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Little has changed as Ireland selectors focus solely on win
10.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
FAST FORWARD to next November, imagine a Southern Hemisphere team in Ireland's position and it's hard to believe the New Zealanders, Australians or South Africans would take a similar approach to selection policy for an end-of-season tour.
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Ibrahimovic is only star on grey night
10.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
Sweden 2 Greece 0SO NOW it is official. Lightning does not strike twice in the same European Championship place. In losing 2-0 to Sweden in Salzburg last night, reigning European Champions Greece returned to their normal far from lofty international status as very much an "also-ran".
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Tardelli hopeful that Italy are not written off yet
10.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
GROUP CREPUBLIC OF Ireland assistant manager Marco Tardelli believes the Italians are weaker, both physically and mentally, than they were two years ago but the Azzurri's former midfielder still reckons Roberto Donadoni's side can make it to the last eight of these European Championships.
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Group A Previews Czech Republic v Portugal
10.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
BOTH TEAMS are in a strong position after winning their opening games but the difference is the Portuguese played well at the weekend while their opponents this evening still have quite a bit to prove after being lucky to take all three points against Switzerland.
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Group A previews Switzerland v Turkey
10.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
BOTH SIDES desperately need to win this one, while the tournament generally would be boosted by the host side taking the three points and maintaining their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals, at least until Sunday evening's last round of Group A games.
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O'Driscoll gets set for Dome run
10.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
INTERNATIONAL NEWS ONE TO go. One last effort. One last shot at redemption. Brian O'Driscoll has been through the ringer this season, on and off the pitch, while remaining a pillar of strength for team-mates and others alike, and has also somehow come through it all with the hunger for one last hurrah.
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Elsom leaves Leinster talk for later
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
WALLABIES blindside flanker Rocky Elsom was predictably noncommittal yesterday about his imminent move to Leinster.
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Hands-on approach may bring reward
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
Gavin Cummiskey profiles Cavan's task as they gear up for a bout with Armagh at Breffni Park on Sunday
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Down's Gordon ruled out for replay
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
DOWN LOOK certain to have lost midfielder and captain Dan Gordon for Saturday's Ulster football quarter-final replay against Tyrone. Gordon sustained a broken thumb in Sunday's draw at Omagh. He played the second half with the thumb heavily strapped but faces a four to six-week layoff.
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Counihan already making his mark
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
NINE MONTHS is a long time to be nursing a hangover, and the Cork footballers finally get the chance to clear the head in Limerick on Sunday. There's been a lot of craziness since their thumping All-Ireland defeat to Kerry last September, and a lot of other stuff too, but Sunday's Munster semi-final is the first step on the path to redemption.
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McCarthy's tenure will prove hard act to follow
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
Whatever the pros and cons of the change of regime, it is likely the present Waterford team have reached their high-water mark, writes Sean Moran
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Focused Harrington primed for major effort
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
US OPEN MUCH HAS changed in the year since Pádraig Harrington last swung a club in the US Open. Twelve months ago, the Dubliner left Oakmont mentally bruised and battered after an inexplicable mid-round collapse on the second day. It led to a missed cut; but, as if to prove that golf, as much as soccer, is a strange old game, within a month he was wallowing in the glory of being the British Open champion.
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Stage is set for Devlin to perform
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
BOO WEEKLEY has a habit of calling fellow-golfers by a nickname. In the case of Chris Devlin, a player he first met while learning his trade on the mini-tours, it's simply by the moniker "Foreigner". It's all good-natured banter, as demonstrated by the bear hug Weekley gave to the 33-year-old Ulsterman in the locker-room here at Torrey Pines when their paths crossed.
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Maguire twins up there with the best
10.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
IRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTHWHEN SCOTLAND'S Carly Booth became the youngest ever player to represent Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup last month we could not but wonder if the Maguire twins from Cavan regarded her as something of a veteran. Booth, after all, is 15.
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