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It’s official - the World Cup is bad for your health and we have the receipts
Fifa World Cup
Millions of football fans all over the planet are tuning in to the biggest ever World Cup.
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Shamrock Rovers turn to bench to rescue a point against Derry City
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland champions were trailing when Stephen Bradley made a quadruple substitution that helped turn things around.
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‘Stop the debate now’ say Ireland stars as Lionel Messi makes World Cup history
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The GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) conversation has been settled, it seems, and it’s bad news for Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Pico Lopes’ ‘absurd’ World Cup story has gone global - here are some takes from around the world
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The Shamrock Rovers defender has emerged as one of the biggest stories of the World Cup.
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Pico Lopes' Cape Verde keep World Cup dream alive with 2-2 Uruguay draw
Shamrock Rovers FC
The minnows continue to impress at the World Cup.
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Shamrock Rovers star feels like he is ‘watching Ireland’ as Pico Lopes continues World Cup adventure
League of Ireland
Enda Stevens will cheer on teammate Pico Lopes once again when Cape Verde take on Uruguay on Sunday night.
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No rest for Pico Lopes when World Cup heroics come to an end as Shamrock Rovers boss declares ‘we're at the business end’
League of Ireland
With League of Ireland and European games set to come thick and fast, the Cape Verde will be straight back into first-team action.
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The GAA has made one of the all-time great football championships invisible in a World Cup year
GAA
Kerry and Armagh is Argentina versus France, but on a weekend RTE will screen 12 World Cup games it is lunacy that it is not on free-to-air TV
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Roy Keane blasts England WAGs for 'ridiculous' World Cup jersey choices
Roy Keane
Roy Keane has slammed England WAGs for wearing World Cup jerseys with their partners' surnames on the back, with the Manchester United legend left fuming during The Overlap podcast
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Roy Keane family life: Rarely-seen wife, famous son-in-law and sporting passion
Roy Keane
Roy Keane is working as a pundit on ITV's World Cup coverage
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Messi, Mbappe, Haaland and Kane scoring exploits have Ireland legend predicting a ‘World Cup of Gladiators’
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Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have gotten their World Cup campaigns off to a flyer.
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When Con Houlihan went to Mexico - four decades since his words captivated a nation
Fifa World Cup
"I could not believe that an educated middle-aged woman could harbour such emotions; to me, it was a symbol of something I'd almost forgotten - the spiritual investment of the Mexicans in this tournament is beyond our understanding in Ireland."
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Didi Hamann is wrong - the jury isn't out on Harry Kane
Harry Kane
Harry Kane is England's playmaker-in-chief and all-time top goalscorer, yet Didi Hamann believes doubts linger over his ability to score goals in the latter stages of a World Cup.
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Scotland fan dies while attending World Cup as tributes paid
Scotland football team
Donny Strathie had travelled to Boston to watch Steve Clarke's men at the World Cup
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Lionel Messi makes World Cup history with hat-trick as Argentina beat Algeria
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi made history in Argentina's win over Algeria
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Pico Lopes reads letter from Shamrock Rovers Stephen Bradley in Fifa video
Fifa World Cup
The Cape Verde defender’s transformation from bank teller to World Cup star features in Stephen Bradley’s letter.
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‘Not meant to be’ - No Spain regret as Pico Lopes outlines World Cup jersey plan
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The League of Ireland star was one of Cape Verde’s most impressive players on their World Cup debut.
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Pico Lopes is Ireland's World Cup Hooper-Star as fans cheer Cape Verde's draw with Spain
Irish News
A former Lourdes Celtic, Home Farm and Belvedere schoolboy, now the captain at Shamrock Rovers, he is the first player to play at any Fifa World Cup while signed to a League of Ireland club.
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Iran World Cup stars slam 'disastrous' treatment as team ordered to leave USA
Iran national football team
Iran were held to a 2-2 draw by New Zealand at the World Cup in the USA, but the squad were ordered to leave the country 'immediately' after the final whistle as part of a pre-agreed condition of their participation
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Pico Lopes was one of four Shamrock Rovers signings announced together - can you name the other three?
Shamrock Rovers FC
Stephen Bradley made the Bohemians defender one of his first signings as Shamrock Rovers manager.
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From bank teller to banking on World Cup glory with Cape Verde via LinkedIn - Pico Lopes’ story in his own words
Fifa World Cup
A call-up on LinkedIn led to the Shamrock Rovers captain forging an international career with Cape Verde.
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Colorado Rapids Meath-born CEO  Pádraig Smith on why this World Cup will be brilliant
Sport Opinion
"Take the 1994 World Cup, and the job that was done there, it was probably a turning point in terms of the commercialisation of World Cups when it was held in the United States." - 8 minute read
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How Stephen Bradley almost dashed Pico Lopes’ World Cup dream
League of Ireland
The Shamrock Rovers defender will make his first World Cup appearance when Cape Verde play Spain on Monday.
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Rod Stewart spotted at World Cup after saying he was too ill to perform
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart was spotted cheering on Scotland at the World Cup just hours after cancelling a concert due to illness.
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