Lauren Price is determined to bring the glory days back to Welsh boxing when she challenges Jessica McCaskill for her WBA and WBC welterweight titles at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff on May 11
UK-based boxer Cindy Ngamba has a chance of becoming the first athlete to win a medal for the Refugee Olympic team after her selection was confirmed by the International Olympic Committee. Five athletes based in Great Britain have been named in the 36-strong Refugee Olympic Team for this summer's Games in Paris, overseen by Chef de Mission Masomah Ali Zada - who picked out the three-time English champion as one to watch.
His compatriot, Dorsa Yavarivafa, was already winning badminton tournaments in her native Tehran but as a 15-year-old was forced to flee Iran with her mother over safety concerns, and had to train in her apartment during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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