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ZURICH: The possibility of a World Cup without Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi turned out to be a false alarm, yet next year's...

London: Harry Kane will only stay at Tottenham Hotspur if the club are ready to match his ambitions and brave enough to reject...

Rome: International broadcasting rights for Serie A football over the next four years have been sold for twice as much as the previous...

Montevideo: Lionel Messi fired Argentina into the World Cup with a brilliant hat-trick on Tuesday as South American champions Chile suffered a shock...

Jack Wilshere is enjoying his interchangeable role in Arsenal's 3-4-3 system and feels the London club have improved defensively after adopting the formation....

Sofia: Bulgaria will seek to revoke the honorary consul status of former Barcelona football star Hristo Stoichkov over his backing of Catalan independence,...

Sydney: Syria coach Ayman al-Hakim said Mahmoud al-Mawas's extra-time red card was the turning point as his war-torn team's fairytale World Cup bid...

Shkodër, Albania: Antonio Candreva lifted Italy to a 1-0 win over Albania in their final World Cup qualifying game on Monday that assures...

Cardiff, United Kingdom: Senior Wales players have urged manager Chris Coleman to stay on despite the heartbreak of failing to qualify for next...

Sydney: Veteran striker Tim Cahill scored deep into extra time to take Australia a big step closer to next year's World Cup and...

Reykjavik: Iceland qualified for the World Cup for the first time on Monday following a 2-0 win over Kosovo. Needing victory to guarantee...

Abu Dhabi: Defending champions Real Madrid will play the winner of a play-off between the Asian champions and Auckland City/Al Jazira in the...

Amsterdam: Unless the Netherlands can beat Sweden by a seven-goal margin on Tuesday the inventors of the beautiful game will be absent from...

SYDNEY: Syria coach Ayman Hakeem has backed his heavily depleted squad to continue the war-ravaged nation's unlikely march towards a maiden World Cup...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: Mohamed Salah scored from a penalty kick deep into injury time on Sunday to send Egypt to the World Cup and...

Warsaw: Robert Lewandowski scored a European qualifying record 16th goal as Poland defeated Montenegro 4-2 in Warsaw on Sunday to earn a spot...

Accra: Ghana have filed a protest with FIFA after their goalless draw with Uganda saw them crash out of the race to qualify...

Berlin: Julian Draxler will miss Germany's final World Cup qualifier on Sunday against Azerbaijan with flu as the hosts chase a record 10...