Leaving Cert orals clash forces Sligo football team to miss out on Connacht final – The Journal

Leaving Cert orals clash forces Sligo football team to miss out on Connacht final  The Journal Club criticises Connacht FA for refusing to reschedule final clashing with Leaving Cert orals  The Irish Times U18 footballers ‘very disappointed’ match scheduled during Leaving Cert mocks  Newstalk Real Tubber cannot field team for today’s Connacht Shield final  Midwest Radio Source link

FIFA raises top ticket price for World Cup final to $10,990

FIFA raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to $10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales Wednesday after the 48-team field for this year’s tournament was finalized. The price had been $8,680 when FIFA sold tickets after the tournament draw in December. FIFA’s category 2 tickets for the July 19 game at … Read more

Mastantuono 'signs' Enzo Fernandez for Real Madrid – marca.com

Mastantuono ‘signs’ Enzo Fernandez for Real Madrid  marca.com “I’d like to live in Madrid” – Chelsea player fuels summer transfer speculation  OneFootball Source link

Czechia qualify for World Cup after penalty shootout win over Denmark

Czechia 2 Denmark 2 Czechia win 3-1 on penalties IRELAND’S CONQUERORS, CZECHIA, have qualified for the 2026 World Cup after another shootout win, over Denmark in Prague.  Michal Sadilek’s penalty sent the Czechs to their first World Cup since 2006, where they will face Mexico, South Africa and South Korea in Group A of the … Read more

Jonathan David scores two as Canada salvages draw against Iceland after disappointing first half

TORONTO — Jonathan David scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half before Tajon Buchanan was shown a straight red card as Canada battled back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw with Iceland in an international men’s soccer friendly Saturday. Orri Steinn Oskarsson had both goals for the visitors in … Read more

Sandro Tonali, Moise Kean score as Italy takes one step closer to FIFA World Cup

Italy are through to the Path A UEFA World Cup playoff final after a 2-0 defeat of Northern Ireland in Bergamo. Northern Ireland battled well against a home side under immense pressure to deliver qualification after two consecutive failures to reach a tournament they have won four times, but were undone by second-half goals from … Read more

A message from Troy Parrott's mam: 'He loves playing for his country, he loves Ireland' – The Journal

A message from Troy Parrott’s mam: ‘He loves playing for his country, he loves Ireland’  The Journal Parrott’s mum says ‘no matter what I’m proud of you’  RTE.ie ‘I feel like I’m in a dream’ – Troy Parrott’s mother reflects on son’s difficult path to stardom  The Irish Independent ‘He can do everything’ – Parrott carries Irish hopes  BBC … Read more

‘Sort out The Parrot, will ye’ – Ireland fans arrive in Prague with tickets thin on ground – The Irish Times

Here we go again, collectively. Keep it together at the back. Hang in there. Take a scrappy chance. Can this Republic of Ireland team find some way to do it against Czech Republic on Thursday, and then somehow do it once more next Tuesday in the Aviva and beat either Denmark or North Macedonia to … Read more

Squad updates, TV details and more – The Irish Times

How Troy Parrott factor will influence Ireland v Czech Republic What’s happening? The Republic of Ireland are playing the Czech Republic in a playoff semi-final in the hope of qualifying for this summer’s World Cup co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico. When and where? The game will be played on Thursday evening, kick-off 7.45pm … Read more

Czech manager takes issue with interpretation of his Ireland comments – The Irish Times

Czech Republic manager Miroslav Koubek has taken issue with how his comment last month about Ireland playing “island football” was interpreted by some as claiming the Irish team had a “primitive” approach to the game. “I never said ‘primitive’. Please don’t put words in my mouth,” Koubek said in reply to an Irish journalist’s question … Read more