Montenegro U-21s 0 Republic of Ireland U-21s 0

UEFA U21 CHAMPIONSHIP

Fresh from his own brief tenancy in charge of the Ireland senior team, U21 boss Noel King delivered positive tidings yesterday when he met new manager Martin O’Neill for the first time.

Twenty police officers were injured on Sunday in clashes with hundreds of stone-throwing protesters opposed to the first Gay Pride march held in Montenegro's capital, a hospital said.

Police in Montenegro fired tear gas to repel anti-gay extremists who threw rocks and firebombs at officers protecting a gay pride march, officials said. About 60 people were injured.

England skipper Steven Gerrard has hailed the performance and discipline shown by Wayne Rooney in helping secure a vital point from the World Cup qualifier with Montenegro in Podgorica on Tuesday night.

England head coach Roy Hodgson last night refused to be drawn into mind games with Montenegro counterpart Branko Brnovic and wants his team do their talking on the pitch in tonight’s World Cup qualifier in Podgorica.

San Marino 0 England 8

England 2 Brazil 1

Holland and Germany played out a low-key goalless draw in their friendly at the Amsterdam ArenA last night, with both sides missing a number of key players due to injury.

One look into the eyes of Wayne Rooney has convinced England captain Steven Gerrard that the striker is ready to make an impact at Euro 2012 after ending his two game suspension.

Wayne Rooney accepts missing England's first two games at Euro 2012 is the price he must pay for a moment of madness in Montenegro.

Some 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards as the death toll from Eastern Europe’s cold spell rose to 113.

PORTUGAL boss Paulo Bento will demand patience from his players as they try to secure a place at Euro 2012 tonight against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

IT isn’t so long since we faced the prospect of Irish national teams playing their home games on foreign soil while Lansdowne Road was being given its facelift.

Daniel Sturridge and Jack Rodwell have been handed their first England call-ups by Fabio Capello for the friendlies with Spain and Sweden.

England striker Wayne Rooney is blaming no-one but himself for the suspension which has ruled him out of three matches at next summer’s European Championships.

FABIO CAPELLO’S worst fears were realised last night when UEFA handed Wayne Rooney a three-match ban that will see him miss all of England’s Euro 2012 group games.

England’s Euro 2012 hopes have been dealt a huge blow after Wayne Rooney was today banned for three matches by UEFA.

Joe Hart is backing England to overcome the absence of the suspended Wayne Rooney during the early part of the Euro 2012 finals.

Fabio Capello will unleash Wayne Rooney on Montenegro tonight confident the striker is in the right frame of mind for the finale to England’s Euro 2012 qualifying drive.

WAYNE ROONEY has told Fabio Capello he has no concerns about leading England’s attack in Montenegro tonight.

Wayne Rooney has told Fabio Capello he has no concerns about leading England’s attack in Montenegro tomorrow.

Alex Ferguson has hailed Manchester United’s virtually flawless home record but he admitted today’s 2-0 win over Norwich was not among the Red Devils’ best displays.

Zlatko Kranjcar has been sacked as Montenegro coach and replaced by his assistant Branko Brnovic ahead of the Euro 2012 qualifier against England next month.

Leighton Baines has become the latest member of Fabio Capello’s England squad to withdraw from tomorrow night’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales at Wembley.

TOTTENHAM striker Roman Pavlyuchenko hit a hat-trick as Russia beat Armenia 3-1 in Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifying Group B.

England 2 Switzerland 2

ENGLAND left Wembley with the jeers of their own fans ringing in their ears as they failed to score at the rebuilt stadium for the first time and had their 11-match winning streak on home soil ended by Montenegro.

England 0 Montenegro 0

Brian Flynn has been confirmed as caretaker manager of Wales for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Switzerland next month.

Wales manager John Toshack will clarify his position this afternoon after considerable speculation in recent days that he is poised to quit.

JOHN TOSHACK’S six-year tenure in charge of Wales is poised to come to an end following the 1-0 defeat by Montenegro on Friday.

Montenegro will be spying on England in Switzerland this week even if Fabio Capello is not putting a similar watch on them.

John Toshack’s future as Wales manager is uncertain as unconfirmed reports began to circulate claiming he was willing to quit.

HAT-TRICK hero Jermain Defoe hailed his partnership with Wayne Rooney after the pair teamed up profitably in last night’s 4-0 win over Bulgaria in their opening Euro 2012 Group G qualifier at Wembley.

Montenegro 2 Northern Ireland 0

Nigel Worthington’s Northern Ireland side will play Montenegro in an international friendly on Wednesday, August 11, in Podgorica.

Denmark came from behind to earn a 3-1 friendly win over the USA in Copenhagen tonight.

Giovanni Trapattoni will send the Republic of Ireland into a do-or-die battle with France in Paris confident their World Cup dream is still alive.

IT’S the kind of occasion that has the potential to unnerve the most experienced of pros but Glenn Whelan insists that all the pressure will be on France rather than Ireland when the sides meet at Croke Park tonight.

ANDY REID’S father revealed yesterday that the Sunderland midfielder is “gutted” about his continued absence from Giovanni Trapattoni’s Ireland squad.

THESE are busy times for Kevin Kilbane. Memorable times.