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The New Saints In Dreamland As Craig Harrison Starts To Plot Knockout Route

The New Saints In Dreamland As Craig Harrison Starts To Plot Knockout Route
Craig Harrison is dreaming The New Saints making the knockout stages of a European tournament after they became the first Welsh Premier side to gather points at the group stage of a major European competition. TNS beat Astana from Kazakhstan, 2-0 at The New Meadow, Shrewsbury Town’s ground, to write themselves into the history books.

Time To Fatten Up The Slimmed Down Commonwealth Games With Fresh Ideas

Time To Fatten Up The Slimmed Down Commonwealth Games With Fresh Ideas
The slimming industry has always been a place for chancers with dubious strategies and now it appears they have moved into the Commonwealth Games. The only multi-sport tournament where Wales competes as an independent nation is being “slimmed down” in the words of some of the organisers, so that it is “lean and healthy.”

WRU Hire Ashley Beck And Marc Breeze For Pathway Plan

WRU Hire Ashley Beck And Marc Breeze For Pathway Plan
Former Wales centre Ashley Beck and ex-Cardiff hooker Marc Breeze have been hired by the Welsh Rugby Union as pathway coaches. The pair will work with age group teams in both the men’s and women’s game, in roles part-funded by the British and Irish Lions.

Warren Gatland Planning For Rough, Tough As Well As Flying Fijians

Warren Gatland Planning For Rough, Tough As Well As Flying Fijians
Warren Gatland is preparing for another “tough, physical encounter” against the Fijians when his Wales side open their three-match Autumn Nations Series at the Principality Stadium on Sunday 10 November. Fiji will arrive in Cardiff 60 years on from their first visit and seeking their first win on Welsh soil.

History Will Be Fine For The New Saints . . . But Winning Will Be Better

History Will Be Fine For The New Saints . . . But Winning Will Be Better
With 21 goals in their last two games The New Saints will go into their historic first home game against FC Astana in the Group stages of the UEFA Conference League on Thursday full of attacking intent. But it was a similar situation before they faced Serie A giants Fiorentina in their first game at the start of the month, when they headed to Italy on the back of a 6-1 win at Newtown.

Omer Riza Makes Bold Bid For Cardiff City Job By Throwing Ball In Court Of Vincent Tan

Omer Riza Makes Bold Bid For Cardiff City Job By Throwing Ball In Court Of Vincent Tan
Omer Riza has turned the spotlight on Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan by calling for clarity over the managerial position at the club. His bold move comes after the interim boss further strengthened his hand by gaining another convincing victory for a team he has picked off the floor.

Nelson Jardim Devotes Newport County Win To Amber Army

Nelson Jardim Devotes Newport County Win To Amber Army
Newport County manager Nelson Jardim praised his team’s character as a 2-0 away win at Gillingham moved his team up to 13th spot in League Two. First-half goals from Matt Baker and Kyle Hudlin secured Newport a much-needed victory at out-of-sorts Gillingham.

Joe Schmidt Recalls Big Guns To Fire At Wales . . . Plus Untried Weapon, Joseph- Aukuso Suaalii

Joe Schmidt Recalls Big Guns To Fire At Wales . . . Plus Untried Weapon, Joseph- Aukuso Suaalii
Joe Schmidt has bolstered his 34-srong Grand Slam chasing Wallabies squad for their clash against Wales in the Autumn Nations Series by recalling 2023 World Cup players Samu Kerevi and Will Skelton. Skelton, who captained the Aussies against Georgia at the World Cup, and Kerevi have not featured in this year’s internationals to date, but are among five fresh faces brought into the tour party by Schmidt.

Luke Williams Admits Seven Hours Without Scoring At Swansea City Is Starting to Grate

Luke Williams Admits Seven Hours Without Scoring At Swansea City Is Starting to Grate
Luke Williams has admitted to growing frustration over Swansea City’s lack of fire power. Although they gained a useful point in a draw at Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night, it was a 0-0 stalemate - meaning the Swans have not scored in more than seven hours of football and their winless run now

Hockey Wales Reveal “Deep Disappointment” At Commonwealth Games Exclusion For Glasgow

Hockey Wales Reveal “Deep Disappointment” At Commonwealth Games Exclusion For Glasgow
Hockey Wales have expressed their “deep disappointment” at the decision to drop the sport from the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Hockey – along with a number of other sports, including rugby sevens, T20 cricket, triathlon, diving, squash and badminton – have all been excluded from the Games programme for Glasgow.

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Back Row Josh Navidi Could Return To Wales Squad After Facing Ulster With Cardiff

By David Williams Josh Navidi could make a return for Wales in the final two rounds of the 2022 Guinness Six Nations after being named in the Cardiff team to face Ulster in Belfast on Friday night. The flanker suffered a dislocated shoulder in early October and was originally expected to miss... Read More

Welsh Rhythmic Commonwealth Hopefuls Enjoy Success In Estonia

By Carl Field Wales’ best rhythmic gymnasts enjoyed success in Tartu, Estonia at the Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix last weekend as they continue to build towards the Commonwealth Games. Reigning Welsh senior champion Gemma Frizelle was competing in the Tartu Grand Prix, representing Great Britain. The 23-year-old, who is attached to Llanelli... Read More

Master Chefs In The Making . . . Welsh Athletes Are Learning The Ingredients For Success

With the Commonwealth Games only five months away, Welsh athletes are getting primed for Birmingham. That means training, resting, competing . . . and eating. So, who makes sure the top Welsh sports stars are cooking up a healthy basis from which to serve up their best? Aled Wheeler has... Read More

Wales' Laura Deas Insists Olympic Track Is "Stunning" As She Gets Set For Medal Bid

By Lucy Rees Laura Deas has insisted conditions in Beijing are to her liking as she prepares to back up Wales’ first Winter Olympic medal. Bronze medalist in PyeongChang four years ago, Deas is preparing for her second Olympic skeleton competition against a background of complaints from many athletes in China that... Read More

Jamie Paterson Is Back . . . And Nothing Has Been Broken, Insists Swansea City Boss Russell Martin

By Fraser Watson The game was merely seconds old when the ball arrived at the feet of Blackburn skipper Darragh Lenihan. Deep in the right-back position, he shaped to launch a ball up-field, only for Jamie Paterson to rush forward and hurl himself in the way. The block came to nothing as... Read More

Shot-putter Patrick Swan "Pumped And Excited" For Saturday's DNA Event

By Owen Morgan Patrick Swan sees Saturday’s Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) event in Glasgow as the sport’s equivalent of rugby’s Six Nations. Swan can’t wait to pull on the Welsh vest against England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Turkey. The big shot-putter, who would be a huge asset strength-wise in any scrum, told Dai... Read More
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