Swansea City are set to investigate the blaring horns and booing from outside the Liberty Stadium which occurred while players were taking the knee before their goalless draw with Reading. The club said they will look into the incident which appears to show a shift from protests inside a handful of grounds that recently were allowed crowds, to outside. The noise appeared to be an organised attempt directed from people behind the South Stand and lasted for the duration of the gesture that has been supporting the Black Lives Matter campaign since the summer.

Gerwyn Price is still on course to be crowned William Hill World Darts Champion and take over as world No 1. The Markham ace beat Mervyn King 4-1 on Wednesday at London’s Alexandra Palace to reach the last eight.

Former Cardiff Devils netminder Ben Bowns says he is on the journey back to the ice – just don’t ask him when it will be finished. The GB ace suffered serious knee ligament damage in early October just three games into his new career with top Austrian side Graz 99ers.

Jamie Roberts has warned his Dragons side and the rest of the Guinness PRO14 they must be ready for a significant step up in quality when the division officially expands further into South Africa. This season – which has been hit hard by Covid-19 – has taken place without the presence of the Cheetahs and Southern Kings who were the first southern hemisphere sides to play in the competition. The current campaign will be wrapped up by March allowing South Africa’s four best teams – Stormers, Bulls, Sharks and Lions – to join a 16-team “Rainbow Cup” beginning in April.

Steve Cooper has admitted he is becoming boring, but makes no apologies for his one-game-at-a-time strategy at Swansea City. The Swans head coach sends his team out for the first time on the newly installed Liberty Stadium pitch against Reading this evening, knowing that a third successive victory would consolidate their current position in the Championship’s automatic promotion places. Cooper’s team have won back-to-back fixtures against Barnsley and QPR, but he insists he is not looking further ahead into 2021 as the play their final match of a very strange 2020.

Neil Harris was shown the red card as Cardiff City crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Wycombe Wanderers – but insisted he was focused on the transfer window not his future as manager. The Bluebirds boss was dismissed 10 minutes from full-time for dissent  and watched from the stands as his side were beaten by the Championship’s bottom club.

Jake Ball’s decision to put family ahead of Welsh rugby has been backed by his coaches at the Scarlets and with Wales. The 29-year-old second row will leave Welsh rugby at the end of the season to live with his wife and four children in Australia, a decision that has been reluctantly approved by his regional boss Glenn Delaney as well as Wales coach Wayne Pivac. Dai Sport revealed in November that Ball had not seen his wife and three kids for the three months prior to the autumn Tests as his wife, Christie, was expecting their fourth child and the Wales players were expected to live in a Codiv-19-secure bubble.

Newport County will be hoping to end 2020 on a high by getting back to winning ways against Exeter City at Rodney parade tonight. A blip in form of late has seen their lead at the top of League Two cut to a single point, but for the majority of the first-half of this strange season Michael Flynn’s men have been simply magnificent. Flynn will want to see his side move into 2021 as the leaders of the pack chasing promotion. A run of four home matches, three of which are in the league, will at least give them a great chance of ending a run of four games without a win.

Gerwyn Price reckons the William Hill World Darts Championship crown is there for the taking by any of the last 16 hopefuls. The Markham ace booked his place in the last 16 against Mervyn King on Wednesday night after another last set decider.

The Ospreys are keen on beefing up their pack by adding some South African muscle to their back row. The Cheetahs may have ended their involvement with the Guinness Pro 14, but the Ospreys see recruitment potential in three of their forwards – Oupa Mohoje, Sintu Manjezi, and Junior Pokomela. Head coah Toby Booth wants to strengthen his squad for next season and has identified the back row as an area in need of improving.

Cardiff City will be happy to be playing away from their home stadium tonight  after slumping to a fifth defeat in the Welsh capital against Brentford last weekend. That’s one more defeat than they suffered at Cardiff City Stadium in each of the past two seasons and they have picked up a mere 14 points from a possible 33 on home turf. It is a different story on the road, with five wins and three draws earning them 15 points from a possible 30 and they will be hoping for three more against bottom of the table Wycombe Wanderers after dropping to 12th following the defeat on Saturday.

Gerwyn Price kept his dream of being crowned World Champion alive with a nail-biting 4-3 victory over Brendan Dolan to reach the last 16. The Markham ace was taken to a deciding leg in the final set by the Northern Irishman at London’s Alexandra Palace before sealing a thrilling win with a 72 checkout.

Welsh boxing has a real fight on its hands as we enter 2021, with no fights and little training activity being allowable under the current restrictions. A helping hand, therefore, is very welcome which is why columnist Fraser Watson is keen to lift the glove of Anthony Joshua and declare him a true champion when it comes to looking after his own sport. In the sport of boxing, actions should speak louder than words. It’s a notion that’s often easy to forget; Connor McGregor blagging his way day into a multi-million dollar fight, Logan Paul and KSI going viral, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones junior being dragged out of the doldrums – all enough to render futile the notion that a lifetime of dedication is needed to reach the top.

Marc Guehi believes there are no secrets to Swansea City’s extraordinary defensive record this season – just hard work, strength in depth and experience. The Swans kept another clean sheet on Boxing Day as they won 2-0 at Queens Park Rangers to move into second place in the Championship. It was their 12th shutout of the season – more than any other club in all four divisions and their tally of just 12 goals conceded in 21 matches is also the best in the EFL and Premier League, along with Manchester City who have played seven games fewer.

Glenn Delaney spent years trying to snatch players away from the Scarlets but is now reaping the rewards from one of the best rugby academies in the UK. One of the graduates of the Scarlets school – Dan Jones – kicked 11 of their 16 points on Boxing Day as they beat neighbours the Ospreys in the festive derby which was switched to Llanelli. While coaching at London Irish, Delaney openly admits how the Exiles used to target the Scarlets academy for potential new recruits.

There was relief written all over the face of Cardiff Blues defence coach Richard Hodges after his side edged their way to a nail-biting 13-12 Christmas derby win over the Dragons at Rodney Parade. If it wasn’t a Christmas cracker, there was enough tension to the end to keep everyone on the edge of their seats – especially in the Blues coaching box. Hodges was wired up to head coach John Mulvihill, who had to miss the game because he was isolating due to a Covid-19 contact.

Jonny Clayton suffered last leg agony to miss out on a place in the last 16 of the World Darts Championship. The Pontyberem thrower fought back from 2-0 down to led 3-2 in the best of seven sets third round battle with Joe Cullen.

Neil Harris still insists Cardiff City can pass teams on the way up the Championship, even though his team is back in reverse gear. The Bluebirds manager was in defiant mood, despite losing at home for the fifth time this season after a Sergi Canos’ hat-trick gave his Brentford side a 3-2 Boxing Day win. Cardiff are now back in 12th spot, have lost three of their last four games, and are seven points adrift of the play-offs.

Steve Cooper hailed the professionalism of his Swansea City players and the threat posed by his forward duo as they moved second in the Championship with a fine 2-0 victory at QPR. Andre Ayew put the Swans ahead with a eighth goal of the season for the club just before half-time.

Toby Booth has admitted the Ospreys have given themselves a harder task by taking their Boxing Day derby clash against the Scarlets to the home of their opponents. With the Liberty Stadium pitch being relaid, Booth’s region did not have much choice in the matter but their head coach reckons the move to Parc Y Scarlets has forced a hardening of their mentality for what is always a testing fixture. “It doesn’t affect our preparation. In fact, it means we probably have to be even better. We are putting more pressure on ourselves by playing away, said Booth.