Italy suffer fresh World Cup misery after shock play-off loss to North Macedonia
European champions Italy will not feature at the World Cup later this year after a monumental upset defeat to North Macedonia in their play-off semi-final.
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European champions Italy OUT of World Cup after shock loss to North Macedonia
North Macedonia stunned European Champions Italy in the dying minutes to set up a clash against Portugal in the World Cup qualifying finals. The four-time World Champions failed to qualify for the tournament in Russia after being knocked out by Sweden in the play-offs.
When is the World Cup finals draw and play-off final date as Wales beat Austria
Wales booked their place in the World Cup play-off final by beating Austria at Cardiff City Stadium.
Figure skating - Americans Knierim and Frazier win pairs world title
MONTPELLIER, France : Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier performed a flawless free programme to win the pairs title at the figure skating world championships on Thursday.
Sweden 1 Czech Republic 0 (AET) - Highlights
Sweden are through to a World Cup qualifying play-off final against Poland next week after an extra-time strike by Robin Quaison gave them a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic in Solna on Thursday.
Sweden 1-0 Czech Republic: Robin Quaison strike sees Janne Andersson's side into play-off final
Robin Quaison's extra-time goal was enough to down the Czech Republic and send Sweden through to a World Cup play-off against Poland. Before this point it was a very forgettable game with the absence of the star forwards from either side, the suspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic due to suspension and Patrik Schick due to injury.
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier win worlds pairs title as Ashley Cain-Gribble suffers a nasty fall
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier became the first American pair to win a world figure skating title since 1979. Knierim and Frazier posted the highest scores in the short program and free skate (221.09) to win by 21.54 points over Japanese pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (199.55). Ad/> Canadian duo Vanessa James and Eric Radford had to settle for bronze (197.32).
Scotland 1 Poland 1: Three talking points as former Celtic star's first goal cancelled out by controversial penalty
A late Krzysztof Piatek penalty took the shine off another good Scotland performance, as a first Scots goal from Arsenal and former Celtic star Kieran Tierney was cancelled out in a 1-1 friendly draw with Poland.