Northern Ireland extend record unbeaten run with Slovakia draw (Reuters)

Northern Ireland will go into Euro 2016, their first finals appearance for 30 years, with the longest unbeaten run of all 24 teams after drawing 0-0 with Slovakia in a warm-up match in Trnava on Saturday. Michael O'Neill's men are now unbeaten in 12 matches but they picked up a few bumps and bruises in a competitive, if unexciting, final friendly before the opening games in France next week. Defender Aaron Hughes, 36, became Northern Ireland's first outfield player to win 100 caps when he replaced the injured Craig Cathcart with less than half an hour gone.