Three key battles between Belgium and Brazil.

Germany weren’t just shocked by Mexico on Sunday, they were just pipped by Galway too. And Roscommon.

Brazil 1 Switzerland 1: Steven Zuber denied Brazil victory in their opening game of the World Cup last night, as Switzerland fought back to snatch a famous 1-1 Group E draw in Rostov-on-Don.

Brazil have spent four years trying to atone for its last World Cup match, the calamitous 7-1 defeat as hosts by Germany.

Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda is reportedly in talks to appear in a BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials'.

Still to come are storms Karen, Larry, Octavia, and Paul.

Met Éireann forced a change in the names of several storms because suggestions from British forecasters were too Irish, not Irish enough, and, in one case, too similar to a country and western star.

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

Sam Jones is back.

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill was handed un unwanted headache last night after Shane Long was forced off injured in Southampton’s 1-0 Europa League defeat to Inter.

Haters Back Off, featuring Colleen Ballinger in Miranda Sings mode, is now on Netflix.

West Cork-based Keith Payne is using his set design experience with the likes of Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones to judge inventive creations at the Stradbally event, writes Ellie O’Byrne

On Saturday July 9, Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda, took his final curtain call with a nod to the West Wing.

Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy) is The Boss (15A) from hell: an aggressive egomaniac, she torments her long-suffering assistant Claire (Kristen Bell).

What better way to honour May 4, a day when Star Wars fans come together and celebrate all things Jedi, than by mashing it up with Hamilton, one of the fastest growing Broadway musicals of all time!

As the much-loved show prepares to bow out at Christmas, Keeley Bolger looks back on the six series of the top-rating drama

Low-paid public servants could be as much as €2,000 better off by the end of 2017, former Fifa vice president Jack Warner left jail in an ambulance, what will the Marriage Referendum mean for children and schools and the top 10 hot trends of the 2015 Championship. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

USA: A lawyer wants to enter his pet pig into the Flint mayoral race after a mix-up threatened to keep candidates’ names off the primary election ballot.

ON A SNOWY winter’s evening in Toronto, a famous actor named Arthur Leander dies on stage during a performance of King Lear. 

REAL MADRID 1 ATLETICO MADRID 0: Holders Real Madrid reached for the Champions League last four by beating neighbours Atletico Madrid 1-0 in last night’s super tense quarter-final second leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom have reportedly been "hooking up."

Atletico Madrid 1, Bayer Leverkusen 0:

Atletico Madrid have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals after they endured a night to forget at Bayer Leverkusen.

Atletico Madrid were in dreamland as they destroyed rivals Real Madrid with a thumping 4-0 win which blew the Primera Division title race wide open.

Check out our spoiler-free guide to what to watch tonight.

Miranda Kerr's split from Orlando Bloom was "tough".

Miranda Hart's family were relieved when she announced the end of her sitcom, 'Miranda'.

At the 48th annual Country Music Awards

Tom Cruise is reportedly dating Miranda Kerr.

Orlando Bloom says he and Erica Packer are just friends rather than lovers.

Selena Gomez isn't impressed with Justin Bieber's "immature behaviour".

Justin Bieber reportedly banned Orlando Bloom from a star-studded party in Ibiza last night.

When the esteemed Dr James Barry died in 1865, an examination of his body revealed that he was a woman, Margaret Bulkley, who had disguised herself to practise medicine, says Robert Hume

Orlando Bloom has allegedly tried to punch Justin Bieber.

Miranda Hart won't film another full series of 'Miranda' but has promised a Christmas special.

Miranda Kerr isn't "ready" for a relationship.

Miranda Kerr talks to Orlando Bloom every day.

Atletico Madrid 0-0 Chelsea

Atletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 0 (Atletico Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate)

Barcelona 1 Atletico Munich 1