Trapattoni has confidence in youthWORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING Kazakhstan v Rep of Ireland: GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI insists that yesterday’s long journey to Kazakhstan…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Falling foul: Player differences with Trapattoni just keep rumbling on . . .1 Stephen Ireland The then Manchester City midfielder was an inherited problem in the wake of his infamous “Grannygate” departure…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Walters to partner Keane in attackSOCCER : A MATTER of hours after Enda Kenny had announced that the “silly season” was over for the Irish Government, Giovanni…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Wilson ready to make up for lost timeTHREE YEARS of Premier League football and an ability to play pretty comfortably in several different positions should, on the…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Sligo aim to extend their leadIAN BARRACLOUGH faces at least a minor reshuffle as Sligo Rovers look to take another step towards a first league title in 35…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Trapattoni unimpressed by Gibson's decisionSOCCER : GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI says he believes “100 per cent” he retains the support of his players despite the departure Darron…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Platini says Uefa stance could change after trialCROSS-BORDER LEAGUES: UEFA PRESIDENT Michel Platini said yesterday that depending on how an experiment with the women’s senior…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
City handed a champions' draw as United fare wellSOCCER/CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: ROBERTO MANCINI received a late boost yesterday to his campaign to have funds made available for some…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Benitez says Irish win will restore faithFORMER LIVERPOOL manager Rafa Benitez believes that a win in Kazakhstan for the Republic of Ireland next week will restore confidence…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Shelbourne again stand between Rovers and FAI Cup glorySHAMROCK ROVERS will have to overcome cross-city rivals Shelbourne again if they are to take another step towards a first FAI…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
FAI cuts 'temporary'THE FAI have told staff the latest pay cut being implemented at the organisation will be temporary after all with the organisation…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Hunt's days at Wolves look to be numberedINTERNATIONAL NEWS: KEVIN DOYLE may be hoping that a Premier League club will take him away from Molineux before this week’s…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
The benefits of short sharp sessionsAN ENTIRE industry has been built up on the basis of selling diets and exercise regimes that result in weight loss and increased…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Trap to talk with DunneSOCCER: GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI will head to Villa Park this afternoon in the hope of persuading Richard Dunne to commit to the …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Sligo clear another hurdle towards titleSt Patrick’s Ath 0 Sligo R 0: HAVING SET a pace early on in this title race that their rivals found a little too hard too handle…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Ireland will suffer loss of creative hub DuffDAMIEN DUFF’S INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT: DAMIEN DUFF has, Giovanni Trapattoni suggested yesterday, “suffered” during “the days…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
FAI Cup success figuring high on Kenny's current wish-listTOMMY DUNNE’S suggestion that the Ford-sponsored FAI Cup now represents Shamrock Rovers’ best hope of lifting a trophy this season…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Divisions emerge between clubs over a viable future planSHARP DIVISIONS have emerged between Airtricity League clubs over the structure of next year’s competition with alarm at the …Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Quigley hopes to keep up his great strike rateHE HAS never received the warmest of welcomes when returning to the club where he made his name a few years back but Mark Quigley…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Shame we had to leave party so earlyIreland didn’t show up with the right plan but those teams that did have made it a fine tournamentMon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Prandelli plotting a final twist to epic taleSOCCER: UNDER PRESSURE from the media only a month ago, senior Italian Federation officials insisted they would be sticking …Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Germany laid Loew by BalotelliEURO 2012 SEMI-FINAL Germany 1 Italy 2: ITALY’S hex over their great rivals in competitive games was no easier to understand…Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
