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Bethan Wild

Wales footballer's heartbreak as he tells his kids of devastating diagnosis

Welsh football hero Jason Bowen has spoken for the first time about the heartbreak of telling his family he had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND)

Bowen, 50, has a rare popularity in Welsh football having been capped by his country twice but also having played for Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County.

The news of his disease was revealed for the first time earlier this month in a post on the fund-raising website GoFundMe as his family sought help with the cost of his treatment.

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