Wales

Ryan Giggs has revealed he would shelve plans to play in the Olympics if it angered the Football Association of Wales.

Welsh great Giggs admits he would consider playing for Team GB at London 2012 Games if he was selected.

But, with the FAW openly against Welsh players’ involvement, Giggs said he would seek talks with officials rather than risk repercussions.

Former Fulham and Coventry manager Chris Coleman has been officially appointed as the new coach of the Wales national side.

The 41-year-old succeeds his former international team-mate Gary Speed, who tragically passed away in November 2011.

The Football Association of Wales refused to be rushed into a decision regarding a new boss, but they have now turned to Coleman.

With a 2014 World Cup qualification campaign looming large on the horizon, it is important for stability to be returned to the camp.

Exhibition: Playing for Wales – the Story of the Football Association of Wales, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, until March 4 2012

With a national team on the rise and a Swansea side entertaining the Premier League, Wales has had plenty to feel proud of recently.

Sir Alex Ferguson has rejected an approach from the Welsh FA to make Ryan Giggs their new manager.

The FAW had highlighted the Manchester United legend as their main target when they began looking for a successor to the late Gary Speed earlier this month.

United boss Ferguson was approached and told that Giggs would only be required in a part-time role so that he could continue to play the club, but the Scot turned down the request.

Former Wales striker Malcolm Allen believes Ryan Giggs should follow Gary Speed as national team manager.

Manchester United winger Giggs was linked to the job when John Toshack resigned in September 2010.

But Allen says the time is now right for Giggs to lead Wales following the death of Speed.

"There's only one man in my opinion that comes at the top of that tree and take us forward and that's Ryan Giggs," he said.