The government has been handed its first defeat of the new Dáil term.

Holland striker Robin van Persie admitted to feeling terrible after yesterday’s 3-0 Group A defeat to Turkey, but vowed to ensure victory in their final two games.

Roy Hodgson remains confident he is the right man to manage England, despite overseeing the country’s first World Cup group stage exit since 1958.

For Munster, the Heineken Cup was always a source of emotional extremes, heartbreak or ecstasy and rarely anything in between.

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