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Scotland wearing their "traditional" pink I see

Wow, that's impressive that you have played all but those two. This week was the first meeting between Ireland and Moldva for example. There are still 4 other European teams we haven't played. Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Ukraine and Kosovo. We have played friendlies against Greece and Belarus but never a competitive match. It's hard to believe we have never been in the same group as Greece

Luxembourg, playing the entire second half with 10 men have drawn 1-1 away against Belarus. The impressive thing is, this is no longer a big surprise. Luxembourg (as with many of the so-called "minnows" of Europe) have been showing good quality in recent times. Edit 1: The referee blew the final whistle one minute too early and is now resuming play Edit 2: And for a second time, the match is over

Don't worry, no one in their right mind would confuse the two

All Rio 2016 boxing judges sidelined and under investigation, not that it means anything. http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1042360/aiba-sidelines-all-referees-and-judges-used-at-rio-2016-olympics-amid-investigation

Cool, and nice to see someone else still has some old tapes besides me

IRELAND The Corrs Runaway "Runaway" Say it's true, there's nothing like me and you I'm not alone, tell me you feel it too And I would run away I would run away, yeah I would run away I would run away with you Cause I am falling in love with you No never I'm never gonna stop Falling in love with you Close the door, lay down upon the floor And by candlelight, make love to me through the night Cause I have run away I have run away, yeah..., yeah I have run away, run away I have run away with you Cause I am falling in love with you No never I'm never gonna stop Falling in love with you... With you... And I would runaway I would runaway, yeah.... I would runaway I would runaway with you Cause I am falling in love with you No never I'm never gonna stop Falling in love with you... Falling in love with you No never I'm never gonna stop falling in love with you With you, my love, with you...

I think this song may have represented Azerbaijan already in the TISC Open 2015.

Will these changes affect the overall weightlifting quota for the next Olympics or will the overall quota stay the same and be re-distributed from the existing categories?

Yesss!! This is wonderful news, it's an honour and pleasure to be the 2016 Olympic field hockey champion Big congrats to my fellow medalists rybak and LDOG for their very nice result. And of course to the organisers for their dedication and giving up their time to make these contests possible, I say Thank You .

There are still quite a lot of nations (25 to be exact) who participated in previous editions of TISC who are yet to enter for TISC Open 2016. 3 of those nations are among 19 nations who have been ever-present since the very first edition in 2013. 11 of those nations have been present in every Open edition of TISC. Here are the full details: Nations which have participated in every previous TISC edition: Nations which have participated in every previous TISC Open edition: Nations by number of previous TISC appearances: 6 appearances 5 appearances 4 appearances 3 appearances 2 appearances 1 appearance

Our medal target of 8 medals exceeded with our 9th medal at these Games from Niamh McCarthy. It was a low target but so was our Olympic target and we didn't even reach that

Thank you, looking forward to the Lithuanian adventure

Ireland will participate

Thanks, and the same for your athletes

An awesome career indeed Ireland's target is 8 medals at these Paralympics which is much lower than last time in London 2012 where we won 8 golds and 16 medals in total. Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop will be going for their 4th gold medals on the track here. Hoping for some good results

You got 3 points and are top of the group, thus in a World Cup qualification position.... that's what happened according to pure statistics

Referee blew the final whistle and still I'm half-expecting someone else to score.... what a fun match to watch as a neutral

Bulgaria 4-3 Luxembourg

Bulgaria 1-0 Luxembourg Let me grab a cup of tea.... 5 mins later Bulgaria 1-2 Luxembourg WTF, I think, I watch the replay of the goal which flashes up on the screen with the second Luxembourg goal. Then I turn back to the mainscreen and it's 2-2! I can't keep up I'm now watching this match instead of all other matches

Scotland... why do you always do this to me?

Awaiting official confirmation but sources from the Lithuanian organising committee speculated about the TISC Open final being held late October / early November. So expect the new contest thread to be opened soon as we will soon need to begin with registration, and then national selections

So it's an end of an era this week with the retirement of Irish legend Robbie Keane from international football. It was quite sad and emotional watching him play his final ever game for Ireland on Wednesday . He has been such a wonderful servant for us and always showing unwavering commitment for the green jersey. Thanks for all the wonderful memories Robbie, you are forever an Irish hero . Of all the wonderful and beautiful goals that he scored in the green jersey, it is this goal which he scored at the World Cup in 2002 that will forever stay in the hearts and minds of the Irish public:

Le Galaxie - Love System ft. Elaine Mai: