Australia on Tuesday celebrated the antics of dancing goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne whose penalty shootout save against Peru saw them to a fifth straight World Cup finals.... more »
Emotional Peru advanced to the World Cup for the first time since 1982 by defeating New Zealand 2-0 on Wednesday, goals by Jefferson Farfan and Christian Ramos sealing the last ticket to Russia.... more »
Gian Piero Ventura's reign as Italy coach ended on Wednesday after a World Cup qualifying fiasco during which the four-time champions failed to reach next year's finals in Russia.... more »
Captain Mile Jedinak's second-half hat-trick fired Australia into next year's World Cup in Russia on Wednesday as they swept past Honduras 3-1 in the second leg of their playoff in Sydney.... more »
New Zealand manager Anthony Hudson said his team are preparing for an early onslaught as they face Peru here on Wednesday with a World Cup place on the line.... more »
Christian Eriksen scored a magnificent hat-trick to seal Denmark's place at next year's World Cup after Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Republic of Ireland in their play-off second leg in Dublin.... more »
Honduras accused Australia of using a drone for "espionage" on Tuesday, giving an extra edge to their winner-takes-all playoff to reach next year's World Cup.... more »
Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon confirmed Monday he was ending his international career after the four-time champions failed to reach the World Cup for the first time in 60 years.... more »
Italy failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 on Monday as they were held to a 0-0 draw in the second leg of their play-off at the San Siro by Sweden, who qualified with a 1-0 aggregate victory.... more »
Veteran Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon expressed his sorrow as the four-time champions failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958 following their 1-0 aggregate play-off defeat by Sweden.... more »
Four-time champions Italy go into the second leg of a playoff against Sweden on Monday facing an "apocalyptic" failure to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958.... more »
Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has urged his players to remember their Euro 2016 playoff victory over Bosnia ahead of Tuesday's World Cup showdown with Denmark.... more »
Italy was Monday anxiously counting down to kick-off in a showdown with Sweden that will determine whether the football superpower misses the World Cup for the first time in 60 years.... more »
Veteran talisman Tim Cahill said Monday he had recovered from an ankle injury and was fit to play for Australia in this week's World Cup play-off with Honduras in Sydney.... more »
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill bemoaned the controversial first-leg penalty that saw his side's World Cup dream end with a 1-0 aggregate defeat by Switzerland in their play-off on Sunday.... more »
Croatia qualified for the 2018 World Cup on Sunday by holding Greece to a 0-0 draw in the second leg of their play-off in Piraeus for a 4-1 win on aggregate.... more »
Switzerland held off Northern Ireland to seal a place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a 0-0 second-leg draw on Sunday that secured a 1-0 aggregate play-off victory.... more »
"We're Italy and if we qualify it will be by playing football," coach Gian Piero Ventura insisted on Sunday on the eve of a crunch World Cup play-off against Sweden in Milan.... more »
