FAI given €10,000 fine by Uefa for booing of God Save the King
Jack Grealish and Declan Rice were booed relentlessly during the game, as Ireland were beaten 2-0 by England in the Nations League
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Irish FA chief ‘confident’ Northern Ireland will play Belarus in Belfast
Venue for Nations League game has been in some doubt given UK government’s stance over athletes from Belarus
Shamrock Rovers visit Belfast to take on Larne for first European group game in Northern Ireland
Rovers will expect to bank the €400,000 win bonus here and move closer to the knock-out stages
Jarlath Burns rows in behind Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosting Euro 2028 games
‘We know that Páirc Uí Chaoimh is open for all business and we would recommend as many games as possible’
Páirc Uí Chaoimh mooted as alternative Euro 2028 venue to Casement Park
Croke Park also in the mix as Minister says it is important to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to keep as many games as possible on island
Independent football regulator will not jeopardise England’s participation at Euro 2028
Uefa’s biggest concern said to be about the potential for what it calls ‘scope creep’ within the independent football regulator
Casement Park row: Taoiseach plans to meet GAA over future of west Belfast stadium
Simon Harris said he shared the disappointment that Euro 2028 games will not be played in Belfast after UK government announced it would not fund Casement Park redevelopment
London’s abandonment of plans to fund Casement Park revival will come as no surprise
Without the Euro 2028 target, a difficult job for the GAA becomes even more difficult
UK government will not fund Casement Park redevelopment in time for Euro 2028
Joint letter says costs had risen to £400m with ‘significant risk’ project would not be finished in time for competition
Ireland forced to settle for draw with Latvia in tense under-21 qualifier
Despite goals from Sinclair Armstrong and Sean Roughan, Ireland’s qualification campaign suffers a blow in Tallaght
‘Nobody’s giving me any grief’: We meet English fans in Dublin ahead of Republic of Ireland game
Travelling fans believe antagonistic days are in the rearview mirror almost 30 years after violence halted Lansdowne Road match
Uefa and ECA agree to increase solidarity payments for Irish clubs to €3.58m
‘All the Irish clubs want ambition to have a position or space in Uefa club competition’ says European Club Association chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi
Uefa lowers maximum ticket price for away fans attending Champions League games
From next season Champions League away tickets will be capped at €50
Austrians taunting the French with baguettes is the kind of nationalism we can all get behind
Football is a good outlet for defanged nationalism but light-hearted spaghetti japes should not be mistaken for signs of unity in a fractured continent
Beer sales bonanza as Euro 2024 kicks off with a little help from Albärt the mascot
Planet Business: Apple has us shaking our heads, Paramount calls off a planned merger and it never rains but it pours for Rishi Sunak
Ciarán Murphy: The GAA doesn’t need bigger stadiums – it needs better ones
GAA president Jarlath Burns pessimistic about prospects for Euro 2028 in Belfast but already imagining a new future for Casement Park
Fall in anti-immigration events but ‘huge rise in level of protest aggression’ - Garda
Gardaí in Dublin now dealing with much larger number of pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protest events, says Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis
Europa League final fans: ‘Dublin is amazing, especially the Guinness and the pubs’
Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta fans descended on the capital on Wednesday for the tournament decider at Lansdowne Road
Bayer Leverkusen arrive in Dublin with a new spring in their step
After winning first Bundesliga title, Bayer face Atalanta in Europa League final at ‘Dublin Stadium’
Uefa reserve Croke Park as potential public viewing venue for Europa League final
Theodore Theodoridis speaks of ‘challenge’ with possibility of Liverpool or Rangers in final
Casement Park redevelopment: ‘People said it will never happen but I was firm believer it would’
Preparation work gets underway for derelict Belfast GAA ground’s next role as a venue for Uefa Euro 2028 soccer tournament
Blue cards to be introduced into football for sinbins under Ifab trials
International Football Association Board to sign off on plans to trial blue cards which would remove a player to the sin-bin for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls
FAI support Uefa amendments as president Čeferin says he will depart after current term
English FA votes against motion on extending term limits
Pep Guardiola hits out at Uefa president after comments on Manchester City’s overturned European ban
In 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled Uefa on their ban but City still had to pay a fine of €10 million
Explainer: What does the European Super League verdict mean for football?
Manchester United among clubs to commit to Uefa competitions despite being one of the initial teams to break away
European Super League project gets huge boost after court of justice ruling
Fifa and Uefa found to be ‘abusing a dominant position’
Celtic fined for fans’ Palestinian flags during Champions League game
Uefa said flags had ‘provocative messages of an offensive nature’
Ireland’s game against Albania resumes after it was suspended due to torrential rain
Nations League game’s second half could be played tomorrow if conditions do not improve
Will co-hosting Euro 2028 be of any real benefit to Irish football?
Ciarán Hancock and panel tease out the pros and cons of hosting an international tournament
Ireland confirmed as co-hosts of Euro 2028 as Uefa accepts joint bid with UK
Two separate bids were presented to Uefa’s 18-person executive committee in Nyon on Tuesday
‘Croke Park is class but in Casement you felt like you were playing on a carpet. It was the perfect surface’
Excitement is building in west Belfast now that it looks like Casement Park, derelict for a decade, is finally to be redeveloped ahead of Euro 2028
What is the current situation with Casement Park’s redevelopment?
Explainer: Should work on the Casement project fail to begin by 2025, then Euro 2028 will not be in Northern Ireland
Euro 2028: Costs and benefits of Ireland bid scrutinised ‘in great detail’ after Minister questioned financial basis
Paschal Donohoe had questioned whether estimated value of events would be reached
Euro 2028: What now as Ireland-UK bid to host finals set to get go-ahead?
Q&A: FAI boss Jonathan Hill says Aviva Stadium would host six matches – four group stage games, a last-16 tie and a quarter-final
Ken Early: Salah could be playing in the Saudi league next season
LIV Golf has already shown us the power of money in sport and entry to Uefa’s top club competitions would be a game changer for the ambitious Saudi Pro League
Uefa will not follow ‘absurd’ stoppage time rules, says official
Zvonimir Boban says it is a ‘tragedy’ of player welfare to add on up to 15 minutes to a game
Ireland not yet guaranteed automatic Euro 2028 qualification if named as co-hosts
Uefa rules state that if more than two co-hosts, automatic qualification of all host countries cannot be guaranteed.
Juventus axed from European competition while Chelsea hit with €10m fine by Uefa
Italian side banned over breaches of financial fair play rules and are axed from Europa Conference League
Lee Carsley’s England beat Spain in Euro under 21 final after Trafford’s penalty heroics
Former Ireland international’s team beat Spain thanks to heroics from goalkeeper James Trafford
Jarrod Bowen’s 90th minute strike clinches Europa Conference League title for West Ham
David Moyes leads the Hammers to their first major trophy since winning the FA Cup in 1980
West Ham on cusp of European silverware for first time in almost 60 years
Hammers take on Fiorentina in Europa Conference League with ‘chance to create legacy’ within their grasp
José Mourinho charged with abusing referee Anthony Taylor, say Uefa
Portuguese manager was filmed shouting at officials after Roma’s loss to Sevilla in Europa League final
Republic of Ireland’s Under-17 Championships hopes end as Spain book semi-final place against France
Despite skills of Naj Razi, Spanish teens clock up convincing victory in Budapest, with Irish also missing out on World Cup play-off
Barcelona president denies any crime in refereeing scandal
Joan Laporta said all payments made by the club to a company owned by a senior refereeing official were for advisory matters
Robbie Keane to be part of new Uefa group to help set laws of football
Handball rule a priority to be discussed, as Keane included with names such as Zinedine Zidane and Jose Mourinho
Soccer and Society in Dublin: A rich and comprehensive read
Conor Curran’s engaging book is a welcome addition to a growing body of research into the role of sport in Irish society
English FA backed Ceferin for Uefa re-election weeks after final chaos in Paris
Liverpool fans describe move as ‘shocking’ and a ‘betrayal’
Liverpool fans’ lawyers give Uefa a week to agree to compensate for Champions League final chaos or face claim
Uefa was found this week to have ‘primary responsibility’ for scenes outside the Stade de France
Lawyers of traumatised Liverpool fans say report blaming Uefa boosts case
More than 2,600 people were caught up in the hours of chaos and safety failures in Paris
Uefa’s own review into Champions League final chaos finds they had ‘primary responsibility’
Alarming criticisms of culture and operations at Uefa and of the French police made in a damning report
‘The walking corpse’: European Super League’s new vision greeted with scorn
Open competition involving 60-80 clubs proposed
Uefa Nations League to have new knockout round after 2024
Netherlands to play Croatia, Italy to play Spain in semi-finals this June
Hosts of the Euros do Uefa a favour, not the other way around
Uefa need the UK and Ireland bid to fill their coffers after suffering extensive losses during the pandemic
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