Mark Hughes. Pic/AFP

Mark Hughes revealed that he apologised to his daughter after he abandoned plans to watch her play hockey for Wales at the Commonwealth Games when Premier League club Southampton came calling. Xenna Hughes is in the Wales hockey squad for the Games, which open later Wednesday on Australia's Gold Coast, and her father was all set to jet over and watch her in action. But just weeks after getting the sack at Stoke City, the 54-year-old Hughes last month was suddenly back in football management at Southampton, who along with Stoke are mired in the Premier League relegation zone.