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Argentina vs Chile: Lionel Messi penalty lifts home team into qualifying berths for 2018 World Cup

Lionel Messi converted a penalty as Argentina laboured to a 1-0 win over Chile in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday that put them back in the automatic qualifying spots.

World Cup qualifiers: A year after Paris attacks, war and terror overshadow football

From poppies and black armbands to brutally graphic nightmares caused by terrorist carnage, Friday's World Cup qualifiers will be sobering as well as raucous.

World Cup qualifiers: Wayne Rooney to start for England against Scotland, confirms Gareth Southgate

England captain Wayne Rooney will return to the starting line-up for his country's 2018 World Cup qualifier against Scotland, Gareth Southgate announced.

World Cup qualifiers: Resurgent Brazil eye redemption in titanic clash against Argentina

Brazil return to the scene of the most humiliating defeat in their history on Thursday when they face Argentina in a titanic 2018 World Cup qualifier.

World Cup qualifiers: Neymar gives Lionel Messi lift on his private jet ahead of Brazil-Argentina clash

Neymar didn't hesitate to offer a lift to Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano on his private jet ahead of Brazil and Argentina's 2018 World Cup qualifier.

World Cup qualifiers: Italy axe Graziano Pelle for not shaking coach Giampiero Ventura's hand