Czech football has been engulfed in a match-fixing scandal just days before the national team's World Cup play-off clash with the Republic of Ireland. The Czech football association, the Fotbalova ...

Czech Republic 2 (Schick 27, Krejci 86) Republic of Ireland 2 (Parrott 19, Kovar OG 23) (AET) (Ireland lose 4-3 on penalties) Czech Republic: Kovar; Holes (Chaloupek 45), Krejci (capt), Hranac; Coufal ...

The Republic of Ireland will not be at the World Cup this summer after being beaten 4-3 in a penalty shooutout against Czech Republic in the World Cup qualifying play-offs. Ireland began the game in ...

A familiar tale of World Cup playoff agony awaited the Republic of Ireland in Prague, but this was no hard luck story. Heimir Hallgrímsson’s team twice had the Czech Republic where they wanted them, ...

Following a disastrous defeat away to Armenia back in September, Ireland then lost away to Portugal which put their World Cup qualifying bid in critical condition. Then, in a remarkable turnaround ...

March 25 (Reuters) - Czech Republic coach Miroslav Koubek rejected media reports he had described World Cup playoff opponents Ireland as having a primitive playing style, as he prepares to take charge ...

PRAGUE — Ireland midfielder Sammie Szmodics was stretchered off after being left unconscious following a heavy collision with an opponent in a World Cup qualification playoff game against the Czech ...