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Mesut Özil expected to recover from injury in time for Arsenal match on Saturday

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil should be fit to face Norwich despite picking up injury while on international duty.        

Top 10 hotels and hostels in Rio de Janeiro

When England fly to Rio for the 2014 Brazil World Cup, the squad will be staying at the swanky Windsor Atlantica on Copacabana. Here are some other top spots around the city, for a fraction of the price and for any time of year Contemporâneo Hostel, Botafogo This small boutique hostel, which…

World Cup qualifying: 10 talking points

Hats off to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland and Ghana, while France are firing again and, whisper it, England are improving 1) Pharaohs on the wane, Black Stars rising The great Egypt team will remain unfulfilled. The play-off against Ghana was the last chance for some wonderful champions, most…

Sweden 3-5 Germany | World Cup qualifier match report

André Schürrle scored a hat-trick as Germany recovered from a two-goal deficit to finish their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-3 win over Sweden. Germany had already secured first place in Group C and a spot at the World Cup, while Sweden had clinched a play-off berth by beating…

England could face revitalised France should they fall at last hurdle

Roy Hodgson's side could meet France in a World Cup play-off if England fail to beat Poland in their final qualifying match Just ask any Irishman: the play-offs are not a place you want to be when France are standing puff-chested in the path of World Cup qualification but should the unthinkable…

Sweden 2-1 Austria

Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck a late winner to give Sweden a 2-1 victory over Austria that secured a play-off place in Group C. The Paris St Germain striker latched on to Kim Kallstrom's long ball and finished with aplomb with four minutes to go to make sure Sweden finished as runners-up to the group…

Fulham: Cottagers linked to new Swedish talent

Fulham are among several clubs to have shown an interest in AIK Stockholm's Swedish defender Alexander Milosevic.

Player with 1% sight scores penalty in Swedish league game

Andreas Engstrom, who contracted Leber's disease six years ago, only knew his spot-kick had gone in when he heard the cheering from his Ulvsby IF team-mates It is sometimes easy to lose faith in modern football – with its greed, lurid headlines and biting – but every now and then there…