John O'Shea Propels Ireland to a Legendary Draw

History was made this week as one of the most amazing football stories ever written fell upon Irishman John O'Shea. Not many gave the boys in green much chance as they lined out against World Cup winners Germany. Wes Hoolahan had been controversially been left out of the starting team after a good performance against Gibraltar, and it was his cross that later proved so vital for Ireland as he was brought on as a late substitute. Germany were coming off the back of a devastating 2-0 loss to Poland, and were looking for a good win to boost their qualification campaign. After a tense affair, with Germany controlling the possession stats and having the bulk of the chances, the tie remained a stale mate for the first 70 minutes of the game. Durm, the young German left back, came extremely close after his 35 yard wonder-strike hit the bar with goalkeeper Ford left stranded. Toni Kroos impressed for the team in white throughout the whole game, making many passes and finding a lot of space between Ireland's attack and midfield. He picked up the ball off Max Kruse, who had just come onto the pitch, and drove at Irish defender Quinn. He was given far too much space to travel in to and hit a superb strike in off the upright. Irish hearts appeared broken as their valiant defending for the majority of the game seemed for nothing. It went all the way down to the last minute of stoppage time, when a Hoolahan cross to the back post was knocked back into the area where it was expertly turned in to the bottom corner by none other than John O'Shea, wearing the captains armband, on his 100th cap, to take home a point for the Boys in Green.

Formula 1 World left Stunned by Bianchi Crash and Sochi Preview

     Every driver, pit crew, team manger and fan ever involved in any aspect of Formula 1 was left in a state of shock after Marussia driver Jules Bianchi crashed into a recovery vehicle as he ran off the track on the closing few laps of the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. The Frenchman is said to still be in a 'critical but stable' condition. His family released a statement earlier this week saying he is suffering from 'diffuse axonal injury'.


     Marussia, out of respect for their severely injured driver, have opted to race only one car in this weekends Grand Prix in Sochi in Russia. Hamilton currently is in the lead after a mistake in practice has left Nico Rosberg back in fourth place. Hamilton has shone on the Sochi layout, an acrobatic 5.8km track, and said he "really enjoyed" it in his post practice interview. Even after a slip up cost him, Rosberg also seemed to enjoy the technical Russian circuit, which has been likened to Abu Dhabi and the Valencia Street Track

Liverpool Stumble as Basel Claim Three Points

Liverpool's lack of organisation from the dead ball was once again exploited as a second half strike from Basel skipper Streller was enough to claim the spoils after a poor all round performance from the reds. Brendan Rodgers said afterwards the he was disappointed with the defensive effort from his team, combined with a lack of composure in front of goal resulted in a loss that could prove costly with a difficult fixture coming up against reigning champions Real Madrid. Liverpool will need to severely step up to the plate if they are to qualify to the knockout stages.