The 2022 Qatar World Cup has produced some very odd results, which is why it's been so much fun.
South Korea were left with plenty to ponder ahead of this month's World Cup finals after Edin Visca scored a hat-trick to give Bosnia and Herzegovina a 3-1 victory in a friendly in Jeonju on Friday.
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The VAR penalty that helped France defeat Australia in their World Cup opener was the 'strangest' moment of Mile Jedinak's career, the Socceroos captain said on Sunday.
Despite Australia already having been eliminated from the World Cup, the Socceroos all-time leading scorer Tim Cahill believes Australian football can take a huge step forward with victory over dethroned world champions Spain.
Earlier in the day, Bolivia beat Venezuela 3-1 at home and Uruguay and Paraguay drew 0-0 in Montevideo.
Photographs of the skywriting were widely shared online but it was unclear who was responsible for them. But the Australian Grand Prix authorities were adamant that Albert Park would welcome thousands of motor sport fans from Thursday when practice sessions and qualifying commence for lower-profile touring car series.
Australia's Tim Cahill on Thursday received the minimum one-match ban for a straight red card against Germany, leaving him available for the final World Cup Group D match against Serbia. However, the Socceroos' top goal scorer will miss Saturday's match against Ghana which they must at least draw to leave a realistic chance of remaining in the tournament.
Hosts Australia swept into the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup in some style on Tuesday with a 4-0 hammering of Oman at Stadium Australia that ensured South Korea would go through from Group A with them.
Germany will face tougher World Cup opponents than Australia and must keep their feet on the ground despite crushing the Socceroos 4-0 in their opening match, coach Joachim Loew said.
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The international suspension of the Iraqi Football Association was provisionally lifted by FIFA on Thursday.
The Jordanian FA will seek clarification from Australian soccer's governing body after their coach, Adnan Hamad, was detained at MelbourneAirport for more than four hours by immigration officials.
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Mathew Ryan asked his family if anyone wanted to come and watch him play in the World Cup in Russia, there was an enthusiastic response - from 27 of them.
India dropped two places, to 144, in the latest FIFA rankings, two days after a drubbing from Australia in their opening Asian Cup match in Doha on Monday. The top three places remain unchanged, with World champions Spain leading the table, while Netherlands and Germany are second and third respectively.
World governing body FIFA are allowing players from bigger soccer nations to get away with infringements on the pitch that smaller nations' players get punished for, Australia forward Harry Kewell has said.
Harry Kewell scored just after halftime to give Australia a 1-0 win over Iraq in their 2010 World Cup qualifier in Brisbane on Sunday. The former Liverpool player was in outstanding form and was at the heart of most of the Socceroos' goal-scoring chances until being replaced with 13 minutes to go.
Yuji Nakazawa blasted in the decisive spot-kick to lift Japan to a 4-3 victory over Australia on penalties and reach the Asian Cup football semi-finals on Saturday.
Images from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played in Europe on Monday
Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland
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Forced to play their home matches in Malaysia due to security concerns, Syria had fallen behind when Robbie Kruse tapped in from close range in the first half but the underdogs refused to buckle to their vastly more experienced opponents.
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter often talks about being the head of the "football family" but if the boos that greeted his appearance at the Asian Cup final on Saturday are anything to go by, he is not too popular with his Australian cousins.
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Denmark coach Age Hareide admitted his side were fortunate to have four points from their first two World Cup Group C matches after a 1-1 draw with Australia in Samara on Thursday.
With the world watching him in a World Cup opener against Iceland, the normally brilliant Messi struck a weak spot-kick that was saved, leaving Argentina with a disappointing 1-1 draw.
Images and a round-up of all the World Cup qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
South Korea squandered a chance to book their spot at next year's World Cup finals on Thursday after a 0-0 draw with 10-man Iran left their qualification hopes precariously balanced.
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Qatar smashed 15 unanswered goals past Bhutan and the United Arab Emirates knocked in 10 against Malaysia in a lopsided round of World Cup qualifiers across Asia on Thursday
Hong Kong held China to a nil-nil draw in a World Cup qualifying soccer match on Tuesday played amid lingering political tensions between the two sides after last year's massive pro-democracy protests in the financial hub.
Croatia gave themselves a fighting chance of reaching the World Cup knock-out phase when they thrashed a toothless Cameroon 4-0 on Wednesday.
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Images and summary of all the World Cup 2022 qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
