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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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 […]

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 expect record attendance of 4,000-plus for their Women’s World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan at Cardiff City Stadium this evening (7pm). Wales are top of their group having drawn in Russia and won in Kazakhstan, keeping clean sheets in both matches. Their return fixture against Kazakhstan looks certain to beat Wales’ highest attendance of 3,581, […]

Hayley Ladd struck gold for Wales women in their World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan at Cardiff City Stadium. Ladd, who plays for Birmingham City, scored the winner from a free-kick after 83 minutes. Wales, unbeaten and top of their group after three matches, dominated the match against a Kazakhstan team who were hanging on for […]

Kayleigh Green scored Wales’ winner to extend their unbeaten record in World Women’s Cup. Their 1-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica means Wales stay top of Group One with three wins and a draw in four games. Yeovil Town forward Green, a former Cardiff City player, scored the only goal after 58 minutes, […]

Wales have their toughest test to come in the Women’s World Cup qualifying rounds. Manager Jayne Ludlow and her Welsh team are unbeaten, have yet to concede a goal after four matches and stand top of their group, one point ahead of England. The rivals clash in their next fixture at Southampton during April and […]