Goalkeeper Reyaard Pieterse was the hero with two brilliant penalty saves in the shoot-out as Rovers advanced to the semi-finals of the EA Sports Cup.

Sligo Rovers 3 Shamrock Rovers 0

JAKE WHITE ends his reign as South Africa coach ready to consider a host of job offers — including from Guinness Premiership clubs and a fourth division Welsh side.

Ireland planted one foot firmly in next year’s World Cup finals with a comfortable victory in their potentially difficult World Cup qualifying encounter against Russia in Krasnoyarsk.