Ireland fall to narrow loss to Azerbaijan

Ireland 75-76 Azerbaijan Ireland's Eurobasket 2029 qualifying campaign lay in tatters after a narrow 76-75 home defeat to an emotion-filled performance by Azerbaijan, the bottom-ranked country in the group. There was no glossing over what was a disjointed Ireland display at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght against opposition they had convincingly defeated twice, both home and away, in the previous Eurobasket campaign. There were signs from the start that this could be a hard day for...