Arsenal u23 Ballard makes strong senior international debut
20-year-old Arsenal defender Daniel Ballard made his senior international debut for Northern Ireland on Friday, helping their 10-man team to a draw.
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Daniel Ballard named in senior Northern Ireland squad for second consecutive time
Daniel Ballard has been named in the senior Northern Ireland squad for the second time in a row, despite not having made his debut for Arsenal just yet.
Ballard helping ‘freshen up’ Northern Ireland squad after surprise call-up
Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has said that the new, young faces, that include Arsenal’s Daniel Ballard, are helping to ‘freshen things up’ around the squad.
Fans react to Xhaka performance against Northern Ireland
The Arsenal fans weren’t impressed with Granit Xhaka’s performance against Northern Ireland.
Granit Xhaka says ‘no discussion’ around penalty that handed Switzerland World Cup advantage
Granit Xhaka doesn’t understand why everyone’s making such a big deal about the penalty Switzerland were given against Northern Ireland on Thursday evening.
Granit Xhaka described as ‘playmaker with vision’ as Switzerland rob Northern Ireland
Granit Xhaka won’t play in many easier matches than the one he took part in against Northern Ireland on Thursday night at the National Stadium in Belfast.
Revealed: The full draw for the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship in Northern Ireland
The draw for the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship took place at Belfast City Hall this afternoon, with host nation Northern Ireland, England and Scotland all involved.
Weekend recap: Arsenal players paying the penalty + Lukaku and more
Before I start this I’m going to be honest – I couldn’t have cared less about what was going on in the world of Arsenal…
Saturday Arsenal recap: One in, one out
Things have, perhaps not unexpectedly been a bit quite over the last few days. With no actual football to talk about and the UK tearing…
Ramsey and Wales get lucky against Northern Ireland
Aaron Ramsey has made it through to the quarter-finals of the Euros with Wales but they needed an own goal to seal the win over Northern Ireland.
Mesut Ozil on Boateng ‘That’s his opinion’
Mesut Ozil has, apparently, growled a response when asked about Jerome Boateng’s comments that claimed Germany were not good enough in the final third during their goalless draw with Poland on Thursday night.
Szczesny maturing nicely as Poland overcome stubborn Northern Ireland
Wojciech Szczesny started in goal for Poland as they beat a stubborn Northern Ireland on Sunday afternoon.
11 new football rules you need to know ahead of the Euros
As the Euros get ready to start, many people haven’t realised that there have been a host of rule changes. Here are 11 of the 95 changes so you know what’s going on at least some of the time (although some are quite ridiculous)