The Welsh game has spent 2023 in crisis off the field.

Brazilian police have announced they are planning to indict a Colombian fish trader as the mastermind of last year’s slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips.

There was widespread clamour for Foden to be introduced off the bench as England were held to a drab 0-0 draw in Friday’s Group B meeting with the United States.

Leslie Phillips, famed for starring in the Carry On films, has died at the age of 98.

Leslie Phillips, famous for his leery ladies’ man, roguish, upper-class roles, was a great comedy actor who yearned to get out of what he called “that rut” and concentrate on heavier and more serious parts.