Pre World Cup 2010 Friendlies

Pre World Cup 2010 Friendlies- Results

Argentina 5 v/s Canada 0
[Maxi Rodriguez(2), Angel Di Maria, Tevez, Sergio Aguero]

Nigeria 0 v/s Saudi Arabia 0

England 3 v/s Mexico 1
[Ledley King, Peter Couch, Glen Johnson]
[Guillermo Franco]

Czech Republic 4 v/s USA 2
[Tomas Sivok, Jan Polak, Martin Fenin, Tomas Necid]
[Maurice Edu, Herculez Gomez]

North Korea 2 v/s Greece 2
[Jong Tae Se (2)]
[Costas Katsouranis, Angelos Charisteas]

South Africa 1 v/s Bulgaria 1
[Siyabonga Sangweni]
[Valeri Bojinov]

Paraguay 1 v/s Rep. of Ireland 2
[Lucas Barrios]
[Kevin Doyle, Liam Lawrence]

Darren Sutherland Found Dead in London

Darren Sutherland, the Irish Olympic boxer was found dead at his London home yesterday.

The 27-year-old middleweight, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing, was discovered hanged in his apartment by his manager Frank Maloney. The Metropolitan Police are not treating his death as suspicious.

"It is an absolute tragedy," McGuigan, a former world champion, said. "I would describe Darren as a phenomenal talent. I believe he would have become a world champion in the professional ranks one day."

Sutherland had won the first four fights of his professional career and Terry Edwards, the former Great Britain head coach, said that boxing has lost one of its best prospects.

News Courtesy: www.timesonline.co.uk

Former Ireland Rugby International Trevor Ringland receives MBE

Former Ireland rugby international Trevor Ringland, who has played a key role in efforts to ensure a peaceful future for Northern Ireland has been named as an MBE in the New Year's Honours list.

Solicitor Trevor Ringland, a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board who played for Ulster, Ireland and the British Lions during his rugby career was made an MBE for his services to the community.

Former police officer Brian McCargo is made an OBE for his services to sport and to the Special Olympics.



Image Courtesy: BBC Sports

Ireland's Team For Beijing Olympics

Athletics:

Fionnuala Britton (3000 steeplechase), Alistair Cragg (1500/5000m), Jamie Costin (20K Walk), Joanne Cuddihy (400m), Martin Fagan (Marathon), David Gillick (400m), Colin Griffin (50K walk), Robert Heffernan (20K walk), Paul Hession (100/200m), Olive Loughnane (20K walk), Roisin McGettigan (3000m steeplechase), Eileen O'Keeffe (Hammer), Derval O'Rourke (100H).

Badminton:

Scott Evans (singles), Chloe Magee (singles)

Boxing:

Paddy Barnes (light-fly), Kenny Egan (light-heavyweight), John Joe Joyce (light-welterweight), John Joe Nevin (bantam), Darren Sutherland (middleweight)

Canoeing:

Eoin Rheinisch (mens slalom)

Cycling:

Nicholas Roche (Road Race), Philip Deignan (Road Race), David O'Loughlin (Individual Pursuit), Robin Seymour (Mountain Bike).

Equestrian:

Denis Lynch (Show Jumping), Austin O'Connor (Eventing), Geoff Curran (Eventing), Patricia Ryan (Eventing), Louise Lyons (Eventing), Niall Griffin (Eventing)

Fencing:

Siobhan Byrne (Sabre)

Rowing:

Sean O'Neill (coxless fours), Jonno Devlin (coxless fours), Sean Casey (coxless fours), Cormac Folan (coxless fours), Paul Griffin (lightweight fours), Richard Archibald (lightweight fours), Gearoid Towey (lightweight fours), Cathal Moynihan (lightweight fours)

Sailing:

Ciara Peelo (Laser Radial), Tim Goodbody (Finn), Gerard Owens (470), Philip Lawton (470), Peter O'Leary (Star), Stephen Milne (Star)

Shooting:

Derek Burnett (Trap)

Swimming:

Andrew Bree (200m breaststroke), Melanie Nocher (200m backstroke), Aisling Cooney (100m backstroke)

Triathlon:

Emma Davis

Rugby: Australia beat Ireland 18-12

Coach Robbie Deans's Australia beat Ireland 18-12 to give a winning start in a test match on Saturday.

Tries by centre Berrick Barnes and lock James Horwill carried the Wallabies to a 15-7 lead at halftime and flyhalf Matt Giteau extended the advantage with a penalty.

Captain Brian O'Driscoll and Denis Leamy of Ireland were the main 2 scorers.