Ireland

New Zealand player Michael Bracewell scored 24 runs in the last over, including a six off the penultimate delivery, on July 11 match. Michael's performance helped New Zealand beat Ireland by one wicket in the opening match of their three-game ODI series. Despite Ireland's 300/9 score, all-rounder Michael Bracewell delivered an unbeaten 127 off 82 balls, creating a new record for most target-run chased in the 50th over of men's-ODI.

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo won the hearts of people by giving his jersey to a 11-year-old girl, Addison, on November 12 in Ireland's Aviva stadium. The girl, wearing an Ireland jersey, broke all the protocol to hug the star on the pitch after the match between Portugal and Ireland. However, the Ireland football association didn't impose any penalty on the girl… read-more

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has started an investigation against its team manager Stephen Kenny after he showed an "anti-English" video to his team members. The players reported of feeling uncomfortable by the video content, which Kenny showed them just before the match at Wembly. The video contained motivational pro-Irish messages and also highlighted the history of Anglo-Irish relations. The FAI stated that they were urgently… read-more