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Portugal has been dealt a massive blow ahead of their World Cup playoff tie against Bosnia-Herzegovina with the news that star player Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruled out with an ankle injury. The current FIFA World Player of the Year has missed the last seven games for his club side Real Madrid having aggrevated the [...]
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The Republic of Ireland will play France in the World Cup playoffs with the first leg at home following this afternoon’s draw in Zurich. In the other three ties, Portugal face Bosnia, Greece go up against Ukraine, and Russia host Slovenia in the first leg. As well as being a difficult tie in itself for [...]
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With the draw for the World Cup playoffs to be made tomorrow, Michael Donnelly takes a look at Ireland’s potential opponents. So after 900 minutes, 20 goals (12 for and 8 against) and a never ending argument about a certain midfielder, we find ourselves in a position that was hard to believe could be achieved [...]
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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo will be out for up to a month after suffering a sprained ankle while on international duty with Portugal. The 23 year old was forced to come off injured in his nation’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Hungary on Saturday. “After a clinical examination and an MRI scan, it is confirmed [...]
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Portugal have never quite delivered at international level and, with qualification for next summer’s World Cup hanging by a thread, Neil Sherwin looks at the reasons why. The late 1990s and early 2000s promised so much for Portugal, especially after the country’s victories at the under 20 FIFA World Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991, [...]
