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Cardiff City To Be Given Frank Assessment Of Their Survival Chances
Cardiff City’s weekend fixture at Coventry City has suddently become the focus of most attention in the Championship after their hosts confirmed Frank Lampard as their new manager. The former Chelsea boss – who once had a loan spell as a player at Swansea City - has been appointed on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Luke Williams Demands More From Swansea City, Despite Win
Luke Williams insists his Swansea City team must learn to win with more comfort if they are going to challenge for the play-off places. The Swans head coach was pleased with his team’s fast start in their 2-1 victory at Derby County which has taken them up to 11th place in the Championship, five points off the top six.
Omer Riza Admits Cardiff City Are Struggling For Goals And Says: “We Failed”
Omer Riza admitted Cardiff City might not have scored had they played all night following his team’s deflating 2-0 home defeat to QPR. The Bluebirds interim manager watched his team struggle against the Championship’s bottom club before Rangers earned a deserved victory.
Time For Wales To Look Beyond Warren Gatland For Fresh Answers
If you printed out all the reviews currently taking place in Welsh rugby, then you could probably use them as compacted blocks of snow to build a new igloo, inside which WRU officials could shelter themselves from reality. The roof of the current one seems to have finally fallen in on those running the game, with national teams of both genders and all age groups hardly able to win a game.
Four Welsh Regions Bid To Warm The Spirits In URC After Cold Comfort Autumn
The United Rugby Championship is back this weekend and for the Welsh regions it means a chance to move the gaze away from Wales’ woes. Not that the foursome have all been awesome themselves, but at least they are gaining the occasional win here and there, unlike the national team.
Phil Parkinson Insists Dogged Wrexham Can Keep Toughing It Out
Phil Parkinson reckons Wrexham were rewarded for going the extra yard to beat stubborn Lincoln 1-0 and maintain their promotion push. Tendayi Darikwa’s 67th-minute own goal settled an evenly-fought contest and gave Parkinson’s side an eighth home league win in nine attempts.
Liam Williams Set For Wales Six Nations Recall After Saracens Switch Is Confirmed
Liam Williams has joined Saracens for a second time, the London club have confirmed – meaning the Wales full-back should be free to return to the national squad for the Six Nations. Williams, 33, has agreed terms until the end of this season, returning to English domestic rugby following a stint with Japanese club Kubota Spears.
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
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’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.
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Clare Jones Left Speechless As Celtic Dragons Finally End Two-Year Losing Streak
Dragons vice-captain Clare Jones has admitted her team’s first win for two years had left her almost lost for words. Jones and her teammates earned a hard-fought 48-39 victory over Surrey Storm on Friday night to give the Welsh outfit their first victory of the season following 12 straight losses... Read More
Sunshine Comes Out For Celtic Dragons Against Scots
The Sunshine returns for Celtic Dragons when they host Strathclyde Sirens in a Vitality Netball Superleague match in Cardiff on Monday.
Jamaican international Latanya Wilson is back in the Dragons team and they will relish having the tenacity and quality of the Sunshine Girlz defender on court again.
Wilson missed their 69-38... Read More
Goalkeeper 'Latty' Shines For Celtic Dragons In Heartbreak Opening Netball Superleague Match
Celtic Dragons suffered a heartbreak defeat against Surrey Storm in their first match of the Vitality Netball Superleague season at Arena Birmingham.
Cardiff-based Dragons led through the first three quarters, but found themselves in the eye of a Storm during the final 15 minutes.
Almost 9,000 spectators watched Surrey hit back from... Read More
Celtic Dragons Ready To Stir Up Superleague Storm
Celtic Dragons are ready to storm into the new Vitality Netball Superleague season in front of a sell-out crowd at Arena Birmingham this afternoon.
Cardiff-based Dragons play Surrey Storm in their opening fixture of the 2020 season and defender Abby Tyrrell says: “The mood and vibe in our squad is really... Read More
Celtic Dragons And Wing-Attack Sophie Feeling Good After Tri-Tournament Tests At Ebbw Vale Sports Centre
Celtic Dragons hosted Vitality Superleague rivals London Pulse and Team Bath in a tri-tournament at Ebbw Vale Sports Centre.
The home team lost both of their matches, but Dragons wing-attack Sophia Morgan, from Brynford in Flintshire, said: “It was great to play against Bath and Pulse in pre-season fixtures.
“We ran through... Read More
Celtic Dragons Head Into Pulsating Fast5 All-Stars Netball Tournament Aiming To Pull The Plug On Bath
Celtic Dragons are on a fast track to netball success, starting against Team Bath at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday.
They have qualified for the British Fast5 All-Stars competition for the first time and the draw has pitted Dragons against Bath in the quarter-finals.
The Fast5 tournament, a fast,... Read More
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