England 1 Sweden 1

Brazil 1 Belgium 0

Ireland and Spain in penalty shoot out.

Ireland 1 Spain 1

Ireland 0 Spain 1

A country ranked 174th in the world, with a population of 165,000 and coached by a former Bognor Regis player has beaten India in qualifying for the World Cup.

Mark McGhee does not see any weaknesses in the Germany team but is optimistic about Scotland’s chances in their 2016 European Championship clash next Sunday.

Irish international Damien Duff is expected to get the results of a scan on his calf injury either today or tomorrow.

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni put his faith in Darron Gibson and Glenn Whelan for tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Cyprus.

Fan ID registration for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is now open.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir pulled off an impressive run chase to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the World Cup final in Mumbai.

Rule Supreme will miss the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday and instead tackle Thursday's Ladbrokes World Hurdle.

Darren Clarke’s Open Championship victory was not enough to get him into Ireland’s two-man team for the World Cup in China in November.

AFTER a disappointing 10-6 loss to Scotland on Saturday, insult has been added to injury for Declan Kidney’s men who have dropped two places to sixth in the world, according to the latest IRB World Rankings.

Liverpool are still to decide whether they will compete in the World Club Championships in Japan in December, according to chief executive Rick Parry.

FIFA today dashed the Republic of Ireland’s hopes of replaying their World Cup qualifying play-off with France.

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FIFA has confirmed it will formally discuss expanding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 to 48 teams at its pre-Russia 2018 congress on June 13 in Moscow.