Cancelo Tests Positive For Covid-19 Just Days Before Portugal’s Opener

Cancelo Tests Positive For Covid-19 Just Days Before Portugal’s Opener

Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo has tested positive for Covid-19 two days before Portugal’s Euro 2020 opener against Hungary. Cancelo has been placed in isolation and Portugal coach Fernando Santos has replaced the 27-year-old with Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot for...
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Lukaku Scores Brace As Belgium Ease Past Russia

Lukaku Scores Brace As Belgium Ease Past Russia

Belgium started Euro 2020 with a 3-0 win over Russia with Romelu Lukaku dedicating the first of two goals to Inter Milan team-mate Christian Eriksen. The Group B fixture had appeared in doubt when the other match in the group...
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Finnish Celebrations Muted After Eriksen Rushed To Hospital After Collapse

Finnish Celebrations Muted After Eriksen Rushed To Hospital After Collapse

Finland marked their arrival at a first international tournament with a 1-0 win over Denmark in Copenhagen, where the match had been suspended just before half-time after Inter Milan midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed and was taken to hospital. It had...
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Wales’ Kieffer Moore Rescues A Point Against Switzerland

Wales’ Kieffer Moore Rescues A Point Against Switzerland

Kieffer Moore headed a superb equalizer as Wales opened their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1-1 draw against Switzerland at the Olympic Stadium in Baku. Breel Embolo put Switzerland in front after 49 minutes, his close-range effort full reward for...
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Leinster End Rainbow Cup Campaign With Home Win Against Dragons

Leinster End Rainbow Cup Campaign With Home Win Against Dragons

Retiring duo Scott Fardy and Michael Bent bowed out on a winning note as Leinster closed out the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup with a 38-7 bonus-point victory over the Dragons at the RDS. With supporters making their long-awaited return to...
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Two Irish Vaccine Researchers To Be Honored By British Queen

Two Irish Vaccine Researchers To Be Honored By British Queen

Covid-19 has been a “big, wake-up call”, a leading scientist to be recognized by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said. Dublin-born Professor Adrian Hill, co-director of the Oxford Martin Program on Vaccines, is to receive an honorary knighthood for his wor...
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Djokovic Through To French Open Final After Defeating Nadal

Djokovic Through To French Open Final After Defeating Nadal

Rafael Nadal was beaten for just the third time at the French Open as Novak Djokovic won an extraordinary semi-final on a night of sporting drama at Roland Garros. The great Spaniard went into the contest having won 105 of...
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Foster Warns Of Possible Rise In Covid-19 Case Numbers With Delta Variant Spread

Foster Warns Of Possible Rise In Covid-19 Case Numbers With Delta Variant Spread

The North’s First Minister has expressed concern that Covid-19 case numbers could start to rise again due to the Delta variant. Arlene Foster said the current pandemic situation in the region is “very positive”, but she said there are concerns...
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Martin Confident That Power-Sharing Executive Will Be Maintained In The North

Martin Confident That Power-Sharing Executive Will Be Maintained In The North

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has expressed confidence that Stormont’s main parties will navigate the process of renominating ministers and keep power-sharing alive in Northern Ireland. His comments come amid continuing uncertainty over the fate of the devolved ...
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Ireland’s Largest Hospital Has No Covid-19 Patients For First Time Since Pandemic Began

Ireland’s Largest Hospital Has No Covid-19 Patients For First Time Since Pandemic Began

Ireland’s largest hospital has no patients with Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic began, according to the HSE’s chief executive. Paul Reid said it was “remarkable” that St James’s Hospital in Dublin has no Covid patients after dealin...
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