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The latest Sky Sports Now podcast focuses on the Home Nation

The latest Sky Sports Now podcast focuses on the Home Nations and Irelands hopes for Euro 2016, with the first game of the tournament now just three weeks away. We welcomed Paul Ince, Kit Symons, Nigel Worthington and Keith Andrews into the studio to preview the tournament - together they have 190 caps between them. Sky Sports Now podcast Click here to listen! Ince played for England over 50 times and in three major tournaments for his country. Listen out for his assessment of Roy Hodgsons provisional 26-man squad.Wales enjoyed a magnificent qualifying campaign - and Symons will travel to France as part of their backroom staff. He told us that their team ethos will go a long way, but have they got enough to reach the knockout stages? Sky Sports Now Podcast - 20th May Northern Irelands players and fans prepare to enjoy their first major tournament since 1986. Nigel Worthington played then - and managed his country between 2007 and 2011. We asked him if a lack of top-flight players will harm their chances of progressing.The Republic of Ireland needed a play-off to qualify - but that hasnt stopped their former midfielder Keith Andrews from expecting big things from Martin ONeills side.Spain may be the holders, but they are only third favourites with the bookmakers to lift the trophy. Find out who our guests tipped to be tournament winners.Listen to the Sky Sports Now podcast by following the link above, or via the embedded Audioboom file. Also See: Euro 2016 Fixtures Latest video Tables Get Sky Sports Get a £10 free bet! Baltimore Orioles Jerseys . -- San Francisco 49ers offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman is a finalist to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State, his agent said Monday. Chris Davis Jersey . All of 46 seconds into the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 victory over Alex Ovechkins struggling Washington Capitals, Crosby assisted on Chris Kunitzs goal. http://www.theoriolesteamshop.com/Oriol ... ds-Jersey/. 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That is the one area in which Richter still has him beat. "The more pressure there is, the better he seems to perform. Thats what you want," first-year Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "I know he wants to win the Cup. ... Were going to need him to be at his best, but this is a team game." King Henrik got off to a good start Thursday night when he and the Rangers beat the Flyers 4-1 in the first-round playoff opener. Philadelphias first shot got past Lundqvist and put the Flyers ahead, but he stopped the other 14 that came his way. One win down, 15 to go to give the Rangers their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years -- which in Rangers history is not all that long since Richter and the 1994 squad led by Mark Messier ended a 54-year drought. "Everybody wants to be known as a winner," Vigneault said. "Hank is one of the best goaltenders in the league, and his stats are there to back it up." By all accounts, the 32-year-old Lundqvist is a driven hard worker, relentless in preparation and desire to be the best. "His No. 1 quality is how hard he competes and how much he wants to win," Vigneault said. "You can tell every time he steps on the ice -- practices, games -- the focus that he has, the amount of internal pressure he puts on himself to always be at a high level. "The standards that he puts on himself are as high as any player that I have ever coached. That is why he has been in the elite goaltenders for the past 10 years." When he arrived from Sweden at 23, Lundqvist embraced the pressure of playing in New York and thrived on it, reveling in the citys culture. He is a model of consistency and might already have enough credentials to ensure his jersey will be lifted to the Madison Square Garden rafters next to Richters even if he doesnt deliver that championship. "The passion that I have for this gamee and trying to get better and the emotions you feel when you play is something you live for," Lundqvist said.dddddddddddd "Those moments when you win a big game I cant compare to anything else I have in my life when it comes to the adrenaline, the pressure, the excitement. "You have moments throughout games and throughout seasons of where youre like, Wow. This is why I play. You dont feel that every day. You dont feel that always, but you have moments where you realize its all worth it." Lundqvist has 309 career regular-season wins and 50 shutouts. He is also the first goalie to reach at least 30 wins in eight of his first nine NHL seasons. Lundqvist was chosen by the Rangers in the seventh round of the 2000 NHL draft -- pick No. 205 -- when he was just 18. He remained in his native Sweden for the next several years and joined the Rangers for the first time in the 2005-06 season, making his NHL debut against Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils. "Your mindset is just to establish yourself, and fighting for your life almost every day and try to prove yourself because they dont really know what Ive done in Sweden for five years," Lundqvist said. "They dont really care what Ive done. Its about here and its about now. "It probably took me a couple of years before I felt comfortable and I knew that I had my role here." He stood out right away to John Davidson, a former Rangers goalie who backstopped the team to the 1979 Stanley Cup finals and then became a television analyst from 1986-2006. He broadcast games throughout Richters entire career and into the early stages of Lundqvists. "I didnt know a lot about him, but I remember when he came to the Rangers practice facility," said Davidson, now the president of hockey operations for the Columbus Blue Jackets. "I was standing on the glass the first day of camp, and I walked away three or four minutes after and I said, Theres the goalie. "He was polished. His work habits were exceptional. He and Mike, the common denominator there is the ability to handle pressure and the ability to work hard." 19:14ET 18-04-14 ' ' '