Africa
53 teams, 5 places
Tunisia have sacked coach Humberto Coelho after their failure to qualify for South Africa 2010 with Faouzi Benzarti named as Coelho's replacement.
FIFA has today officially opened disciplinary proceedings related to the Egypt and Algeria match in Cairo on Saturday 14 November 2009.
Joy erupted on the streets of Paris as Algerian fans based in the city went out to celebrate qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Algerians home and abroad exploded with joy as the final whistle sounded in Khartoum to send the country to its first world finals since 1986.
Antar Yahia's spectacular first half goal earned Algeria the final African qualifying spot in next year's FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa.
Egypt this week celebrated the twentieth anniversary of qualifying for their last FIFA World Cup with fans hoping the omens are a positive.
