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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Christina Shaw is relishing the chance to make her Vitality Netball Superleague debut with Celtic Dragons in 2021. The biological sciences graduate has been in Welsh age group squads from the age of 15 and made her international debut at the  Europe Open Championship in Cardiff in October 2017.

Organisers of the 2020 Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon have again put back the date of the race due to COVID-19. This year’s race had been re-scheduled for 28 March 2021 but has now been postponed further, until 3 October 2021.

Wales defender Lucy Howells will be returning to Celtic Dragons for a third season in the Vitality Netball Superleague. The Pembroke-born player’s debut in 2019 came in the live televised match against Team Bath at Arena Birmingham.

Natalie Powell will be gunning for a fourth European Championships medal in Prague next month. The Beulah judoka will be part of an 18-strong British team at the Championships in the Czech Republic from 19-21 November.

Defender Leila Thomas admits she is fired up over her return to Celtic Dragons for the Vitality Netball Superleague season. The 19-times capped Wales international has already had two seasons with the Dragons and one at Team bath during her Superleague career.

Gerwyn Price will warm up for the World Cup of Darts in November – where he will carry Welsh hopes alongside Johnny Clayton – by competing in the European Championships which start in Germany on Thursday. Not only has Price become the form player in the world right now, but James Dodd argues the Welshman will soon overtake Michael van Gerwen as the official world number one, too. Earlier this month, Gerwyn Price, the one-man darts winning machine from Markham, won his fourth major televised event – the World Grand Prix – after winning the 2018 and 2019 Grand Slam of Darts as well as the World Series of Darts Finals last month. He has now won four of the major titles in the sport inside the past two years.

Jacob Draper, Rupert Shipperley and Sarah Jones have been named in the Great Britain squads for next week’s return of the FIH Hockey Pro League. Draper and Shipperley make the men’s squad for the games against The Netherlands (27 and 29 October) and Belgium (31 October and 1 November).

Gethin Jenkins is a “rugby anorak” whose obsession can help Wales counter the influence of Shaun Edwards when they meet France in Paris on Saturday. That’s the upbeat prediction of Gruff Rees, the man who has overseen the coaching development of of Jenkins at Cardiff Blues. Jenkins has replaced Sam Warburton in the Wales management set-up, specialising in defence and the breakdown area, having been drafted in by head coach Wayne Pivac.