Cantona bares his teeth at Domenech and Henry

Former France international and Manchester United legend Eric Cantona launched his singular type of blast at both Raymond Domenech and Thierry Henry after his national team reached the World Cup at the expense of Ireland, and, in the case of Henry, by foul means rather than fair.

Park Ji-sung tangles with Manchester United team-mate Nemanja Vidic

South Korea 0-1 Serbia

Chile beat fellow World Cup qualifiers Slovakia 2-1 in a friendly in Zilina on Tuesday night.

Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-1 Portugal: Meireles winner

Portugal qualified for next year's World Cup finals when they beat Bosnia 1-0 in the second leg of their playoff in Zenica on Wednesday.

Fabio Capello speaks

Fabio Capello got it wrong when he said Brazil were better than Spain, says Phil Ball.

Diarra: Ireland players were ''looking for trouble''

French midfielder Lassana Diarra says that the Republic of Ireland were ''looking for trouble'' at the end of Saturday's World Cup play-off match at Croke Park, after Nicolas Anelka's deflected goal secured a slender 1-0 advantage for France.

Proud skipper Rooney admits Brazil the better side

England's stand-in captain Wayne Rooney conceded Brazil were the better team in their 1-0 friendly defeat in Qatar but admitted the defeat still hurt.

Portugal 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Alves strikes

A header by Bruno Alves gave Portugal a 1-0 win over Bosnia in their World Cup play-off first leg on Saturday but the home team missed a host of chances.

Portugal coach Queiroz shrugs off Ronaldo absence

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Ronaldo absence good for Portugal progress

Andy Brassell on the situation surrounding Ronaldo's injury as Portugal face Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Tevez considers retiring if Argentina win World Cup

Carlos Tevez has said he is considering retirement after the World Cup if Argentina pick up the trophy, because he is disappointed at losing his first choice place for his country and exhausted by the amount of football he is playing.

Big Ben and Copacabana in the Arabian desert

Matthias Krug on how Qatar will be using the Brazil v England clash to aid their World Cup bid.

Capello: Terry should be okay

Fabio Capello remains optimistic that England captain John Terry will recover from an ankle injury in time to lead his side in Saturday's friendly with Brazil in Doha.

Brown sees Brazil as perfect World Cup tune up

England defender Wes Brown expects to get a taster of what the latter stages of the World Cup will be like when Fabio Capello's men take on Brazil at the weekend.

Jermain Defoe determined to prove a point

Jermain Defoe is hoping to use Saturday's friendly fixture with Brazil to position himself once more as the main rival to Emile Heskey in Fabio Capello's England plans.