The contest between France striker Antoine Griezmann and Uruguay captain Diego Godin will be a feature of today’s quarter-final clash in Nizhny Novgorod. It also brings together Atletico Madrid club colleagues whose friendship is deep and personal.

It’s a rare bird, to be sure — a Rochestown Road home in Cork, modern, detached, on half an acre or more of grounds, along with waterfrontage, and a lofted boathouse with overhead apartment.

Earlier this month, an emotional Patrick O’Connor stood in the Kinane Stand tunnel and what he didn’t pour out on the field against Tipperary he gave up in an interview.

Late heartbreak at Oriel Park.

The Anyone-But-England brigade will be up bright and early tomorrow, whistling a merry tune and flexing the brims of their Panama hats.

The main talking point of the weekend from an officiating perspective took place at Dr Hyde Park on Saturday evening where Kevin McStay showed his frustration after Roscommmon didn’t get a free when Donegal’s Stephen McMenamin appeared to foul Diarmuid Murtagh.

Kevin McStay, who is looking at a lengthy sideline ban after appearing to push and throw a football at a linesman, believes match officials should come under the same scrutiny as players and managers.

Roscommon manager Kevin McStay insists he did not intentionally throw a football at the linesman’s head at half-time in their Super 8s defeat to Donegal.

Conventional wisdom tells us that Amy Foley’s goal for Kerry in this month’s TG4 Munster final could hardly have arrived at a worse time.

LUNCHTIME. August 4, 2001.

The crowds milling around the Irish Film Institute last Tuesday were loud in their appreciation of episode 1 of The Game: The Story of Hurling, which was screened in the Dublin venue to launch the documentary series.

Austin Gleeson blamed himself for the phantom goal which saw Waterford miss out on a crucial victory over Tipperary.

Workhorse during the week, racehorse at the weekend, the Audi RS4 can do it all for drivers looking to take it to the max, writes John O’Mahony.

Despite a courageous display, laced with craft and tenacity, Shamrock Rovers fell just short in the Friends Arena in Stockholm as they bravely bowed out of the Europa League.

A damning investigation into the State’s child protection agency Tusla has identified 65 cases where the group failed to protect children who are at “potential risk” of abuse.

A comfortable victory for Cork in the quarter-final of the EirGrid Munster U20 football championship at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

It has been a fantastic few days for Cork hurling. We saw a brilliant victory for the senior team in Thurles on Sunday.

Cork totally outclassed Tipperary to end the county’s 11-year wait for a Munster U21 hurling crown.

Belgium have beaten Japan 3-2 in their World Cup last-16 tie in Rostov to set up a quarter-final against Brazil.

Hard to escape the conclusion that a line was drawn in the sand in Newbridge on Saturday.