Derry City and Dundalk meet in the Airtricity Premier League at the Brandywell tonight (7.45pm), with both sides bound to be keeping an eye on their respective FAI Ford Cup semi-final dates on Sunday.

Republic of Ireland U17s 3 Azerbaijan 0

The first African-born player to captain Ireland, Cameroon native Noe Baba, will lead out the Under-17s tonight against Azerbaijan in his new home of Castlebar (6pm).

One of Ireland’s brightest young soccer stars has spoken out about the racist abuse he suffers playing with his home club in Mayo.

TODAY attention turns towards next summer’s European Championships and Ireland’s first presence at a major tournament for ten years.