Updated / Thursday, 15 Apr 2021
15:50
Ireland v England, 15 February 1995: England supporters riot at Lansdowne Road. The match is abandoned. Fifty people are injured.
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Watch: Soccer crazy James Eager - RTÉ News reports on 19 December 1995 (via RTÉ Archives)
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A group of Australian politicians and military officers sat speechless Saturday as seven scantily clad dancers twerked to celebrate the commissioning of a $2 billion Navy ship in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, The Guardian reported.
The women, who sported black booty shorts, red crop tops and berets, twerked in a choreographed routine in front of senior officers of the Royal Australian Navy, including Vice Admiral Michael Noonan and General David Hurley, The Guardian reported. General Angus Campbell, who is the Australian Army’s Chief of Defense Force, also attended HMAS Supply (A195) commissioning.
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Updated / Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021
11:10
2002 looks back at the sporting mess of Saipan. Ireland s soccer World Cup campaign was plunged into crisis after a bitter row between captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy.
Roy Keane went home from the Irish training camp, and the Irish team made it to the second phase of the competition before losing a penalty shootout to Spain.
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