A number of Europa League games are taking place tonight and some have already finished — Tottenham have beaten Cypriot side AEL Limassol 2-1 thanks to late goals from Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane.
“I’ve said it quite a lot — there’s your life and there’s the rugby side of things. At different stages one has been brilliant and the other has been tough and then vice versa.
“There are lots of challenges that go with living abroad especially for a homebird like myself and Laura as well.
“There are two sides of it and there are ups and downs along the way but I suppose I’ll appreciate it in years to come. I’ll have another language and I’ll have done it.”
TheScore.ie’s Niall Kelly was in Abbotstown for the Ireland squad announcement earlier today.
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The fixture list
Day 5 of the European Paralympics gets underway in Swansea.
A number of FAI Cup matches take place tomorrow, including Cork v Bohs at Turners Cross.
Bayern Munich take on Wolfsburg in the first game of the Bundesliga season at 7.30pm.
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Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have nominated Andre Marriner — the referee who unwittingly sent off the former instead of the latter in a case of mistaken identity during Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea last season — for the increasingly ubiquitous ice bucket challenge.
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This Julie-Ann Russell goal in Ireland’s 2-0 win over Slovenia is pretty spectacular.
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“I’ve said it quite a lot — there’s your life and there’s the rugby side of things. At different stages one has been brilliant and the other has been tough and then vice versa.
“There are lots of challenges that go with living abroad especially for a homebird like myself and Laura as well.
“There are two sides of it and there are ups and downs along the way but I suppose I’ll appreciate it in years to come. I’ll have another language and I’ll have done it.”
Jonny Sexton discusses life in Paris with Racing Metro.
Where we were today
TheScore.ie’s Niall Kelly was in Abbotstown for the Ireland squad announcement earlier today.
The fixture list
Showbiz, baby!
Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have nominated Andre Marriner — the referee who unwittingly sent off the former instead of the latter in a case of mistaken identity during Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea last season — for the increasingly ubiquitous ice bucket challenge.
“Ehhh, wizzle wuzzle?”
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