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Oct 4, 2026 - Sports

The Republic of Ireland’s manager Heimir Hallgrímsson has called on Uefa to keep his side away from Israel in future draws after a pair of fixtures he admitted “has been tough on us all”. Ireland were pegged back to a draw in another tetchy encounter, this time played without fans at TSC Arena in Backa Topola, Serbia.Hallgrímsson did not want to comment on a half-time confrontation, after which it is understood a member of his backroom staff alleged he was spat at by an Israeli player – something the Icelandic manager said was better left to a disciplinary committee. Continue reading...

Oct 4, 2026 - Sports

A howler from Ward cost Wales against Denmark while a Portugal side without Ronaldo got the job done against Norway, who saw Haaland limp off.Five minutes before it all kicks off. Here are some quick stats and facts:Greece’s 1-0 win in the reverse fixture was their first victory over Germany in 11 meetings. Dimitris Kourbelis scored the only goal.Greece lead the group on seven points from three games; Germany are third on four.Germany arrive after a 2-0 win over Serbia, their first victory under Jürgen Klopp.The Netherlands won 2-1 in Belgrade last month, with Mexx Meerdink scoring twice, including the winner.Meerdink’s brace came on his first international start, in only his second senior appearance for the Netherlands.Serbia have lost all three group games so far, while the Netherlands are unbeaten after a win and two draws.Portugal have won all three group games and lead Group A4 on nine points.The sides have already met once in this Nations League: Portugal won 2-1 in Oslo, with João Félix and Gonçalo Ramos scoring.Norway’s Erling Haaland has scored three goals in the group so far.Denmark beat Wales 2-0 in Copenhagen last month, with Ben Davies turning in Mikkel Damsgaard’s cross before Gustav Isaksen scored.Wales bounced back with a 2-1 win over Norway on Thursday, their first victory of the group campaign.Denmark have won eight of the teams’ 12 meetings, with Wales winning four; they have never drawn.Ireland won the first meeting 3-0 last week, scoring all three goals in the first 25 minutes.Troy Parrott has scored three times across Ireland’s last two games: once against Israel, then twice against Austria.The match is being played behind closed doors at a neutral venue in Bačka Topola, Serbia, after being moved from Dublin. Continue reading...

Oct 4, 2026 - Sports

Rams score two touchdowns in final four minutesKansas City Chiefs edge Las Vegas to stay unbeatenLamar Jackson leaves stadium in protective bootDrake Maye finds form in Pats win over BillsKyren Williams ran for two touchdowns in the final four minutes as Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia Eagles. The Rams had struggled offensively all afternoon and a win seemed out of reach until late in the fourth quarter, when Eagles coach Nick Sirianni decided against kicking a chip-shot field goal that would have made it a three-score game and instead went for it on fourth down. The Eagles failed to convert, giving the Rams new life. Stafford led touchdown drives of 98 and 79 yards, with Williams scoring the go-ahead touchdown from seven yards out. Both teams are 2-2 on the season. Continue reading...

Oct 4, 2026 - Sports

Coming third in the World Cup was really not a disaster, and Saturday’s rout of Croatia and building the team around Jude Bellingham are good signsMove fast and fix things. It has been a fine week so far for Thomas Tuchel as he attempts the cyclical task of soldering together not just an England team, but a way of looking like one, all the while being battered by the to-and-fro conflicting winds of England managerdom.There is nothing new here. This is a job that involves not just picking the right players and making high-stakes calculations over your second-half substitutions, but carrying out these basic duties while wrestling with aggrieved members of the Thuggee cult on a collapsing rope bridge outside the Temple of Doom, and simultaneously having your heart ripped out. Continue reading...

Oct 4, 2026 - Sports

Wales crave momentum but, a few days after surely the sweetest high of Craig Bellamy’s two-year reign, a sapping international window ended on a bum note. At least until Bellamy was informed Portugal’s comeback victory over Norway means Wales will spend the next six weeks in third, and not bottom of Nations League A4 owing to their superior head-to-record. “That’s actually quite nice,” the Wales head coach said, slowly digesting the silver lining about half an hour after the final whistle. “That’s brightened up a real rubbish moment.”Bellamy suggested last Thursday’s victory over Norway blew the group wide open with a hand grenade but Danny Ward detonated one to give Denmark a second-half penalty and Rasmus Højlund’s flawless spot-kick ultimately proved the difference. The galling thing for Ward was that until his moment of madness, he had kept his country in the game, his best stop a sublime right-hand save to deny Gustav Isaksen. A first clean sheet since beating Liechtenstein last November also went out of the window for Wales. The life of a goalkeeper, eh? Continue reading...