Sabri Lamouchi insisted he had a major regret over his eye-catching double Cardiff City substitution after just half an hour of their defeat to Sunderland – he should have done it sooner. The Bluebirds boss hooked Jaden Philogene and Sheyi Ojo after just 36 minutes of their deeply damaging 1-0 reverse at home to the Black Cats.

Ryan Reynolds punched the air before turning to embrace Rob McElhenney as the Hollywood stars moved a big step closer to their dream of leading Wrexham to promotion. The pair celebrated at the end of a game that had all the thrills of a big screen blockbuster and the ultimate twist as former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster pulled off a penalty save in the seventh minute of stoppage time to secure a 3-2 win against closest rivals Notts County on Monday.

Phil Parkinson has insisted Wrexham’s promotion focus has not wavered in a “unique” season and his players enter the title showdown with Notts County determined to deliver the Football League dream that Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney crave. Runaway top two Wrexham and Notts County meet in a crunch Vanarama National League clash on Easter Monday in a match billed as the biggest non-league fixture ever.

Swansea City head coach Russell Martin has praised Andy Fisher for keeping the clean sheet that earned his side a point in an otherwise disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Coventry City. Fisher pulled off two saves to keep play-off-chasing Coventry scoreless and extend the Swans’ unbeaten stretch to three matches.

Sabri Lamouchi exhaled a sigh of relief over Connor Wickham’s timely pay back to Cardiff City. The Bluebirds boss insisted had apologised after a social media video emerged of him apparently inhaling ‘laughing gas’ in the wake of the club’s derby defeat to Swansea last weekend. Wickham made headlines for all the right reasons as Cardiff thrashed Championship relegation rivals Blackpool 3-1 at Bloomfield Road.

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.