On the back of contrasting starts to the UEFA Nations League campaign, Lithuania and Turkey will do battle on Tuesday in the second round of fixtures. The hosts suffered an opening defeat to Luxembourg last time out, while the heavily-fancied visitors kicked off their bid for promotion with a dominant win over Faroe Islands. Lithuania possible starting lineup:Setkus; Baravykas, Satkus, Utkus...Full Story »

Substitute Troy Parrott spared the Republic of Ireland’s blushes with a stoppage-time winner in a narrow 1-0 victory against lowly Lithuania on a night when they had four goals disallowed for offside.The Tottenham striker, currently on loan at MK Dons, produced his third senior international strike in the nick of time after Chiedozie Ogbene twice, Conor Hourihane and Scott Hogan had seen e...Full Story »

Northern Ireland got their first competitive win at Windsor Park in two and a half years as they edged out Lithuania 1-0 on Friday night.After World Cup hopes were ended last month this was a much brighter performance from Ian Baraclough’s men in their penultimate qualifier, but old problems in front of goal remained as – despite Northern Ireland bossing play – only Benas Satku...Full Story »

With four goals in the opening 30 minutes the Euro 2020 winners made a new piece of history in Wednesday's clash Reigning European champions Italy gave another warning of their prowess with a record-breaking start to Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Lithuania. The Azzurri went into the match at the top of Group C and with an historic unbeaten run to defend. They experienced little r...Full Story »

Shayne Lavery and Daniel Ballard scored their first international goals as Northern Ireland breathed life into their World Cup qualifying campaign with a resounding 4-1 win over Lithuania.Lavery’s goal on his first competitive start was a decisive third, much-needed after it took a Bailey Peacock-Farrell penalty save to stop a much-changed Northern Ireland side from throwing away a 2-0 lea...Full Story »