the biggest title of his career at the Faldo Junior Tour European Grand Final, following in the footsteps of the likes of Rory McIlroy and Mel Reid. It was also a Wales double with Isobel Kelly winning the Under 21 Girls category, at the 28th Grand Final of the series, started by six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo to develop the champions of tomorrow.

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The New Saints Chase Respectability In Europe . . . And A Boost Ahead Of Europa League

Their Champions League dreams may be hanging by a thread after a 5-0 hammering in Budapest, but Welsh champions The New Saints still believe there is plenty to play for in their second qualifying round, second leg clash with Ferencvaros at Park Hall on Tuesday night (7.00pm kick-off). The Hungarian... Read More

Lowri Hurd And Ruby Elliott Strike Gold At Home Nations

National coach Josh Morgan believes a healthy medal tally from the Home Nations International tournament proves the future strength of Welsh table tennis will extend beyond Anna Hursey. In a week where 17-year-old Hursey broke into the top 100 women players in the world, other Welsh youngsters underlined their protentional... Read More

Haverfordwest County Start Dreaming Of Possible European Adventure

Haverfordwest County fans can start thinking of some decent trips overseas... Read More

Poppy-Grace Stickler And Ruby Evans Lead The Way For Wales At Welsh Open Championships

The best women’s artistic gymnasts in Wales and Great Britain took centre stage in Cardiff at the weekend – with home favourites Poppy-Grace Stickler and Ruby Evans among the medals at the 2023 Welsh Open Artistic Championships. Stickler bagged a brilliant bronze in the Senior Open all-around competition; she scored... Read More

Dragon Karate Get A Big Kick Out Of Going Virtual

Not all sports are moving at the same pace towards a workable future. But thanks to some innovative thinking, karate in north Wales is catering for its regular members as well as helping entice potential new recruits among disabled people, as Reuben Florence told Graham Thomas. Teaching karate during a... Read More

Tesni Champions New Welsh #squash4girls Project

British champion Tesni Evans is heading up a female squash initiative in Wales. The World number nine, who is based in the Rhyl area, is leading a Squash Wales bid to increase the number of women and girls playing the sport. A number of women'a sessions now run throughout Wales, with sessions... Read More
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