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REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SQUAD v Albania, Uefa U-21 Championship (Tirana, 26 May): Colgan (Chelsea), McKenna (UCD), S Gallen (QPR), Green (Coventry), McCarthy (Brighton), Kinsella (Colchester), Sheridan (Coventry), Dempsey (Gillingham), Kelly (Leeds), O'Connor (Drogheda Utd), Bacon (Arsenal), Power (Norwich), Hardie (Wrexham), McGrath (Shamrock Rovers), Kavanagh (Middlesbrough), Dunne (Dundalk), J Gallen (Watford), Moore (Middlesbrough).
WORLD CUP Asian Zone Group E (Riyadh): Saudi Arabia 8 Macao 0; Kuwait 2 Malaysia 0. Group D (Beirut): Bahrain 2 (Khamis Thani 4, Ahmed Abdullah Ali 31) India 1 (Vattabarambath pen 89); South Korea (Ha Seouk-ju 21, Seo Jung-won 50, Choi Moon-sik 72) 3 Hong Kong 0.
FRENCH LEAGUE: (Friday) Bordeaux 1 Paris-Saint Germain 1. (Yesterday) Saint-Etienne 1 Caen 1; Marseille 4 Lille 1; Nantes 3 Valenciennes 1; Monaco 4 Toulouse 0; Lens 2 Metz 0; Auxerre 2 Lyon 1; Nmes 0 Toulon 1; Sochaux 0 Strasbourg 0; Le Havre 1 Montpellier 1. Leading positions: 1 Marseille (P 35, Pts 51); 2 Paris-SG (35-47); 3 Monaco (35- 47).
GERMAN LEAGUE: Wattenscheid 4 Nuremberg 1; Bayern Munich 4 Bayer Leverkusen 1; Cologne 2 Karlsruhe 0; Dynamo Dresden 0 Bochum 0; Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Schalke 3; Hamburg 2 Saarbrucken 0. Friday: Kaiserslautern 2 Bayer Uerdingen 1; Borussia Monchengladbach 3 Werder Bremen 1; Borussia Dortmund 0 VfB Stuttgart 4. Leading positions: 1 B Munich (P 31, Pts 44); 2 Bremen (31-42); 3 Dortmund (31- 39).
SPANISH LEAGUE: Celta 1 Real Madrid 1; Oviedo 1 Barcelona 0; Atletico Madrid 2 Osasuna 1. Leading positions: 1 Barcelona (P 33, Pts 50); 2 Real Madrid (33-50); 3 Deportivo La Coruna (32-44).
DUTCH LEAGUE: Go Ahead Eagles 0 Volendam 0; Sparta Rotterdam 2 PSV Eindhoven 5; Willem II Tilburg 4 MVV Maastricht 1; SV Dordrecht '90 0 Roda JC Kerkrade 1; Fortuna Sittard 1 Cambuur Leeuwarden 1. Leading positions: 1 PSV Eindhoven (P 31, Pts 49); 2 Feyenoord (30-46); 3 Ajax (30-43).
PORTUGUESE LEAGUE: Maritimo 4 Sporting Lisbon 2.
ITALIAN LEAGUE: Parma 2 Juventus 1. Leading positions: 1 Milan (P 30, Pts 46); 2 Internazionale (30-42); 3 Parma (31- 37); 4 Juventus (31-36).
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