Highlights and reactions as African nations seal World Cup spots
Catch up with the highlights and reactions from a frantic night of World Cup playoff action which saw Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Algeria book their places at the finals.
Senegal beat Egypt on penalties to seal World Cup spot, Ghana edge Nigeria
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted the winning penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt, while Ghana, Tunisia and Morocco also booked their places in the finals on a frantic night of play-off action.
Lewandowski, Ibrahimovic seek World Cup place as Poland, Sweden clash
Either Robert Lewandowski or Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss out on the chance to play at the 2022 World Cup when Poland and Sweden clash in Tuesday’s play-off.
Southgate chases ‘missing piece’ in World Cup year
England manager Gareth Southgate has set his sights on the nation’s “missing piece” as he targets World Cup glory in 2022.
European champions Italy, Portugal in same World Cup playoff bracket
European champions Italy and Portugal could meet for a place at the 2022 World Cup after being drawn in the same play-off path on Friday.
World Cup 2022: How do the Uefa playoffs work?
World Cup 2022 takes place in November next year – with UEFA play-offs scheduled for March.
Netherlands, France and Belgium seal qualification while Wales head to playoffs
Netherlands, France and Belgium all finished top of their qualification groups with victories on Tuesday night to book their tickets for Qatar 2022, while Wales and Turkey head to the playoffs.
Bafana’s World Cup dreams ended by Ghana
Bafana Bafana’s World Cup dreams came to an end after they suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Ghana at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in their final Fifa World Cup Group G qualifier on Sunday evening.
Donn replaces injured Maart in Bafana squad for World Cup qualifiers
SuperSport United midfielder Jesse Donn has been called up to replace the injured Sekhukhune United midfielder Yusuf Maart for Bafana Bafana’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers this week.
Broos: I have confidence in my team
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos admits he is surprised at how well his side are doing, adding that everyone would have laughed if he said they would be top of Group G at this stage of the qualifiers.
