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  • Passion and belief reappear

    Kevin Doyle heads home the Republic of Ireland's goal during the Euro 2008 qualifier tie against Slovakia last night at Croke Park. SOCCER Euro 2008 Qualifying Group D/ Rep of Ireland 1Slovakia 0:  Ah, this Irish team and records.After an autumn spent matching or bettering them for defeats both at home and abroad, last night at Croke Park they wrapped up their brief spring campaign by matching another with their fourth successive victory in a qualifying game, writes Emmet Malone at Croke Park p

  • Staunton survives the ring of fire

    SOCCER/Manager's reaction: We are not quite used to the more gladiatorial space which the press conference room in Croke Park offers. The media rise in tiers above the managers who come to speak and on bad days one can imagine that things will get theatrically tense, writes  Tom Humphries. p

  • Dublin slip-up when least expected

    Neil McManus of Antrim does his best to hold possession and surge away from the attentions of Dublin's Gregg Bennett and Ronan Fallon during last night's National Hurling League, Division 1B, encounter at Casement Park, Belfast. GAELIC GAMES/NHL, Antrim 1013 Dublin 0-12: The first thing the Dublin hurlers did on their arrival at Casement Park yesterday evening was check the pitch for banana skins. They then started into a vigorous warm-up, neither of which could prevent them from slipping up on their way to making the play-offs of the Allianz Hurling League, writes Ian O'Riordan at Casement Park p
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  • Stephen just glad they're still in the hunt

    Players' Reaction: It's hard to imagine after that night in San Marino, and the less than positive response to the scraping of that 2-1 win, that the Ireland players were enthusiastically anticipating their return to Dublin for these games against Wales and Slovakia. p

  • Victory relieves pressure on Staunton

    The most important aspect to be reflected upon this morning is Ireland have gained six points from two very awkward fixtures. On reflection, one poor performance will be overshadowed by last night's display. p

  • Tired old team in need of a shake-up

    Group D/TV View: Great teams get old in a jiffy. It is the same in any sport. In the RTÉ studio last night, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost of soccer punditry suddenly discovered the magic had gone. It is almost a quarter of a century since the Irish soccer revival began and it seems as if Bill O'Herlihy and John Giles and Eamon Dunphy have been with us every step of the way. And as they warmed up for the Slovakia match, it showed. p

  • Toni double sinks Scots

    Group B/Italy 2 Scotland 0: Scotland's Euro 2008 qualification hopes suffered a blow as they lost to two Luca Toni goals in Bari. p

  • Czechs struggle, easy win for Wales

    Group D round-up/Czech Republic 1 Cyprus 0: The Czech Republic barely made up for Saturday's home loss to Germany and a controversial party that night when they struggled to beat modest Cyprus 1-0 in Liberec yesterday. p

  • No release of pressure on McClaren

     Group E/Andorra 0 England 3: England's win was so dispiriting that the greatest passion shown by their fans came as they called, from an early stage, for Steve McClaren to be sacked. Further protests against the manager in Estonia in June could well bring his downfall and he will be without Wayne Rooney there, following an unruly display that ensured his second booking of the campaign. p

  • Another day, another magic show by Healy and Co

    Group F/Northern Ireland 2 Sweden 1:  Wednesday nights at Windsor Park, said Lawrie Sanchez, are "magical". So it proved once again last night. Where England and Spain have fallen in recent times, Sweden followed and once again it was Northern Ireland's modern magician David Healy who was responsible. Healy has scored all the Irish goals that have beaten these teams and here, brilliantly, he nabbed another pair. p
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  • Brosnan and McMahon fighting fit for replay

    Anyone in Croke Park on St Patrick's Day will recall the sight of Eoin Brosnan and Brian McMahon hobbling off the field at crucial stages of the AIB All-Ireland club football final, and the look of concern written all over the face of Dr Crokes manager Pat O'Shea. Crossmaglen, trailing for most of the second half, inevitably seized the advantage and eventually forced the draw in the dying seconds of injury-time. p
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  • Leinster focus on meeting new challenge

    European Cup Quarter-finals: The player everyone wanted to speak to, Will Green, was keeping his head very low yesterday in Donnybrook. He saw what sort of questions were going to fall into his lap since Leinster and Wasps qualified from their respective pools. Johnny Watterson reports p

  • Knee injury rules Sackey out for Wasps

    Digest/Injury News: Wasps' England international winger Paul Sackey (knee) is the only player ruled out of contention for Saturday's European Cup quarter-final against Leinster at Adams Park. p

  • Heaslip wants a crack at Dallaglio

    Jamie Heaslip Interview: Gavin Cummiskey meets the number eight ahead of his 50th Leinster cap this weekend against Wasps and, he hopes, the mighty Lion of England p
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  • Our Jaffa ready to impress

    Thurles Preview: The Harry Rogers-Willie Supple team got the new flat season off to a 20 to 1 flier with Fit The Cove at the Curragh on Sunday and Our Jaffa can keep the ball rolling at today's mixed card at Thurles. p

  • Inca gets another go at Sublimity

    Colm Murphy has opened up the intriguing likelihood of a return clash between the 2006 champion hurdler Brave Inca and his Cheltenham conqueror from earlier in the month, Sublimity, at the Punchestown festival. Brian O'Connor reports p
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  • Wales begins countdown to Ryder Cup

    GOLF: Europe and the USA will go head-to-head at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, in the week beginning September 27th - two years after Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, hosts the event. p

  • Marathon standard for Beijing revised

    ATHLETICS: The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has averted the only potential controversy in the athletics qualifying standards for next year's Beijing Olympics by re-adjusting the men's and women's marathon qualifying times, along with the men's 50km walk. p

  • Leonard plotting a strategy for Manfredo

    America at Large: Twenty years after authoring one of the greatest upsets in middleweight history, Ray Charles Leonard flies to London this weekend, en route to Cardiff, where his young protégé Peter Manfredo Jr will challenge super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe on Saturday week at the Millennium Stadium. p
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