Daniel James insists Wales are capable of upsetting Italy at Euro 2020 and winning their group. Wales are on the brink of making the last 16 of the tournament after beating Turkey 2-0 in Baku on Wednesday. Italy, however, top Group A ahead of meeting Wales in Rome on Sunday, and have already qualified for the knockout phase after back-to-back 3-0 wins over Turkey and Switzerland.

Robert Page has revealed the reason Gareth Bale is Wales captain is all about his character rather than just his talent. The Wales interim manager was full of praise for his skipper after Bale shrugged off a penalty miss to inspire his team to a magnificent 2-0 victory over Turkey at Euro 2020. Bale made Aaron Ramsey’s first-half opener with some superb vision before missing a penalty which could have put the result beyond doubt, but made amends in the final minute of the game in Baku to tee up Connor Roberts to double Wales’ lead and leave them on the brink of the last 16.

By David Williams Sam Vokes has pinpointed David Brooks and Kieffer Moore as the players who can strike terror into Turkey on Wednesday – and put Wales within touching distance of the knockout stages of Euro 2020. Brooks played only the final 15 minutes of Wales’ opening 1-1 draw against Switzerland, when he replaced the […]

Wales’ early preparations for the qualifying campaign for the Women’s World Cup were dealt a blow when they lost a friendly, 1-0, to Scotland at Parc y Scarlets. The Scots, who also have their eyes on the tournament campaign ahead, were deserved winners thanks to a goal from Erin Cuthbert. The Chelsea player’s strike just before the hour mark was the difference between the sides in a game of few chances.

Preview: Our writer Jack Hammett was proven wrong by Kieffer Moore’s performance against Switzerland and believes he is well suited to cause Turkey lots of problems.

Ethan Ampadu insists Wales have no fears that their Red Wall might be drowned out by thousands of noisy Turkey fans on Wedbnesday. The Wales midfielder know only between 500 and 1,000 Wales supporters are likely to be in the Olympic Stadium in Baku for their second Group A match of Euro 2020. Those fans – who have paid around £2,000 each for a week in Azerbaijan and gone against Welsh government advice – will be hugely outnumbered by Turkish fans who can reach Baku by car.

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.