As he contemplates a season in the Championship with newly promoted MK Dons — the club at which he is increasingly forging a coaching role — Keith Andrews insists he is not bitter about the abrupt manner in which his international career with Ireland dried up soon after the Euro 2012 finals.

ROY KEANE has revealed his biggest mistake as Ipswich boss was accepting the role before meeting chief executive Simon Clegg and admitted the job wasn’t the right one for him.

IRELAND’S assistant coach Marco Tardelli has kept his long-running row with France boss Raymond Domenech simmering after refusing to forgive the Frenchman for accusing his opposite number of buying the referee in an U21 match 10 years ago.

DAVID BECKHAM hit back at Real Madrid’s critics after the Spanish side beat Monaco 4-2 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg clash and insisted they have put their bad patch behind them.