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CAPE TOWN :South Africa overcame the embarrassment of a three-point deduction in their World Cup qualifying campaign to finish top of their group on Tuesday and reach next year’s finals, although they had Nigeria partially to thank for their progress.

UDINE, Italy :Thousands of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators on Tuesday marched in the northern Italian city of Udine before Italy's World Cup soccer qualifier against Israel, concluding their mostly peaceful protest with clashes involving police.

DOHA :Qatar qualified for next year's World Cup after handing the United Arab Emirates a 2-1 defeat on Tuesday as second-half headers by Boualem Khouki and Pedro Miguel secured their side's place at the tournament in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that FIFA chief Gianni Infantino would support moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities for security reasons if necessary. In September, Trump raised the possibility of moving games amid his crackdown on Democratic-run cities, but at the time FIFA said that it was up to football’s governing body to decide where games are held. “If somebody is doing a bad job and if I feel there’s unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni, the head of FIFA, who’s phenomenal, and I would say, let’s move it to another location. And he would do that,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if games could be moved from Boston, one of the host cities. “Very easily he would do it.” Trump’s comments came a day after he met close friend Infantino in Egypt at a summit on a Gaza ceasefire, where the FIFA boss joined more than two dozen world leaders who were discussing peace in the Middle East. The US president also suggested that, if necessary, events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics could also be moved. “I could say the same thing for the Olympics,” Trump said.

UDINE: Italy’s 2026 World Cup qualifier with Israel was prefaced by clashes between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and police on Tuesday as thousands of people marched through Udine in anger at the hosting of a match they felt should not be played. The Gaza ceasefire deal signed on Monday and a hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas did nothing to dampen the resolve of around 10,000 protesters who descended on the small city in Italy’s far north-east, a small section of whom were involved in disorder at the end of the march. Over 1,000 police officers and army personnel were deployed while helicopters and drones flew overhead to keep a watch on a demonstration which was kept several kilometers away from the Bluenergy Stadium hosting the Group I fixture. There was little chance of protesters reaching the stadium as checkpoints were put up in a ring around it, with spectators having to pass concrete barriers and metal detectors in order to watch a match which is key to Italy’s bid to ensure they qualify for a World Cup for the first time since 2014. The security operation was designed to stop rioting and ensure no-one gets near the ground or the Israel team, but although the march started peacefully in warm autumn sunshine it ended with police using a water cannon and tear gas on some of the marchers who threw rocks at officers. There was little sign of violent disorder when the march started at around 1800 local time , with the loudest noise the drumming and sound systems accompanying dancing from people of ages, who waved Palestinian flags and banners which read “show Israel the red card.” “There’s no more bombs and that makes us happy, but the problem with this peace plan is that there is no talk of a

Canadian curling athletes will hit the world stage next year in new team uniforms unveiled Tuesday in Thunder Bay, Ont.

The PWHL season doesn’t begin until Nov. 21, but the competition among the women looking to make the Canadian Olympic hockey team is already in full swing.

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