Nottingham Forest have appointed Nuno Espirito Santo as their new head coach in succession to Steve Cooper. The Portuguese has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the City Ground following Tuesday’s sacking of Wales’ only Premier League boss, Cooper.

Steve Cooper could return quickly to Premier League management at Crystal Palace following his sacking by Nottingham Forest. The only Wales-born boss at a Premier League club, Cooper was dismissed by Forest on Tuesday afternoon after a poor run of results.

Leaderless Swansea City can still get the man they need, according to caretaker boss Alan Sheehan. The club’s failure to land their target Chris Davies as their new head coach was compounded at the weekend by a 2-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough.

Tom Lockyer remains in hospital where he is undergoing tests and scans after suffering a cardiac arrest during Luton Town’s abandoned Premier League clash with Bournemouth. Luton Town were drawing 1-1 at the Vitality Stadium when the Wales international defender collapsed in the middle of the field – just seven months after a similar incident in last season’s Championship Play-off Final. Lockyer had surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat in June.

LIfe is always relative if you are a Cardiff City or Swansea fan and often the judgement is how the other lot are doing. The two clubs have been jostling for superiority in the Championship for the past five years, since the Swans were relegated from the Premier League.

Erol Bulut admitted Cardiff City were unspeakably bad in a dreadful second-half display that ended with a 1-0 home defeat to Birmingham City. Despite hosting the team with the worst current form in the Championship – and who had not won away from home since August – the Bluebirds fell to their third defeat in four games.

Swansea City caretaker manager Alan Sheehan praised his players’ character after they made it four points from two away games during his spell in charge. The Swans came from behind to claim a late point in a 1-1 draw at Stoke City in the Championship, to add to their victory at Rotherham last weekend.

One in five players were the target of online abuse during the 2023 Women’s World Cup, FIFA has said as a package of social media protection tools hid nearly 117,000 comments. The Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), developed by the world governing body with players’ union FIFPRO and launched at the 2022 men’s World Cup, was offered to teams at the women’s finals in Australia and New Zealand, FIFA said in June.

Jerry Yates believes Swansea City showed their true personality in victory at Rotherham in their first match since the dismissal of Michael Duff. Rotherham academy product Yates came back to haunt his former club as he grabbed the winner in the Swans’ 2-1 victory.

Erol Bulut put points above performance as he assessed a vital win for Cardiff City that keeps them on the edge of the Championship play-offs. The Bluebirds manager saw his team overcome Millwall 1-0 in the capital in a match that will not live long in the memory. But the victory came after back-to-back defeats and was enough to leave Cardiff only outside the top six positions on goal difference.

Swansea City have been encouraged by Ange Postecoglou they could be pushing at an open door for Chris Davies at Tottenham. Spurs manager Postecoglou has suggested Davies could well end up being allowed to leave the London club to take up the vacant head coach’s post with the Swans.

Swansea City caretaker coach Alan Sheehan has told his players they need to lift themselves and their fans this weekend following the sacking of Michael Duff. Sheehan, 37, has stepped up from an assistant’s role and into Duff’s shoes following the former boss’s dismissal at the start of the week.

The final whistle on Wales women’s 0-0 draw with Germany had long cut through the cold night air. Despite the plummeting temperatures, the home team were still lining the Swansea.com Stadium touchline some 20 minutes later.

Steve Cooper insists he is not thinking about losing his job despite Nottingham Forest’s 5-0 defeat at Fulham. The only Welsh-born manager in the Premier League was a forlorn figure on the touchline as Alex Iwobi and Raul Jimenez bagged braces and Tom Cairney also scored to heap more misery on Forest, who have lost their last four Premier League matches.

Jess Fishlock has told her Wales teammates they have found a new level they must deliver as a minimum standard in future. The country’s most capped player was reacting after Wales earned their first Women’s Nations League point in their concluding group match as they held Germany to a goalless draw in Swansea.

Football’s loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of Alex Mann. The Cardiff flanker has been the United Rugby Championship’s top tackler this season but he spent three years on the books of Cardiff City as a teenage centre-half before opting to focus on the oval ball rather than the round one.

Premier League clubs must use their record-breaking television revenues to make matchday attendance more affordable for fans, the Football Supporters’ Association has said. The league announced domestic media rights sales worth £6.7billion on Monday for the four seasons starting in 2025-26, with the live rights increasing in value by four per cent within that to £6.406bn compared to the current cycle.

Wales will benefit from the growing pains that have come with five straight defeats in the Women’s Nations League qualifiers, according to captain Sophie Ingle. Manager Gemma Grainger’s team finish their campaign against Germany in Swansea on Tuesday night – looking to prevent a whitewash of half a dozen losses.

Swansea City chairman Andy Coleman has admitted the club got it horribly wrong in appointing Michael Duff, who they sacked as manager late on Monday night. Leam Richardson, Nathan Jones and Osian Roberts lead the early betting with Welsh bookmaker DragonBet as the Swans prepare to replace Duff after a run of just one victory in his last eight matches.

Rob Page has called on his Wales team to give their supporters the chance to enjoy the Euro 2024 experience. Wales are still two wins away from qualification but now know that if they can make it to the tournament they face mouthwatering matches against the Netherlands, Austria and France in Group D.