Giggs feel let down

Ryan Giggs has lashed out at the decision to reject Wales’ plea to have Russia thrown out of this summer’s European Championships.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland ruled today that Russia should be allowed to take their place in Portugal even though one of their players, Igor Titov, failed a drugs test after the first leg of their play-off with Wales last November.

The decision had been anticipated by the Welsh camp, although that has not lessened their disappointment.

And for Giggs in particular the verdict smacks of double standards.

The Manchester United winger has been forced to watch on as team-mate Rio Ferdinand was banned for eight months by the Football Association – and the England man did not fail a test.

“The two cases have been treated completely differently, yet one team is more guilty than the other,” Giggs told MUTV.

“As soon as it involves a Manchester United player you get people like Sepp Blatter coming out with statements. Yet I have not heard him say anything about the Russian.

“That is what we have to put up with. Manchester United players are headline news.

“We really thought we had a good case but the way it has been handled by the authorities it seemed as though they had already made the decision that Russia were going to go.”