News from the Club...
'SINCLAIR Armstrong was in fine goalscoring form as the Republic of Ireland’s Under-21s
continued their Euro qualification campaign.
The 20-year-old striker was on target in Ireland’s 3-2 defeat in Norway on Friday - and got
himself on the scoresheet once more in Tuesday evening’s 2-2 draw with Italy in Cork.
Elsewhere, Lyndon Dykes was introduced as a 70th-minute substitute as Scotland recorded a 3-3
home draw with Norway to round off their successful Euro 2024 campaign on Sunday.
On Monday, Paul Smyth returned from injury to play the final 12 minutes of Northern Ireland's
2-0 Euro qualifying win over Denmark.
Sierra Leone skipper Osman Kakay an co. hosted Mo Salah’s Egypt in their latest 2026 World Cup ,
with the visitors running out 2-0 victors.
Rayan Kolli scored again for Algeria Under-20s on Sunday - clocking up 90 more minutes, too, in a
4-3 UNAF U20 tournament defeat to Libya. Kolli also played the full 90 minutes in Friday's 3-0
reverse to Egypt.
Stephen Duke-McKenna’s Guyana were 5-1 winners over Antigua & Barbuda in the CONCACAF Nations
League on Wednesday. Duke-McKenna played the full 90 minutes.
Arkell Jude-Boyd didn’t feature in St. Lucia’s 2-1 home defeat to Sint Maarten in the same competition.
Alex Aoraha clocked up further minutes for Iraq’s U23s - coming on in the 82nd minute in Saturday’s
#1-1 friendly draw with the USA, before featuring from the start in a 4-0 defeat to Ivory Coast on Monday.
Finally, Lorent Talla was introduced as a 71st-minute substitute as Kosovo beat Ukraine 4-0 away in their
latest Euro U19 qualifier on Saturday, then came on in the 63rd minute of Tuesday's 2-2 draw in Malta.
Congratulations to all our international R’s.'