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Cardiff’s Sky Bet Championship fixture against Watford has been called off amid severe weather warnings linked to Storm Darragh. The Football Association of Wales issued a statement on Friday afternoon saying all football matches in the country were being postponed on Saturday, following Met Office advice.

Ben Davies is set for a spell on the sidelines – a concern for both high-flying Wales and nose-diving Tottenham. The Wales defender has suffered sustained a hamstring injury, compounding the woes of a Spurs side already grappling with a series of defensive setbacks.

This time last year Steff Emanuel was playing for Millfield School against Sedbergh in the Daily Mail Trophy. Twelve months on and he will become the youngster Cardiff Rugby regional player to make his debut in European competition.

The Omer Riza Era Part Two should have begun on Saturday when Cardiff City were due to host Watford before the weather intervened. It would have been Riza’s first match since he was confirmed as the club’s new permanent manager.

European rugby used to arrive with a fanfare that sounded like the brass band section which once accompanied Shenkin the regimental goat on Wales’ international days. A bit old-fashioned, maybe, but you knew it was going to be worth hanging around to watch the action.

Cardiff City boss Omer Riza insists he will have money to spend in order to bolster his squad during the January transfer window. Riza, who had been serving as the Bluebirds’ interim manager, was officially appointed on a contract running until the end of the season on Thursday.

Taine Basham is all set to join the Dragons centurion club when his side hosts Montpellier in Round 1 of the EPCR Challenge Cup at Rodney Parade. The Welsh international back row man made his debut six years ago when he faced the Scarlets against Scarlets in January 2018.

Cardiff City have appointed interim manager Omer Riza as boss on a contract until the end of the season. The Bluebirds announced the move on Thursday prior to Riza’s 13th match in charge at home to Watford on Saturday. Riza took over in September following the dismissal of former manager Erol Bulut, when the club were bottom of the Championship with just one point from their opening six matches.

A new training facility has been hailed as a “game changer” by the Welsh grass roots rugby club which has benefited from the project. Kenfig Hill RFC, in the Ospreys region, was selected from more than 30 entries as winners of the BKT Power Zone competition.

Former Swansea City head coach Russell Martin knows he and his Soputhampton team are under intense pressure after fans tunred on them following their latest defeat. Martin – who quit the Swans 18 months ago and took Saints up into the Premier League – is under the cosh with his team rock bbottom and adrift after a 5-1 home defeat to Chelse.