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McGivern steps down to face the Germans

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:04:08 GMT

Ryan McGivern will make his debut for the Northern Ireland Under-21s against Germany next Friday — despite being established in the senior squad for over a year.

Vieira misses clashes with Irish

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:44:53 GMT

Raymond Domenech followed the lead of Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni and shunned the temptation to bring an experienced player in from the cold for the play-off showdown, as he named his 24-man squad yesterday without Patrick Vieira.

Rover Dean back in Nigel’s plans

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:40:22 GMT

Nigel Worthington last night held up Dean Shiels as an example for others on the fringes of the Northern Ireland squad to follow.

Trapattoni keeps promise to leave out Rover Reid

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:31:25 GMT

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has defended his decision to leave Blackburn's Steven Reid and Portsmouth's Steve Finnan out of the 25-man squad for the World Cup qualifying play-off against France.

Northern Ireland U21s aim to slay dragons

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:51:48 GMT

Portadown begin their defence of the Co-operative Insurance Cup with a third round, first leg battle against Crusaders at Shamrock Park tomorrow but manager Ronnie McFall had international football on his mind yesterday.

Windsor capacity fears unfounded

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:05:24 GMT

The capacity of Windsor Park will be trimmed back by hundreds, not thousands, until a full redevelopment takes place.

McAuley frustrated to sit out Northern Ireland's Serbia game

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:11:29 GMT

Gareth McAuley is in danger of missing Northern Ireland’s friendly with Serbia next month.

Big Sam slams ‘out of order’ Trapattoni

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:58:39 GMT

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has angrily demanded an apology from Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni after labelling the Italian's comments about Steven Reid “disgusting”.

Glitch forces footy Republic of Ireland fans to buy dearest tickets

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:41:48 GMT

THE FAI yesterday blamed a technical glitch for its website only taking applications for the most expensive tickets for Republic of Ireland’s away play-off against France next month.

France rocked by Ribery

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:04:10 GMT

Bayern Munich could be without their forward Franck Ribery for more than a month, ruling him out of France’s World Cup off with the Republic of Ireland.

Sven not interested in Sweden job

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:09 GMT

Sven-Goran Eriksson has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant Sweden coaching role, the Swedish FA announced today.

Ryanair and Aer Lingus hike World Cup flights

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:56:54 GMT

Airlines were accused last night of shamelessly ripping off football fans by hiking their fares to Paris for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off against France next month by more than 1,000pc.

20,000 Republic of Ireland fans to march on Paris

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:15:04 GMT

An estimated 20,000 members of the Green Army are expected to march on Paris for the vital World Cup play-off against France on November 18.

Given rages after France pairing

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:59:31 GMT

Shay Given has once again condemned FIFA's decision to seed the World Cup play-offs after the Republic of Ireland were handed a daunting clash with 1998 winners France.

Sweden aiming to bring Eriksson home

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:31:00 GMT

Sven-Goran Eriksson could be installed as Sweden manager by the end of the month after he emerged as the front-runner to replace Lars Lagerback.

Republic face Paris match for Cup glory

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:27:48 GMT

It was the opposition they wished to avoid in the scenario they simply did not want. That's the bottom line.

French test is the hardest possible task says Moran

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:21:42 GMT

Kevin Moran believes that landing France was the worst play-off outcome available to Ireland, but Packie Bonner does not necessarily agree.

Republic of Ireland face France in World Cup qualifier

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:21:34 GMT

The Republic of Ireland's hopes of making the World Cup finals suffered a blow after they were drawn against France in the play-offs.

Kilbane in mood to live dream for Republic

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:00:33 GMT

Kevin Kilbane insists the Republic of Ireland await today's draw for the World Cup play-offs afraid of no-one.

FIFA to take a closer look at Maradona rant

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:56:29 GMT

Diego Maradona could have compromised his role in Argentina's World Cup build-up after FIFA announced they are to investigate his conduct in a reportedly obscene television interview following his side's 1-0 win over Uruguay.

Time has come to bin Beckham: Greaves

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:18:16 GMT

Legendary England striker Jimmy Greaves has called for Fabio Capello to axe David Beckham.

Republic homing in on away day draw

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:08:01 GMT

Giovanni Trapattoni never forgets. He cannot look ahead to next Monday's play-off draw without reference to superstition borne from bitter experience.

Taylor aims to be a Hart stopper by ousting Joe

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:00:51 GMT

Maik Taylor is gearing himself for a double battle — for club and country.

Frustrated Baird ready to qualify next time

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:00:32 GMT

Versatile Chris Baird believes Wednesday night’s brave draw in bitterly cold Prague has restored confidence in the Northern Ireland set-up after last month’s shocking defeat to Slovakia ended their hopes of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup in South Africa.

Beckham heading to South Africa

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:00:09 GMT

England manager Fabio Capello has decided to take David Beckham and Peter Crouch to next summer's World Cup in South Africa. It is understood Capello will include them in his 23-man squad for the tournament which starts on June 11, barring loss of form or fitness.