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Ireland’s qualification hopes look forlorn with three games still to play.

McClean is currently joint fifth with Steve Staunton on the list of the Republic of Ireland’s most-capped players.

Ireland cannot afford a third Group B defeat if they are to stand any chance of qualification.

Ireland have collected three points from their first three Group B games.

In Zurich, where Neeraj Chopra is competing four days after being crowned world champion, he will be up against familiar rivals like Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch, bronze winner in Budapest with 86.67m, Julian Weber of Germany and two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada. Only Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, silver medallist…

The Dutchwoman guided Ireland’s women to the World Cup finals for the first time.

Campbell was not chosen as part of Vera Pauw’s squad after failing to recover from an injury in time.

Pauw’s contract is up at the end of the tournament, with Ireland having already been eliminated.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has been criticised for "undermining republican values" after supporting comments that officers under investigation should be treated differently when brought before the courts.