Underworld star Kate Beckinsdale is appalled by the lack of coverage the FIFA World Cup gets in the US, and is especially insulted by the bias of the American sports commentators.

THOSE who still advocate the ‘Bertiebowl’ over the redevelopment of dear old Lansdowne Road should take a trip from the centre of Istanbul out to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, where tonight’s Champions’ League final between Liverpool and AC Milan will be played in front of 70,000 people.

IRELAND and America have long and deep traditional ties. But you would not have thought so when listening to the different views of their respective teams in the lead-up to the World Cup.