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BRENDAN CROSSAN

BRENDAN CROSSAN

SPORTS REPORTER    -   Brendan Crossan has worked in the Irish News sports department since 1999. He started out as a placement student and somehow bluffed his way into a staff position a year later.

A Belfast native, his sporting interests include soccer, boxing and gaelic games. He writes The Boot Room sports column every Friday.

Highlights of his career are interviewing boxing legend Tommy Hearns and covering the 2002 World Cup finals and Euro 2012 as the newspaper's Republic of Ireland correspondent.

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Pavard strike sinks Republic of Ireland

Pavard strike sinks Republic of Ireland

Football/Soccer

UNDONE by a wonderful 50th minute goal from Benjamin Pavard, the Republic of Ireland couldn’t have given it more in tonight’s nerve-shredding Euro 2024 opener with France.

Nathan Collins header agony as Irish fall to French in Euro 2024 opener

Nathan Collins header agony as Irish fall to French in Euro 2024 opener

Football/Soccer

2024 European Championships Qualifying Group B: Republic of Ireland 0 France 1 UNDONE by a wonderful 50th minute goal from Benjamin Pavard, the Republic of Ireland couldn’t have given any more of themselves in last night’s nerve-shredding Euro 2024 opener with France.

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