First Minister Mark Drakeford to make decisions on Welsh festive sport on Monday

The 2020 Welsh Grand National was postponed until January 2021 and was run at an empty Chepstow Racecourse

First Minister Mark Drakeford says decisions surrounding sporting events in Wales during the festive period will be made on Monday, 20 December.

Cardiff City are at home to Coventry in the Championship with Swansea City away at Millwall on the same day.

"We'll make some announcements about that on Monday," said Mr Drakeford.

"Our Cabinet decided yesterday we needed some extra information about the way that the Omicron variant operates in the outdoors.

"We'll talk to the organisers of those big rugby derbies, the Welsh Grand National, football matches that are planned and then we'll come to some decisions on Monday as to how they can best go ahead."

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Also on 26 December, Newport are set to host Forest Green in League Two and Wrexham entertain Solihull North in the National League.

There are due to be six games in the Cymru Premier, while horse racing's Welsh Grand National is due to be held on 27 December.

Cardiff City's match against Derby County and Swansea's trip to Queens Park Rangers, originally set to be played on Saturday, have both been postponed due to outbreaks of Covid-19.

Ospreys' European Champions Cup trip to Racing 92 has also been cancelled, with the French side awarded a 28-0 win because the Welsh region "is not in a position to safely fulfil" the fixture.