Wales Women had a late penalty claim waved away to deny them the chance of picking up an historic win over Russia in St Petersburg, where they drew 0-0 on Tuesday. A magnificent defensive display, superbly marshalled by Wales skipper Sophie Ingle, kept the visitors in the contest in difficult conditions and when Kayleigh Green went down under a challenge from the Russian goalkeeper Tatyana Scherbak in stoppage time it was Welsh fans who thought they would get a shot at winning the game. But the referee, Vesna Budimir, waved away the appeals for a penalty and the game ended in a goalless draw.

Wales are off and running in their quest to reach the Women’s World Cup finals, thanks to Jess Fishlock’s brilliant winner against Kazakhstan. Manager Jayne Ludlow says they now have the Russians in their sights. http:// Wales Women got their #FIFAWWC qualifying campaign off to the perfect start yesterday in Astana! 👏 pic.twitter.com/25gjcuDrRK — Wales […]

Jayne Ludlow insists her Wales team will be a tough nut to crack in their forthcoming World Cup campaign – despite their thrashing by the Netherlands. The Wales women were taught a harsh lesson in Rotterdam at the weekend as the Dutch warmed-up for the European Championships with a 5-0 romp. Wales arrived buoyed by a 2-1 win over European Championship finalists Portugal last month, but with four regular starters missing from their line-up it was always going to be a difficult task.

Wales 0 Czech Republic 0 Wales maintained their unbeaten record at the Cyprus Women’s Cup after a goal-less draw with the Czech Republic in an entertaining game. Jayne Ludlow’s side had plenty of chances at the Tasos Marko Stadium through Kayleigh Green and Natasha Harding.

Wales Women 2 Hungary Women 0Helen Ward and Charlie Estcourt struck as Wales got their Cyprus Cup campaign off to a flying start with victory over Hungary.

Wales women’s manager Jayne Ludlow is looking for progress from her team in this month’s friendly against the Republic of Ireland. Ludlow has named a squad of 21 for the fixture at Newport’s Rodney Parade on August 19.

Jayne Ludlow insists Wales women are making progress despite seeing their hopes of qualifying for next year’s European Championship finals ended by Norway. Wales lost 2-0 at Newport on Tuesday night and although they still have two games remaining, they are now nine points behind group leaders Austria and the Norwegians.

Jayne Ludlow insists Wales women can still qualify for the Euro 2017 finals after a convincing victory over Kazakhstan. The manager saw her team win 4-0 in Shymkent on Tuesday to stay third in Group H, five points behind joint leaders Austria and Norway.