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Pole star defends Celtic fumbler
Former Poland star Jan Tomaszewski has leapt to the defence of his compatriot Artur Boruc after severe criticism of his performance in Sunday’s Old Firm derby.
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Polish boss opens door to Boruc
Poland manager Leo Beenhakker has opened the international door for axed Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc, despite dropping him for next week’s World Cup kick-off.
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Georgia consider alternative venues
The Georgian Football Federation is considering cities in Germany, Poland and Austria as alternative venues for next week’s World Cup Group 8 opener against the Republic of Ireland – if Tbilisi is ruled out of bounds by Fifa.
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Hoops star Boruc receives Pole axe
Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has been dropped from the Poland national squad for indiscipline during this week’s friendly international against Ukraine.
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Ireland to face Poland
An announcement has been made today by the FAI revealing that the Republic of Ireland will face Poland in an international friendly at Croke Park on November 19th.
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Croatia defender suffers injury blow
Croatia defender Dario Knezevic will miss the remainder of his side’s Euro 2008 campaign after picking up a knee injury against Poland earlier this week.
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Austrian coach eyes Poland scalp
Austria head coach Josef Hickersberger feels his side can be confident of taking the scalp of Poland in Thursday night’s Group D encounter in Vienna.
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BLOG
CROATIA: A point against Germany would be great
Croatia will have huge respect for Germany in Thursday’s big game, but if we can win at least a point we could be able to top the group and avoid a really good Portugal side in the quarter-finals. With Robbie Landeka
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Czechs need ”perfect performance”
Czech Republic captain Tomas Ujfalusi admits his side must produce a perfect defensive performance to keep Portugal at bay in Wednesday evening’s Group A encounter.
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Turkey reeling from Emre blow
Turkey will be without captain Emre for Wednesday’s Group A clash with co-hosts Switzerland after the former Newcastle United midfielder sustained an injury in training.
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Wales interested in Euro bid
The Welsh FA have expressed an interested in lodging a joint-bid with Scotland for the 2012 European Championship finals if Ukraine and Poland are stripped of the tournament.
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Euro 2012 hopes alive for Ireland
Ireland’s hopes of co-hosting a major tournament are back in the pipeline, with reports that the Celtic bid with Scotland could be resurrected due to concerns over the ability of Poland and Ukraine to stage the Euro 2012 finals.
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Germans impress in Group B openers
Tournament favourites Germany produced a fine display to oust neighbours Poland while Croatia edged co-hosts Austria in the first games of Group B on Sunday.
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ROUND-UP
Portugal, Czechs take opening wins
The favourites to progress from Euro 2008 Group A, Portugal and the Czech Republic, both secured opening day victories over Turkey and hosts Switzerland respectively on Saturday.
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Ballack trusts in Jens
Germany captain Michael Ballack insists there is “no discussion” about the merits of Jens Lehmann ahead of the Euro 2008 kick-off against Poland on Sunday.
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ACTION
Portugal too good for Irish youngsters
Republic of Ireland 0-2 Portugal
Goals early in each half saw the Portuguese under-21 underline their top seed status in the Republic of Ireland’s European Championship Group 3 qualification group at Turners Cross on Friday evening.
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Agent hints at Boruc Celtic exit
The agent of Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has revealed that his client could be tempted by a move away from Parkhead next summer – leading to renewed speculation linking the Poland star with Premiership big guns Arsenal.
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Rangers boss rests Ferguson for Bhoys test
Rangers manager Paul Le Guen will rest captain Barry Ferguson during Thursday night’s Uefa Cup Group A fixture against Partizan Belgrade in a bid to keep him fresh for Sunday’s Old Firm derby against Celtic.
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"What is important is his mentality. He said to me yesterday, ’I want to be in the team, I want to play’, and that is a big, big example to all the Ireland players because that is a very important mentality." -
Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni on the exemplary mentality of Kevin Kilbane.
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