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  • European qualifying fixtures announced

    European qualifying fixtures announced

    Thursday 1 December 2011

    All but two of the Groups in European Zone qualifying for Brazil 2014 have had their fixtures finalised, with England, France, Italy and Spain starting out away to Moldova, Finland, Bulgaria and Georgia respectively.

  • Capello: England need to be careful

    Capello: England need to be careful

    Monday 8 August 2011

    "England need to be careful, this will not be easy. We’ve seen already the strength of Ukraine and Montenegro," Fabio Capello, England manager.

  • Familiar foes await England

    Familiar foes await England

    Wednesday 3 August 2011

    Ukraine, Poland and Montenegro, all of whom have taken points off England in previous qualifying campaigns, are once again preparing to challenge the Three Lions in Group H.

  • Drama and derbies await in Europe

    Drama and derbies await in Europe

    Sunday 31 July 2011

    The draw for the European zone yielded some potentially thrilling sections, with local rivalries set to be stirred and the world champions left to do battle with another winner of football's ultimate prize. 

  • Trapattoni unfazed by play-offs

    Trapattoni unfazed by play-offs

    Wednesday 14 October 2009

    Giovanni Trapattoni is confident his Republic of Ireland side can make it through the play-offs to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

  • Celebrations for Swiss, Slovaks

    Celebrations for Swiss, Slovaks

    Wednesday 14 October 2009

    Switzerland and Slovakia seized Europe's last two automatic berths in South Africa, while Portugal, Greece, Slovenia and Ukraine made the play-offs.