Ireland make fast start in Spain
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Irish pair Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley shared the lead with Austria after the opening World Cup fourballs. Ireland&#39;s Ryder Cup stars had a 12-under-par 60 in Seville to match Markus Brier and Martin Wiegele&#39;s total.
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The Irish duo of Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington shot a 12-under 60 Thursday to share the lead with Austria&#39;s Martin Wiegele and Markus Brier after the first round of the team World Cup.
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Spain took the lead in the third round of World Cup golf Saturday, with Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez combining for an 11-under-par 61 to pull one shot ahead of England.
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There was contrasting starts for the two  Irelands when their World Cup campaigns kicked off on Saturday  with Northern Ireland crashing to a 3-0 defeat in Belfast and  the Republic winning by the same scoreline in Dublin.
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TOTTENHAM striker Robbie Keane scored his 24th international goal last night as the Republic of Ireland beat Croatia 1-0 in a friendly international in Dublin.
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Sergio Garcia and Jose Manuel Lara lead the way after the first round of the Volvo Masters at Valderrama. The Spaniards carded four-under 67s to take a one-shot lead over England&#39;s Brian Davis and Scot Alastair Forsyth.
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Scotland host the Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland face Iceland as both countries begin their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
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Spain clinched first place in its group in Olympic men&#39;s basketball on Saturday. Serbia-Montenegro, the world champions, will have to wait a few more days to see if they also advance to the medal round.
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Scotland are first up from the Home Nations on a busy Saturday of Euro 2008 qualifying.
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The 36th Ryder Cup matches will commence on Sept. 22 at the K Club in Dublin. That leaves 732 days to second-guess the Americans in the wake of their record-setting loss to Europe at Oakland Hills.
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Europe go into the singles needing three-and-a-half points to win the Ryder Cup.
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Germany, Spain and France are all in action in Saturday's qualifying matches.
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Continental Europe led Britain and Ireland 3-2 after the opening day of the Seve Trophy which failed to bring in the crowds at The Heritage course here on Thursday.
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England, Italy, Scotland, the Netherlands and Spain won important qualifiers Wednesday night for next year's European Championship.
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Europe got off to the perfect start in the Ryder Cup when the opening duo of Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington went one up over Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson after the first hole.
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Inspired by a breathtaking performance by Sergio Garcia, Spain took over the lead from England going into today&#39;s final round of the World Cup.
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England's Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and David Howell, and Irishman Paul McGinley secured spots on Europe's Ryder Cup team at the BMW International on Sunday.