Wales’ Euro 2020 hero Kieffer Moore had to be protected after a gruelling domestic season impacted by Covid-19, interim manager Robert Page has explained. Former lifeguard Moore was Wales’ saviour in their tournament opener against Switzerland as his second-half headed equaliser secured a 1-1 draw in Baku. The 6ft 5ins Cardiff City striker had only started two of the eight games Wales had played since manager Ryan Giggs went on leave in November, with Page preferring to play a false nine alongside two widemen.

Kieffer Moore insists he will take confidence from a goal against Switzerland he believes Zlatan Ibrahimovic would have been proud of. The Wales striker – nicknamed Zlatan by his Cardiff City teammates after a 20-goal season in the Championship – has pushed himself into the Euro 2020 spotlight with his equaliser for Wales against Switzerland in the 1-1 draw. Now, Moore has turned his attention to Wales’ next game against Turkey on Wednesday, which is likely to be the pivotal in their attempts to reach the tournament’s knockout stages.

Robert Page insists his Wales players will be happy to put “tin hats on” as they prepare to fight for a place in the knockout stages of Euro 2020. The caretaker manager is preparing his players for a crunch clash against Turkey in heavily Turkish-populated Baku on Wednesday and then a final group match against Italy in Rome. Those two games will hold the key to Wales’ progress in the tournament following the opening 1-1 draw with Switzerland – a game that showcased Wales’ durability but also exposed plenty of shortcomings.

As Wales prepare to start their Euros campaign, much of the debate has turned to team selection. Does Robert Page play Kieffer Moore, or go with a “false nine” and rely on the different skill set of a player such as Harry Wilson. For Jack Hammett, the call for Page may be just as much about opponents Switzerland as it is about his own side. Many fans, pundits, ex-players and Cardiff cabbies are saying it’s insanity for Wales not to start Kieffer Moore in their opening match against Switzerland on Saturday in Baku.

A year behind schedule and 3,000 miles from home, Wales’ Euro 2020 finals adventure begins when they face Switzerland in Baku on Saturday afternoon. It will be a landmark occasion in many ways, but if goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey gets selected then it would also prove another step towards a significant personal milestone, as he tells Rob Cole. Wayne Hennessey is dreaming of another Euros adventure with Wales – one that could take him into the 100-cap club alongside founder member Chris Gunter. Hennessey is currently trying to fend off the challenge of Danny Ward for the goalkeeping starting spot against Switzerland on Saturday, when Wales open their tournament campaign in Baku, in a match that is live on S4C.

Five years on from France 2016, a year later than anticipated, the Euros are back. And so are Wales. It starts on Saturday for Gareth Bale and his team when they face Switzerland in Baku. Only the advanced guard of the Red Wall army will be there and Fraser Watson says they deserve our thanks and unstinting admiration. So, here we are. At last. Euro 2020-cum-2021 is about to lift off with Welsh football in unchartered territory.

Adam Davies is looking forward to competing with Wayne Hennessey and Danny Ward for a starting place in the Wales team at the Euros – and is anxious to make up for lost time. Davies, 28, was one of the three goalkeepers to be selected by manager Robert Page for the tournament and is in Baku as many people’s unlikely lad. But the Stoke City goalkeeper was on the cusp of grasping his golden opportunity to become Wales’ number one when he suffered a significant knee injury at Swansea City back in October.

The Football Association of Wales are coming under huge political pressure to re-think their controversial plans to re-organise women’s football. A group of Senedd members from across the political spectrum have condemned the FAW’s decision to relegate three teams from the Welsh Premier Women’s League from next season. Abergavenny Women FC – who finished fourth in the table – plus Cascade Ladies YC and Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies – are all to be left out of the new, streamlined eight-team elite level.

Jonny Williams insists he will not be affected by speculation about his future as he prepares for yet another historic European Championship campaign with Wales. Williams, 27, was released by Cardiff City despite only joining the club from Charlton Athletic on deadline day in January.  With his club future uncertain, speculation has been rife about his next steps following the conclusion of this summer’s tournament.

The European Championships might only just be starting but three Welsh clubs will feature in the draw for the opening rounds of Uefa’s latest club competition next Wednesday. Welsh domestic football heavyweights The New Saints and Bala Town are both in the draw as seeded clubs in the new Uefa Europa Conference League, along with […]

Aaron Ramsey has admitted it took him a long time to get Arsenal out of his system  and find his best form in Italy with Juventus. But the Wales midfielder is confident his fitness concerns are over and he can cope with the demands of tournament football at Euro 2020. Ramsey has been plagued by injury issues over the past few seasons and missed many games for club and country.

Former Wales star David Edwards is expected to complete a move to Bala Town this week, following his retirement from the full-time game. The 35-year-old midfielder would be a key signing for Bala Town, who finished third in the Cymru Premier last season. As first reported by The Sports Report, Edwards had been tipped to […]

Neco Williams has revealed how extra training at Liverpool has got him into peak fitness for Wales’ Euro 2020 campaign. Right-back Williams has found himself in the shadow of England’s Trent Alexander-Arnold at Anfield with little game-time since the turn of the year. The 20-year-old has played more games for his country than his club in 2021 – five to four – and was so concerned about his pre-Euros fitness that he volunteered for additional training sessions at Liverpool.

Ben Davies admitted Wales had plenty of work to do after being held 0-0 by Albania in their final Euro 2020 warm-up game. Wales drew a blank in front of goal for the second successive game after losing 3-0 away to France on Wednesday. Robert Page’s squad start their European Championship campaign against Switzerland in Baku on June 12.

Robert Page is confident both Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies will be fit and ready for Wales at the start of Euro 2020. The Wales manager is preparing his final week of plans before his team kick off their campaign against Switzerland on June 12, with one final warm-up match on Saturday when they host Albania at Cardiff City Stadium. Page’s side lost 3-0 to World Champions France on Wednesday and were forced to play most of the match with 10 men as defender Neco Williams was sent off after 25 minutes.

Wales have one match left before their European Championship finals campaign starts next weekend. They host Albania on Saturday with uncertainty still surrounding whether or not Neco Williams will remain suspended. When the real action starts, former Wales and Swansea City star Alan Curtis reckons it should be Connor Roberts ahead of Williams in the selection pecking order, as he tells Graham Thomas. Connor Roberts has been backed to see off the challenge of youngster Neco Williams and form part of Wales’ defensive shield at the Euros. Former Swansea City manager and Wales international Alan Curtis believes both Roberts and Joe Rodon – players he nurtured in his time at the Liberty Stadium – should be in Wales’ starting line-up for the tournament.

Women’s club football in Wales is being re-shaped. But as well as abandoning the old structures, other things have been dumped by the Football Association of Wales, too – such as fairness, integrity and respect. Fraser Watson suggests a re-think. An elitist, power-fuelled proposal that threatens the very essence of league structure and competition. Six weeks ago, such a theory was being directed, with no shortage of venom attached, towards the 12 clubs assigned to the soon to be defunct European Super League.

Danny Davies has become the second player in as many days to make the switch between JD Cymru Premier rivals Connah’s Quay and The New Saints. Nomads full-back Davies was unveiled as The New Saints’ first summer signing this morning, after champions Connah’s Quay completed the signing of Saints winger Jamie Mullan on Tuesday. Both […]

Daniel James and Robert Page both revealed players and officials suggested Portuguese referee Luis Godinho made a mistake in sending off Neco Williams during Wales’ 3-0 defeat in Nice. Williams was shown a straight red card after 26 minutes when the score was 0-0 at the Allianz Riviera on Wednesday night. The Liverpool full-back was only a few yards away from Karim Benzema when he blocked the Real Madrid striker’s close-range shot with both arms away from his body.

The real countdown to the Euros starts tonight when Wales face France in the first of two warm-up games before the tournament begins. For Chelsea’s Ethan Ampadu, the fixture will bring back good memories of the start of his international career, as he tells Alex Predeleux. Ethan Ampadu is aiming for another night to remember – and the promise of something huge to follow – when he steps out for Wales against France on Wednesday night. Three-and-half years ago, Ampadu made his international debut as a dreadlocked 17-year-old in a friendly at the Stade de France.