Giggs waits on UEFA verdict

UEFA have not ruled out the prospect of Ryan Giggs being banned for the second leg of Wales’ Euro 2004 play-off with Russia – but it appears unlikely because of the timescale involved.

The Russian Football Union insist they have forwarded a tape of the first leg in Moscow to UEFA, with a view to them looking at what the Russians claim was an elbow by Giggs on full-back Vadim Evseev.