RANGERS striker Kyle Lafferty had Northern Ireland daring to dream of a famous victory at the Slaski Stadium, but instead they had to settle for a point in their World Cup qua

THE race to stage the 2018 World Cup finals is going to be the most competitive ever, Andy Anson, chief executive of England's bid, has said.

ROBBIE Keane was the Republic of Ireland's hero once again as he snatched victory in Cyprus to keep the nation's World Cup dream alive.

LOOKING at this result, it would be easy to form the impression that Scotland were comfortable winners and that the loss in Skopje last year was a fluke.

IT IS just like Italy all over again, Craig Gordon admitted after Scotland set up a last-game decider against the Netherlands with their win over Macedonia. As with their Euro

GAMBLES have tended to backfire horribly for George Burley as Scotland manager.

THE cheeky boy is back. It's just unfortunate he won't be hanging around for a reprise of this second half performance when the Dutch visit on Wednesday. The moniker w

AS KICK-OFF APPROACHED, the stakes were being raised in traditional fashion. "Scotland's hopes are hanging by a thread," said Jim White, setting the scene for Sk

After the latest round of World Cup qualifiers in the European qualifying zone, Northern Ireland are on track for qualification after their 1-1 draw in Poland. Scotland kept their slim chances alive with a 2-0 win at home to Macedonia. The Republic of Ireland secured a vital 2-1 win away in Cyprus. Elsewhere results went mostly as expected with the big guns Spain and Italy beating Belgium and Georgia respectively. Denmark and Portugal drew 1-1 as did France and Romania. In South America, Argentina face Brazil in Rosario in a crunch game for Diego Maradona's struggling team.