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FIFA hand out punishments for bad behaviour to over 50 nations
• 3 years agoA list of rulings by the disciplinary committee of the governing body of world football included the details of Hungary's punishment for racism by supporters and breaches of security including smoke bombs and blocked staircases in matches against England and Andorra.
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Australia sets new world record with 11th consecutive win after they beat Oman
• 4 years agoKenya-born Awer Mabil scored the opening goal in the ninth minute while Martin Boyle and Mitchel Duke added to the tally in the second half as the Socceroos took charge of Group B in the third and final round of the Asian World Cup qualifiers.
World Cup qualifiers: Germany's Thomas Mueller unsure how to interact with fans amid pandemic
• 4 years agoMueller caught COVID-19 in February while playing for Bayern Munich at the Club World Cup in Qatar. He flew back to Germany and quarantined in the cellar of his home near Munich to avoid infecting his wife.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: Brazil call up eight Premier League players despite concerns over COVID-19 quarantine
• 4 years agoTite has called up eight English Premier League players, including the seven whose clubs stopped them travelling to the last rounds of matches in September due to a potential COVID quarantine.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: Portugal overcome Cristiano Ronaldo's absence to beat Azerbaijan 3-0
• 4 years agoBernardo Silva, André Silva and Diogo Jota scored a goal each for visiting Portugal, which moved three points ahead of Serbia in Group A.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: England's Gareth Southgate eyes glory after Euro heartache
• 4 years agoEngland's road to Qatar resumes with a qualifier in Hungary on Thursday, just 53 days after that tumultuous final loss.
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2022: Back to business for Italy and new-look Germany as qualifying resumes
• 4 years agoItaly are unbeaten in 34 games - including winning their first three qualifiers for Qatar back in March – and now they face three more matches in eight days with a trip to Switzerland and a home meeting with Lithuania also on the agenda.
Premier League: Nuno Espirito Santo concerned about Spurs stars Romero, Lo Celso 'red-list' ban
• 4 years agoRomero and Lo Celso are set to travel to Argentina for World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil next week.
Olivier Giroud left out of France squad as Didier Deschamps names new faces
• 4 years agoGiroud, who turns 35 next month, misses out despite sitting just five goals away from equalling Thierry Henry's all-time record tally of 51 for Les Bleus.
FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers: Euro 2016 champion Joao Mario earns Portugal recall
• 4 years agoThe Benfica midfielder, 28, won the last of his 45 caps in October 2019 alongside Leicester left-back Ricardo Pereira, who played his most recent international in November of the same year.