Wales must navigate the play-offs in March to reach the European Championship finals next summer. If they do so, it will be Wales’ fourth major tournament out of the last five.

Janet Davies has paid tribute to her late husband Peter, and the support received from trainer Evan Williams and his staff, after earning her 100th winner as an owner. Minella Missile gave Janet her century mark with a debut victory under rules in the recent Trustatrader Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

The Ospreys have been dealt a cruel blow ahead of their massive west Wales derby with Scarlets on Sunday with skipper Justin Tipuric being ruled out of action for up to two months. The 93-times capped triple British & Irish Lions tourist broke his thumb in the defeat to Dragons at Rodney Parade last weekend and will undergo surgery next week.

Rob Page will fly to Switzerland on Wednesday, hoping the luck that avoided Wales against Turkey will be there when the Euro 2024 play-off draw is made. The Wales manager was left angry and frustrated that key decisions did not go in Wales’ favour during their 1-1 draw at home to the Turks on Tuesday night.

Wales’ Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price will face former European champion Silvia Bortot on December 10. The fight takes place on the undercard of Chris Billam-Smith’s WBO world cruiserweight title bout against Mateusz Masternak in Bournemouth.

Ystrad Rhondda are marching on at the top of Admiral Championship East. They have opened up a 10-point gap at the top of the table, although both Newbridge and Bargoed have games in hand.

Rob Page insists Wales can still reach Euro 2024 by drawing on their successful World Cup play-off history. Page’s team were consigned to the Euro play-offs in March after a controversial 1-1 draw with Turkey in Cardiff.

Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have welcomed the decision for the club to take over the Racecourse Ground lease and allow them to push ahead with stadium development. The lease is currently held by Wrexham Supporters Trust, who wanted a binding covenant that the Hollywood-owned League Two club could not be moved away from the ground.

Wales’ players have been told to forget about the back door and knock down the front. Manager Rob Page has insisted there is no talk within his squad of play-offs as they head into their final Euro qualifying pool match against Turkey in Cardiff on Tuesday night.

Pontypridd full-back Josh Phillips has praised his 13-man team as their recovery continues in the Indigo Group Premiership. Ponty delivered a backs-to-the-wall defensive display as they secured four welcome points at Aberavon at the weekend to make it back-to-back wins.

Matthew Hirst/Declan Dear clinched the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title for a record-equalling third time after winning the Wyedean Stages Rally in their Delta Salvage/Witham Group Ford Fiesta R5. Recent heavy rain had left the Forest of Dean stages very wet and slippery, and despite a cautious start Hirst admitted to a few overshoots on the morning’s loop of three stages.

Sophie Ingle joked that her appearance record in women’s football gave away her age as the Wales captain made another piece of history at the weekend. Ingle played her 184th Women’s Super League match – setting a new mark – as her Chelsea team thrashed Liverpool 5-1 as Lauren James scored a hat-trick.

Glamorgan batsman Marnus Labuschagne is a world champion after he played a key role in helping Australia beat India to win the World Cup. Labuschagne – who began his stint with the Welsh county in 2019 and will return again next summer – hit 58 not out as the Aussies regained their status as the kings of one-day cricket.

Elfyn Evans paid tribute to his team after the Welsh driver secured runners-up spot in the World Rally Championship following victory at Rally Japan. Evans clinched his eighth career win by finishing a dominant 1min 17.7sec ahead of team-mate Sébastien Ogier at this final round of the season.

Neco Williams has revealed deadly Armenia left Wales in stunned silence for a second time and their Euro 2024 hopes almost muted. The Nottingham Forest wing-back has admitted the unfancied Armenians have had much the better of two painful meetings with Wales in qualifiers.

Dragons head coach Dai Flanagan has urged his team to keep their winning form when they travel to South Africa, following their landmark win against the Ospreys. The Rodney Parade club had not won in front of their own fans for over a year, but finally broke that awful sequence with a 20-5 victory on Saturday night. Dragons head of performance Dan Baugh could be in trouble with United Rugby Championship (URC) officials after a dispute with referee Ben Whitehouse but Flanagan will demand the success is not a one-off flash in the pan.

Rob Page insists Wales can still make the Euro 2024 finals in Germany next year – but they will probably need to get there via the play-offs. A 1-1 draw against Armenia in Yerevan means Wales now need favours from others if they are to earn qualification directly. With Latvia unable to spring a Saturday night shock against Croatia, Page and his men must hope Armenia beat or draw with the Croats on the same Tuesday night that Wales host Turkey in their final game.

Tim Baker knows more than anyone that enabling hockey to thrive in North Wales takes hard graft – on and off the field. President of Eirias Hockey Club in Colwyn Bay, Tim was involved in the merger of Colwyn Bay and Llandudno hockey clubs five years ago. Since then – despite some predictions it might prove an unhappy marriage – Eirias have thrived and now run three men’s and three women’s teams, plus successful junior sections that operate from U10 to U18.

Rob Page hopes the presence of Aaron Ramsey can help Wales realise their Euro 2024 dream after the injured captain joined them on their long trek to Armenia. Midfielder Ramsey has not played since mid-September after damaging a knee tendon, missing last month’s stunning victory over World Cup semi-finalists Croatia that has left automatic qualification in Wales’ own hands entering the final two games.

It’s been a very eventful year in the life of Cai Evans as his rugby dreams have come true. The young utility back was a bolter selection in Wales’ World Cup training squad and then went on to make a surprise start against South Africa in August, winning his first cap, figuring once more versus the Barbarians earlier this month.