In their own distinct ways, Bellamy and Martin are flagbearers for the progressive trends of modern football: possession-based styles of play and building from the back. Most young coaches want to follow that path, as you can see when watching this year’s crop of FAW Pro Licence candidates working on and off the field. But...
Welsh rookie Darcey Harry won her first Ladies European Tour event with a three-shot victory at the Hulencourt Women’s Open in Belgium. The 22-year-old shot a final round of 68 to take the title ahead of France’s Nastasia Nadaud and New Zealand’s Amelia Garvey. Harry hit a remarkable five birdies and an eagle on the...
BBC One vintage fur shop says the demand for the product is growing Fur imported and sold in the UK should be banned, an MP has said. While fur farming has been banned in Wales and England since 2000, many types of fur are still legally imported and sold. Ruth Jones, Labour MP for Newport...
Although the ECB has sold stakes in the Hundred teams, it has retained ownership of the competition itself, meaning the governing body will have final say on any change of format. However, Govil said he and other investors have a preference to change from the 100-ball format, an outlier in terms of the global landscape,...
Getty Images Welsh rarebit is a popular Welsh dish that consists of toasted bread covered in a seasoned cheese sauce It’s a beloved national dish of Wales and is found on restaurant menus across the country, but did Welsh rarebit actually start life as a joke played by the English? Toasted bread smothered in a...
PA Media Former world champion Gerwyn “The Iceman” Price beat teenage sensation Luke “The Nuke” Littler in March with darts made by Lee Huxtable He is one of the most successful designers in the sports industry with a legion of world champions to his name. But Lee Huxtable is not widely known outside the world...
Matt Lloyd & Eben Leonard BBC News Nathan Hurley Nathan Hurley has completed his cycle from south Wales to New South Wales TV viewers may be glued to the new series of Race Across the World – but one adventurous cyclist has just completed his own remarkable ride across the globe. Nathan Hurley of Blackwood...
Alison Francis Senior science journalist Kevin Church/BBC The team has so far found 41 skeletons buried in the cemetery A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as the mysteries surrounding it are multiplying. The discovery of the site, dating to the 6th or 7th Century, was announced last year, with...
Former cricket umpire Jeff Evans has died at the age of 70. The Welshman officiated in 258 first-class matches and more than 400 limited-overs matches, as well as five women’s internationals in a 22-year career at the top level of the domestic game. Born in Llanelli in 1954, he started his umpiring career in the...
Robin Jenkins Trevor Greenfield and his wife, Eileen, were among the group of passengers stranded at Swindon Train passengers were left “distressed” and “confused” when the driver of a packed train encouraged them to get off at a station for some fresh air – only to leave without them. Trevor Greenfield, 74, and his wife,...
Modric will be involved at a Championship club which posted a pre-tax loss of £15.2m in the latest financial year. That was a drop of £2.7m compared to the pre-tax loss of £17.9m posted for the previous financial year. Swansea posted a turnover of £21.5m for the year ending 30 June, 2024. In a statement...
Harry’s first LET event, in Morocco in February, saw her miss the cut. Yet her second start, at the Australian Women’s Classic last month, began with a round of 64 and ended with a sixth-placed finish, with Harry in the final group on Sunday. “I don’t think I’ve ever played in front of such big...
Lorna Prichard BBC Wales Culture Correspondent BBC Michael Sheen will star as Owain Glyndŵr in one of the first productions from his new theatre company, Welsh National Theatre Actor Michael Sheen has said he will star as Owain Glyndŵr, the last Welsh-born Prince of Wales, in a new theatre production. Owain & Henry will tell...