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No Change At Wexford Hurling And Football

 

In Gaelic games, Colm Bonnar and Jason Ryan will continue as Wexford hurling and football managers respectively

Both had new terms ratified by the county board last night

The hurlers won the division 2 title last season while the footballers claimed a significant Championship win over Galway before losing to Cork.   

SOCCER: Ireland Do Us Proud

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni says his team can step up their performance in next months Euro 2012 qualifier with Russia at the Aviva stadium

Traps men cruised to a 3-1 win over Andorra last night while Slovakia over came Russia 1-0 in Moscow meaning Ireland top the group

The manager says they will up their game for their clash with Russia

Elsewhere, Europe's top clubs are urging football's world governing body to scrap a number of international friendlies

The European Clubs' Association, which represents 200 top sides, has branded the friendlies played last month as "a nonsense"

In the premier League, Liverpool attacker Dirk Kuyt hopes to return by the end of the month

The 30 year -old picked up a shoulder injury while on international duty with Holland this week ruling him out for up to 4 weeks

Kuyt says he wants to be back for their Europa league encounter with Utrecht on September 30th