Romania came away from the
Faroe Islands with a narrow 1-0 victory despite being reduced to
10 men in their World Cup Group Seven qualifier on Wednesday.
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Fabio Capello owes his position as the world's best paid coach to Croatia, but England's Italian manager would be unwise to anticipate any further favours from Slaven Bilic and his squad here on Wednesday. -- read full article
Scotland manager George Burley has yet more injury worries to contend with as his squad prepare to travel to Iceland for their Group 9 World Cup qualifier. -- read full article
Australia kick off their World Cup qualifying campaign on Wednesday looking to build on the historic friendly 2-1 victory over the Netherlands. -- read full article
The ghosts of recent past will haunt France and England as the former world champions embark on crucial midweek 2010 World Cup qualifiers. -- read full article
Vanuatu ended its bid to qualify for the 2010 World Cup with a 2-1 win over Fiji on Wednesday, its first win in six matches in the final Oceania qualifying round. The result came after Fiji's 2-0 win over Vanuatu in the first leg of their home-and-away series in Ba, Fiji, on Saturday, which was also Fiji's only win in the round. -- read full article
The Chinese Football Association removed its top official following intense criticism of the performance by its men's team at last month's Beijing Olympics. Xie Yalong is being assigned to attend a course at a government management academy, the CFA said in a brief notice on its Web site dated Wednesday. -- read full article
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien
will be out of action for at least five months after rupturing
an anterior cruciate knee ligament.
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Under-fire France coach Raymond Domenech lightened up a press conference ahead of Wednesday's crucial 2010 World Cup qualifier with Serbia, saying "thankfully the guillotine doesn't exist anymore". -- read full article
Slaven Bilic has raised the stakes ahead of Croatia's World Cup qualifier with England by claiming his squad are a match or better than Fabio Capello's collection of big names in every area of the pitch. -- read full article
England manager Fabio Capello
said his team relished facing Croatia again on Wednesday and
would play with more confidence in their Group Six World Cup
qualifier in Zagreb than they would at Wembley.
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Fiorentina fans have been banned from travelling to this weekend's away game at Napoli, according to Italy's committee for the analysis of security at sporting events (Casms) on Tuesday. -- read full article
Lithuania's national coach Jose Couceiro believes his men have a 50/50 chance to beat rivals Austria in Wednesday's World Cup qualifying match. -- read full article
