Wales were pitted with England, Montenegro, Switzerland and Bulgaria in Group G for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. Their opening match was a 1-0 defeat in Montenegro and they won only three of their eight games, finishing fourth.

So Wales, 41st in the Fifa world rankings,, external begin their European Championship qualifying campaign in Andorra, ranked 199th, at 19:45 BST. Despite some great players over the years, Wales have never played at a European Championship finals and their last appearance at a major tournament was the 1958 World Cup. During the afternoon we will look back at some of their recent Euro qualifying campaigns.

Many thanks for your comments on England's win in Switzerland. We now look ahead to Wales against Andorra tonight. How do think Wales will do in a group also containing Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Israel and Cyprus? Please let us know via #bbcsportsday,, external the BBC Sport Facebook, external page or Google+, external

George Carter:, external Welbeck did play well, think Arsenal fans are getting a bit excited. Despite them being ranked higher still not a world force.

Joseph Whiteaker:, external Am I the only person that thought Delph was poor last night?

Ken Smith:, external Harsh on Jones who was at least a 6 if not 7. He missed a good chance but so did several others. Rooney on borrowed time?

The Hull Daily Mail reports, external that speculation is mounting over the future of chairman Assem Allam, who is thought to be a frustrated figure since the FA rejected his bid to rename the club Hull Tigers in April.

The paper says: "Although no-one at the Tigers was available for comment yesterday, more clarity on the situation is expected inside the next 48 hours as the club are preparing to make an official announcement - the exact subject of which is being guarded closely."

Manchester United's Ander Herrera has been restricted to just one competitive United runout - the 2-1 home defeat by Swansea on the opening day of the season - since a £29m summer move from Athletic Bilbao because of an ankle complaint.

But the 25-year-old Spaniard wrote on Twitter, external on Monday that he is hopeful of facing QPR on Sunday: "Training hard and looking forward to this next game at Old Trafford!"

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A deal has been struck to televise a new National Badminton League., external

The NBL - created and run by Badminton England - begins on 6 October and will feature six franchise teams.

Birmingham Lions, Team Derby, Loughborough Sport, MK Badminton, University of Nottingham Sport Badminton and Surrey Smashers will face each other in monthly match nights which will be broadcast across 16 countries.

Olympic silver medallist and former world number one Gail Emms will line up for Team Derby.

Ben Smith
BBC Sport at the Manchester Central Convention Centre

"It's another busy day down at the Soccerex Global Convention, external where I'm currently listening to Michael Owen, Bryan Robson and Peter Reid discussing the English national team.

"All have been very positive about England's victory over Switzerland, but they also say they have concerns about the lack of depth at Roy Hodgson's disposal.

"If Gary Cahill was to get injured now you would be in real trouble,' says Robson.

The discussion has moved on to the poor attendances for the England national team, with Owen saying: 'It's been hard enough watching it on the television the last few years, let alone traipsing all the way to Wembley.'"

Trivia time, and here's today's A Question of Sport teaser in honour of Marin Cilic's win overnight in the men's singles final at the US Open.

Which six players whose surname begins with C have won a men's Grand Slam singles title since 1980?

Find out the answer a little later...

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Phil Jones is expected to be assessed by Manchester United's medical team later to discover the extent of the injury, which resulted in him being substituted early in England's 2-0 win over Switzerland.

Jones limped off in the 77th minute of the European Championship qualifier in Basel with what appeared to be a hamstring problem.

United face Queen's Park Rangers in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Sunday.

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Switzerland's 2-0 defeat against England makes front page as well as back page news in the Swiss-Italian language paper Corriere Del Ticino., external

The headline reads "Petkovic's era begins with a defeat."

Australian forward Trent Waterhouse, 33, who won two caps for the Kangaroos and made 78 appearances for Warrington since joining them from Penrith Panthers three years ago, is to leave the club at the end of the season.

Wales are in Andorra for their opening European Championship qualifying match at 19:45 BST, live on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru, and captain Ashley Williams says leading the team to Euro 2016 would eclipse all he has achieved in his career.

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World Championship leader Nico Rosberg has called for fans to stop booing him following his collision with Lewis Hamilton in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa last month.

"It's obviously not nice, but what can I say?" said Rosberg. "I hope that with time they forgive and forget. That would be great. I have apologised - I can't really do anything more than that."

The Sun's cricket correspondent John Etheridge tweets, external: "If you're going to target bowling actions - what about all those fast bowlers who chuck their bouncer? There have been plenty of them."

Saeed Ajmal's action has been analysed by the ICC, which concluded "all his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees" by which the arm is allowed to bend.

BBC Radio 5 live

The final part of Jack Wilshere's interview with 5 live and he says of his new Arsenal team-mate Danny Welbeck: "I said that he doesn't get enough credit for his technical ability and he wants to play up top in that number nine position because when he gets in front of goal he's dangerous and he showed that tonight."

Regarding his new role at the base of the diamond formation, he said: "We play a different system at Arsenal. Unless we adopt that system I'm not sure.

"We have players who play in that position. We have got [Mathieu] Flamini and [Mikel] Arteta, but if they want me to play there I can play there as well."

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A more understated response from the Independent, but Sam Wallace writes, external of Roy Hodgson: "For the first time in a while he can walk away from this international break with a spring in his step and a weight lifted from his shoulders."

A selection of your Facebook comments as we ask this morning for your views on England's win in Switzerland, and whether you agree with Phil McNulty's England player ratings. Please let us know via #bbcsportsday,, external the BBC Sport Facebook, external page or Google+., external

Connor Miller: I think we played average! It is very rare I say that! I saw no movement whatsoever at the start of the game and then when we went 1-0 up we sat back and invited pressure! We need to start being hungry for goals and not sit back after one!

Mark Utv-Phillips: It was yet more proof Gerrard was holding England back for a decade. Delph was energetic and always closing opposition down. Neither of which the media darling Gerrard could ever do.

Jayne Hale: Brilliant Danny Welbeck, he should still be wearing a United shirt in my opinion.

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Saeed Ajmal is the latest in a line of bowlers to face an ICC suspension for an illegal action.

Fellow countrymen Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Riaz Afridi and Shoaib Malik have all been reported in the past.

In July, Sri Lanka's Sachitra Senanayake and New Zealand's Kane Williamson were also reported and subsequently banned until remedial work on their actions was completed.

Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has blamed his illegal action on a "not usual" elbow and has vowed to return in time for the World Cup in February.

Speaking to reporters in Faisalabad, he said: "My elbow is not usual so that's why it seems that I bend it more than the normal 15 degrees allowed.

"We will go into appeal soon. I will be in action in the World Cup next year - that's my resolve."

BBC Radio 5 live

More from Jack Wilshere's interview with 5 live and his opinion of the diamond formation operated by Roy Hodgson: "It played into the hands of our forwards. If we win the ball back in midfield and use our pace going forward, we can can scare any defence. We showed that. Two of our goals were on the counter attack and hopefully we can use that.

"I enjoyed it. It was the first time I have played there for club or country.

"I looked at players who play there regularly, the best players in the world like [Andrea] Pirlo, [Javier] Mascherano and [Steven] Gerrard, who play that position perfectly, and I will look at them over the next few months and I will get better in that position."