The top tiers of women’s football should have stronger financial controls to halt the growing disparity between big clubs and smaller ones, according to Crystal Palace co-owner and chairman Steve Parish. The Women’s Super League and second-tier Championship – that includes most of the current Wales squad – have a salary cap system where clubs can spend up to 40% of their turnover on salaries.

Liam Cullen believes Swansea City have a chance to test their quality when they resume their Championship campaign at home to Leicester City on Saturday. With the international break over, Cullen has returned from Wales duties to a club keen to pick up the momentum gained by a draw and four successive victories in their last five matches.

Cardiff City striker Callum Robinson is convinced the Republic of Ireland are heading in the right direction despite their disappointing Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Ireland will not be in Germany for next summer’s finals – barring an unlikely series of results elsewhere which could hand them a second chance via the play-offs – after taking just six points from their first seven Group B fixtures, with just a tough trip to the Netherlands next month to come.

David Brooks is determined to shine at a major tournament for Wales after suffering finals disappointment in the past. Wales put automatic qualification for Euro 2024 in their own hands by beating Croatia 2-1 on Sunday as Brooks made his first international start since June 2021.

Wales’ two-goal hero Harry Wilson has repeated the claims of his captain and teammate Ben Davies that comments from FAW chief Noel Mooney were “not helpful” prior to their stunning Euro 2024 victory over Croatia. Wilson celebrated his 50th cap with a brilliant double as Wales boosted their Euro 2024 automatic qualification hopes with a 2-1 win in Cardiff.

Rob Page welcomed Wales putting automatic qualification for Euro 2024 in their own hands after admitting he had been “fighting fires” before the stunning 2-1 victory over Croatia. Harry Wilson, winning his 50th cap, scored twice as Wales climbed above the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists in to second place in Group D.

Wales captain Ben Davies has told the boss of the Football Association of Wales to zip it over the future of manager Rob Page. Davies and his squad are fuming that Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney has undermined Page on the eve of their crunch Euro 2024 qualifier at home to Croatia on Sunday night. Tottenham defender Davies had wanted all the focus to be on how Wales were going to beat the Croatians for the first time in seven attempts to keep alive their hopes of automatic qualification for the finals in Germany.

Ben Davies has urged Wales to summon up the spirit of reaching the World Cup to beat Croatia and keep their European Championship qualification hopes alive. Turkey’s shock win in Croatia on Thursday night damaged Welsh prospects of claiming a top-two place in Group D.

Wales striker Nathan Broadhead plans to keep on scoring for club and country after being lifted by the presence of Ed Sheeran in the Ipswich dressing room. Ipswich fan Sheeran served pints to supporters at the recent Sky Bet Championship game with Hull at Portman Road before going into the home dressing room to celebrate the high-flying Tractor Boys’ 3-0 victory.

New Wales cap Regan Poole admits he owes much to Manchester United after making his international debut on Wednesday night. Defender Poole seemed destined for stardom in 2015 after leaving Newport aged 17, on the same day United made Anthony Martial football’s most expensive teenager.

Rob Page has revealed Charlie Savage will be staying with the Wales squad for the Euro 2024 qualifier with Croatia on Sunday. Savage, the 20-year-old son of former Wales midfielder Robbie, made his full senior debut on Wednesday as the Dragons cruised to a 4-0 friendly win over Gibraltar in Wrexham.

Manager Rob Page says Wales should not move home games to the Principality Stadium ahead of Euro 2028. The UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 was formally approved on Tuesday, with the 74,500-capacity home of Welsh rugby in Cardiff among the 10 venues to be used for the tournament.

Wales will press for hosting up to six games after the joint UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 is given the formal seal of approval on Tuesday. The UEFA executive committee is set to give the green light to the five-nation bid, which is unopposed after Turkey withdrew last week to focus on its joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032.

Ben Davies has taken over the Wales captaincy hoping his club Tottenham’s rise to the top of the Premier League can benefit the Dragons’ Euro 2024 ambitions. Davies replaces the injured Aaron Ramsey as skipper for Wednesday’s friendly with Gibraltar and the vital European Championship qualifier against Croatia in Cardiff on Sunday.

Wales manager Rob Page has revealed he had to tell Charlie Savage to quit Manchester United to kickstart his career. Savage – the 20-year-old son of former international now TV and radio pundit Robbie – could make his debut for his country next week.

Erol Bulut has suggested his Cardiff City players have believed too much in the hype after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Watford. After four successive victories sent them surging up the Championship table, the Bluebirds have suffered defeat at Middlesbrough and were denied a win by the Hornets.

Liam Cullen believes Swansea City are now giving a true indication of what they are capable of this season. The Swans striker is convinced the 3-1 victory at Plymouth Argyle at the weekend underlines a growing conviction the club have turned a corner after a difficult start to the season.

Swansea City fans may be wondering what has happened to their club to turn things around, but midfielder Jamie Paterson thinks he knows the answer. The Swans visit Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, where they could earn their fourth successive victory in the Championship.

Warren Gatland was watching a game at Twickenham the last time Wales played Georgia and didn’t expect to see the final result with the Georgians coming out on top. That was a year ago, when Levan Maisashvili’s side triumphed 13-12 in Cardiff to record one of their most famous victories, but that game hasn’t figured in Wales’ own build-up to the final Pool C match at Rugby World Cup in Nantes.  “I only watched the first half of that game as I was at Twickenham for a match there. At half-time, I was confident Wales would win that game and unfortunately everything came unstuck in the last 10 minutes,” said Gatland. 

Aaron Ramsey has been ruled out of Wales’ three remaining European Championship qualifying matches after Cardiff City confirmed his absence would be measured in months rather than weeks. The 32-year-old Wales captain hasn’t played since twisting his knee in a freak training incident last month.  Wales boss Rob Page had resigned himself to being without his skipper for next week’s key clash with Croatia in Cardiff, but now he will have to count him out of the final group games against Turkey and Armenia.