THE race to qualify for the 2018 Russia World Cup it reaching its climax...
South Africa’s World Cup hopes suffered a blow on Friday night when they lost in Praia, but a goalless draw in Saturday’s Group D match between Senegal and Burkina Faso is a result that bring hopes to Bafana Bafana.
Although Senegal started the latest round of fixtures one point behind Burkina and South Africa in the standings‚ they were the fancied team in the group with an impressive squad of players from clubs in the English premier league‚ Italy’s Serie A and in France’s top flight.
On Saturday night they were heavily fancied at home against Burkina but were held to a goalless draw in the best possible result from a South African perspective.
The two teams meet again on Tuesday‚ this time in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou‚ kicking off some 90 minutes after South Africa begin their bid for rehabilitation at home to the Cape Verdians at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
BELGIUM became the first European side to join hosts Russia at next summer's World Cup finals as goals from Jan Vertonghen and Romelu Lukaku gave them victory in Greece.
CAMEROON have thrown in the towel in their bid to qualify for their eighth Fifa World Cup tournament. As things stand, the Indomitable Lions will need a healthy dollop of luck to make it to the finals in Russia next year.
Weekend Round Up results
2018 Africa World Cup Qualifier
Guinea 3 - 2 Libya
Uganda 1 - 0 Egypt
Morocco 6 - 0 Mali
Tunisia 2 - 1 DR Congo
Cape Verde 2 - 1 South Africa
Nigeria 4 - 0 Cameroon
Ghana 1 - 1 Congo
EUROPE
2018 World Cup Qualifiers - Asia
Thailand 1 - 2 Iraq
Korea Republic 0 - 0 Iran
Syria 3 - 1 Qatar
China PR 1 - 0 Uzbekistan
Japan 2 - 0 Australia
Malta 0 - 4 England
Norway 2 - 0 Azerbaijan
Lithuania 0 - 3 Scotland
Slovakia 1 - 0 Slovenia
Denmark 4 - 0 Poland
Czech Republic 1 - 2 Germany
San Marino 0 - 3 Northern Ireland
Romania 1 - 0 Armenia
Kazakhstan 0 - 3 Montenegro
2018 World Cup Qualifiers - Europe
Luxembourg 1 - 0 Belarus
Cyprus 3 - 2 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Portugal 5 - 1 Faroe Islands
France 4 - 0 Netherlands
Greece 0 - 0 Estonia
Bulgaria 3 - 2 Sweden
Hungary 3 - 1 Latvia
Belgium 9 - 0 Gibraltar
Switzerland 3 - 0 Andorra
2018 World Cup Qualifiers - South America
Venezuela 0 - 0 Colombia
Peru 2 - 1 Bolivia
Brazil 2 - 0 Ecuador
Uruguay 0 - 0 Argentina
Chile 0 - 3 Paraguay
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