All sporting events in Wales to be held behind closed doors from St Stephen's Day

Cardiff’s Boxing Day clash with Scarlets will have to be played behind closed doors (Adam Davy/PA)

All sporting events in Wales will be held behind closed doors from Boxing Day due to the surge in coronavirus cases, the Welsh government has announced.

Economy Minister Vaughan Gething announced the new measures for indoor and outdoor sporting events in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.