The Republic of Ireland will be bottom seeds if they qualify for the 2026 World Cup in North America

Tomas Soucek has been stripped of the Czech Republic captaincy

Keane and Rooney were speaking on the Stick to Football podcast

Denmark would be a possible opponent if the team makes it to the final, and Ireland would also host the final if they beat Czechia.

Denmark would be a possible opponent if the team makes it to the final, and Ireland would also host the final if they beat Czechia.

In added time Tierney fired in from 25 yards with McLean scoring from the halfway line.

England or France await in the final.

Noni Madueke, Ezri Konsa and Marc Guehi all scored their first international goals in between strikes from Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford.

Ireland progress as runners-up and will face the winners of Pool D in the quarter-finals.

England face their toughest World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

Six tries decorated an ultimately emphatic Irish victory.

Italy sack manager Spalletti after Norway defeat

The Bristol Bears signing generated a record crowd for her Premiership debut.

Ex-France, Real Madrid defender Varane announces retirement

Ireland beat Scotland 15-12 at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast

Varane says that he advises his seven-year-old son not to head the ball when he plays.

The World Cup in France has had plenty of thrills and spills.

England’s only defeat in Rugby World Cup was the agonising 16-15 loss to South Africa in the semi-final.

Steve Borthwick’s men earned a 26-23 win at Stade de France.

The 30-year-old Munster lock represented Ireland at the 2019 World Cup in Japan

The incident is alleged to have occurred in Saturday night’s World Cup semi-final.

Curry raised the incident with referee Ben O’Keeffe during the game

Hansen appeared to be a major doubt for Saturday’s Stade de France clash.

The world’s top-ranked nation are seeking to reach the last four of the tournament for the first time.

Wings James Lowe and Keith Earls and centre Robbie Henshaw all participated in training.

Lock James Ryan will see a specialist about his wrist injury.

Gloucester wing has been in sparkling form during Wales’ quarter-final march.

Andy Farrell’s men have topped the Test world rankings since upsetting New Zealand last summer.

Peter O’Mahony will become only the 10th Irishman to earn 100 caps on Saturday.

The Six Nations champions are still in danger of flying home before the knockout stages.

The 30-year-old is struggling with a ‘niggle’ and will be assessed ahead of head coach Andy Farrell naming his matchday squad on Thursday afternoon.

The Six Nations rivals clash in a qualification shoot-out in Pool B next Saturday.

The 35-year-old suffered a calf problem on August 26 in his country’s final warm-up match.

The 25-year-old sat out bonus-point wins over Romania and Tonga.

Townsend was astonished that Taumoepeau did not have his yellow card upgraded to a red.

Wales secured their fourth successive quarter-final place and left Australia close to an embarrassing early elimination.

Scotland showed their attacking quality to get themselves a foothold in the top-heavy pool B.