Gerwyn Price gained revenge against Luke Littler but was unable to make another final of the last leg of darts’ Premier League. Price had lost his previous two matches against the 17-year-old World Championship runner-up, but knocked him out of the quarter-final at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, 6-5.
A 27-metre platform perched above the Doha Old Port was Aidan Heslop’s launchpad for a first high diving world championship title which one day the young Team Wales star hopes may be a milestone on the way to an Olympic gold. Heslop’s final dive on Thursday was a thing of vertiginous beauty – a forward launch, four somersaults and three-and-a-half twists pike rated the toughest in the business.
Medi Harris has added a silver medal at the Aquatics World Championships in Doha to her growing collection. The Welsh swimmer was part of the Great Britain relay quartet that finished second in the 4x200m women’s freestyle final on Thursday.
Aidan Heslop produced a stunning final dive to be crowned World Champion in Doha.
Matt Richards and Medi Harris have picked up a bronze medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The Team Wales pair were part of the Great Britain mixed 4x100m medley relay team that finished third in a time of three minutes 40.22 seconds.
Matt Richards is safely through to the 100m freestyle semi finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The Wales Commonwealth Games star and 200m world champion finished in the fourth fastest time across the heats to teka his place in Wednesday afternoon’s semi-finals.
Elfyn Evans is hoping a trip to Finland will boost his World Rally Championship hopes
Mark Williams is not expecting to be lifting the trophy at the Welsh Open in Llandudno this week after admitting his preparation was “not the best.” The triple world champion – a two-time former winer of the Welsh Open – looked rusty as he beat John Astley 4-2 in his opening match of the tournament.
Former world champion Gerwyn Price withdrew halfway through his third round match at the Players Championship in Wigan after what he claimed were “absolutely pathetic conditions”. The Ice Man was trailing 4-2 on legs against Brendan Dolan in a best-of-11 encounter when he forfeited the match at Robin Park Tennis Centre and Dolan was handed a bye into the next round.
Liam Williams is at a career crossroads after a devastating first round loss to rising unbeaten middleweight star Hamzah Sheeraz on Saturday night. Wales’ former world title challenger Williams was taken apart by Sheeraz who twice knocked the Clydach Vale fighter down in the opening round, before Williams’ trainer Gary Lockett wisely threw in the towel. It was a fifth career defeat for Williams and leaves the 31-year-old with a lot to consider over his future after such a brutal setback.
Liam Williams can prove his claim that he is back to his best when he faces rising star Hamzah Sheeraz at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday night. It’s a big night for Wales’ former middleweight world title challenger – nicknamed, The Machine – even though he will not be the centre of attention.
Wales’ former middleweight world title challenger Liam Williams is keen to make up for lost time in London on Saturday night. The Clydach Vale fighter faces rising star Hamzah Sheeraz at the Copper Box Arena, with the clock ticking.
Wales’ Olympic medalist Sarah Jones says she will carry the backing of a nation when she represents Great Britain at the Paris Olympics this summer. Jones emphasised the link between the elite end of the sport and the support she was given at grass roots level when she helped launch an initiative to grow the game, held by Hockey Wales. The bronze medal winner with GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics helped deliver an interactive session to around 100 schoolchildren in Cardiff.
Two stalwarts of women’s golf in Wales have passed away, with their contributions being recognised by Wales Golf.
Hannah Mills believes she will sail past another milestone when she leads the British team in the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup in October in Barcelona. The Welsh Olympic legend – the most-decorated female sailor in Olympic history – will captain the British boat and be reunited with Saskia Clark eight years after they won a gold medal together in the 470 class in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Sabrina Fortune has designs on making 2024 a year to remember inside and outside the shot put circle. One of the world’s best F20 throwers, Fortune has her sights on success at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe this May and the Paris Paralympics in August.
Zoe Backstedt insisted she loved powering through the mud as she became a cyclo-cross world champion for the second time. The teenage Welsh star was crowned the Under-23 world champion after a dominant solo performance on the final day of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic.
Hector Pardoe proved himself to be an Olympic gold medal contender this summer with a sensational bronze medal at the World Aquatics Championships. The Welsh star – Britain’s leading marathon swimmer – finished third in the 10km marathon swim on Qatar to clinch his place at the Paris Olympics later this year.
World champion Matt Richards will headline a quartet of Welsh athletes who are primed and ready for the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha. The multi-sport event runs from 2nd – 18th February, and with Paris 2024 now less than six months away, the Doha World Championships provides a crucial opportunity for many looking to secure Olympic quota spots or build towards the Games.
Gerwyn Price was unable to give the Cardiff crowd a home win on the opening night of the Premier League of darts. But The Iceman managed to make it through to the final before losing to Michael Smith, 6-2.