:00:07. > :00:10.What a week for Welsh sport! Wales notch up another win in the Six
:00:10. > :00:13.Nations, Swansea City win the League Cup and secure a spot in
:00:13. > :00:16.Europe, and the golden girl of Welsh and British cycling, Becky
:00:16. > :00:26.James, puts this town, Abergavenny, on the map with her two golds in
:00:26. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :01:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:01:07. > :01:09.Minsk. Welcome to a bumper Sport Fantastic scenes there after a
:01:09. > :01:19.fantastic achievement by Swansea City, securing European football
:01:19. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:26.While down the road along the M4, another Welsh club would love to
:01:26. > :01:31.join them. Cardiff City are chasing the very same dream, and so we
:01:31. > :01:34.begin with our exclusive story. Sport Wales has secured
:01:34. > :01:40.unprecedented access to the club's owner ahead of a crucial few months
:01:40. > :01:50.in a push promotion. Nick Servini went to Malaysia to meet Vincent
:01:50. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:57.I have come to Malaysia, where higher have been given exclusive
:01:57. > :02:07.access to Vincent Tan and his business empire. How much can you
:02:07. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:12.make available? Something like 20, 25 million. He was tempted into
:02:12. > :02:22.football ownership three years ago. This is the first interview he has
:02:22. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:58.If the fans welcome me, I can stay The first thing that strikes you
:02:58. > :03:07.about Vincent Tan is how diverse he is. This touches virtually every
:03:07. > :03:12.aspect of daily life. The good thing, for Cardiff City fans, is
:03:12. > :03:19.this - Asian tycoons come and go, but Vincent Tan is known as a
:03:19. > :03:24.survivor. Vincent Tan was the man who introduced at McDonald's to
:03:24. > :03:34.Malaysia, and soon after, was running the country's biggest
:03:34. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:49.lottery. One of his big expansions now is high street chemists. Buying
:03:49. > :03:59.a football club, we said he was crazy. When we looked at Cardiff at
:03:59. > :04:06.the time, it was at the bottom. But I mean, look at him. He has got the
:04:06. > :04:16.magic touch. Every time he looks at something, he will make the
:04:16. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :04:29.impossible possible. My latest pipe dream, God willing, is to take
:04:29. > :04:39.Cardiff up to the Premier League! Have you caught the football bug?
:04:39. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:51.Sort of. I look at it still as a business. It is not just a hobby.
:04:51. > :04:52.
:04:52. > :04:58.It is still a business. But it is the business I can enjoy. We can
:04:58. > :05:07.make it profitable. You are a businessman, you believe in the law
:05:07. > :05:17.of averages. You think Cardiff players should shoot more at goals.
:05:17. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:21.Yes, logically, even if you have more goal attempts, there is a good
:05:21. > :05:31.chance you would get two or three N. How will do you envisage being
:05:31. > :05:36.
:05:36. > :05:43.involved in Cardiff City? Good question! If the fans welcome me
:05:43. > :05:51.and everybody welcomes me, I can stay for a long time. If I find
:05:51. > :05:59.they are not welcoming and rude, maybe I will find a new buyer and
:05:59. > :06:09.go off. If I want to sell, I want to make sure I leave it in good
:06:09. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:17.I am not one of the many open-air locations where Malaysia and so
:06:17. > :06:23.typically watched Premier League action. Tonight, it is QPR, already
:06:23. > :06:28.owned by a Malaysian businessman, up against Manchester United. If
:06:28. > :06:35.Cardiff City are promoted into the Premier League, the feeling Ayres
:06:35. > :06:40.they will become the second most supported team of many Malaysians.
:06:40. > :06:50.But while the establishment of a supporters' club become the main
:06:50. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :07:02.team? Who do most Malaysians support? Manchester United. Will
:07:02. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:15.Cardiff City be supported? Who? is a Welsh club, right? Manchester
:07:15. > :07:15.
:07:16. > :07:21.United. Cardiff City would have their own best friend, her 2-5
:07:21. > :07:31.years later. To a be fair, not many Malaysians are aware of Cardiff
:07:31. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:37.City. If and when they are promoted to the Premier League, I guess,
:07:37. > :07:42.their support would increase. With a new Asian fan-base, the potential
:07:42. > :07:51.benefits would be enormous. younger generations would soon
:07:51. > :07:56.realise that by supporting Cardiff, there is some form of connection.
:07:56. > :08:06.No one knew what QPR was or about. But the minute it was bought, it
:08:06. > :08:16.became a huge thing. So much so, even QPR imitation Jersey's was
:08:16. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:25.selling like hot cakes. So, there is potential there. They have
:08:25. > :08:35.played in blue for more than 100 years, but Cardiff City start next
:08:35. > :08:41.season in red... The rebrand last summer caused uproar among fans.
:08:41. > :08:47.For Vincent Tan, he says it is essential to target Asia. Some
:08:47. > :08:55.people may say I am superstitious, but I just believe red is a colour
:08:55. > :09:03.but Asia likes. Football is big in Asia. Asia's economy is growing.
:09:04. > :09:12.People like the colour red. Manchester United play in red,
:09:12. > :09:19.Liverpool play in red, and they are both begin Asia. When Cardiff City
:09:19. > :09:25.changed their blue, did they achieve any success? 1927 or eight,
:09:25. > :09:35.they won the FA Cup. Have they achieved any success under this
:09:35. > :09:43.
:09:43. > :09:53.Blue brand? Have a? -- and they? I told management we have to change
:09:53. > :09:55.
:09:55. > :10:05.this. Reluctantly, they agreed. Of course, one of my main explanations
:10:05. > :10:05.
:10:05. > :10:11.was I am putting the Welsh national flag as a colour, and has a new
:10:11. > :10:21.logo and emblem. It is the Welsh national flag. This Sporting Club
:10:21. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:31.is different to a business, though. Yes, but they have to understand
:10:31. > :10:39.that if I believe this could change is good for the long-term, it is
:10:39. > :10:46.more marketable, it will mean the club can do well and be more
:10:46. > :10:51.successful. That is we -- that is what we want the club to do. Do you
:10:51. > :10:57.think we want to change the colour just for fun? There are lots of
:10:57. > :11:02.things we can do with our money for fun. We do this because I believe
:11:03. > :11:12.that this, long term, will be successful in Asia. A few will be
:11:13. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:25.upset. 75% of our customers are unhappy, if the 25% are unhappy,
:11:25. > :11:29.
:11:29. > :11:39.that is fine. Surely, you are putting in so much money, why do
:11:39. > :11:44.you want to put so much money and for? For the love of football?
:11:44. > :11:51.Thousands of red scarves were given away to try to sell the rebrand,
:11:51. > :11:54.but Willetts stop there? Amid speculation of a name change, a
:11:54. > :12:00.statement from Vincent Tan on the club website ruled that out. Born I
:12:00. > :12:10.spoke to him, he was open-minded about future changes. When we get
:12:10. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:20.there, we will make a decision. God willing, I am sure, if we are
:12:20. > :12:25.promoted, I am confident the fans and everyone will support us, or at
:12:25. > :12:32.least the majority of the fans. Right now, the majority are
:12:32. > :12:38.supportive of the red colour. In the last game, the whole stadium
:12:38. > :12:43.was read with the red scarves. You could see it on television. A
:12:43. > :12:51.fantastic sight. He has spoken openly about the possibility of
:12:51. > :12:54.renaming the stadium. But that is wrapped up in a debt. Vincent Tan
:12:55. > :13:01.says he will offer Sam Hammam a place on the board to clear the
:13:01. > :13:07.debt. This is too sensitive to talk about right now, but the principle
:13:07. > :13:11.is we would like Sam Hammam to come and resolve this. After all, if I
:13:11. > :13:20.did not come along and put money and, at Sam Hammam would have
:13:20. > :13:29.nothing. The club would have gone into administration. Sam Hammam, if
:13:29. > :13:35.I was him, I would be grateful that someone has put in so much money
:13:36. > :13:42.end. This is Founder's Day, the big event of the year. Thousands of
:13:42. > :13:49.staff are good fight it -- invited to a glitzy affair. Malaysia no
:13:49. > :13:53.role to also invited. The bid focuses charity. Vincent Tan
:13:53. > :14:00.famously pledged to give away half his fortune at this very event two
:14:00. > :14:04.years ago. The day after Founder's Day, we travelled by helicopter
:14:04. > :14:10.into the Jungle to a tourist resort he built up after the Prime
:14:10. > :14:15.Minister at the time I asked him to model it on a medieval France. They
:14:15. > :14:19.have recruited French chateau in the of tropics is about as far
:14:19. > :14:28.removed from the championship The Bog as you could possibly get! But
:14:28. > :14:38.when Vincent Tan come said, it appears he is thinking pretty hard
:14:38. > :14:40.
:14:41. > :14:49.about Cardiff City. -- championship football. If you make it to the
:14:49. > :14:58.Premiership, how much can you make available? A sensible number would
:14:58. > :15:06.be 20, 25 million, and maybe more. One or two or three players, with a
:15:06. > :15:10.whole team is very strong. We want to give the opportunity to the team
:15:10. > :15:19.to play in the Premier League. Is the Oakwell of the team strong
:15:19. > :15:27.enough to survive? -- it is at the core. It should be all right, but
:15:27. > :15:35.we need improvement in one or two areas. War were all look at it, and
:15:35. > :15:41.if it makes sense, we will support the recommendations. If car this
:15:41. > :15:51.city are promoted, it sets up the first ever Welsh derby and the
:15:51. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:11.Shock, they manage, they strategy as well. But we also want to have a
:16:11. > :16:17.lucky break. If we get promoted to the Premier League, we would like
:16:17. > :16:21.to buy someone a long the Michu model. We would like to pay 2
:16:22. > :16:27.million or 5 million and do very well. But not pay 20 million or 30
:16:27. > :16:32.million. You don't want a buyer Fernando for �50 million who does
:16:32. > :16:37.not score for you. We want to be moderate, a reasonable and hope for
:16:37. > :16:40.is a good break. Cardiff City are now eight points clear at the top
:16:40. > :16:47.of the Premiership with a game in hand. With the end in sight, he
:16:47. > :16:51.made this appeal to the fans. would like to tell the fans I think
:16:51. > :16:59.we are doing a good job. Just give us all the support and have faith
:16:59. > :17:07.that we do the right thing. We are not going to do stupid things. We
:17:07. > :17:12.are not going to have a �70 million loan or investment into Cardiff.
:17:12. > :17:22.Why would I want to put �100 million into a stupid thing? Do I
:17:22. > :17:27.look stupid? Coming up, Swansea City chairman
:17:27. > :17:35.Huw Jenkins. To get that win in the cup competition and to get the
:17:35. > :17:38.chance to take our club again on a different stage, it is fantastic.
:17:38. > :17:43.It provides us with added momentum next season.
:17:43. > :17:49.Well, from the hopes and dreams of Cardiff City to the girl from
:17:49. > :17:52.Abergavenny who stunned the cycling world last weekend. Whilst Cardiff
:17:52. > :17:57.teenager Elinor Barker continued to impress in a debut year as a senior,
:17:57. > :18:01.Becky James became the hottest property in British cycling with
:18:01. > :18:11.her four medals at the World Championships. Gareth Rhys Owen
:18:11. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:22.caught up with both of them on It was quite a week for Becky James
:18:22. > :18:26.at the World Track Championships. Her two-time world champion and the
:18:26. > :18:31.prospect of being branded the new golden girl of British cycling.
:18:31. > :18:36.sounds pretty good, but to me, it still doesn't feel real. I can't
:18:36. > :18:41.believe I won two gold medals and two bronzes. To be told I was the
:18:41. > :18:46.first Brit to ever win four medals at a World Championships was just
:18:46. > :18:52.surreal. It will take ages to sink in. Once it has sunk in, I will
:18:52. > :18:57.enjoy it. It has not sunk in at all. I have not had time to reflect on
:18:57. > :19:03.what happened. I have not even watched my race over. It is crazy
:19:03. > :19:07.being here, talking about it. I am wearing a stripy jersey, and it has
:19:07. > :19:11.not sunk in. The 21-year-old was not even selected for the London
:19:11. > :19:17.2012 Olympics, but watching others shine helped with her motivation to
:19:17. > :19:22.succeed. I always think things happen for a reason. It was not my
:19:22. > :19:26.time. If I had gone, I would have performed different key to what I
:19:26. > :19:31.did at the World Championships. I would not have got my best
:19:31. > :19:37.performances out. Looking back now, I am glad I did not go. I am glad I
:19:37. > :19:41.carried on training. My target was to be the best I could be for the
:19:41. > :19:47.World Championships. And it worked out. You have to focus on yourself,
:19:47. > :19:50.not what everyone else is doing. I had to be the best I could be.
:19:50. > :19:56.took gold in both the sprint and Keri events as well as picking up
:19:56. > :20:01.bronze medals in the team sprint and the 500 metres time-trial.
:20:01. > :20:06.is definitely the best form I have ever had on my bike. Over the past
:20:06. > :20:12.few weeks, my form was really good and I was getting PBs in training,
:20:12. > :20:17.so that was good for my motivation and morale. It was a good feel in
:20:17. > :20:23.camp. It is just enjoyable. I am really happy. It is my jersey now,
:20:23. > :20:28.so I will enjoy it. She was not the first Welsh winner in Minsk. That
:20:28. > :20:34.honour went to 18-year-old Elinor Barker. Drafted into the team and
:20:34. > :20:41.more than holding her own. This is my goal for next year. I thought it
:20:41. > :20:46.was out of my limit, but I sent big goals and hope to get somewhere. So
:20:46. > :20:51.to reach that goal this year, I can't believe it. They are the
:20:51. > :20:55.world record holders. When they go fast, they go really fast. Not many
:20:55. > :21:01.people can keep up with them, so I have no shame in saying I could not
:21:02. > :21:07.keep up the pace some days. It was a really hard mission to get to the
:21:07. > :21:11.World Championships. I am just glad I was able to improve. Up are you
:21:11. > :21:17.happy with your own individual performance? Are I was really happy.
:21:17. > :21:21.A lot of things did not go right in previous rides or dress rehearsals
:21:21. > :21:27.in training, which worried me because I was thinking, if I don't
:21:27. > :21:32.do this right on the day... But I got it bang on, to the best of my
:21:32. > :21:38.abilities at the moment. I would like to think I will improve as I
:21:38. > :21:42.get more experienced. I am over the moon with my performance on the day.
:21:42. > :21:46.Like the men's event, the women's pursuit is set to become a race for
:21:46. > :21:53.four. This could secure Barker's permanent position in the British
:21:53. > :21:58.line-up. The team time trial in September would be amazing to be a
:21:58. > :22:01.part off. That would be fantastic. I don't know how realistic that is
:22:01. > :22:09.because of the strength of the riders within our team, but I would
:22:09. > :22:14.love to be part of it. Congratulations to our newest world
:22:14. > :22:17.champions. Now, let's return to what has been a momentous week for
:22:17. > :22:24.Welsh football. In a moment, we will show you how Wrexham booked
:22:24. > :22:26.their first ever trip to Wembley. First, Swansea City and their
:22:26. > :22:32.supporters are surely still celebrating that stunning League
:22:32. > :22:38.Cup win and possibly pondering what it might mean for the future. We
:22:38. > :22:45.sent him hoped to put the Swansea chairman on the spot. -- we sent
:22:45. > :22:55.him hunt to put the Swansea chairman on the spot.
:22:55. > :23:11.
:23:12. > :23:19.It is a Hollywood story. 2-0, It is in, it is five! A job
:23:19. > :23:23.completed by Jonathan De Guzman. is a well-told story now, Swansea's
:23:23. > :23:27.journey from where they were ten years ago to today, winning a major
:23:27. > :23:32.cup final. But you are the man that has been there at the heart of it,
:23:32. > :23:37.driving this dramatic change. How did you feel at Wembley when they
:23:37. > :23:41.were lifting the trophy? I always look at the football side first.
:23:41. > :23:51.Delighted at how we played and approached the game and the manner
:23:51. > :23:57.in which we got the result. It was excellent. Proud that our
:23:57. > :24:03.supporters can go to Wembley and enjoy that type of day. To get a
:24:03. > :24:07.chance to take our club again on a different stage and into European
:24:07. > :24:12.competition is fantastic and can provide us with added momentum next
:24:12. > :24:19.season. Two years ago, you were at Wembley, hugging Brendan Rodgers.
:24:19. > :24:22.Before that, Roberto Martinez had been successful. If you would a
:24:22. > :24:26.dyed-in-the-wool Swansea person, you might think other clubs might
:24:26. > :24:32.approach you to recruit managers for them. Go it has gone well. We
:24:32. > :24:39.managed to stick to our beliefs. We have the right environment and the
:24:39. > :24:46.right people involved. We have a stable squad of players. So those
:24:46. > :24:56.things have a huge bearing. They can settle down quickly and first
:24:56. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:12.and foremost enjoy living and working.
:25:12. > :25:17.We have been talking and we will talk over the next three weeks, a
:25:17. > :25:22.month, in connection with looking to expand at. But I think Michael
:25:22. > :25:28.knows there is no pressure in either way. Whatever Michael wants
:25:28. > :25:37.to do, we are happy with. Is your gut instinct that Michael Laudrup
:25:37. > :25:46.will be here in three years' time? When I first met Michael, he said
:25:46. > :25:50.he was not out to spend the next ten years being manager. But I hope
:25:50. > :25:54.that next season, we will have another successful year with
:25:55. > :25:59.Michael and see what comes at the end of that. But I am under no
:25:59. > :26:03.illusions that he has said any words to me that he would be at our
:26:03. > :26:07.club for four or five years. That has never been in his thoughts, and
:26:07. > :26:10.I respect that. Police club Borini is Europa League football next
:26:10. > :26:14.season. You would think the competition was a burden for some
:26:14. > :26:18.clubs who grumble about fixture pile-ups and pressure on squads,
:26:18. > :26:22.but Swansea say they intend to embrace it. A to be involved in
:26:22. > :26:32.games on Thursdays and Sundays is something to be excited about and
:26:32. > :26:35.proud of, rather than something that you feel the travelling
:26:35. > :26:41.distance is too long or you are playing too many games with into
:26:41. > :26:46.many days. Field concept of that by other clubs and managers is totally
:26:46. > :26:54.wrong. We are privileged to be in this position and to be part of the
:26:54. > :27:00.Premier League. It has to be taken on board with the right attitude
:27:00. > :27:05.that you go and enjoy it and try to compete and finish as high as you
:27:05. > :27:08.can in every competition. As long as everybody is on board with that,
:27:09. > :27:17.every manager, every player is committed, we will not have any
:27:17. > :27:23.difficulty. Sleepy Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.
:27:23. > :27:27.This is where Wrexham ensure they will follow in Swansea's Prince in
:27:27. > :27:31.three weeks' time and travel to Wembley in the FA Trophy final. The
:27:31. > :27:41.side had taken a two-goal lead into the second leg of this semi-final
:27:41. > :27:45.against the conference north side. Long treks up and down the country.
:27:45. > :27:55.It is a way of life in the conference that these hardened
:27:55. > :28:04.
:28:04. > :28:10.travellers would not have minded. He shoots, and he puts the ball
:28:10. > :28:16.into the back of the net! It has taken just 21 minutes. Danny Wright
:28:16. > :28:25.opened the scoring. And here is Hawkins, and he shoots! And he
:28:25. > :28:31.scores! After being 1-0 down, Terry Hawkins makes it 1-1. And the ball
:28:31. > :28:35.goes into the back of the net at! It is a deflected shot. I am
:28:35. > :28:42.anxious finish as Wrexham lost again, but won over or to complete
:28:42. > :28:48.their journey. There goes the final whistle. Wrexham have done it. They
:28:48. > :28:56.will play in their first ever Wembley final. It is quality. You
:28:56. > :29:02.can see what it means to the fans. The first time at Wembley. I am
:29:02. > :29:07.proud as punch. We are thankful to be there.
:29:07. > :29:11.Well, after a great week for Welsh sport, that is it from us. Thank