Irish men’s coach Mark Tumilty opted for serious pace for his Olympic qualifiers squad as he rang the changes in the panel named to take on Canada in West Vancouver on October 26 and 27.

Both the Irish senior women and men got one of their preferred draw for the Olympic qualifiers as they both face battles with Canada in the next two months for a ticket to Tokyo 2020.

Ireland’s women and men both received the best possible draws for their Olympic qualifier ties with both set to face off against Canada in late October and early November.

FORMER New York Times reporter Jayson Blair said he “couldn’t stop laughing” when the newspaper corrected his fraudulent description of an American POW’s home in West Virginia, according to excerpts of an interview with the New York Observer.