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WALES team manager Alan Phillips, has dismissed talk the decision to close the roof at the Millennium Stadium will affect tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations clash against England.

The recent announcement of Cardiff as a host port for the world’s premier round-the-world sailing race in 2017/18 has sparked a row between two Cardiff councillors.
The row began on Twitter on Wednesday evening as Plaid Cymru councillor Neil McEvoy tweeted his anger at the announcement saying “£1.5 million for a boat race. No money for vital services. Labour Cardiff Council. #redtories.” This comment sparked a heated debate between himself and Labour councillor Huw Thomas on the social networking site.

Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd was the surprise winner of a charity pie-eating competition after devouring six and a half pies in 10 minutes.

The Penarth teenager was one of 32 participants taking part in the Clark’s contest at Walkabout, on St Mary Street, in aid of George Thomas Hospice Care.

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.

The Welsh Open snooker championship at the Newport centre began yesterday amid calls for renewed interest in the sport.

The tournament is a world rankings event which attracts the leading stars from around the globe.

John Dobson, a national coach in Wales, hopes a Welsh winner at the tournament could help revive interest in a sport that has dipped in popularity in recent years.

Mr Dobson said: “There are a lot of snooker clubs closing these days.

Cardiff’s Tiger Bay Brawlers take on the London Rockin’ Rollers’ Rising Stars in their first roller derby match of the year tomorrow.

The Brawlers are keen to win at home at Talybont Sports Centre in the rematch of a game lost at the Rollers’ York Hall last year. The game will be the Brawlers’ 11th match since their first ever bout in January last year.
Veteran Brawler Jenny Moseley, known as “Jen Clawed Van Slamme” is hopeful about the match.

The next Joe Calzaghe could be spotted this Easter as young people across South Wales are given a unique opportunity to train with a boxing legend.

Children and young people from Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan will have the opportunity to train for a day with one of the world’s greatest boxing trainers, Enzo Calzaghe, as part of a series of sporting events throughout the Easter holidays.

 Cardiff’s Got Talent

Fancy checking out the hottest talent in Cardiff? If so then get down to The Globe tonight for the third round of auditions for Cardiff’s Got Talent. All are welcome to come and watch the auditions, with entry costing just £5. After 4 successful years, will this year’s event find a star in the making?

The programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live at 19:00  on March 19.

 The ongoing financial problems at Rangers Football Club have been making headlines for several weeks now, with one of Scotland’s biggest football clubs facing the very real prospect of liquidation, but after listening to this two-hour 5 Live debate that suddenly doesn’t sound like such a terrible thing.

As ‘Eye of the Tiger’ sounds out around the Channel View Leisure Centre in Grangetown it’s impossible not to get motivated for a session of kickboxing with the Cardiff Martial Arts club.

Despite the soundtrack, the session involves more than just punching a joint of meat on a repeated basis, with kicking, aerobic fitness and stretching exercises all a key part of the hour and a half long session.

Cardiff-born boxer Frankie Borg could help Wales get a double sporting whammy tomorrow, as he is tipped to take the British Master title. 

With Wales hoping to take their third Grand Slam in seven years on the same day, it seems Saturday will be a day for Welsh sporting success. 

The Welsh super middleweight will meet Merthyr Tydfil boxer, Luke Osmond, at Newport Leisure Centre this Saturday. 

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has dismissed a Scottish appeal over the eligibility of Steven Shingler.

Scotland had picked the utility back, who is primarily a centre for his club London Irish, in their preliminary squad for this season’s Six Nations championship in January.

But Shingler has already appeared for Wales’s under-20 side, and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) argued this meant he could not represent the senior side of another nation.