When a do-or-die game was just that

 15.06.2008 23:29   ireland.com

GROUP B FOCUS ON AUSTRIA: Paddy Agnew recalls an Austrian legend and his part in one painful episode of an eventful history between this evening's rivals.

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Austria v Germany

 15.06.2008 23:29   ireland.com

PREVIEW - Austria v Germany: MUCH WEIGHT rides on Austrian shoulders tonight when they line out against the mighty Germany in an all-Teutonic clash.

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Croatia v Poland

 15.06.2008 23:29   ireland.com

PREVIEW - Croatia v Poland: CROATIA COACH Slaven Bilic said yesterday he was confident the makeshift team he will pick against Poland would live up to expectations.

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 15.06.2008 23:29   ireland.com

Spain 2 Sweden 1: A STOPPAGE-TIME winner is always dramatic, especially when neither side can agree on the justice of the result.

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Hiddink's strategy a striking success

 15.06.2008 23:29   ireland.com

Russia 1 Greece 0: RUSSIA DID not qualify for this tournament without a fight, as England will attest, and they will not depart without one either.

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Yakin gives Swiss a reason to cheer

 15.06.2008 23:29   ireland.com

Switzerland 2 Portugal 0: IN THE END, the sporting gods found it hard to deny the Swiss a little bit of fun at their own party, granting them a 2-0 win over Portugal in Basle last night.

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Dutch prove beautiful game is alive and well

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

THERE HAVE been prophets of doom and gloom about international football for years, similar in many ways to those always predicting the Irish economy's imminent demise. Any day now.

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Scolari forthright on leadership

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

EURO 2008 DIGEST: THE BIG PHIL to Chelsea yarn has dominated British coverage of the tournament this week with interest levels forcing the Portuguese association to cancel their first scheduled press conference after the defeat of the Czech Republic and then attempt to limit the amount of time devoted to the manager's future when the media were allowed to drop by on Saturday.

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Bentley repeats that he wants to leave

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

NEWS: Blackburn Rovers midfielder David Bentley has confirmed that he wants to leave Ewood Park this summer regardless of who is appointed as Mark Hughes' successor.

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Another chance slips away for Ireland

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

AUSTRALIA 18 IRELAND 12: AN EXCEPTIONAL effort under the circumstances, and effort being the operative word.

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'Over the last 12 months we've underachieved hugely'

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

THERE CAN be no more fitting metaphor for the 2007-'08 season than the sight of Brian O'Driscoll endeavouring to hobble on with what is hopefully no more than a strained hamstring before eventually giving in to the ravages of the day and the season.

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Clinical Saxons exploit their opportunities

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

CHURCHILL CUP Ireland A 12 England Saxons 34: IT WOULD be possible to cavil with the final margin on the scoreboard based primarily on territory and possession over the 80-plus minutes but Ireland A lacked the ruthless quality that was so evident in their opponents' finishing to exploit opportunities and therein lay the difference at Fletcher's Field, Ontario.

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England exposed in key areas

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

TEST MATCH: New Zealand 37 England 20: BUNGEE JUMPING remains popular in New Zealand but no one dives headlong into the abyss more often than England.

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Gatland looks to positives as Wales get back on track

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

TEST MATCH: South Africa 37 Wales 21: WARREN GATLAND'S belief that Wales could be world champions in 2011 has been reinforced by his side's performance in Pretoria despite seeing them lose to South Africa, holders of the Webb Ellis Cup, for the second time in a week.

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Cats revel in their tricks and traits as Offaly endure miserable afternoon

 15.06.2008 23:28   ireland.com

LEINSTER SHC SEMI FINAL: Kilkenny 2-24 Offaly 0-12: THE CATS are back.

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