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Oh man! You are going to be hearing a whole lot about this!  With Ireland up 1-0 away at France and level on aggregate, Thierry Henry clearly handles the ball with his hand and then sets up Gallas for the equalizer, thus putting France through to the World Cup. No doubt this is a clear handball and a horrible way for Ireland to not go through to the ...

Cameroon completed a fine recovery after a stuttering start to their World Cup qualifying campaign to reach the finals in South Africa with a 2-0 away win over Morocco on Saturday. The Indomitable Lions have now qualified for an African-record six World Cup finals. (more...)

 Substitute Nejc Pecnik's late goal gave Slovenia a lifeline in their World Cup qualifying play-off against Russia. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's brace seemed to have put the home side in commanding but Pecnik - only introduced in the 83rd minute in place of Andraz Kirm - pounced two minutes from time for a potentially crucial away goal. A capacity crowd ...

Three Algerian soccer players were injured after Egyptian soccer fans hurled rocks at their bus as they entered Cairo for this weekend's World Cup qualifier. Inside the bus and post-stoning video after the jump... (more...)

France, Ireland, New Zealand, Bahrain and Costa Rica are just some of the countries hoping to make the World Cup in play-offs this week.

Pretty incredible behind the scenes video series of Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Honduras dropped today by US Soccer. Two More Videos after the Jump......  (more...)

The U.S. Men's National Team wants to extend a big thank you to the fans from all over the country who traveled, cheered and supported the team throughout 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

The Republic of Ireland will play 1998 champions France in the play-offs for the World Cup finals. The French will have the advantage of playing the second leg on home soil. Portugal, meanwhile, will face Bosnia-Herzegovina and it is Greece-Ukraine and Russia-Slovenia. (more...)