Sport World Cup qualifiers: Republic of Ireland hold Denmark to goalless draw ahead of Dublin decider Martin O'Neill's side are within touching distance of their first World Cup finals in 15 years as they head home for the second leg. 11/11/2017
Sport Sweden beat Italy 1-0 in World Cup play-off first leg It means Italy are in danger of failing to qualify for the first time since 1958 10/11/2017
Sport World Cup qualifiers: Republic of Ireland head to Copenhagen for first leg showdown with Denmark Ireland are without two midfielders who will be needed to stop Danish playmaker Christian Eriksen. 10/11/2017
Sport Syria out of 2018 World Cup Australia beat Syria 3-2 on aggregate, dashing their hopes of a 2018 World Cup spot. 10/10/2017
Russia World Cup 2018: What we can expect to see, and what we won’t The World Cup firsts, familiar faces and unlikely occurrences we can expect at Russia 2018 10/10/2017
Sport Iceland make football World Cup history Tiny Iceland, population 330,000, has made sporting history by becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the football World Cup. 10/10/2017
World Do or die time for World Cup 2018 hopefuls With 15 teams already certain for Russia 2018, the final round of qualifiers sees some big names facing elimination from football's top tournament. 09/10/2017
