Gareth Bale has been backed to return to peak form and fitness for Wales next week, by a relieved Chris Coleman. The Real Madrid star was named on Friday for the World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Moldova after returning from international suspension. Bale missed the 1-1 draw against Serbia in June and has played just one La Liga match since then as the season starts later in Spain.

Sporting anniversaries are often ten-a-penny, but here’s one worth stopping to reflect on. Owen Morgan salutes that unforgettable night, now 12 months ago, when Wales beat Belgium and a middle-aged man believed he could fly. Is it really almost a year since I leapt out of my seat in a South Wales valleys constitutional club and threw myself into the arms of a burly stranger enjoying a pint at the bar? Having double checked the calendar, apparently it is. July 1, 2016: Belgium 1 – Wales 3. European Championship Quarter-Final.

Chris Coleman feels Wales must win their remaining four qualifiers to top their World Cup group. The Wales manager saw his team held to a 1-1 draw by Group D leaders Serbia in Belgrade on Sunday night after Aaron Ramsey’s outrageous penalty had given them a half-time lead. Aleksandar Mitrovic equalised 17 minutes from time to keep Serbia four points ahead of third-placed Wales with four games to play.

Joe Allen insists Wales can deal with the absence of Gareth Bale and still make a success of their daunting World Cup qualifier in Serbia. Bale will miss the tie in Belgrade on Sunday after he was given a yellow card for a tackle on John O’Shea in the 0-0 draw with Republic of Ireland in March.

Welshman Danny Ward is number one for Huddersfield Town fans – and now he’s out to achieve that same status with Jurgen Klopp and Chris Coleman. Liverpool manager Klopp has already said he wants Ward, who is on loan at Huddersfield, back at Anfield next season, while the Wrexham-born goalie is keen to impress Wales […]

Chris Coleman has supported Sam Allardyce’s “brave” decision to quit football management, but stressed that he will not be following the former England boss into Selhurst Park. Wales manager Coleman was quickly linked with the Crystal Palace vacancy after Allardyce’s shock resignation given his 190-game spell at the Premier League club between 1991 and 1995.

Wales midfielder Shaun MacDonald is unlikely to play again this year after suffering an horrific double fracture of his left leg. The Wigan player – who has been part of Chris Coleman’s squad for World Cup qualifiers this season – was injured in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Reading which sent Wigan down to League One. MacDonald was hurt in a tackle with Reading’s George Evans – for which the Royals players was booked – and had to be given gas before being rushed to hospital.

Wales captain Jessica Fishlock became the first player, male or female, from the country to reach 100 appearances, and she marked the occasion by scoring in a 3-1 victory over Northern Ireland in a friendly on Wednesday. Fishlock scored in the 39th minute with a stunning volley at the Centre for Sporting Excellence at Ystrad Mynach in the first of two friendlies against Northern Ireland.

Jess Fishlock has revealed the debt she owes Louis van Gaal as she prepares to become the first Welsh footballer to win 100 caps. The Wales women’s midfielder will reach the milestone on Wednesday night in an otherwise low key friendly at home to Northern Ireland at Ystrad Mynach.

Neil Taylor faces more than a one game ban for Wales after FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings into his tackle of Seamus Coleman. The Aston Villa left-back, 28, will miss the vital World Cup qualifier in Serbia in June after his sending off against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

Martin O’Neill has claimed Seamus Coleman’s broken leg may not have happened if Gareth Bale had been sent off moments earlier in Wales’ World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. As the accusations and recriminations continue following last Friday’s clash in Dublin, the Ireland manager has suggested a Bale sending off may have cooled the temperature of a fiery match that was over-heating.

John O’Shea believes he was fortunate not to suffer the same fate as Seamus Coleman after finding himself on the wrong end of a Gareth Bale challenge. Seconds before Republic of Ireland skipper Coleman was left with a double leg fracture during Friday night’s 0-0 World Cup qualifier draw with Wales, the Sunderland defender was caught high and late by Real Madrid star Bale.