Jonny Clayton is enjoying his best-ever run at the European Championships as he booked his place in Saturday’s quarter-finals in Germany. The Pontyberem thrower sealed a 10-6 win over Jose De Sousa who was unable to repeat his first-round heroics when he produced a nine-dart finish.

Elfyn Evans’ chances of becoming Wales’ first World Rally Champ have been boosted after next month’s penultimate round in Belgium was cancelled. Organisers of the Ypres Rally Belgium (19-22 November) took the decision on Friday due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Neil Harris says now he can laugh about Cardiff City’s 6-1 thrashing at QPR on New Year’s Day – but is looking for a different outcome this time. The Bluebirds chief insists valuable lessons were learnt that day at Loftus Road as some strong words were exchanged in the dressing room.

Jamaica international Rebekah Robinson has re-signed for Celtic Dragons for the 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague season. Robinson made her Superleague debut last season having first features and first featured in the Dragons’ storming 2019 Fast5 All-Stars campaign.

Lee Selby is preparing for Saturday night’s IBF final eliminator clash with George Kambosos Jr with one eye on making Welsh boxing history. The Barry fighter wants to be the first ever Welsh boxer to become a two weight world champion by adding the IBF lightweight crown to the featherweight title he landed in 2015. Selby made the move up to lightweight after losing his world title to Josh Warrington at Elland Road back in May 2018.

As European club competition continued across the continent last night, you may not have noticed the presence of a Welshman on the bench in Champions League action. Robbie Burton was there for Dinamo Zagreb at CSKA Moscow, while this evening Robbie Matondo’s Schalke face Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. Jack Hammett says these experiences can ensure Ryan Giggs one day feels the benefit. When we think of Welsh players earning their corn overseas, we often think of Gareth Bale scoring in a Champions League final or Aaron Ramsey teaming up with Cristiano Ronaldo under the tutelage of Andrea Pirlo. The rest of our national squad is built up of Premier League and Championship players who are used to a certain style of play – quick football, aggressive and direct.

George North has been told by Wayne Pivac there is a route back into the Wales team after the ‘easy’ decision to leave him out against Scotland. The Ospreys flier was set to reach 100 Test appearances in the Six Nations finale on Saturday having racked up 96 appearances for his country and three for the British Lions.

Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton booked their places in the second round of the Unibet European Championships in Germany. World No 2 Price cruised through his first-round match over Kim ‘The Hurricane’ Huybrechts in Oberhausen.

Wayne Pivac has told his players to get more physical and expects new cap Shane Lewis-Hughes to lead the way.

Jordan Hart produced another battling display before bowing out of the Saarlorlux Badminton Open in Germany. Wales’ No 1 was beaten 21-17, 21-11 by No 5 seed Qi Xuefei in a 36-minute last 16 contest in the $90,000 BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.

Wales boss Ryan Giggs will have to sweat over the fitness of keeper Adam Davies – for another day at least. The Stoke City stopper was injured in Tuesday’s Championship defeat at Swansea City and is still waiting the result of scans on his knee.

Wales Under 21 shooter Morganne Dunn is stepping up into the Vitality Netball Superleague with Celtic Dragons. Dunn has made a name for herself already during her age group netball career, being a part of both Severn Stars and Team Bath squads.

Geraint Thomas admits seeing Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Tao Geoghegan Hart win the Giro d’Italia was difficult after his own bid ended in agony. The 34-year-old’s hopes were ended in bizarre and painful fashion by a stage three crash which left him with a fractured pelvis after a water bottle got caught in his wheel.

Back in the days before the building of the barrage, Cardiff Bay was known throughout the world as Tiger Bay. Times may have changed – and are tough for every football team at present – but Tiger Bay FC are still roaring as their manager “Musty” Mohamed tells Graham Thomas. In normal times, Tiger Bay FC can be found playing their home matches every weekend in Canal Park – a thin strip of greenery that runs from Cardiff Bay up to Butetown, built on top of what was once an industrial waterway connection between the city and the docks. But these are not normal times, which at least means the football club can concentrate on some of its other community-focussed roles that stem from attracting youngsters wanting to kick a ball about.

JJ Williams, one of the greatest wings to play for Llanelli, Wales and the British & Irish Lions, has died at the age of 72. Born in Nantyffyllon, Williams – who was christened John James but known throughout the world of rugby by his initials – played outside half for the Welsh Schools team before graduating into senior rugby with Bridgend. He then moved to Llanelli and in his first season at Stradey Park helped his new club to beat the All Blacks 9-6 in 1972.

Alun Wyn Jones will become the most capped rugby international in history when he leads Wales out against Scotland at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday. The Ospreys second-row will overtake New Zealand legend Richie McCaw to win his 149th international cap for Wales’ rearranged Six Nations finale.

Celtic Dragons have signed Mavericks Age Group Graduate Victoria Booth for the 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague season. The Tring-born player has spent the last three seasons playing in Saracens Mavericks’ age group teams before moving to Wales to study at Cardiff University.

Warren Gatland insists age will have no impact on Alun Wyn Jones’ British and Irish Lions prospects as the race to lead next year’s tour to South Africa begins on Saturday. Jones will become the sport’s capped player when he leads Wales in the final round of the Six Nations against Scotland, eclipsing Richie McCaw’s record of 148 Test appearances. The 35-year-old lock is a frontrunner alongside Maro Itoje to skipper the Lions next year and Gatland insists Jones still has plenty to offer.

Jordan Hart has reached the last 16 of the Saarlorlux Badminton Open in Germany. Wales’ No 1 beat Denmark’s Amalie Schulz 21-9, 21-12 in the $90,000 BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.

Cardiff City’s Jordi Osei-Tutu has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a hamstring problem. The on-loan Arsenal defender suffered the injury in last Saturday’s draw with Middlesbrough.