Soccer

Ireland finally score but suffer another Euro 2025 qualifying defeat to England

Julie-Ann Russell, playing for the first time since 2020 after maternity leave, comes off the bench to find the net in the dying stages

Ireland's Julie-Ann Russell scored her side's first goal of this qualifying campaign against England. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Ireland's Julie-Ann Russell scored her side's first goal of this qualifying campaign against England. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Gavin Cummiskey
Fri Jul 12 2024 - 22:20

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Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey is The Irish Times' Soccer Correspondent