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Teenager Moore joins Shelbourne from West Ham
Teenager Sean Moore has joined League of Ireland champions Shelbourne from West Ham 19-year-old moved to the Premier League side from Irish Premiership outfit Cliftonville in June 2023 on a three-year the Republic of Ireland youth international has now joined Shelbourne on a "multi-year deal"."I'm absolutely buzzing to be here," Moore told the club's website. "Shelbourne are a massive club and I'm delighted to get the deal done. I'm ready to get to work, hit the ground running, and show the fans what I'm all about."Manager Joey O'Brien said Moore, who made a big impression in his time with Cliftonville, was a "top player with huge potential"."He came into the game at a young age with Cliftonville and earned a great education over in England with West Ham," said O'Brien, who replaced Damien Duff as manager in June"He's an exciting player to watch, really positive in how he plays the game."Now he's ready to kick on with the next stage of his career, and we're delighted he's put his trust in us."
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Basic errors and decision-making cost Donegal
Jim McGuinness said he had "no qualms" about Donegal's All-Ireland defeat by Kerry as he admitted his team made too many "basic errors" against a dominant as a coin-flip decider between the two best teams around, Kerry proved far too strong for the back-to-back Ulster champions and ran out comfortable 1-26 to 0-19 winners. Kerry showed ferocious intent from the outset and led by seven points at the break, with McGuinness admitting his players struggled to match the Munster side's early intensity."Early doors in the game both teams were going at it on the scoreboard but Kerry were really laying down markers early in the game and dominated long parts of the game," McGuinness told BBC Sport NI. "We got it back at certain times to situations where you felt we had a bit of momentum, but ultimately we couldn't get to that two or three points (gap) where the game could really become interesting. "Hats off to Kerry, we're very disappointed for our players and for our supporters. It's a tough one to take." Going into the game, Kerry forwards David Clifford and Seanie O'Shea led the two-point scoring charts with 11 apiece and their accurate shots from outside of the arc again proved key for Jack O'Connor's raised three orange flags from play - including one with the last kick of the first half - while O'Shea scored a two-point free in the second half. "They definitely seemed to go after the twos today but David Clifford is an exceptional player," added McGuinness."We had a lot of work done on David and how we could close him down but the reality is some of the twos he kicked today were exceptional."We have no qualms. Sometimes in life, you have to take your medicine and this is one of those times." McGuinness was also uninterested in putting his side's performance down to the impact of a gruelling season which saw them play 11 championship games in 16 weeks. Instead, he insisted that his team's mistakes and uncharacteristic decision-making paved the way for a Kerry victory. "We had two weeks to come into the game," he said."We'd been able to bring them down [after the semi-final] and were able to bring them back up. They were fresh. We know from our own metrics when they're fresh and they were fresh, they were ready to play the game. "The game was very intensive early on and we struggled with elements of that and that cost us at times. "But look, we made too many mistakes, too many basic errors and made decisions that we normally never make so these are all the things we've to go away and reflect upon for another day." Finally, McGuinness expressed disappointment in the lack of scorers throughout the Donegal team on the day. They had 12 different scorers in the semi-final win over Meath, but only six against the Kingdom with Michael Murphy hitting 0-8. While Kerry had seven different scorers, they had a goal and a series of two-pointers."Michael is Michael and he will carry that attention [from opponents] and he's carried that attention all throughout his career."That's why it's so important to have your 10, 11 or 12 scorers. That's why it's so important to have that spread of scorers because any day like that can happen and pop up and it didn't happen for us today."But they've given it their absolute all from the beginning of the year. They're a very, very good group to work with. Very dedicated, very focused on what they want to do. "Today's not a good day for us and it's not a good day in terms of what we wanted to achieve."
Belfast Telegraph
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Ireland fightback to defeat Czechia in Portugal: ‘We made life difficult for ourselves'
Having trailed 3-1, an impressive third quarter display saw Ireland take control of the game, with Johnny McKee, Matthew Nelson and a Lee Cole brace giving Ireland a lead that they saw out to secure the win. Ireland dominated possession in the opening minutes, with Matthew Nelson's early effort deflected over the bar by the Czech defenders. McKee earned Ireland the first penalty corner of the match after Louis Rowe did well to release his Banbridge teammate on the break. Cole's effort from the corner was well saved. Czechia, however, drew first blood, breaking the deadlock just before the end of the first quarter, a deft touch in the circle from a crash ball beating Jaime Carr in the Irish net. Czechia added a second to their tally halfway through quarter 2, but Ireland pulled a goal back just before half-time thanks to some individual brilliance from Daragh Walsh. He cut inside from the right-hand side and beat two players before finding McKee on the penalty spot to strike into the back of the net. Czechia's pace on the break continued to cause Ireland problems in the second half, as they won a penalty corner after two minutes, which Ireland did well to defend initially. However, Czechia eventually found the net from the follow-up. Ireland responded immediately, McKee getting his second and a great pass from Matthew Nelson to fire in on his reverse from a tight angle. With the momentum now in their favour, Ireland launched another attack, McKee yet again getting involved with his effort at goal blocked on the line by a Czech body to win Ireland a penalty stroke, which Cole dispatched to draw Ireland level at 3-3. Sean Murray and Matthew Nelson combined to put Ireland ahead for the first time in the game, Murray weaving his way along the baseline and calmly flicking towards goal for Nelson to touch into the net. Ireland pressed immediately from the restart, with Cole eventually winning ball on the edge of the Czech circle and drawing a heavy foul to win a second penalty stroke, which he again dispatched to extend Ireland's lead to 5-3 and that was enough for victory. Speaking after the game, Ireland Head Coach Mark Tumilty said: 'We made that difficult for ourselves today. Any time they got into our circle they looked dangerous. We have enough experience in this competition to know how difficult it can be, but we need to manage those challenging patches better.' Discussing Ireland's comeback, Tumilty added: 'The positive was quarter three where we played better hockey, were more aggressive in the press, and scored some good goals.' Ireland will face Italy in their next game of Pool A on Tuesday, July 29 at 3.15pm.
