The FAI and Gardai have drawn up a security plan to segregate Irish and Portuguese supporters at the North Terrace end of Lansdowne Road for Saturday's World Cup qualifier.

Roy Keane has been ruled out of the second leg of the World Cup play-off against Iran which will be played in Teheran on Thursday.

Irish manager Mick McCarthy will contact Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson later today to discuss Roy Keane’s knee injury.

Mick McCarthy has rejoined the Irish football squad in time for Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Cyprus.

Ireland are in the lead at half time in their World Cup Qualifying match against Andorra in Barcelona.

Roy Keane is now rated as very doubtful for Ireland's crucial forthcoming World Cup qualifier against the Dutch.

Kyle Lafferty has been forced to withdraw from the Northern Ireland squad for the opening World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Saturday, as a result of a back injury.

Connacht coach Pat Lam said that it measure of his endurance and determination that Nathan White was able to overcome injury and disappointment to become the oldest player in the professional era to make his debut for Ireland.

Martin O'Neill has named his starting team to face Moldova this evening.

Eddie O’Sullivan is adopting a hard-headed approach to plotting the downfall of the team he led with distinction when the United States meet Ireland on Sunday.

Leo Cullen will lead Ireland’s second string into World Cup battle against Russia demanding they match the standard set during Saturday’s victory over Australia.

He has kicked a Grand Slam-winning drop goal and piloted Munster to a pair of memorable Heineken Cup successes. He has been to World Cups and on three Lions tours to Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Paul McGinley believes this month's Ryder Cup will be played in a festival atmosphere unlike anything the event has ever seen.

The Qatari authorities are still not doing enough to protect migrant workers from the country's extreme heat and humidity, even those working on World Cup stadiums, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).

If there was any hint of complacency inside the Australia camp heading into the World Cup, the loss to Ireland has fully erased it, according to Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper.

Alex Ferguson claims the weight of expectation on Wayne Rooney was to blame for the striker's poor form at the World Cup.

The French press have been predictably scathing today following Les Bleus’ humiliating first-round exit at the World Cup.

Under-pressure Japan coach Takeshi Okada took few risks in naming his country’s 23-man World Cup squad.