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Ireland have become the first team to qualify for the U19s European Championships in Armenia with a single game to spare. Tom Mohan’s side defeated Azerbaijan by 3-1 on Saturday morning while Russia were held to a 0-0 draw against Romania in the group’s other game. The draw for Russia meant that Ireland will enter the eight-team tournament for the …

The draw for the 2019 European hockey championships has taken place with the Irish women’s team set to face off against England once again.  Graham Shaw’s side were narrow losers to their neighbours in the group stages of the World Cup but the result was futile as Ireland had already qualified for the knock out stages before going on to claim …

Ireland has claimed their first gold medal on day two of the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin through Greta Streimikyte.  The 22-year-old Paralympian powered home in the Women’s 1500m T13 Final this afternoon in a time of 4:48.54. Ireland ?? get their first ? of the championships! It is Greta Streimikyte ?? who claims victory in the women's T13 1500m #Berlin2018 …

Ciara Mageean will take to the track this evening in Berlin for the final of the 1500m event and will be hoping to win Ireland’s second medal at the championships after Thomas Barr’s heroic bronze on Thursday evening.  Mageean ran the ideal race in the semi-final earlier this week, finishing second behind Great Britain’s Laura Muir who is the favourite for …

Ireland’s Ciara Mageean has qualified for the final of the 1500m event, finishing second in her semi-final this morning. Following on from Phil Healy’s strong display on the track this morning, Mageean powered home in a time of 4:09:35. She was positioned fourth coming around the final bend but comfortably upped the pace in the home stretch to ease into …

There was disappointment this morning for the Irish relay swimming team at the European Championships as they were disqualified from competing in the final.  The Irish 4 x 100 Medley Relay team of Conor Ferguson, Darragh Greene, Brendan Hyland and Shane Ryan looked to have secured their passage to the final at the Tollcross Centre in Glasgow when they finished third …

A fantastic run from Irish runner Thomas Barr has seen him qualify for the men’s 400m hurdles final at the European Championships in Berlin. Barr finished impressively to run a time of 49.10 to book his place in the final in Berlin, with Turkish athlete Yasmani Copello winning the semi-final. Following the race, Barr outlined that he felt he “went …

Oliver Dingley has finished in fifth place in the 1m diving event in Edinburgh with a total score of 385.65, six points from a bronze medal. It is his highest ever placing at a major tournament. It was a solid showing from the 25-year-old who finished in 11th place in his heat this morning. The event was won by Jack Laugher …

Ireland’s Brendan Boyce has finished in 19th place in the 50km race walk at the European Championships in Berlin.  In over 30-degree heat, the two-time Olympian produced a fine performance to finish with a time of just over four hours. With a huge amount of support behind him, Boyce was in a medal position at the half-way but dropped back with …

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud came in for some considerable criticism last season following another failed Premier League campaign. The France international suffered a 15 game goalless streak between January and April and was singled out by fans as the cause of Arsenal’s slump in results during the same period. While it was unfair to lay all the blame at the …

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has been the surprise front runner for the vacant England job since the departure of Roy Hodgson last month. Now however, it seems the French man has put the brakes on a move across town to Wembley, at least for now. Perhaps the greatest shock of the recently concluded European Championships was England’s loss to international …

Towards the end of a distinguished playing career he was pictured trying the shirt on for size – now, 20 years later, it seems Everton are the perfect fit for Ronald Koeman. Even before his first official press conference as Everton manager, Dutchman Koeman had already spoken in glowing terms about the history and potential of his new club. But …