MARCO TARDELLI admits he is at a loss to understand why footballers wouldn’t want to give their all for their country – whether that be Karim Benzema or, by implication, Stephen Ireland.

Burnley striker Martin Paterson has been drafted into the Northern Ireland starting line-up for their crucial World Cup qualifier against Slovakia at Windsor Park tonight.

AMERICA faced a new teenage gun rampage when a pupil killed himself after pointing a weapon at two other youngsters at their school car park.

A quarter of all drivers and motorbike riders killed on Northern Ireland’s roads last year, and tested for drugs, were positive, it was disclosed today.

AS an American with a Canadian wife and an honourable Irish history I found Mr Kee’s letter (Irish Examiner, July 30) a breath of fresh air.