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CELTIC Dragons head coach Melissa Hyndman says her team must not underestimate winless Loughborough Lightning ahead of tomorrow’s Fiat Netball Superleague clash.

The Cardiff-based team travel to Loughborough on the back of a 66-57 win against the Yorkshire Jets in Leeds last week, leapfrogging their opponents into fifth in the table.

The Dragons will be hoping for their third win this season with victory in Loughborough, and to jump into the Superleague’s top four in the process.

WALES forwards coach Robin McBryde has predicted “mayhem” in Cardiff if Wales can pip arch-rivals England to the Six Nations title.

Wales go into the final game of this season’s tournament second in the table, needing a win by eight points or more to retain the Championship. McBryde knows beating England to Championship glory would spark scenes of wild celebrations across the Welsh capital.

MrBryde admitted playing England intensifies the excitement before the game.

CELTIC Dragons face the Yorkshire Jets tonight in a crucial game in the Netball Superleague.

The Dragons must win if they are to keep their hopes alive of entering the top tier after the “Super Split” on March 23.

In their last outing, the Dragons suffered a heavy defeat to title holders Manchester Thunder, losing 39-62, and will be looking to make amends tonight.

Co-captain Sara Hale said: "We need to win and we expect to win. We need to rectify the things that let us down in the Manchester Thunder game, and take away the positives.

SPORT Wales chair Professor Laura McAllister said women and girl participation is “stubbornly low” in Wales, in a presentation at the Senedd this morning.

In a question and answer session to mark International Women’s Day former Welsh football international Professor McAllister stressed the importance of sport across all sectors of public life.

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day has celebrated the achievements of women since 1911 and the build-up in Cardiff this year is more popular than ever.
The Welsh Government fund events in celebration of the day through the Women’s Equality Network Wales (WENWales) who have created a theme for 2013: Visible Women: Empowering girls and women in Wales.
So we spoke to some of Wales’s high-profile succesfuly women to see what significance International Women’s Day held for them.

TWO DAMAGING defeats against the Belfast Giant and the Coventry Blaze have jeopardised the Cardiff Devils' play-off hopes.

For most of the season the Welsh side have looked on course to finish in the Elite League top four, but they now face a battle with the Blaze to secure fourth spot. The Devils were hammered 5-0 away at Belfast on Saturday, before losing Sunday’s crunch match against the Coventry Blaze 3-2.

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ALUN Wyn Jones and Sam Warburton have been included in the starting line-up for Wales’s game against Scotland on Saturday, but Ryan Jones retains the captaincy.
The reshuffle means two of Wales’s most promising performers in this season’s Six Nations, Andrew Coombs and Justin Tipuric, drop to the bench for the game at Murrayfield. Paul James replaces the injured Gethin Jenkins in the front row in the only other change to the team.

CARDIFF City this afternoon confirmed chairman Dato’ Chan Tien Ghee has resigned from his role, just hours after manager Malky Mackay urged fans to trust the club’s ownership.

ON TUESDAY, an inquest into the death of Cardiff cricketer Tom Maynard will be held at Westminster Coroner’s Court.

The former Glamorgan batsman was hit by a London Underground train in Wimbledon last Summer following a T20 game for Surrey against Kent.

Since his death, the Tom Maynard Trust was established to help the development of aspiring disadvantaged cricketers and the support of other sportspeople. The Trust provides bursaries, help with training and education, assistance with kit and equipment and financial support for overseas placements.

WITH the recent announcement of a new wakeboarding facility in Cardiff, water sports have been causing quite a splash of late.

The Cardiff International White Water (CIWW) at the International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay offers a wide range of activities, from thrilling white water rafting to calmer runs for flat-water paddlers.

The centre is not just for experts and offers a wide variety of courses which promote wider local participation.

CARDIFF Council confirmed plans this week to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games – but leading disabled sportspeople in South Wales have criticised the lack of disability sport events offered at the Commonwealth Games.