| Gary Speed has been named in the Wales squad for their two forthcoming World Cup 2006 qualifying games. |
| The Bolton midfielder has been named in Wales manager Mark Hughes' 27-man squad for the games against Azerbaijan in Baku on 4th September and Northern Ireland in Cardiff on 8th September. Wales squad: Coyne (Burnley), Crossley (Fulham), P Jones (Wolves), Ward (Norwich), Collins (Cardiff), Delaney (Aston Villa), Edwards (Wolves), Gabbidon (Cardiff), Melville (West Ham), Page (Cardiff), Roberts (Tranmere), Thatcher (Man City), Davies (Tottenham), Johnson, Koumas (both West Brom), Fletcher (Bournemouth), Oster (Sunderland), Parry (Cardiff), Pembridge (Fulham), Robinson (Sunderland), Savage (Birmingham City), Speed (Bolton), Bellamy (Newcastle), Blake (Leicester), Earnshaw (Cardiff), Hartson (Celtic), Taylor (Nottm For). |