On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan continues the build-up to Thursday's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria in Plovdiv.

We hear from James Abankwah, Matt Doherty and John O'Shea, with Abankwah encouraging more young Irish players to try their luck on the continent.

Mauricio Pochettino still harbours hopes of a reunion with Tottenham.

Dougie Freedman's swapping South London for the. Saudi second tier.

Newstalk's Henry McKean was in Dublin Airport to get reaction from Team Ireland's incredible campaign at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin.

Here is a taster of what you can expect from Adrian Barry, who was joined by Hugh Farrelly & Jackie Shiels for this weeks edition of The Sunday Paper Review on Off The Ball.

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On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest from the Ireland camp ahead of their Six Nations closer away to Italy tomorrow.

We hear from Ronan O'Gara on the enemy of complacency, and Alan Quinlan discusses those Jack Crowley links to Leicester.

The Six Nations is set to remain on free-to-air television.

Connacht lock down an out-half to a new two-year deal.

The World U20 Championship is going back to Italy for the first time in a decade, and the draw's been kind to Ireland.

Plus, Rocky Elsom has his prison sentence in France reduced on appeal.

On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan previews tonight's action in the League of Ireland.

We hear from Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley ahead of our live game on OTB Sports Radio tonight - the clash of Drogheda United and the Hoops.

There's brilliant news for Derry City on the financial front.

Shelbourne's preparations for the visit of Cork City to Tolka Park have been ravaged, and we hear from the Leesiders' boss Tim Clancy.

Keith Long on a tricky trip for Waterford out west.

Arne Slot and Eddie Howe look ahead to Sunday's Carabao Cup final.

And Chelsea's spending shows no signs of slowing down.

Gold Cup Day is finally here and Thom Malone and John Duggan are here with us once again to preview the last day of the Cheltenham racing festival!

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The much vaunted sports writer John Feinstein died on Thursday at the relatively young age of 69.

He leaves behind a legacy as one of the best authors in his field, with a string of critically acclaimed books carrying his name.

In December of 2006, he joined Off The Ball to discuss one of those titles, 'A Good Walk Spoiled', which captured a year on the PGA Tour pre-Tiger.

Following that, from the depths of Covid, OTB's John Duggan shares why he sees 'A Good Walk Spoiled' as one of his favourite ever sports books.

Another of John Feinstein's books 'A Season On The Brink', which covered the fiery Bob Knight and his Indiana Hoosiers basketball team was captured in a conversation on Off The Ball from February 2008.

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the final batch of team news from this year's Six Nations.

Jack Crowley is back in the Ireland no.10 jersey for Saturday's game away to Italy, and we hear Simon Easterby's explanation behind the changes he's made.

The interim Ireland head coach has also fired back at France boss Fabien Galthié.

Matt Sherratt's made a couple of tweaks to his Wales team as they look to extinguish any lingering England hopes of the title.

Plus, Gregor Townsend names the Scotland team that Ireland hope will do them a massive favour in Paris.

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you news of the Republic of Ireland squad for the Nations League playoff with Bulgaria.

Ange Postecoglou singles out Troy Parrott for praise ahead of tonight's Europa League second leg involving Tottenham and AZ.

Ruben Amorim discusses Jim Ratcliffe's disparaging of the Manchester United squad.

Ruesha Littlejohn is a Hoop.

And Joshua Kimmich has ended speculation regarding his future.

This is Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.

On this morning's show we looked ahead to Ireland's Six Nations game away to Italy with former Azzurri back turned truck driver, Mirco Bergamasco.

Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival was previewed from Prestbury Park by John Duggan.

Leitrim senior men’s football manager Steven Poacher chats about his first season in charge of the team.

And we were joined by European Indoor gold medalist Sarah Healy following her sensational 3000m victory.

And that's where we take this morning's Bite, as Ger and Colm catch up with Healy. But first, Mirco Bergamasco gives his view of this Saturday's game in Rome.

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