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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 14, 2014
Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland continued their impressive starts to Euro 2016 qualifying on Tuesday. Playing in Poland, Shaun Maloney and Steven Naismith both found the back of the net as Scotland earned an impressive 2-2 draw, while elsewhere in Group D John O’Shea scored a last-gasp equaliser for the Republic of Ireland away to Germany. Northern Ireland, meanwhile, won...
Published: October 14, 2014
John O’Shea, on the occasion of his 100th international appearance, scored a last-gasp equaliser as the Republic of Ireland fought back to earn a 1-1 draw with Germany in Gelsenkirchen. Toni Kroos had finally broken through for the hosts in the 71st minute, but despite going ahead it was clear the world champions were once again struggling for incisiveness in the final third—just as they...
Published: October 14, 2014
International Friendly—Boca Raton, Florida UNITED STATES 1-1 HONDURAS (10′ Altidore; 86′ Figueroa) Line-ups United States: Rimando, Chandler, Jones, Besler, Garza, Zusi, Diskerud, Bradley, Bedoya, Dempsey, Altidore Honduras: Escober, Crisanto, Bernardez, Figueroa, Izaguirre, Najar, Claros, Garrido, Boniek, Elis, Rojas Read more International Football news on...
Published: October 14, 2014
Euro 2016 Qualification—Gelsenkirchen GERMANY 1-0 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (71′ Kroos) Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Line-Ups Germany: Neuer, Rudiger, Hummels, Boateng, Durm, Ginter, Kroos, Bellarabi, Gotze, Draxler, Muller Republic of Ireland: Forde, Meyler, O’Shea, Wilson, Ward, McGeady, Whelan, Quinn, McClean, Keane, Walters Follow @jerradpeters Read more...
Published: October 11, 2014
Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualification matches had a bit of everything: blowouts, draws, upsets, history-making performances and crowd trouble. The most compelling fare was surely in Group D, where a few hours after the Republic of Ireland shellacked Gibraltar, 7-0, and Scotland edged Georgia, 1-0, Poland recorded their first ever win over Germany. Group I’s matches saw Armenia pick up a surprising...
Published: October 11, 2014
Poland made history on Saturday—their 2-0 win over Germany in Warsaw representing their first win against their rivals in 19 attempts. Arkadiusz Milik opened the scoring against the run of play in the 51st minute, and with only two minutes remaining in the second half Sebastian Mila put the finishing touches on a memorable night in the Polish capital with a fine finish inside the far post. Germany,...
Published: October 11, 2014
Euro 2016 Qualification—Warsaw POLAND 2-0 GERMANY (51′ Milik, 88′ Mila) Referee: Pedro Proenca (Portugal) Line-Ups Poland: Szczesny, Piszczek, Glik, Szukala, Wawrzyniak, Grosicki, Jadlowlec, Krychowiak, Rybus, Milik, Lewandowski Germany: Neuer, Rudiger, Hummels, Boateng, Durm, Kramer, Kroos, Bellarabi, Gotze, Schurrle, Muller Follow @jerradpeters Read more...
Published: September 29, 2014
With England having kicked off their Euro 2016 qualification campaign with an impressive victory away to Switzerland, manager Roy Hodgson might not be all that keen to tinker with what worked in Basel on September 8. But at least one uncapped player will have no doubt caught his eye in recent weeks: West Bromich Albion’s Saido Berahino. Following up his goal-scoring performance in the Baggies’...
Published: September 23, 2014
With their Euro 2016 qualification campaign getting off to the worst possible start, Portugal have turned to Fernando Santos in a bid to book a sixth straight trip to the European Championship, according to Goal.com. Given the 59-year-old’s eight-match touchline ban—incurred while in charge of Greece at the 2014 World Cup—the Portuguese Football Federation has decided that even...
Published: September 10, 2014
If there was a common thread that bound the first matchday of Euro 2016 qualifiers it was one of unpredictability. No team, regardless of profile, seemed immune to an upset, and the matches on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday produced no shortage of unlikely heroes. Following are 11 of them, arranged into our qualification Team of the Week. Begin Slideshow Read More →