World Cup 2026: US flop after Trump’s intervention as Belgium show how to drop big names – The Irish Times
Belgium and Portugal showed, in equal but opposite fashions, that sometimes you’re better off without your big-name players.…
Senegal left sleepless in Seattle over penalty in 124th minute – The Irish Times
If the World Cup was taking its time to warm up, safe to say the knockout phase has…
World Cup 2026: France dazzle before Mexico storm forward on day of warnings – The Irish Times
With Sweden 3-0 down and stricken with a kind of vertigo, France manager Didier Deschamps provided a small…
World Cup 2026: Messi notches again as group stage ends in dramatic fashion – The Irish Times
Just like that, the group stage is over. Blink and you’d miss it. If your blink lasts over…
World Cup 2026: Pico Lopes and Cape Verde advance, as keeper’s error knocks out Uruguay – The Irish Times
Although Shamrock Rovers’ captain Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes has not quite proved the slogan right, he can now claim…
Harry Kane goes AWOL as football seems to get lost on its way home – The Irish Times
“What’s the German for hairdryer?” Darragh Maloney on RTÉ commentary asked as the Group L game between England…
World Cup 2026, Day 3: Scotland go through the wringer to get first win in 36 years – The Irish Times
Are you familiar with the Scottish expression “tatties o’wer the side”? Roughly, it means a calamitous event, and…
Ireland find themselves with ‘nothing to lose and everything to gain’ – The Irish Times
As Gavin Cooney, our man in Grenoble, tells us, the Republic of Ireland have a chance this evening…
Can Ireland lift the nation? – The Irish Times
Ahead of this evening’s tussle in Prague, how are the nerves? Shredded? Well, our piece on Ireland’s playoff…
Which version of Ireland will turn up at Twickenham? – The Irish Times
It was, says Gordon D’Arcy, a game of two halves at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. In the…
Reading form lines for Ireland v England is like reading tea leaves – The Irish Times
With a trip to Twickenham next in the schedule for Ireland, Gerry Thornley is wondering what impact England’s…
Ireland go back to the bad old days after night to forget in Paris – The Irish Times
Oh dear. As Gerry Thornley puts it in his match report, last night’s game in Paris “quickly disintegrated…