Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland: Azzurri one win away from World Cup qualification

The Italians beat minnows Northern Ireland to reach one of the four finals of UEFA's World Cup playoffs.
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Derry start-up raises £590,000 to create Northern Ireland’s first stem cell biobank

A health and life sciences start-up established in Derry to address a critical infrastructure gap in regulated stem cell storage has secured £590,000 in pre-seed investment to establish the north’s first dedicated human tissue authority (HTA) licensed ...
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Ireland’s World Cup dream over after penalty heartbreak in the Czech Republic

Jan Kliment fired the Czech Republic to within 90 minutes of the World Cup finals as they broke Republic of Ireland hearts in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to set up a showdown with Denmark. Substitute Kliment scored the decisive spot-kick at the Fortuna Arena after Finn Azaz and Alan Browne had seen their efforts saved by Matej Kovar to book a clash with the Danes on Tuesday night with a trip to the United States,

Czech Republic end Irish hopes with shootout win

The Republic of Ireland's dream of reaching the World Cup finals for the first time in 24 years is shattered by the Czech Republic, who win Thursday's play-off semi-final in Prague in a penalty shootout.

Fans have mixed feelings as Italy qualify for World Cup play-off Final

Italy progressed to the World Cup play-off Final with a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland, but fans on social media still have mixed feelings regarding the Azzurri’s performance on Thursday.Goals from