ROY KEANE has finally signed on the dotted line as manager of Sunderland — and went straight to work last night.

GERMANY will be represented in the quarter-finals of the European Championships after all, but not as they would have wished.

Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted “to lose this way is very hard” after England suffered more penalty misery in a major tournament at the hands of Portugal tonight.

THE stresses and strains of high expectations have begun to show on the Portuguese training camp.

THE FAI hope to publish the result of the independent inquiry into their planning and management of the international team’s preparations for the World Cup within six weeks.