# Road to Rio

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# What Katie did next

Road to Rio begins: Taylor set for first fight as Olympic champion in Dublin

The London 2012 gold medalist will take to the ring in the Bord Gais Energy Theatre on February 24.

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Dec 18th 2012, 3:25 PM

# Road to Rio

Meet Fuleco, the mascot for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

He’s an armadillo, apparently.

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Nov 26th 2012, 12:35 PM

# Reus 2 Men

World Cup 2014: Reus sets sights on Sweden

Marco Reus has already been dubbed Germany’s Mr Indispensable ahead of tonight’s WC qualifier against Sweden in Berlin.

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Oct 16th 2012, 9:42 AM

# Road to Rio

Blokhin won't let players watch England's Moldova win

“If we are in the same position as Moldova we will lose 8-0,” the Ukrainian coach said ahead of tonight’s game in Wembley.

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Sep 11th 2012, 1:29 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

Kazakhstan v Republic of Ireland, World Cup 2014 qualifier

The road to Rio started with what should have been a straightforward night against the world’s 142nd best team. Catch up with the action from Astana in our minute-by-minute report.

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Sep 7th 2012, 4:45 PM

# COYBIG

As you were: Ireland unchanged in September FIFA rankings

Giovanni Trapattoni’s side remain 26th, while Spain are still ranked as the world’s best side.

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Sep 5th 2012, 10:21 AM

# Boys in Green

Senior pros set to miss out on Serbia squad - reports

Shay Given, Richard Dunne, Robbie Keane and Damien Duff could all sit out next month’s trip to Serbia, according to reports this morning.

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Jul 20th 2012, 10:10 AM