Injury setbacks fuel Neill's hunger for Namibia tour

Neill has been selected by new head coach Gary Wilson for the five-match series that begins on Thursday in Windhoek (08:30 BST). The 21-year-old made his Ireland debut at the age of 19 in 2025 but suffered a number of…

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Key questions as Farrell set to name Ireland squad

On Wednesday, Farrell will reveal his panel for next month's Nations Championship home leg, which includes home matches against Argentina, Fiji and back-to-back world champions South Africa before the finals weekend at…

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Does anyone feature on more than two clubs' all-time top-10 scoring charts? | The Knowledge

The man he overtook at the top of that list, Jimmy Greaves, is also Chelsea's seventh-highest scorer of all time. Do any other players feature on two (or more) clubs' all-time top- 10 scoring charts?" asks Owen Powell. A…

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Too much Overlap? Gary Neville’s podcast empire knows no bounds

What the pair failed to predict was ex-footballers joining the sector in droves. These days, if you are a former footballer without a podcast or YouTube channel, then did you ever really play the game? Setting aside the…

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Can you name every Englishman to have scored a Champions League hat-trick?

If this puts you in the mood for another challenge, why not have a go at naming the top 40 goalscorers in Champions League history? If you enjoy our quizzes, head to our new Football Games home where you can search an…

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Comparing Lamine Yamal & Lionel Messi’s stats over their first 200 appearances

The winger has scored 70 goals and provided 69 assists in his career to date, adding up to a goal contribution tally slightly higher than Messi’s. Messi himself made his 200th senior career appearance in June 2009…

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Ranking all 26-27 Premier League managers based on how ‘High Performance’ they are

The term, as popularised by Jake Humphrey and his podcast, has come to be a meme of the champagne-sipping elite that think they are all better than this. The ego is often a necessary requirement to work at the top level…

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“I’ll probably need to order a new spine” – Verstappen braced for bumpy weekend at COTA | Formula 1

The track in Austin, Texas has a reputation for being one of the bumpiest on the calendar. The race promoters have attempts to ease the bumps on several occasions and F1’s latest generation of cars are supposed to offer…

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Tandy on copping flak and his tough Wales calls

Tandy named his 39-man squad for November's Nations Championship on Tuesday, with the 11am announcement prompting the usual tribal responses. There was delight at the inclusions of uncapped trio Aneurin Owen, Che Hope…

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Afghanistan cruise past Bangladesh in ODI tri-series - scorecard

Saif c sub b Nabi Saif c sub b Nabi 41 82 55 2 1 148 50.00 Tanzid c Rahmanullah b Yamin Tanzid c Rahmanullah b Yamin 1 6 5 0 0 9 16.67 Soumya b Yamin 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 Shanto c Rahmanullah b Azmatullah Shanto c…

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