Caring About The Club World Cup, No RTE Panel, Box To Box, Transcendent Tennis
Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes Tim Vickery on South America’s keen interest in Infantino’s Club World Cup and Dion Fanning and David Sneyd on RTE’s panel, Ire V Lux and Tuchel’s tricky start to life as England coach.
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We also discuss football midfielders’ brain power requirements, transcendent tennis, we preview the URC final and next week we cover all the football, golf rugby and GAA action.
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