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Wanderers condemn unruly fans

Sydney New club accepts responsibility for incident involving fans harassing Sydney FC supporter.

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FIFA throw out Costa Rica replay request

Zurich World governing body FIFA has thrown out Costa Rica's attempt to have their snow-hit World Cup qualifying defeat to the United States replayed.

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Egypt snatch World Cup qualifying win

Johannesburg Mohamed Abou Trika converted a penalty to earn Egypt a dramatic 2-1 home victory over Zimbabwe Tuesday in a 2014 World Cup qualifier.

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World Cup European zone qualifying group stage results

World Cup European zone qualifying results and standings today.

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Argentina share points with Bolivia

La Paz Argentina suffered a scare before coming from behind to secure a 1-1 draw with Bolivia in their 2014 World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday.

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Spain back in control after beating France

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Paris World Cup holders Spain retook control of qualifying Group I on Tuesday with a 1-0 win against France in Paris, Pedro Rodriguez scoring the only goal of the game in the second half at the Stade de...

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Socceroos in deep hole, says Fox's Harper

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 26:  The Socceroos warm up before the FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier match between the Australian Socceroos and Oman at ANZ Stadium on March 26, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Will Brodie Fox Sports soccer analyst Andy Harper says the Socceroos are in a ''deep hole'' and a ''massive shakedown'' of the Australian squad is needed if it is to progress to the World Cup finals.

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Jordan stuns Japan in World Cup qualifier

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Amman Goalkeeper Amer Sabbah pulled off a heroic late penalty stop on Tuesday as Jordan stunned Japan 2-1 to reignite their World Cup hopes and foil the Asian champions' hopes of booking an early ticket to...

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Montenegro hold England to 1-1 draw

England's Michael Carrick (C) is tackled by Montenegro's Mirko Vucinic (L) and Dejan Damjanovic.

Montenegro produced a rousing second-half display to earn a 1-1 draw at home to England on Tuesday that enabled them to preserve a two-point lead in their World Cup qualifying group.

O, man! Draw a blow to Socceroos' World Cup bid

Can't bear to watch: Robert Cornthwaite towers over Amad Al-Hosni on Tuesday night.

Sebastian Hassett For a while, it looked as though Australia could fall to its second defeat in final stage of qualifying.

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Newcastle hits the jackpot in Asian Cup draw

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Socceroos will kick off 2015 Asian Cup campaign in Melbourne.

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France's Franck Ribery (second right) is surrounded by Spain's Monreal Eraso (left), Sergio Ramos Garcia (second left) and Sergio Busquets Burgos during the World Cup qualifying match between the two countries.

World champion regains top spot in World Cup qualifying group with hard-fought win over France.

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Gerrard impressed by ice cool Rooney

London England captain Steven Gerrard insists Wayne Rooney's ability to keep his fiery temper under control is crucial to his side's bid to qualify for the World Cup.

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Transition too late: Bleiberg

Young star Tommy Oar and Oman's Raed Saleh fight for the ball.

Peter Hanlon World Cup campaign suffering from tardiness in bringing on next wave of players.

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Osieck under pressure: FFA's Gallop

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Football Federation Australia boss David Gallop has declined to guarantee the job security of under-fire Socceroos coach Holger Osieck.

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A-League round 27 preview

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We preview the remaining four games of round 27 in the countdown to the finals.

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Federation rejects breaks in local season for Socceroos

Holger Osieck.

Sebastian Hassett Though the A-League may supply as many players for the Socceroos as any other, an international break won't be coming any time soon.

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Plenty to mull over

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Michael Lynch Daniel Mullen says Victory owes it to the fans to lift with finals coming up.

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Ageing Socceroos struggling, so give youth a go

Michael Lynch It seems that most of Australia is revelling in the war-time mantra of 'Keep Calm and Carry On'.

With Holger's Heroes, we see nothing

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Leaping Larry After a draw with Oman, it would be so easy to criticise the the national soccer team and coach.