Images from the football World Cup qualifiers

Striker Nilmar scored a hat-trick for a second-string Brazil as they beat Chile 4-2 at home and denied the visitors the victory they required to seal a place in the finals. In the absence of......

Villarreal, Espanyol stay in touch with leaders

Villarreal and Espanyol clung to the coat-tails of the La Liga leaders on Sunday with home wins that owed much to their attractive style of attacking football. Nilmar struck the only goal as......

Pato on target as new-look Brazil beat Iran

Alexandre Pato scored again to help a new-look and more adventurous Brazil beat Iran 3-0 on Thursday in their second win in two internationals under new coach Mano Menezes. Daniel Alves, one of......

Brazil fail to shine in 2-0 win over Oman

Brazil rounded off a very good pre-World Cup year with a lacklustre 2-0 win over Oman in a friendly on Tuesday to take their tally to 14 victories in 17 matches. Striker Nilmar opened the scoring......