Germany become 1st team to qualify for 2022 World Cup; Russia, Croatia clinch playoffs
Football | October 12, 2021 11:55 ISTGermany booked their place in 2022 FIFA World Cup with an error-strewn 4-0 win in North Macedonia.
Germany booked their place in 2022 FIFA World Cup with an error-strewn 4-0 win in North Macedonia.
Lionel Messi was among the scorers as Argentina beat rival Uruguay 3-0, hours after Brazil's run of consecutive wins in South American World Cup qualifying ended in a 0-0 with Colombia.
Leaders Brazil and second-place Argentina had uninspiring performances in their World Cup qualifying matches on Thursday, but gained key competition points.
Harry Kane's 41st goal for England was cancelled out when Robert Lewandowski crossed for Damian Szymanski to head home in the second minute of injury time in a 1-1 draw.
Australia edged Vietnam 1-0 in Hanoi while Japan defeated China by a solitary goal in Doha; Kwon Chang-hoon's 2nd half goal sealed the win for South Korea against Lebanon.
Japan, Asia’s highest-ranked team at No. 24 in the world, lost 1-0 at home to 79th-ranked Oman last Thursday to end a streak of eight consecutive wins in World Cup qualifying games.
Four Argentina players from EPL clubs were accused by agents of Brazil's health agency of breaching COVID-19 restriction rules by not declaring on arrival in Brazil that they'd been in England.
Lukaku scored in the eighth minute at King Baudouin Stadium, his 67th goal for the national team before Eden Hazard doubled the lead shortly after.
Saka, who turned 20 on Sunday, was met with loud cheers at Wembley after he headed in the final goal in a 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Andorra.
Germany clicked in coach Hansi Flick's second game in charge to beat Armenia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier and take the top spot in their group.
Luis Enrique shook up his team and got the result he wanted as Spain beat Georgia 4-0 in World Cup qualifiers.
World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended after local health officials walked onto the pitch on Sunday in a bid to remove three players who didn’t comply with coronavirus restrictions.
Reigning champion France missed the injured Kylian Mbappé in a 1-1 draw at Ukraine in World Cup qualifying but still stayed atop Europe Group D.
The 29-year-old Salah missed the Pharaohs’ 1-0 win over Angola on Sept. 1 in Cairo after Liverpool refused to release him because of coronavirus restrictions.
The team will have a preparatory camp inside a bio-bubble in Doha before its first match on June 3 against hosts Qatar.
UEFA said it intended to use VAR in the World Cup qualifying campaign that began last week but decided it was too complicated to do so due to the prevailing situation.
Peruvian President Manuel Merino has resigned from his position, creating turmoil in the country and forcing Argentina to cancel its training sessions in the capital.
Real Sociedad forward's diagnostic test for the virus came back negative but that he was shown to have antibodies for SARS-CoV-2.
According to CONMEBOL, the outbreak could have an impact on South American national teams that have members in Europe and if they are put in quarantine, they would have to stop playing.
Igor Stimac's side will take on Bangladesh in its third game in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Kolkata.
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