Des MacHale is right (Letters, Nov 18). A single team could represent Ireland North and South in soccer.

It is usual in football for a crushing defeat to be followed by recrimination and the search for scapegoats.

SO in London on Tuesday, it’s the boys in green versus the boys who will be going green.

SO WAS it the greatest goal ever scored? No. Next question, please.

They may have a bit more grey hair than when they took to the field against arguably one of the world's greatest footballing sides, but some familiar and legendary faces gathered in Dublin this afternoon to commemorate an All Ireland sporting achievement 35 years ago.

No one has a deeper or more dazzling bag of tricks than Ronaldinho, who’s determined to make this Brazilian side the best ever. Grant Wahl reports.

PELE may be the world’s favourite footballer but he walked into a storm of controversy yesterday over his choice of the greatest living players.

Brazil legend Pele has upset his fellow countrymen with his choice of the 120 best living players in the world for FIFA.

"It’s not a marvellous side but it’s competitive." It is extremely doubtful whether coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would have still been in a job if he had made this admission about his Brazilian team a year ago.

"It’s not a marvellous side but it’s competitive." It is extremely doubtful whether coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would have still been in a job if he had made this admission about his Brazilian team a year ago.