Wigan Athletic striker Will Grigg has been named in Northern Ireland s final 23-man squad for Euro 2016.

Liam Boyce, Billy McKay, Daniel Lafferty, Michael Smith and Ben Reeves have all been cut by Michael O Neill, the Irish Football Association announced on Saturday.

Grigg, who scored 25 goals as Wigan claimed the League One title this season, opened his international account in Friday s 3-0 friendly victory over Belarus. QPR striker Conor Washington, who scored his second goal in three appearances in that win, has also made the squad.

The Northern Ireland squad for 2016!

— Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland)

O Neill admitted it was a tough to leave out Boyce, who scored 20 times in all competitions for Ross County this season.

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Hoping to find a route back into the top-half of the Premier League table, Chelsea will travel to Selhurst Park on Monday night when they meet Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace

Starting with the hosts, making an immediate return to winning ways last week as they slumped to a 4-1 drumming at the hands of bitter rivals Brighton, Crystal Palace find themselves at the heart of a real struggle. With it no secret that Roy Hodgson has a huge amount of pressure on his shoulders in south London, the Eagles are still looking over their shoulder at a potential relegation scrap. Crashing out of the FA Cup last month following a 1-0 loss against Everton, the one-time England boss has seen his side win just a pair of their previous 14 appearances acr…

Competition: Euro 2016
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France forward Antoine Griezmann is expected to start in attack for the host nation in their opening Euro 2016 Group A clash against Romania tonight, and will be hoping to pick up where he left off in 2015/16 to potentially star in a win at the Stade de France.

Griezmann has enjoyed a fantastic season with Atletico Madrid, scoring 22 goals in La Liga to help his side finish third in the table. He scored for France in a 3-2 win over the Netherlands in March, and could well be one of the stars of the tournament given his recent rise to prominence.

Boasting excessive pace, and a ruthless finishing touch in the final third, Griezmann could be deadly against Romania, let alone in the Europea…

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Two new eras will commence at Portman Road on Saturday lunchtime when Ipswich Town and Liverpool open their respective Premier League campaigns against each other.

For the Tractor Boys, it marks the end of a prolonged absence from the top tier of English football. Meanwhile, Liverpool will also be stepping into a new chapter as they embark on their first competitive match under new manager Arne Slot.

Ipswich Town

Unlike upcoming opponents, Ipswich Town have welcomed several new faces through the doors of Portman Road following their second successive promotion. As the runners-up of League One in the 2022/23 season, they narrowly missed out on Championship glory to Leicester City. However, their second-place finish was still eno…

Qatari football officials have reiterated they can host the 2022 FIFA World Cup as normal and that the tournament does not need to be moved.

Concerns have been raised regarding the temperatures in the Middle East during the normal months of June and July when a World Cup is normally staged, but the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee insist there will be no problems.

The safety of players and fans had been called into question if the temperatures in Qatar soared over 40 degrees and moving the competition to a cooler time of the year has been mooted.

UEFA announced on Thursday that their 54 member associations backed the plan to move the event, but the Qatar organising committee do not believe it is necessary.

We bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in summer and are fully co…

European Championship is just around the corner and this is the right time for online bettors to start thinking how they can make the most of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Euro 2012 is expected to be one of the most heavily bet events this year and it is essential to get a head start if you want to place your bets at the highest available odds. We have selected seven Euro 2012 betting specials that are tipped to become the most popular pre-tournament markets and all you need to do is select the ones that you believe have the best value.

1.) Spain to win Euro 2012 title

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Reigning European Champions and World Cup winners Spain are again rated as the main candidates for the trophy and there are no doubts that punters all around the globe will …

Xabi Alonso will not allow Bayer Leverkusen s Europa League final defeat against Atalanta to alter his pride, after their historic 51-game unbeaten run ended on Wednesday.

The Bundesliga champions were eyeing an unlikely treble, with the DFB-Pokal final to come this weekend, but those plans came crashing down in a 3-0 loss to Atalanta.

Ademola Lookman single-handedly powered Gian Piero Gasperini s side to their first title in 61 years, producing an individual performance for the ages with a decisive hat-trick.

European heartbreak marked Leverkusen s first loss this season, with their last defeat coming to Bochum on the last day of the 2022-23 Bundesliga campaign, as Alonso s side were finally stopped.

Yet the former Liverpool and Bayern Munich midfielder …

England, Croatia and the Czech Republic are all heading into the last 16 of Euro 2020 following their respective results on Tuesday, but it was an unhappy evening for Scotland.

Gareth Southgate s Three Lions did what was required to secure top spot, knowing that anything other than a victory would have seen the Czech Republic go through as Group D winners.

At Hampden Park it was a straight shootout between Croatia and Scotland, with the victors prolonging their tournament or both departing early in the event of a draw.

Using Opta data, Stats Perform reviews the best facts from Group D s conclusion.

Czech Republic 0-1 England: Three Lions in historic progression despite struggles in front of goal

Much was made of England s toothless showing in the…

Brighton managed a remarkable second-half comeback as Georginio Rutter scored one and played a key role for another in a thrilling 3-2 home victory over Tottenham.

Ange Postecoglou s visitors had won their last five games, including their EFL Cup and Europa League exploits, and started well on Sunday as in-form Brennan Johnson scored for a sixth straight outing.

James Maddison doubled the away side s lead before the interval, aided by Bart Verbruggen s handling blunder, but Yankuba Minteh halved that deficit after the restart with a thumping finish.

Destiny Udogie was somewhat at fault for Minteh s finish, and the Spurs defence again struggled as Rutter restored parity before the hour mark after dancing around a couple of defenders.

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Virgil van Dijk never had any doubts over the Netherlands in their Euro 2024 quarter-finals, in which they moved one step closer with a comeback victory over Turkiye.

The Oranje fell behind to Samet Akaydin s 35th-minute opener as Turkiye scored their fourth Euro 2024 goal form a defender, the most by any nation in a single edition of the European Championship.

Yet Stefan de Vrij levelled with a thumping 70th-minute header, his first international goal since March 2015 against Spain, before Mert Muldur bundled into his own net just six minutes later.

That secured a Euros sem-final clash with England on Wednesday as the Netherlands reached the last four at this competition for the first time since 2004.

Dutch captain Van Dijk, however, expected his side to…