The next time Liam Williams climbs into the ring it will be to fight for the WBO Middleweight title. That was the promise given by his promoter Frank Warren after the British Middleweight champion stopped the challenge of Andrew Robinson following just 88 seconds of their title fight on Saturday.

Gerwyn Price is targeting a fourth tournament victory out of five after marching into the semi-finals of the Boyle Sports World Grand Prix. The 35-year-old beat Jeffrey De Zwaan 3-1 sealing victory over the Dutch darter with a stunning 164 check-out.

Aaron Ramsey is the man who can unlock Ireland’s defence tomorrow, Wales manager Ryan Giggs has claimed. Ramsey is available for Sunday’s Nations League match against the Republic after being part of Juventus’ Covid-19 bubble following an outbreak at the Italian club. Ramsey missed the 3-0 friendly defeat to England at Wembley on Thursday, but Giggs said: “Aaron’s trained all week with Juve and joined up with us in Dublin yesterday.

Anna Hursey is in a finely-contested battle for the ETTU Europe Youth Top 10 event in Berlin. The Cardiff schoolgirl is one of four payers who go into the final day level on 11 points from a possible 12.

Gerwyn Price stormed into the quarter-finals of the Boyle Sports World Grand Prix after breezing past Kim ‘The Hurricane’ Huybrechts. The 35-year-old triumphed 3-0 after a tight first leg against the Belgian at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena.

Elfyn Evans’ prospects of becoming Wales’ first World Rally Champion in Sardinia this weekend have been ended after organisers added an extra Italian round. The WRC season will now end at the Monza Rally on 4-6 December after the event was added to the COVID-19 reduced calendar.

The Scarlets have been told to take inspiration from Wayne Pivac’s squad who were crowned champions in scintillating fashion three years ago. Glenn Delaney’s side surrendered a 14-point lead before being shot down by Munster at home on the opening weekend of the Guinness PRO14 season.

Ben Bowns, the most successful starting goalie in Cardiff Devils history, faces having to overcome a huge injury setback if he is to make a success of his move to Austria. Yorkshireman Bowns, a man at the heart of every Devils trophy success over the last six years, suffered a badly damaged knee playing for Graz 99ers against Dorbirn and was taken off the ice on a stretcher. He was hurt in an on-ice collision, twisted his knee and it was some time before he was able to leave the pad.

Charlotte Carey’s table tennis exploits have seen her travel the globe for  Wales as well as basing herself in Europe playing against the best. Since leaving her Ebbw Vale home aged 16 to pursue her career, Carey has lived in Hungary and Germany and for several years in Sweden.

Ben Davies expects Wales to show a positive reaction to their heavy Wembley loss when they face the Republic of Ireland on Sunday. The Tottenham defender captained the side in a 3-0 defeat to England, who wonthrough goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Conor Coady and Danny Ings. Ryan Giggs’ men do not have long to bounce back as they head to Dublin for a UEFA Nations League clash at the weekend and Davies said it will be a better showing.

Anna Hursey completed a hat-trick of wins as she made a perfect start to the Europe Youth Top-10 tournament in Berlin. The 14-year-old was one of only two girls to finish unbeaten after the opening day of the Cadet competition.

Elfyn Evans could join that very small and exclusive band of Welsh world champions this weekend. The 31-year old driver from Dolgellau is on track to clinch his first FIA World Rally Championship title at Rally Italy in Sardinia. But whatever materialises on the Mediterranean island this weekend one thing is for sure – it’s going to be the most important event of Evans’ career so far.

Laura Rudland is joining Celtic Dragons for the prospective 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague season. The 25-year-old is making the move from Team Bath and is the second player the Dragons have announced for the season, joining skipper Sophie Morgan.

Ryan Giggs has described Wales’ defending as “soft” as he reflected on the lessons from the 3-0 friendly defeat to England at Wembley. What was meant to be a valuable warm-up for the key Nations League games over the next few days became an exercise in keeping the score down in the second-half against a superior England side. That dominance was only established after Wales had controlled the opening 25 minutes until Dominic Calvert-Lewin put England ahead.

World Rally Championship pacesetter Elfyn Evans set the joint-fastest time in shakedown for Rally Sardinia. The 31-year-old finished joint top with Ott Tanak while his Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Sebastien Ogier was third fastest just 0.8secs behind.

The players who claim not to read social media are kidding themselves according to Scarlets and Wales second-row Jake Ball. It’s often been the way that players deny they take any notice of media articles but Ball is the opposite, he reads everything.

Wales Under-21 defender Brandon Cooper says he is proud of the way he dealt with ex-England striker Andy Carroll – even if his big night ended in heartache. The on-loan Newport County defender produced a superb display to keep out the threat of Carroll and his fellow Newcastle United big guns Callum Wilson and Joelinton.

Swansea City skipper Matt Grimes believes the squad is maturing all the time as they look to maintain their impressive start to the Championship season. The Swans have picked up 10 points from the first four games with the only points dropped the home draw with Birmingham.

Wayne Pivac is a straight-talking Kiwi, which is why he didn’t bluster this week when he revealed talks have already begun about moving the 2021 Six Nations back a little in order to try and get some fans in through the door. This morning, the Six Nations confirmed they were examining the idea. But Steffan […]

Wales’ only single purpose, full-time table tennis club – Cardiff City Community Table Tennis Club – were facing a bleak future when lockdown badly hit the club’s income. But funding from Sport Wales has allowed the club to safely re-open as Graham Thomas reports. The club that helped launch Anna Hursey on the road to stardom is weathering the storms caused by the coronavirus pandemic – thanks to cash from the Be Active Wales Fund. Cardiff City Community Table Tennis Club was hit hard by the lockdown, but like a flashing Hursey backhand they have come back fighting.