Neil Harris insists there will be no emotion – just business – when he goes back to Millwall today as the manager of Cardiff City. The London club was where Harris made his name and reputation – firstly as a goalscorer who banged in 138 goals for the club and then as their manager for 245 matches over three-and-a-half years. Harris celebrates a year in charge in the Welsh capital this week and would love to start his second year with a win at the club where he is still the record goalscorer and first cut his teeth as a manager.

Gerwyn Price is ready to play like a champion in his bid for a hat-trick of Grand Slam titles – after being inspired by a wall of them. The Markham darter reckons the tournament starts now as he faces Nathan Aspinall in his last 16 clash.

Matt Grimes is ready for the start of a season-defining period with Swansea City. The Liberty Stadium skipper believes the run-up to Christmas will be even more important than usual this term because of how many matches are being crammed into the Championship. Steve Cooper’s Swans host Rotherham today with doubts over key man Andre Ayew and Wales defender Ben Cabango.

Wales’ gain is likely to mean pain for Newport County fans when it comes to the growing admiration for new cap Josh Sheehan. Manager Michael Flynn has admitted it will be difficult to cling on to his new international who already looks too good for League Two. Having made his international debut against the USA last week, the 25-year-old midfield dynamo’s stock has never been higher and Flynn knows there could be offers for him in January or when he is out of contract in the summer.

It was always going to be rugby for James Botham, despite growing up in the shadow of Lord Botham – and it was always going to be for Wales, not England. “Jimbo” as he is known to grandfather Ian and dad Liam, was born in Cardiff when Liam was playing for the capital club 22 years ago. This afternoon, he will fulfil his very personal sporting ambition when he pulls on a red jersey to make his debut against Georgia in a fixture that has taken on added significance due to the team’s unwanted losing habit.

Captain Justin Tipuric believes that there are plenty of opportunities up for grabs when Wales’ new boys aim to end a six-match losing streak against Georgia on Saturday. James Botham, Kieran Hardy and Johnny Williams all make their debuts and are part of the 13 changes Wayne Pivac has made to the side that lost to Ireland. Callum Sheedy makes his starting debut and his Bristol teammate Ioan Lloyd could earn his first cap from the bench in Wales’ second game of the Autumn Nations Cup.. 

Siwan Lillicrap reckons next year’s Rugby World Cup will take the women’s game to a new level. The Wales skipper admitted she was excited at the prospect of facing reigning champions New Zealand.

Welsh football clubs playing in the domestic structure are to receive a £750k cash boost from the National Lottery. The money is designed to help them through the current restrictions caused by Covid-19 and comes after all clubs in the JD Cymru Premier League were encouraged to start the season, but with no fans allowed to attend matches. Clubs in the two tiers beneath – JD Cymru North and JD South – have been unable to start their league as they have so far not been given elite status by Sport Wales, although that may soon change after review.

Jayne Ludlow reckons Wales’ final UEFA Women’s Euro2022 qualifier against Belarus will be like a Cup final. Wales will go into the game at Newport’s Rodney Parade on 1 December hoping to qualify for a major final for the first time in their history.

Laura Deas bagged her best result for 18 months as he launched her BMW IBSF World Cup skeleton season in fine style in Latvia. Wales’ Olympic bronze medalist finished sixth – just missing out on a bronze medal by 0.27secs after the two runs in Sigulda.

Ben Pritchard is enjoying a meteoric rise in the world of rowing and looks destined for the Paralympic Games next summer. But the club where he started have been finding it tough to get back on the water in recent times as Graham Thomas discovered. The club that launched Ben Pritchard towards the world championship podium is managing to stay afloat thanks to grant money from the Be Active Wales Fund. City of Swansea Rowing Club – who took Pritchard onto the water after a cycling accident ended his triathlon career in 2016 – are having to adapt to a whole new world.

Celtic Dragons have completed their line-up for the 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague season by signing dual-end Australian Annika Lee-Jones. The 24-year-old joins from Sunshine Coast Lightning in Queensland and has also played for West Coast Fever during her four seasons in Australia’s Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) league.

Wales manager Jayne Ludlow has named an uncapped duo in the squad for the final UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 qualifying round match against Belarus. Esther Morgan (Tottenham) and Caitlin Morris Southampton) could win their first caps at Newport’s Rodney Parade on 1 December.

Dan James has vowed to fight for his Manchester United future insisting he had no plans to quit Old Trafford. The former Swansea City flier has been heavily linked with a loan move to Leeds United after not being a first-team regular this season.

Gerwyn Price admitted he had to dig dip as he survived a match dart to keep his bid for a hat-trick of Grand Slam titles on track. The Markham darter won the last three legs to beat Ryan Joyce as he was joined in the knock-out stages by fellow Welshman Jonny Clayton.

For Wayne Pivac, the name Botham always used to mean one thing – the smashing of his beloved New Zealand cricket team all around the park. Thirty five years on from when Beefy the new baron was in his pomp, Pivac has asked Botham’s grandson, James, to repel the Georgians. Botham junior/junior – son of Liam, who also played rugby for Cardiff – has fast-tracked “Jimbo” into an international debut on Saturday after only 13 games of senior rugby for the Blues.

Neil Harris wants some of the Wales feelgood factor to rub off on Cardiff City after being hit with a crushing injury blow to Lee Tomlin. The Bluebirds chief has urged Harry Wilson and Kieffer Moore to continue their goal-scoring exploits in midweek when Harris returns to former club Millwall on Saturday.

Wales international Megan Wynne has taken the first steps of her recovery from knee surgery after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament. The 27-year-old has revealed she has run for the first time – 14 weeks after the op having suffered the injury in August.

Harry Wilson says Wales are heading for Euro 2020 confident they can beat anyone. The on-loan Cardiff City striker helped Wales secure Nations League promotion to the top tier of European football on Wednesday with a 3-1 win over Finland in the capital. The victory also virtually guaranteed Wales a 2022 World Cup play-off spot and extended their unbeaten run in competitive football to 11 games, the best in Welsh football history, ahead of next summer’s delayed European Championship.

Wales RL U16 international Lewis Pinder has signed U19 forms with Super League club Wigan Warriors. The Wrexham-born player’s signing is seen as a boost in getting more players from North Wales into the elite league.