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Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez has been ruled out of Saturday´s Premier League clash against Arsenal and could also miss his reunion with former club Manchester United.

Rafa Benitez believes Liverpool will benefit from the feel-good factor generated by his stars´ World Cup success.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has taunted Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger by claiming the Gunners aren´t tough enough to end their trophy drought.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admits his side face the acid test of their ability to gatecrash the Premier League´s top four as they prepare for crunch clashes against Manchester United and Chelsea.

Argentina lost its third qualification match in a row on Wednesday against Paraguay: 1-0. Diego Maradona’s squad dropped to the fifth spot in the group and a ticket for South Africa is all but secure.

Bahrain stayed on course for a maiden World Cup berth after edging out neighbours Saudi Arabia on the away-goals rule following a 2-2 draw in a heart-stopping second-leg of the Asian Zone World Cup qualifying play-off on Wednesday.

The chances of two-time World Cup champions Argentina failing to make the World Cup finals for the first time since 1970 shortened as they were beaten 1-0 by Paraguay in Asuncion which saw the victors reach their eighth finals.

Serbia moved to within three points of the World Cup on Wednesday with a 1-1 draw at home to France, whose hopes of automatic qualification remain alive after a brave 10-man showing.

European champions Spain qualified for the 2010 World Cup with two games to spare with goals from Cesc Fabregas, Santi Cazorla and Juan Mata sealing a 3-0 win over Estonia in Merida on Wednesday.

Their disappointing failure to qualify for Euro 2008 behind them, England exacted their revenge on Croatia in style on Wednesday with a 5-1 triumph at Wembley Stadium that saw Fabio Capello’s men book a berth in the World Cup as winners of UEFA Group 6.

Frank Lampard has warned England to keep cool if Wednesday´s crucial World Cup qualifier against Croatia threatens to turn nasty.

Germany are just one victory away from winning the UEFA Women’s Championship for the fifth time in a row, after a 3-1 semi final win over Norway this Monday.

Brazilian striker Robinho was ruled out on Monday of already qualified Brazil´s 2010 World Cup qualifier with Chile on Wednesday.

Serbia defender Nemanja Vidic says a draw against beleaguered France in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday would be as good as a victory.

Five-time champions Brazil, inspired by Real Madrid superstar Kaka, qualified for the World Cup finals thanks to a 3-1 win over bitter rivals Argentina.