World Cup contenders get down to business
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Confident Sri Lanka, a nervous and wary India and injury-ridden South Africa launch the World Cup season with a limited-overs tri-series here.
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WHEN Berti Vogts speaks, the meaning of his words are about as difficult to embrace as smoke from the end of a cigar. Tonight, he will lead Scotland into a World Cup qualifier against Moldova here, a tie the
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LONDON, SEPTEMBER 7: Some of Europeâs major powers including newly-crowned champions Greece, France and England, will be looking to improve on Saturdayâs disappointing results when they play their second World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday.
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The Irish duo of Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington shot a 12-under 60 Thursday to share the lead with Austria&#39;s Martin Wiegele and Markus Brier after the first round of the team World Cup.
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Argentina plays Serbia-Montenegro, Netherlands plays Ivory Coast and Mexico takes on Angola in World Cup soccer action today.
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Qualifying for the World Cup isn&#39;t all that complicated. Get three points from every home game and one from every road match and you&#39;ll make it every time.
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Sweden made no mistake with a 7-0 flier  over Malta but other big guns including European champions  Greece, former champions France, England, Denmark and Turkey  all failed to successfully take off when the serious World Cup  qualifying action began across Europe on Saturday.
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A review of the main games from Wednesday's qualifiers.
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A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying action.
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WASHINGTON -- The win-at-home, tie-on-the-road formula has worked perfectly for the US National Team through the first three games of the semifinal round qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.
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News on the group stage of the European competition.
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El Salvador&#39;s national team began yesterday&#39;s World Cup qualifier at a disadvantage, conceding size and speed to the United States and fielding far fewer top-level professionals.
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A round-up of Saturday's World Cup qualifying matches in Europe.
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Second-round play concludes today at the World Cup with Brazil facing Ghana and Spain taking on France. The winners will join Germany, Argentina, England, Portugal, Italy and Ukraine in the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday.
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There&#039;s only one more off day the World Cup resumes. Next up are the quarterfinals with Germany facing Argentina and Italy taking on Ukraine on Friday. Saturday&#039;s games are England vs. Portugal and Brazil against France.
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All the major incidents from the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.
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England has moved one step closer to qualification for the World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Wales at Old Trafford. However the news was not so good for some of the other big names on the continent, with