BRATISLAVA, Slovakia : Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel and Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik scored second-half goals to lead Slovakia over Northern Ireland 2-1 in their opening World Cup qualifier on Saturday. Skrtel scored off a cross from Marek ...
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Glenn Whelan's rise to prominence gathered pace as the Stoke midfielder scored in the Republic of Ireland's defeat of Georgia on Saturday. The 24-year-old fired a fired a 70th-minute effort past bungling Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Loria as the Irish ...
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Is there any reason why we if we win on wednesday we should be on 15 points after 5 games. I reckon anything over 23 points will top the group, and anything around 19 points will secure 2nd spot, that means that Ireland will have to get 8 points to ...
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Who said you need to wait until St. Patrick's Day to have a traditional Irish feast? Fill your kitchen with the smell of corned beef stew and potatoes tonight for dinner. It's also Grandparents' Day! What a perfect meal to have them over to celebrate
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ORIENT defender Alton Thelwell has been labelled as the O's equivalent of legendary centre-half “Paul McGrath” by manager Martin Ling. Former Republic of Ireland and Manchester United star McGrath defied medical experts for years after continuing ...
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Children are being held back at school because they are forced to memorise irregular spellings and learn how to use the apostrophe, a leading academic will claim this week. John Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at University College London and ...
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After a brief retirement, a tense reinstatement and a trade away from the team he's anchored for the last 16 years, Brett Favre is finally about to get what he was hoping for all along. Favre will have another chance to play football on Sunday when ...
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