France, Portugal, Croatia qualify for Rio World Cup after heroics

France produced one of soccer's most famous comebacks on Tuesday to scrape into next year's World Cup finals via the playoffs while Portugal blazed through after Cristiano Ronaldo conjured up a......

Debutant Martin fires France to victory in Ukraine

An experimental France side came from behind to beat Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine 4-1 in a friendly in Donetsk on Monday with Marvin Martin scoring twice on his debut for Les Blues after coming off......

Toni double fires Italy into semis

Luca Toni struck twice in the second half as Italy beat Ukraine 3-0 on Friday to set up a World Cup semi-final against hosts Germany. The Italians were clearly superior to a Ukraine side making......

Ukraine oust Swiss on penalties

Ukraine beat Switzerland 3-0 on penalties to reach the World Cup quarter-finals in Cologne on Monday after the teams played out a sterile scoreless draw.\nUkraine's Andriy Shevchenko missed the......

Dynamo Kiev, Rangers suffer early exits

Champions League regulars Dynamo Kiev and Rangers suffered early exits in the qualifying rounds on Wednesday while Benfica safely survived their tie against Trabzonspor. Three players were sent off......