CRICKET

The cricket season may seem a long way off, but the 2024 fixtures are out and for Glamorgan it means a high profile start.

The Welsh county will begin their County Championship campaign on April 5 at Lord’s – the home of cricket – with a Division Two opener against Middlesex.

They follow that up with a home clash against Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Friday, 12th April.

Following a further five red-ball matches in Division Two of the County Championship across April and May, Glamorgan thenenter Vitality Blast action.

Vitality Blast runs from May until early July with Glamorgan kicking off their T20 campaign at home against a star-studded Surrey side on Friday, 31st May.

Across the seven games at Sophia Gardens, three are being played on Friday nights, while there are two Sunday fixtures and two Thursday night matches.

The Metro One-Day Cup begins with a home fixture at Sophia Gardens against local rivals Gloucestershire on 25th July.

Glamorgan will once again play two fixtures at Neath Cricket Club against Notts Outlaws and Sussex Sharks on 31st July and 2nd August.

The group stages will finish at Sophia Gardens against Yorkshire on 15th August.

NETBALL

Wales Netball have confirmed Wales will host a three-Test series against Uganda in January.

Welsh Feathers will take on the Ugandans on January 10, 12 and 13 at Cardiff’s House of Sport.

It will be a re-run of the World Cup clash between the countries earlier this year in South Africa, which Wales lost 73-56.

SWIMMING

Matt Richards has insisted he is looking forward to clashing with rival Romanian David Popovici at the European Short Course Championships in Romania next month.

Wales’ 20-year-old 200m freestyle world champion and Olympic relay gold medalist is ready to go head-to-head with 19-year-old Popovici, the current European champion and 2022 world champion at both 100m and 200m freestyle.

“Being able to be at the meet (the 2022 European Championships), at the poolside when David did the 1:42 and won the world record on the 100 free was incredible to watch and to see someone so young doing that was phenomenal,” said Richards.

“I’ve had the pleasure of racing him now several times and I’ve said a few times we are going to be racing each other for many, many years to come I think.

“We’re going to have some great doozies and head-to-heads yet to come. It’s been incredible to watch.”