Ireland face an uphill battle to stay in the World Cup after they went down to a 25-3 defeat against France in the pool D match at the Stade de France this evening.
Saturday, 22, Sep 2007 06:24
A last-ditch goal from Liam Miller rescued a 2-2 draw for Sunderland against Middlesbrough at the Riverside.The 89th minute strike by the former Manchester United man cancelled out Stewart Downing's 25-yard effort.The home side had been forced to fight back from a goal down with Grant Leadbitter opening the scoring in the second minute.Leadbitter calmly stroked the ball past Mark Schwarzer after a Michael Chopra effort struck him and dropped kindly at his feet.But Middlesbrough fought back admirably with former Black Cat Julio Arca heading in a Gary O'Neil cross to equalise.And the Teesiders took the lead when Downing drilled a fine 25-yard strike beyond the impressive Craig Gordon to put them in the lead.Middlesbrough thought they had the victory secured after Roy Keane made a series of attacking changes but Miller snatched a point in the dying moments of the game.The point lifts Sunderland to 13th in the league, level on points with Middlesbrough in 11th ahead of their Wearside rivals on goal difference.
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