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Damien Duff has told the brilliant story of a drunken night at the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan where he and teammate Stephen Reid ended up doing stand-up comedy in a Japanese club. The tournament was a rollercoaster for the Boys in Green, from Roy Keane leaving in Saipan, to Robbie Keane’s late equaliser against Germany to eventual …

In our latest football quiz, we want you to name every player who has been sent off at the FIFA World Cup over the last decade.  To make the quiz slightly easier, we are only including players who have been shown a straight red card in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 tournaments. In total, 18 players have received a red card …

Welcome to day 21 of the Pundit Arena daily sports brainteaser challenge. Each day, we’ll give you a sporting brainteaser question and you have to guess the correct answer before the time runs out. You have five minutes to try to answer the question. The brainteaser is designed to test your sporting knowledge. But, of course, all questions are easy if you …

Welcome to day 10 of the Pundit Arena daily sports brainteaser challenge. Each day, we’ll give you a sporting brainteaser question and you have to guess the correct answer before the time runs out. You have five minutes to try to answer the question. The brainteaser is designed to test your sporting knowledge. But, of course, all questions are easy if you …

Welcome to day 24 of Pundit Arena’s daily rugby trivia challenge. Each day, we’ll give you 20 questions and 20 clues, similar to a crossword, and you have to guess the answers before the time runs out. It's time for some rugby trivia! 🏉 What score can you get today? 🤔https://t.co/mov5Wpvm5h — Pundit Arena (@PunditArena) May 30, 2020 So, for …

If you think you know your football crests then we have just the quiz for you. This one is tricky, you’ll need to know your national teams stuff to be getting full marks. We’re giving you the crests of 15 international football teams and you have to correctly identify them. It’s tough so we’ve made it multiple choice and there …

How well do you remember Ireland at major tournaments? The Boys in Green have reached six major football tournaments in their history, the European Championships in 1988, 2012 and 2016 as well as the the World Cup in 1990, 1994 and 2002. To test your knowledge we’ve put together 20 questions about Ireland at major tournaments and 20 clues similar to …

Welcome to day 18 of Pundit Arena’s daily rugby trivia challenge. Each day, we’ll give you 20 questions and 20 clues, similar to a crossword, and you have to guess the answers before the time runs out. https://t.co/4FBA9OJ9lR — Pundit Arena (@PunditArena) May 24, 2020 So, for example, if the clue was, ‘Munster play here,’ the answer would be, ‘Thomond …

The last decade saw the likes of Belgium and Wales reap the rewards of nurturing a golden generation of players. Both teams had struggled to get to major championships and are now two of the strongest sides in Europe. Irish fans may feel that they could be on the verge of something similar given the talent coming through at underage …

How well do you remember some of the most iconic footballs from major tournaments gone by? Some have gone down in the history books as football’s finest while others from certain tournaments would rather be forgotten about by many. We’ve came up with 12 footballs from 12 major international tournaments, either a World Cup or a European Championships, and we …

The European Championships may be postponed for another year, but now is the ideal time to take a trip down memory lane with the Boys in Green. In 1990, Ireland, led by Jack Charlton, reached their first-ever World Cup finals as they finished second to Spain in their qualifying group, losing just one game and conceded only two goals through …

By Robert Redmond & Oisin McQueirns _____ Over the years, Ireland has developed some incredibly talented footballers that have had the chance to shine on the biggest international stages. The likes of Ronnie Whelan at Euro 88, Paul McGrath at the World Cup in 1994, Damien Duff and Robbie Keane in Korea and Japan in 2002 – there’s been plenty. …

Beauden Barrett has appeared to throw his support behind Ian Foster to succeed Steve Hansen as the New Zealand head coach.  Hansen stepped down from the role following the All Blacks’ 40-17 victory over Wales in the Rugby World Cup Bronze Final after eight years in charge. Barrett was speaking to media as the side arrived back in New Zealand …

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi spoke passionately after his side were crowned world champions about the impact the win would have in the country.  Rassie Erasmus’ side recorded a 32-12 win over England following a phenomenal performance, backboned by their dominance at the set-piece. Makazole Mapimpi became the first man to score a try for South Africa in a World …

Rassie Erasmus has confirmed that he will step down from his role as South Africa head coach following the World Cup final on Saturday. However, the 47-year-old will remain as the country’s Director of Rugby with current defence coach Jacques Nienaber likely to take over as head coach. It was thought that Erasmus would stay in the role for the …

New Zealand hooker Dane Coles isn’t too concerned about the fine England received following their V-shaped formation when facing the All Blacks haka but admitted that he and his teammates found the response “awesome.” England were fined and reprimanded for the response which saw them breach World Rugby’s rule which states that an opposition team cannot cross the half-way line …

With so many different narratives running through this week, facing the haka in the bronze final on Friday is of little concern to Wales head coach Warren Gatland.  The 56-year-old will take charge of his final game for Wales following 12 years at the helm and it’s quite fitting that his native country of New Zealand will provide the opposition. …