Gerwyn Price has slipped to No 3 in the world after seeing Peter Wright crowned European Champ. The 35-year-old was beaten by the reigning world champ in the second round then saw his rival scoop the £120,000 first prize.

Welsh international trio Nia Jones, Georgia Rowe and Bethan Dyke have re-signed for Severn Stars for the Vitality Netball Superleague season. Defender Jones, 28, will be vice-captain for the Stars with Liana Leota remaining as captain.

Freddie Woodman has admitted that fan-less football is leaving him cold, but it won’t stop him freezing out more opponents in Swansea City’s promotion bid. The Swans keeper kept a second successive clean sheet in the 2-0 home victory over Blackburn Rovers at the weekend which moved his team to second place in the Championship. Woodman – in his second season on loan from Newcastle – kept an impressive 12 shut-outs last season and the Swans are currently the joint tightest defensive unit in the division having conceded five goals in nine games.

JJ Williams, who died last week at the age of 72, was one of the legendary names of the Wales team of the 1970s. But he was also renowned for a broadcasting style and status that was as unique as his Test try-scoring record for the Lions, as Graham Thomas recalls. The story goes – and was told by both – that JJ Williams once saved the international rugby career of Ray Gravell even before it had begun. It was 1975 and the night before Gravell was to have made his debut against France in Paris, but as a man filled with torturing anxiety he woke up his roommate at 4am by rummaging around with his suitcase.

Brandon Cooper has earned the praise of his manager and paid back his Newport County team-mates for his miss in the Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out against Newcastle United. The centre-back rose to head home the winner three minutes from time, earning a 2-1 victory at home against Harrogate Town. His soaring strike at the far post converted an inch-percent corner from Scott Twine and hit the back of the net at the same end at which he had failed to score against the Premier League side last month.

Stevie Williams is feeling positive after seeing his Grand Tour bow end with a knee problem. The 24-year-old from Aberystwyth had to abandon La Vuelta a Espana after 10 stages on Saturday.

Jonny Clayton is ready to let the darts flow in tonight’s European Championships semi-final but insists he will be happy to win ugly. The Pontyberem thrower made the last four of a PDC major tournament for the third time after a 10-4 win over Dirk van Duijvenbode in Germany.

Wayne Pivac admitted Wales “didn’t fire too many shots” as his tough start to life as national head coach continued against Scotland. His team ended their Six Nations campaign condemned to their fifth straight defeat in Llanelli, with the Scots ruining Alan Wyn Jones’ landmark day in Test rugby with a 14-10 win. Wales captain Jones made a record 149th Test appearance but the veteran lock forward was on the losing side as Scotland claimed a first win on Welsh soil since 2002.

Andre Ayew has been praised for his leadership as the Swansea City striker took his club’s armband and guided them to within sight of the top of the Championship. In a comfortable 2-0 victory at home to Blackburn Rovers, Ayew’s powerful 61st minute header followed Ben Cabango’s equally forceful effort from a corner in the 25th minute to stretch the Swans’ unbeaten run to four games, with no goals conceded in the last two. That surge has lifted Swansea to second place in the table and Reading’s first defeat of the season on Friday night means the gap between the two clubs is now just four points. 

Neil Harris has threatened to axe his under-performing Cardiff City players in a verbal blast after the 3-2 Championship defeat at QPR. The Bluebirds boss described the first-half display – where Coty trailed 2-0 – as the worst since he took over at the club.

Wales midfielder Sarah Jones struck a crucial goal for Great Britain in their FIH Pro League game in Belgium. The Cardiff-born player’s third goal for GB gave her side the lead.

Stevie Williams has been forced to abandon La Vuelta a Espana with a knee issue. Williams’ Team Bahrain McLaren said the 24-year-old did not start today’s stage 11 from Villaviciosa to Alto de la Farrapona as a precaution.

Newport County may be top of the table, but Michael Flynn is refusing to get carried away as his team aims for a fifth successive win for the first time since returning to the Football league in 2013. Newcomers Harrogate stand in the way of another notable landmark for County this weekend when they visit Rodney Parade. Their task will be to try to find a way to penetrate a defence that has only conceded one goal in the last 389 minutes of action.

Ryan Bennett has been backed to fill the Joe Rodon gap at Swansea City and maybe bring something extra, too. The Swans centre-back has impressed head coach Steve Cooper since his recent move from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Brought in as Rodon was sold to Tottenham for a cut price £11m earlier this month, Bennett has added a streetwise sense of solidity to the middle of the defence as well as an aerial attacking threat at set-pieces.

As Wales meet Scotland in their final round of the Six Nations today, it’s a meeting of two Lions candidates at No.10 – Wales’ Dan Biggar and Scotland’s Finn Russell. For Harri Morgan, they are both game-changers, but it all depends on what kind of game you’re playing and what are the costs of winning and losing. If you were to offer Gérard Houllier the opportunity to click ‘delete history’ on one of his quotes, I’d wager he’d scroll back to the summer of 2002, and that time he chose to compare new Liverpool signing, Bruno Cheyrou to Zinedine Zidane. If you don’t remember Cheyrou, well, I guess that’s kind of case in point. 

Alun Wyn Jones has accepted he will make rugby history on Saturday without his family present. The Wales skipper will win his 149th Test cap in the Six Nations finale with Scotland in Llanelli.

Gerwyn Price saw his fightback fall short as he hit double trouble in a 10-6 defeat to Peter Wright in their European Championships clash. Wales’ world No 2 looked to be heavy for a quickfire exit in the second round as he trailed 9-3 having missed several check-out attempts.

Joe Bennett has experienced his fair share of highs and lows since joining Cardiff City four years ago. The 30-year-old was a key part of the team that won promotion back to the Premier League under Neil Warnock only to come back down again after one campaign.

Ryan Giggs is set to turn to Danny Ward after Adam Davies handed the Wales boss him a double goalkeeper blow. The Stoke City stopper has been ruled out for four to eight weeks with a knee injury suffered in the midweek defeat at Swansea City.

The British & Irish Lions is the pinnacle of rugby in this part of the world. Many players and supporters grew up on the legends of the great Lions sides of the 1970’s. But the Lions aren’t kings of the jungle for nothing. They’re greedy, aloof and self-regarding as Steffan Thomas outlines. Imagine walking into […]