Nations League

Matt Doherty misses out on Ireland squad for matches against Finland and England

Nations League: Andy Moran in line to play a part in Ireland's final games as Heimir Hallgrímsson backs him to be a success at senior level

Ireland drawn with Turkey, Slovenia and Greece in Women’s Nations League

Eileen Gleeson’s side are comfortably the highest ranked of the four teams in the group

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

Hallgrímsson and Tuchel bring foreign eyes to old failings for Ireland and England

Appointments of Icelander and German prove that FAI and FA do not trust their own coaching infrastructures

Ireland show signs of improvement but Hallgrímsson still has to solve ‘something psychological’

Emergence of Festy Ebosele and return to fitness of Evan Ferguson among positives from an encouraging international window

Ireland take home some positives as one-game winning streak comes undone

Greece took advantage of Irish lapse in concentration, but there were encouraging performances on the pitch

Houghton drills down on the ‘Greek lads’ as Ireland succumb to errors

TV View: Like Heimir Hallgrímsson, who swapped Finn Azaz for Troy Parrott, RTÉ made a big change for this game by bringing in Ray Houghton for Stephen Kelly as their co-commentator

Greece continue to hold upper hand over Ireland as they capitalise on mistakes

Caoimhín Kelleher was outstanding in Nations League game, but his late error gifted Greeks the clinching goal

Republic of Ireland lose 2-0 to Greece in Athens: As it happened

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side fail to build on Thursday’s win over Finland

Conventional England happy to do enough against limited Finland

Grealish opens the scoring with a cool finish after a lovely flick from Angel Gomes

All in the Game: Klopp’s Red Bull deal gives his German critics wings

Plus: Messi and Ronaldo battle it out at the perfume counter; Ireland rack up the z’s; Ronaldo’s sister rushes to his defence

Greece’s rising capabilities on show with victory over England

Ireland will face a Greece with a new sense of purpose

Conor Bradley to captain Northern Ireland for Nations League fixture against Belarus

Michael O’Neill’s team travel to Hungary to face Belarus on Saturday

England’s exciting team turn into a mess for Carsley as Greece record historic win

Superb performance by the Greeks as they paid tribute to the late George Baldock

Heimir Hallgrímsson hails boost in confidence after first Ireland win for new boss

We need to start thinking about Greece’ says manager after comeback win in Helsinki

Robbie Brady rolls back the years as Ireland finally taste victory in Helsinki

Goal and assist for wing-back against Finland helps halt team’s downward spiral in Nations League

Ken Early: Robbie Brady gives Ireland fans another night to remember in Helsinki

Heimir Halgrímsson’s side showed plenty of character to bounce back from half-time deficit to claim first competitive win of 2024

Finland 1 Ireland 2 FT: Nations League as it happened

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s men get their first win after Robbie Brady’s late strike in Helsinki

Ireland player ratings: Liam Scales and Robbie Brady to the fore as Ireland beat Finland 2-1

A late winner from the Preston winger caps a terrific night’s work, while the Celtic defender looks every inch the Champions League centre back

Ireland desperate to relieve sinking feeling in Finland

Amid one of the grimmest runs in Irish football history, Heimir Hallgrímsson needs to find a way to get a positive result in Thursday’s Nations League clash

Lee Carsley embracing his inner Pep Guardiola with England

England welcome Greece to Wembley for their Uefa Nations League game on Thursday

Finland have Ireland in their sights, but they’ll have a job taking attention away from the ice hockey

Manager Markku Kanerva needs the three points after a bad run against Greece and England, with less than half of the tickets for the 36,000-capacity grounds sold

Ken Early: Nations League games offer Ireland a chance to liberate ourselves by embracing football failure

Let us dream of a place beyond desire, beyond hope, where nothing that happens to our team can hurt us any more

Nations League: All you need to know ahead of Ireland’s away games against Finland and Greece

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s Ireland travel to Helsinki for Thursday night’s game before heading south to Athens for Sunday’s encounter with Greece

Heimir Hallgrímsson seeks to halt Ireland’s downward spiral in Helsinki

Nathan Collins to captain the Republic again in the absence of the injured Seamus Coleman

Evan Ferguson: ‘If you start overthinking stuff, you end up going backwards’

Meagre minutes for Brighton teenager in Premier League not stopping the Republic of Ireland international’s progress

John O’Shea: ‘If you tell me we’re going to play terribly but beat Finland, we’ll take it’

Assistant manager trying to implement new ideas but has to find balance with getting results

John O’Shea believes commentary around Irish players is ‘too derogatory’

Evan Ferguson, meanwhile, remains a fitness concern with his lack of game time at Brighton

Irish rugby managed to turn things around, but can the FAI do the same for soccer?

A dwindling number of Irish players making a mark overseas leaves Heimir Hallgrímsson with a difficult job

Kevin Kilbane: Matt Doherty’s omission puts Ireland squad on notice

New manager Heimir Hallgrímsson shows that hierarchy of selection exists for Ireland squad

Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke recalled by England but Harry Maguire left out

The 27-year-old striker is in squad to face Greece and Finland as Manchester United defender misses out

‘I called him, he was not happy:’ Matt Doherty misses out as Hallgrímsson names Ireland squad

Heimir Hallgrímsson still searching for first win as Republic of Ireland manager

Heimir Hallgrímsson: ‘We need to play better. I’m not hiding behind that’

Ireland have lost 11 of their last 14 competitive matches after defeat to Greece

Ken Early: Relegation beckons for Ireland as the booing gets louder

Nil-all at half-time was already a big improvement on the last time Greece were here in October 2023. Then Ireland lost whatever semblance of control they had in midfield

Ireland’s promising opening act undone by old failings as Greece take advantage

There were positives in Heimir Hallgrímsson’s second game but at the end a familiar feeling of despair

Ireland 0 Greece 2 FT as it happened: Nations League

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s second defeat in charge as disappointing campaign continues

Centurion Kane on the double as England brush Finland aside

England striker Harry Kane wins his 100th cap and brings his tally to 68 international goals with a brace against Finland to mark the occasion in fitting fashion

A Greek tragedy at the Aviva as Ireland fail to rise above the gloom

Disappointing results for the under-21s and senior teams leave pundits struggling to find positives

Ireland ratings: Jayson Molumby the pick of the bunch on another grim night against Greece

A decent display from Will Smallbone but too many of Heimir Hallgrímsson’s players are below par yet again as they lose at home to Greece

Little respite for Ireland ahead of tricky Greece assignment

Nations League, Group B2 - Republic of Ireland v Greece, Aviva Stadium, 7.45pm – Live RTÉ Two

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