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Rhys Jones Already Had His Gold Medal Moment As He Relishes Prospect Of Commonwealth Games Hat-Trick
Rhys Jones has described being selected for a third Commonwealth Games as his “gold medal moment”. Anything else he achieves on the Alexander Stadium track in Birmingham this summer will be a bonus, says the para sprinter.
So, the Ryan Giggs Wales era has officially ended. It was an announcement which almost certainly represents a full-stop conclusion to the strained 30-year association between the Cardiffian and his national football team. The word “officially” is important here: in both practical and emotional terms Robert Page is already Wales manager.
Gareth Bale Backs FAW Pledge To Put World Cup Profit Into Better Pitches
Profits made from Wales qualifying for the World Cup – expected to be around £4m - will go into improving grassroots facilities, the Football Association of Wales have pledged. The overall commercial revenue from Wales reaching their first finals of the tournament for 64 years could be at least £10m, it has been estimated. But the guaranteed part of that income – which comes from the FIFA prize money pot – will go straight into benefitting the game at lower levels.
Paul Evans
Fear And Frustration Mount As Rally Return Is Blocked By Blanket Bureaucracy
Fears are growing that rallying won’t return in Wales until the spring of 2021, unless the Welsh government allows non-spectator Covid-19 compliant trial events to take place. Some motor clubs have tried to organise experimental rallies, but optimism is turning to despair and frustration as the 30 maximum mass gatherings... Read More
Ryan Ratcliffe Drives A Porsche . . . Very Fast . . . And In Eight Races In August As Motor Racing Returns
Motorsport is finally emerging from the enforced pit stop of lockdown and for one Welshman the lights turn green again this weekend. Ryan Ratcliffe will be racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup at Donnington Park, keen to make up for lost time, as he tells Paul Evans. Racing is very... Read More
Wales Rally GB . . . Why A £9m Event Had To Be Killed Off By Its Own Sponsor
Wales Rally GB bit the dust this week as the latest sporting event to be shelved due the coronavirus pandemic. Infection rates may be falling, but until sport more generally is able to adapt to the realities imposed by social distancing, then the disappointment for fans will continue, as Paul... Read More
Ryland James: Seven Decades, 582 Rallies And Counting . . .
Ryland James is, like every other sports person in Wales, waiting patiently for his 2020 season to get back on track. But when it does, unlike everyone else, this year will mark the seventh decade in which he’s been competing as he tells Paul Evans.
To be still going strong in... Read More
Cars, Cameras, Satellites - And Chelsea Buns! How S4C's Ralio Brings The Wales Rally GB To Our TV Screens
Dai Sport's Rally man, Paul Evans, spent the weekend of the Wales Rally GB with the men and women of Ralio, S4C's motorsport programme, as they filmed, interviewed and then edited, at speeds Elfyn Evans would have been proud of, the high octane sport - and all from an industrial... Read More