Italy aim to keep doing what they doHAVING BEATEN one team whose manager was happy to describe his players as Chelsea-style underdogs and another that Andrea Pirlo…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
Loew's young guns champing at the bitCONVENTIONAL WISDOM has always had it that “you should never write off the Germans,” and yet those who have been brave enough…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
History holds no fear for Loew's GermanyIF THE Germans really can go on and win this European Championships then they will remember fondly their time in Gdansk, the …Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Referee is least of Portugal's worriesSOCCER: WITH CONCERN mounting that the genius of their petulant superstar Ronaldo won’t be enough to haul them through tonight…Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Kenny hoping Rovers can make their presence felt againSTEPHEN KENNY is hoping Shamrock Rovers start on the road to a repeat of last year’s European success and also make a bit of …Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Relaxed champions take it all in their strideTHERE’S NOT much to the little town of Gniewino, some 75 kilometres from Gdansk, and there’s barely even a signpost to help you…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
La Roja on a rollSPORT: They trounced us last week, and tonight they take on France in the Euro 2012 quarter-finalsSat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Del Bosque spoiled for choiceEURO 2012 QUARTER-FINAL SPAIN v FRANCE: APART FROM deciding who to leave out for his side’s biggest games, the prospect of his…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Greek deficit gifts Germany semi-final spotEURO 2012 QUARTER-FINAL GERMANY 4 GREECE 2: MAYBE IT was the fact that Angela Merkel was coming and so she would know well that…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Wingers and prayer favour PortugalIt had seemed as though the whole “Chelsea as plucky underdogs,” line might have had its last outing of these European Championships…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Wingers and a prayer enough for Portugal to prevailIT HAD seemed as though the whole “Chelsea as plucky underdogs,” line might have had its last outing of these European Championships…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni looks to new generation for salvationGIOVANNI TRAPATTONI said yesterday Ireland’s new generation of players can enable the team to compete more effectively at the…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
John Delaney - used to be the treasurer but he's in charge nowEURO 2012: A DECADE ago, when the bullets were flying around the FAI over the Saipan affair, one of the criticisms levelled …Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Keane laughs off talk of Trapattoni resigningROBBIE KEANE last night laughed off the idea that Giovanni Trapattoni might come under pressure to resign after the Republic …Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Defeat shows Irish ill-equipped but not without glimmers of promiseGROUP C ITALY 2 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 0: IRELAND’S ILL-fated European Championship adventure ended as it had begun back here in…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Trap is not for turningSOCCER: IN WHAT might be regarded as the football equivalent of that old Margaret Thatcher line about “the lady’s not for turning…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Trap eager to remain in his postSOCCER: GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI said last night he has no intention of walking away from the Ireland job in the wake of his team…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Whelan hints at disquiet over tacticsREACTION: GLENN WHELAN came as close any Irish player has in some time to questioning the tactics of manager Giovanni Trapattoni…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Spanish point out a painful truthGROUP C SPAIN 4 IRELAND 0: THERE WILL be plenty of talk over the next few days about how Giovanni Trapattoni got his tactics…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni facing his greatest testSOCCER: AFTER FOUR years of insisting he knows his best team and that it can effectively play only one system, Giovanni Trapattoni…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Robinson says Ireland 'cannot win this match'FORMER REPUBLIC of Ireland international Michael Robinson, who is now a television presenter and leading football pundit in Spain…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Irrational exuberance gives way to despairANALYSIS: WHILE A mountain of copy is filed back to Ireland from the media hotel in Sopot each evening because the consequences…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
Given ready to come out fightingHIS IMPORTANCE is easily gauged from the concern that greeted reports of his injuries over the last couple of weeks, but Shay…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
O'Shea wary of threatSOCCER : THE IRISH training game teams broke down along slightly tribal lines yesterday in Gdynia where it was, according to…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni planning to turn to WaltersEURO 2012 GROUP C: AS HE seeks to engineer the extraordinary combination of results now required to extend Ireland’s stay at…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Game not quite up for Ireland but it's a long shotGROUP C PERMUTATIONS: HAVING SPENT so much time citing Greece’s title success of 2004, Giovanni Trapattoni and his players might…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Dream start fails to materialise as Ireland's limitations exposedGROUP C REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 CROATIA 3: IN THE bars of Poznan the Irish supporters sang their hearts out during the 36 hours…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Players cry foul over critical decisionsMATCH REACTION: ON THE countless sheets of paper they hand out to the media after games like this the statistics seemed to pile…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Class of 2012 can secure a precious pointEURO 2012 POOL C, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND v CROATIA ALMOST A quarter of a century after the Republic of Ireland’s last European …Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Whelan keen to repay debt he owes to manager who had faith in himINTERVIEW GLENN WHELAN: SLAVEN BILIC may have been consistently generous in his assessment of the Irish team and its tactics…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
When Croatia did it for Irish boysREPUBLIC OF IRELAND v CROATIA: Some of Ireland’s senior squad will remember tomorrow’s foes fondly, as they once helped them…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Tardelli and Andrews at odds over player fatigueTHE ISSUE of whose idea it was for the players to have Wednesday off raised its head yesterday after the squad trained at Gdynia…Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Given the only worry in 'relaxed' Irish campGROUP C REPUBLIC OF IRELAND v CROATIA: THE IRISH team will train in Gdynia this morning for the last time before their journey…Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Hoping nothing kicks off as Euro 2012 kicks offEURO 2012: Uefa have taken a risk on the hosts and will pray the beautiful game claims all the headlinesFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Frontmen must front up, says TrapattoniSOMEHOW IT had all seemed a bit far-fetched that one underwhelming performance in a pre-tournament friendly was going to have…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Walters the best option for a tactical change nowWith Croatia likely to flood midfield, the Stoke player may yet get a chance in Sunday’s openerWed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Bilic sees 'nothing new' in Irish gameAT THE start of the night Slaven Bilic had been bemused by the suggestion that the game might be called off because of the storm…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Injury problems mounting for Trapattoni's rivalsTWO OF Giovanni Trapattoni’s Euro 2012 rivals have suffered fresh injury blows ahead of the tournament with Casare Prandelli …Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni hails great tradition of Hungarian soccerLIKE THE stadium named for the man who once led it, Hungary’s national team has spent a very long time in decline since the glory…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Settled side a major positive for TrapattoniSOCCER: GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI’S time in Montecatini ended on a slightly chaotic note on Saturday evening, when the event staged…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni lays cards on the tableSoccer: Giovanni Trapattoni has confirmed he will start with what has come to be seen as his first choice XI against Hungary…Sun Jun 03 2012 - 01:00
Tardelli says Italy will playSOCCER: MARCO TARDELLI has reacted with surprise to Cesare Prandelli’s suggestion that Italy could pull out of the European …Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Options open for O'Dea as Celtic let him goDARREN O’DEA has been released by Celtic, paving the way for the Republic of Ireland defender to move to another club on a free…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
'Probables' starting to take shapeSoccer: The Republic of Ireland’s preparations for the European Championships progressed smoothly enough in Montecatini today…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni loses patience over Foley sagaJUST ABOUT every member of the press corps on a trip like this has had to staunchly defend themselves back at home against accusations…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
O'Shea still a cause for concernSoccer: For the first time since they assembled in Dublin at the start of last week to start their preparations for the European…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Foley feels 'betrayed' over omissionSOCCER: A CLEARLY emotional Kevin Foley last night accused Giovanni Trapattoni of betrayal over the manner in which he was omitted…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Foley suffers the cruellest of cuts as McShane gets nodEURO 2012: IT IS hard to imagine a more cruel way for Kevin Foley’s season to end than yesterday’s news he will not after all…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Emotions run high as Foley talks of feeling betrayed over omissionA CLEARLY emotional Kevin Foley last night accused Giovanni Trapattoni of betrayal over the manner in which he was omitted from…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Foley gets run as strikers find rangePistoia XI 0 Republic of Ireland 5: After events earlier in the day, tonight’s game against a selection of lower league players…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
