Russell Martin has urged his Swansea City team to remain focused and make it three wins in succession by beating Coventry City on Good Friday. The Swans have beaten Bristol City and arch-rivals Cardiff City in their previous two games and have an opportunity to win three on the bounce for the first time since October when the Sky Blues visit.

Wales boss Gemma Grainger praised her side’s finishing after a 4-1 friendly victory over Northern Ireland ended their quiet streak in front of goal. Wales had scored only six goals in their previous nine matches and had failed to find the net more than once in a game during that sequence.

Cardiff City manager Sabri Lamouchi hopes the laughing gas joke will end up on Blackpool and their former Bluebirds boss Mick McCarthy. Lamouchi has not seen the funny side over Connor Wickham’s nitrous oxide video but won’t stop the Frenchman from picking his striker to face Blackpool on Good Friday.

Steve Cooper – the only Welsh manager in the Premier League – will remain as Nottingham Forest boss but “results and performances must improve immediately”, the club have said. Forest sit above the bottom three only on goal difference having not won any of their last eight matches.

Laura McAllister has become one of most influential people in European football after crowning her position on UEFA’s executive committee by also becoming a vice-president. McAllister had her place on UEFA’s executive committee formally ratified and has become the first Welsh person to serve at that level on European football’s governing body.

Steve Cooper insisted he was not worried for his future at Nottingham Forest despite a 2-1 defeat at Leeds United which extended his side’s winless run to eight matches. The Premier League’s only Welsh boss saw his Forest team slump to a fourth straight league defeat on the road and they now sit above the bottom three on goal difference alone after letting slip the lead against their relegation rivals at Elland Road.

Wales pair Kieffer Moore and Chris Mepham have been warned to put their club loyalties ahead of any personal ambitions by Bounemouth manager Gary O’Neil. The blunt demand comes after both players were left out of the Cherries squad for their recent 2-1 weekend victory over Fulham at the Vitality Stadium.

Joel Piroe has described Swansea City’s victory over rivals Cardiff City as the perfect derby. The Swans won 3-2 in the capital – beating their rivals four a fourth successive time – but not before a rollercoaster ride of building a two-goal lead, losing it, and then grabbing a late winner in injury time.

Two former Swansea City head coaches are looking for new jobs after Brendan Rodgers and Graham Potter were sacked on Sunday. Rodgers was the first to go when Leicester City announced the man who took the Swans into the Premier League in 2011 had left their club by mutual consent.

Russell Martin has revealed how the club’s kit man found the words that inspired Swansea City to earn their historic “double Double” win over Cardiff City. Michael Eames – the club’s first team kit manager who learned his trade at the club under his mother, Suzan, who did the job for 26 years – delivered the team talk before the Swans won another dramatic derby match, 3-2, at the Cardiff City Stadium. Wales defender Ben Cabango struck from close range in the ninth minute of stoppage time in the Welsh capital.

Russell Martin has done the double and now he is aiming for the quadruple – four successive Swansea City victories over bitter rivals Cardiff. No manager from either club had managed to do what Martin achieved last season, when he led the Swans to home and away victories.

Sophie Ingle has moved a step closer to becoming a European champion, although Chelsea boss Emma Hayes was left “exhausted” after watching her side advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Wales captain Ingle – who came on as a second half substitute – was part of a Chelsea team who went through on penalties against reigning European champions Lyon at Stamford Bridge.

Swansea City will be boosted for their derby clash against Cardiff City on Saturday by the return of Joe Allen, Jay Fulton, and Joel Latibeaudiere. While Allen missed the win over Bristol City due to an injury, Fulton and Latibeaudiere were serving suspensions.

Wales coach Craig Knight has praised his young dragons after fighting their way back from 2-0 down against Montenegro to seal qualification for the European Under-17 Championships finals. Many teams would have folded under the disappointment of conceding two quick-fire goals in first-half injury time of their deciding group match.

Ethan Ampadu believes Wales’ fast start to Euro 2024 qualifying shows painful World Cup lessons have been learned. Wales’ first World Cup appearance for 64 years turned into a damp squib in Qatar as Rob Page’s side finished bottom of their group with no wins and only one goal from three matches – a Gareth Bale penalty.

Gareth Bale was given a rousing send-off by Wales supporters before their Euro 2024 qualifier against Latvia in Cardiff. Five-times Champions League winner Bale retired from football in January after making a record 111 appearances for the Wales men’s national team.

Wales manager Robert Page declared it a case of “job done” after his team continued a promising start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign by beating Latvia 1-0 in Cardiff. Kieffer Moore’s first-half header made the difference, with the victory following a 1-1 draw away to Croatia three days ago.

Lee Kendall has told his Barry Town United champions to forget about next season for now – and savour the sweet taste of success. Barry are sipping champagne and going back up to the JD Cymru Premier as champions, their Cymru South title confirmed by a thumping 5-0 triumph at home to Pontardawe Town at the weekend.

Ben Foster has told Wrexham fans worried he may need Premier League pampering: “Don’t worry – I’m low maintenance.” The former England goalkeeper kept a clean sheet on his debut for the club as they beat York City 3-0 at the weekend to move another step nearer towards a return to the Football League. Foster, 39, had signed for the club earlier in the week on a short-term deal until the end of the season as cover for the injured Rob Lainton.

It will be interesting to see who is the proudest person leading out Wales in front of a packed house at Cardiff City Stadium against Latvia on Tuesday night – Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey or his seven-year-old son, Sonny. Both got a taste of captaincy last weekend – Aaron with Wales in Croatia and Sonny with the pre-academy side at Cardiff Cosmos.