Wales edge closer to first semi-final after 58-year wait


By ToDavis

PARIS (Reuters) - The last time Wales reached the quarter-finals of a major football tournament, at the 1958 World Cup, the might of Brazil and a fledgling Pele stood between them and progress.

It has taken the best part of six decades for them to return to one of international football's major stages and, having clawed their way into the last eight of Euro 2016 where they will face Belgium or Hungary, they might fancy their chances of going one better than their heralded predecessors.

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