Ryan Giggs says Wales should be proud of their unbreakable defence that has seem go over 10 hours without conceding a goal in competitive matches. The Wales manager was reflecting on a job well done after watching his young squad extend their unbeaten run in competition to nine games with a 1-0 Nations League win in Bulgaria. Substitute Jonny Williams marked his 25th Wales appearance with his first goal, sweeping home Neco Williams’ near-post cross five minutes from time.

Charlotte Carey claimed another scalp as she topped her group at the Spain Masters in Madrid. The 24-year-old beat Spain’s world No 125 Sofia-Xuan Zhang 3-1 to make it a hat-trick of wins.

Geraint Thomas says cycling chiefs could look at F1-style starts to avoid a repeat of the neutral zone crash that left his Giro d’Italia hopes in tatters. Wales’ 2018 Tour de France champ suffered a fractured pelvis when he crashed in Sicily after a loose water bottle hit his front wheel.

Jordan Hart has made Welsh badminton history in Denmark. The Haverfordwest-born player’s victory over Germany’s Miranda Wilson made her the first Welsh woman to reach the second round of a BWF World Tour Super 750 singles tournament.

Jonathan Davies feared he would never play for Wales again following the injury which sidelined him for almost a year. The 32-year-old centre is set to pull on the Wales jersey for the first time since their World Cup third-place play-off defeat against New Zealand on November 1. Davies, who has featured on 81 occasions for his country, underwent an operation on his left knee following the tournament in Japan.

Graham Wagg still believes he has a future in county level cricket, despite failing to agree a new deal at Glamorgan. Wagg, 37, is the county’s longest-serving player but he has become the latest to leave after rejecting terms offered on a fresh contract. After 10 years at Sophia Gardens, the all-rounder is looking for a rival county for next season and insisted: “I still have that burning desire to play cricket that I did all those years ago, and while I am sad to be leaving the club, it will always have a special place in my heart and I leave with nothing but positive feelings to Glamorgan.”

Way back in 2001 Newport were expected to sign legendary South African scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen. But after much fanfare the deal fell through and the Black & Ambers were left with 12-cap All Black Ofisa Tonu’u  instead. He may have been second choice, but Tonu’u turned into a cult figure at Rodney Parade. Steffan Thomas tracked him down at his home in New Zealand and heard about an eventful two years in Wales. Former All Blacks scrum-half Ofisa Tonu’u ranks his time playing for Newport among the best years of his career, but there’s one incident he’d rather forget. Back in 2002 Tonu’u became a victim of racism in a Welsh Cup clash at Bonymaen with the Black & Ambers refusing to attend the post-match function.

Chaz Davies is looking for a new World Superbikes ride as he leaves Aruba.it Racing Ducati. The 33-year-old has spent seven seasons with the Italian outfit but will be replaced by Michael Ruben Rinaldi in 2021.

Charlotte Carey made it two wins out of two at the Spain Masters with a 3-1 victory over Ainhoa Cristobal in Madrid. The 24-year-old followed up her victory over Spain’s world-ranked No 72 Mara Xiao with a convincing win over the Spanish junior champion.

It’s been almost a year since Warren Feeney left Northern Ireland to live in Bulgaria, moving to Blagoevgrad, a university town close to the border with North Macedonia and at the foot of the Rila Mountains. He has been in charge of 10 Bulgarian League and Cup matches, steering Pirin Blagoevgrad to six wins and fifth place in their division.

Jamal Lowe has urged his team-mates not to throw away their good start when Swansea City resume their Championship campaign on Saturday. Fourth-placed Swans resume after the international break by entertaining 19th placed Huddersfield before making the trip next Tuesday to Coventry City who are 18th.

Clare Jones is returning to the Celtic Dragons for the 2021 campaign after a couple of seasons out of the Vitality Netball Superleague. The 29-year-old has been focusing on her career studying at Exeter University to become a doctor in clinical psychology.

Tyler Roberts hopes to silence two groups of observers tonight when he plays for Wales in Bulgaria – the doubters who think he cannot fill in for Kieffer Moore and the racists who think he shouldn’t even get the opportunity.Primarily, the striker hopes Bulgaria fans have learned their lesson and there will be no repeat of the shameful scenes when England’s black players were racially abused in Sofia. England’s 6-0 Euro 2020 qualifying victory last October was overshadowed as racist chants saw the game stopped twice and officials threaten to abandon the match.

Charlotte Carey made a winning start at the Spain Table Tennis Masters in Madrid. The 24-year-old beat Spain’s Maria Xiao in her Group B match.

As Elfyn Evans prepares to lead the FIA World Rally Championship into the penultimate round of the series in Belgium next month, fellow countryman Meirion Evans has issued a warning – those super smooth and fast asphalt roads in Flanders become unbelievably wet and slippery in the winter, as he discovered to his cost.

Pay per view proposals for Premier League matches, the Project Big Picture plan, rugby internationals on Amazon Prime – the headaches for the TV sports fan were severe enough before the pandemic. But now, there’s new element to consider, argues, Harri Morgan – the obligation of the fan to his team. I’m that guy in the friendship group who – for whatever reason – seems to have built a solid reputation for operating a stringent fiscal policy. Their friendly opinions would have been vindicated had they seen my brain working through the decision on whether or not to invest funds in an annual subscription to allow me consume Pro 14 rugby at my leisure.

Geraint Thomas has spoken for the first time about the freak accident with a water bottle that left him with a fractured pelvis and his Giro d’Italia hopes in tatters. The 34-year-old admits the injury has given him a ‘gangster-lean’ as he chases after his one-year-old son Max.

Elfyn Evans insists he would deserve to be Wales’ first World Rally Champion if the COVID-19 crisis forced the season to be ended now. The 31-year-old Dolgellau racer leads the standings by 14 points with, in theory, two rounds left in the disrupted calendar.

Robbie Savage says his new role as head of football at relaunched Macclesfield is the “perfect fit” after the original club’s closure left him “devastated”. The former Wales midfielder, now a TV and radio pundit, will play a leading role at the club which has been relaunched as Macclesfield FC after the demise of Macclesfield Town. The club were expelled from the National League in September after they were wound up in the High Court.

Aaron Ramsey has pulled out of Wales’ Nations League clash with Bulgaria on Wednesday in the latest blow to Ryan Giggs side. The midfielder only returned for last Sunday’s draw against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin after being in a Juventus COVID-19 ‘bubble’ for the friendly against England last week.