#wales-football

#wales-football

"We've got so much more to come," said Dan James. The winger's spectacular strike had put Wales on course, but Edin Dzeko's late header changed the outcome.

Football is glorious and merciless in equal measure. As Wales huddled in the center circle and the pockets of Bosnia and Herzegovina fans wiped away tears and struggled to keep their feet as they celebrated their penalty shootout win, 'Yma o Hyd' rang out. It translates as 'We're still here,' and was the anthem of Wales' journey to the semifinals of Euro 2016.

For fans of Welsh sport, there is a huge amount riding on two fixtures today. Wales' football side play their penultimate World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein in Vaduz. Kicking off just 40 minutes later, Steve Tandy's rugby union side host Japan on more familiar territory at the Principality Stadium.

Some people are doing other provisions of this, but our trip is on to Almaty, which is meant to be a different beast to Astana, and then we're going on to Uzbekistan, we're going to Tashkent. We're hoping to see the final of the Central Asian Republic tournament that's going on at the moment, and then we're going to Bukara, Kiva, and Samaran.

He's been about for a while and he's still got football in his legs. He might even have more with this move, I don't know,

Kazakhstan are a modest footballing nation and are not expected to qualify for the World Cup finals. They have been placed in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group J along with North Macedonia, Wales, Belgium and Liechtenstein. Ali Aliyev's side are fourth in UEFA Group J at the moment with three points from three matches, five points behind leaders North Macedonia and four points behind second-placed Wales.

Wayne Hennessey retired from playing football at the age of 38, concluding a career that spanned almost two decades and included 109 caps for Wales.

England secured a dominant 6-1 victory over Wales, ensuring their advancement to the Women's Euro 2025 quarterfinals as the second-place team in Group D.

England's Euro 2025 campaign started poorly with a 2-1 loss to France, despite some late promise from Sarina Wiegman's squad.

Gareth Bale is leading an investment group aiming to take over Cardiff City, though the ownership has not received definitive proposals for consideration.

"International football has shown many times over the years that there are no easy games and although on paper people will think we should win that game [against Liechtenstein] comfortably, we still have to go out there and perform."

Wales is showing strength despite being the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, and the head coach believes the squad is ready to achieve their desired results.