Cardiff Met FC have made Welsh football history, becoming the first club from Wales to reach the second round of the UEFA Youth League following a 4–1 aggregate victory over Luxembourg side FC UNA Strassen. Photo from Sam Jones The Young Archers secured their place in the next stage of Europe's prestigious youth club competition on Wednesday 14 October, progressing despite a 1–0 defeat in the second leg in Luxembourg. Jack Lyons' side travelled to the Stade An de Millewisen w

After representing Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Cardiff Met student and international boxer Dan Pitt has made the difficult decision to step away from the Elite Welsh Boxing programme as he turns his attention to recovering from a long-standing hand injury and completing the final year of his degree. It marks a change of direction for an athlete who has spent the past two years competing at the highest level of amateur boxing, becoming a world champion and representi

Cardiff Metropolitan University student Sienna Wilkinson is preparing to represent Great Britain at the 2026 European TeamGym Championships in Finland, marking her second selection for the senior women's national team. Sienna, who is in her first year of Primary Teaching studies at Cardiff Met, will compete as part of the Great Britain squad at the championships in Espoo from 14 to 17 October. A member of Majestic Gymnastics Club, Sienna has been involved in gymnastics since

Just over two years ago, Harrison Matthews arrived at Cardiff Met as an academy prospect. Today, he is a Cardiff Met student, a UEFA Youth League goalscorer and, following another significant step in his development, a Cymru Premier starter. The 19-year-old made his first league start for Cardiff Met FC in September’s 1-0 victory over Haverfordwest County at Cyncoed, another milestone in a journey that has seen Matthews progress through the club’s academy and development pa

Cardiff Met Basketball has strengthened its women’s programme with the arrival of three experienced players from the United States collegiate system, with Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, Laila Anderson and Ivory Finley joining the Archers in Cardiff. #22 Alyssa Durazo-Frescas - #2 Laila Anderson - #0 Ivory Finley The trio bring extensive experience from NCAA basketball to the programme and will combine their playing careers with postgraduate study at Cardiff Metropolitan University, w

For Cardiff Met student Evie Kreeger, studying performance analysis has opened the door to seeing sport from an entirely different perspective, and taken her from the classroom into the heart of an international high-performance environment. A Sport Performance Analysis student at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Evie is currently undertaking a placement with the Welsh Feathers, combining her academic studies with hands-on experience supporting Wales’ international netball pr

One of the biggest dates in the university sporting calendar returns this Wednesday as Cardiff Met and Cardiff University go head-to-head once again in the Cardiff Clash at Cardiff Arms Park. Tickets are now on sale for the double-header on Wednesday 7 October, with Cardiff Met’s women and men preparing to take on their city rivals in front of another big crowd in the Welsh capital. The action begins at 4:30pm, when Cardiff University Women face Cardiff Met Women, before the

Cardiff Met Cricket has strengthened its performance environment through a new partnership with Fulltrack AI, introducing advanced ball-tracking and performance analysis technology across the programme. Images by Gethin Badger-Watts The technology will give Cardiff Met’s 180 cricket players access to detailed insights from training and match environments, helping players and coaches analyse performance, review individual deliveries and support player development with greate