Morgan Gibbs-White would have been one of the best players in the Championship had he stayed at Swansea City. That’s the firm conviction of frustrated Swans head coach Steve Cooper, who was powerless to stop the Wolves midfielder being recalled by the Premier League club this week. Swansea had spent three months getting the England U21 international fit again following an early season fracture in his foot.

Laura Deas finished 12th as she resumed her BMW IBSF World Cup skeleton campaign in Germany. Wales’ Olympic bronze medalist was eighth after her first run in Winterberg, clocking 57.92secs.

Cardiff City have been accused of making ‘disgusting’ offer for Crewe Alexandra skipper Perry Ng. Bluebirds boss Neil Harris confirmed on Thursday that the club had looked at the player given the need for a right-back but no bid had yet been made.

The triumph of Gerwyn Price last weekend wasn’t just a victory for Wales on the international stage, it was a win for re-invention. Fraser Watson salutes darts’ new world champion and pays tribute to other Welsh sports stars who swapped horses in mid-stream but still reached dry land. When Richie Burnett – who was known as “The Prince Of Wales” – decided on a new moniker, he went for a time, under the label, “The Dartist Formerly Known as Prince”. Which just shows that transformation in darts is very possible, even for former world champions.

Scarlets head coach Glenn Delaney insists his team are primed to cope with a Cardiff Blues upswing following the departure of John Mulvihill and the appointment of Dai Young. Delaney – whose team travel to the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday evening for the Guinness Pro 14 derby – believes the Blues will respond positively after a week which has seen Mulvihill leave the top job in his third season. “Everyone will expect a response and knowing those lads down there, they’ll give it,” said Delaney.

Dai Young insists it is the right time for him to step back into rugby after his return to Cardiff Blues was confirmed following the departure of John Mulvihill. Young has not coached for almost a year after he left Wasps in February of last year, but says he was attracted by a return to the Arms Park where he will take charge on an interim basis, initially, to the end of this season. The Blues – who have confirmed Mulvihill has gone after two days of silence – say they are “excited” about Young’s return.

Neil Harris admits he wants to bolster his Cardiff City squad with a trio of new players as he battels a defensive crisis for Saturday’s FA Cup trip to Nottingham Forest. High on The Bluebirds boss’s priority list is a right-back with Jordi Osei-Tutu out injured.

Morgan Gibbs-White has been recalled by Wolverhampton Wanderers from his loan at Swansea City. The 20-year-old joined the Swans on a season-long loan in August, and made his return from a fractured foot with a substitute appearance in the win over Watford at the weekend. But in a blow to the Swans’ plans for the second half of the season, injuries at his parent club have seen Wolves recall the midfielder to Molineux.

Filip Benkovic could be moved straight from Cardiff City to Celtic after his loan deal from Leicester City was cut short. The Croatian defender made just one appearance for the Bluebirds after moving on loan at the start of the season. But with Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers keen to give Benkovic some game time following his spell in the shadows at Cardiff, it’s understood the centre-back could be moved straight on to Celtic, where he spent a season on loan two years ago.

A number of Welsh athletes have successfully applied for funding under the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund Grants. Teenage sprint sensation Jeremiah Azu and junior female Welsh athlete of the year Bethany Moule are among those who will be supported by the scheme in 2021.

They may not have been playing any competitive rugby at Cardiff Met this season, but there has still been plenty of success for rugby director Danny Milton to enjoy. Watching alumni Alex Dombrant and Luke Northmore starring for Harlequins in the English Premiership and Heineken Champions Cup has helped him to point out to his freshers where they might end up. Then came the moment in the last round of European matches when Evan Lloyd came on to make his senior debut for the Dragons in Bordeaux. Not a bad statement of intent from the 20-year-old outside half.

Charlotte Carey has taken a big step towards making this year’s delayed Olympic Games by earning a place in the Great Britain table tennis squad for the qualifiers. The Welsh No.1 – who is currently ranked 151 in the world – has been included in the maximum permitted four player squad for the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in February. Great Britain missed out on qualifying for the team event in an earlier qualification competition last January.

The Welshman who became the first Briton to run an indoor sub-4 minute mile has died in the United States. Sir Roger Bannister was the first athlete to dip under the magical mile mark when he clocked 3:59.4 at Oxford’s Iffley Road track in 1954. But Cardiff-born Bob Maplestone was the first Briton to emulate the feat indoors, when he ran 3:59.5 in San Diego back in 1972.

Newport County have signed West Bromwich Albion teenage striker Owen Windsor on loan to the end of the season. The 19-year-old scored twice in 13 appearances for County’s League Two rivals Grimsby Town in the first half of the season before the Mariners’ then manager Ian Holloway sent him back to the Baggies. County boss Michael Flynn has been searching for a striker to add some extra firepower to his forward line as he bids to stay in the promotion race.

Welsh Athletics has announced the cancellation of this year’s indoor and cross country national championships. A statement by the sport’s governing body says it is “with a heavy heart” it has scrapped the hugely popular events, normally held in the months of January and February, due to the current COVID-19 alert level.

The January transfer window is upon us. For those players on the fringes of selection for Wales ahead of this summer’s delayed Euro finals – or for long-shot outsiders aiming to come with a late run on the rails – the opportunity for a club move could prove vital. Ross Tyson looks at five players who might benefit from a bit of window shopping. In most international breaks, Wales have named more than the 23 players they will be allocated at this summer‘s European Championships. That means there will be a number of difficult decisions the management team must make when deciding on their final squad.

As 2021 promises to be just as difficult for grass roots teams and their coaches as 2020, it’s time to salute those trying to navigate their way through the storms of this pandemic. Aberdare Town FC Women’s coach Zoe Denman-Ellis tells Jack Hammett how they have kept going when the challenges were at the most demanding. Zoe Denman-Ellis knew she had a tough job on her hands when she was asked to become manager of a football team with no players. What she had not bargained for at the start of 2020, however, was how coaching across Wales in all sports was about to be turned upside down by a global pandemic.

By David Williams A return for Dai Young or an immediate promotion for Dwayne Peel are two of the options being considered by Cardiff Blues following the departure of John Mulvihill. Former Wales scrum-half Peel had already agreed to move from Ulster – where he is assistant coach – to the Arms Park this summer […]

Gerwyn Price is to receive another sporting prize he can sit beside his PDC World Darts Championship trophy – a cap from Neath RFC. The former hooker with the Welsh All Blacks played over 100 games for the Welsh Premiership club, but has never been given his club cap to mark the centenary. That, however, looks about to change after Price became the first Welshman to win darts’ richest prize by banking £500,000 on Sunday evening with a 7-3 victory over Gary Anderson at Alexandra Palace.

Morgan Jones is ready to step into Jake Ball’s large boots at the Scarlets – and has even been tipped to fill those of mighty Alun Wyn Jones for Wales. Jones is literally growing into the second row position at the Scarlets and feels big enough these days to shoulder any expectations of him The gangly second row on whom the region took a punt three years ago is blossoming into one of the best young locks in the professional game.