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Dragons Go South Again For Second Big Capture For Next Season
The Dragons have signed Australian centre Harry Wilson – the son of former Wallabies captain David Wilson – for next season. Just days after announcing the capture of Tongan back row Solomone Funaki, it’s another statement move by the region.
Wrexham Plan Big Stadium Upgrade To Match Towering Ambitions
Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds plan to develop the club’s SToK Racecourse home into a stadium with up to 55,000 seats. The Red Dragons will be playing in League One next season after back-to-back promotions and attracting a worldwide fan-base following the success of the FX docuseries ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ and the presence of their Hollywood A-listers.
Geraint Thomas Insists No “Stupid Mountain Time Trial” Suits Him Just Fine At Giro
Geraint Thomas insists he and his Ineos Grenadiers team are primed for a tilt at the Giro d'Italia title on a route that should suit him better than last year's edition. The runner-up in the 2023 Giro, Thomas was leading the race until the mountain time-trial on day 20 in which he was leap-frogged at the last by eventual winner Primoz Roglic.
Jak Jones Has Floored World No.2 . . . But He Can’t Convince His Mum To Watch
Jak Jones faces a huge task before his first World Snooker Championship semi-final appearance - persuading his mother to watch. The Welsh potter - the world No 44 - earned the biggest win of his career when he turned an 8-8 overnight score against Judd Trump into a 13-9 victory on Wednesday to reach the last four for the first time.
Anna Hursey Chases Olympic Selection In Saudi Arabia
Anna Hursey will bid to take another big step towards earning selection for the Olympic Games this week when she chases table tennis world ranking points in Saudi Arabia. The 17-year-old Wales and British number one female player broke into the world’s top 100 earlier this year and is currently ranked 97.
Terry Medwin . . . The Welshman Who Opened The Door For Pele And Then Became A Spurs Hero
For 64 years, Terry Medwin was the last Wales player to score at a World Cup. Medwin, who has died at the age of 91, scored the winner in a 2-1 play-off victory over Hungary at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. The goal set up an ultimately unsuccessful quarter-final against eventual champions Brazil – a contest decided by Pele’s first World Cup goal – but Medwin’s place in Welsh football history was secure.
Swansea City’s Wasted Half Season Leaves Them Almost Back Where They Started
It seems appropriate that Swansea City can end their season with an identical record to their current high point, achieved back in October Nothing would more clearly illustrate a wasted few months in the club’s history. If the Swans beat Millwall at home on Saturday - they are 21/20 favourites with DragonBet to do so - they will have gained four wins and a draw from the final five matches of their Championship campaign.
Drovers Skipper Jack Jones Backs Llandovery To Rumble On To Premiership Triumph
Llandovery skipper Jack Jones claims the Drovers have their sights firmly set on retaining their Indigo Premiership title as they head into Saturday’s play-off semi-final showdown against Cardiff at Church Bank (5.15pm kick off). Coach Euros Evans’ men made history by finishing top of the Premiership standings for the first time after running in nine tries to cruise to a 62-13 home win over Bridgend in their final regular league match.
Jak Jones Digs In And Rattles Judd Trump In Crucible Quarter-Final
Jak Jones looks determined to keep flying the flag for Wales deep into the second week at the World Snooker Championship. The Welsh star ensured it was a tense session for Judd Trump in their quarter-final at The Crucible in Sheffield after they finished level at 8-8 overnight.
At 366yards, Has Matt Underwood Managed The Longest Hole-In-One In Wales?
A Welsh golfer is trying to find out if he has achieved the longest hole-in-one in Wales, after sinking his tee shot on a 366 yard par 4.
England squash
Squash Wales Junior Open Attracts Leading Players
Around 150 players competed in the Karakal Welsh Junior Open Squash Championships in Cardiff.
They travelled from England, Scotland and Wales, while there was a major contingent of Welsh competitors.
Alice Green and Jared Carter won the two under-12 titles during a tournament held over two venues - Sport Wales National Centre... Read More
World Ranked Lake And Creed Favourites To Clash In Llantrisant's PSA Open Squash Final This Weekend
Former European Junior Champion Nathan Lake, from Gloucestershire, was top seed for a World ranking squash tournament in South Wales this weekend.
Cheltenham-born Lake, a 26-year-old who plays out of the East Glos club, has been drawn against Liam Eason in the first round.
Eason, aged 21 and from the Rhondda, is... Read More
Richie Powers To Welsh Open Success at Rhiwbina SRC
England’s Richie Fallows is the 2018 Welsh Open champion, beating Caerphilly-born Peter Creed in the final at Rhiwbina Squash Club.
A packed attendance watched Fallows, 22, won the final in straight games, taking 22 minutes to overcome his Welsh opponent in this World ranking $10,000 tournament.
Fallows, ranked 60 in the World,... Read More
British Finalist Tesni Keen To Be Second Welsh Winner
Cardiff’s Sian Johnson has won a British squash title - and now fellow Welsh player Tesni Evans goes for the big one.
Johnson lifted the British National Championships women’s over-60 title and will be backing Evans and in the main final this afternoon.
World number 12 Evans plays England’s Alison Waters, a... Read More
Rhiwbina Venue For Men's Professional Welsh Squash Open
Professional squash returns to Cardiff during May when the second men's Welsh Open championships are played at Rhiwbina SRC.
Welsh players Joel Makin, Peter Creed and Emyr Evans could all be eligible to compete in the Professional Squash Association $10,000 World Tour tournament.
Rhiwbina launched the Welsh Open a year ago, bringing... Read More
Welsh Squash Ace Tesni Leads The Way For Britain
Welsh ace Tesni Evans is showing English squash players the way in Manchester.
For the first time in history, England have no women’s representation in the PSA World Championships, while Cardiff-born Evans, now based in Rhyl, has booked her place in the last eight at Manchester Central Convention Complex.
She faces Egypt's... Read More
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