Midfielder Conor Hourihane won his third Republic of Ireland U21 cap as his side lost their final European Championships qualifier 1-0 in Turkey this afternoon.

The summer signing from Sunderland twice went close with shots, one striking a post and a second flying wide, before the Turks grabbed a late winner. Ireland haven’t qualified for next year’s finals.

Elsewhere, while former Blue Darren Bent was netting his first England goal in the 3-1 victory over Switzerland, Márton Fülöp was on the bench and Tamás Priskin was left out of the 18 as Hungary beat Moldova 2-1 in their second Euro 2012 qualifier in Budapest.

Jaime Peters and Canada senior side are in action in a friendly against Honduras in Montreal overnight.

Meanwhile, academy keeper Cody Cropper was an unused sub as the US U20s lost 5-0 to Paraguay in their opening game at a four-team tournament in Peru on Monday. After that result, Cropper will hope to get the nod when they take on Colombia in their second match overnight.

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bluelady added 07:46 - Sep 8 not sure why Prisken was dropped, think he has been on top form so far this season... still at least he didnt get injured!!! Maybe Keane had given the Hungary manager 'that stare' and said 'if that lad gets injured you'll have me to answer to' lol!
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terry added 09:51 - Sep 8 Does Darren Bent's competitive appearance last night mean we get a £250,000 payment? Or did that only apply when he was aat Charlton?
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bluelady added 10:08 - Sep 8 Terry i understand we no longer have any rights for Bent :-(
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hollywoodginge added 08:56 - Sep 9 Terry - bent made a competetive appearence against croatia and we didn't get it then, it was based on the deal with charlton so were no longer entitled, altho we did get a big sell on fee from spurs.
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