Fifa's World Rankings for January 2012 were published yesterday at FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.
2010 World Cup winners Spain remain on top followed by the Netherlands, Germany and Copa America champs Uruguay. England are in 5th.
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3 Germany
4 Uruguay
5 England
6 Brazil
7 Portugal
8 Croatia
9 Italy
10 Argentina
11 Denmark
12 Chile
13 Russia
14 Greece
15 France
16 Switzerland
17 Sweden
18 Côte d'Ivoire
19 Bosnia-Herzegovina
19 Japan
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Remember the other day when we were bemoaning the detrimental effect that kit re-sizing had on our bringing you the best in short tents? Well, since that sad day, Polish NT striker Arkadiusz Piech has shown us there is still room for optimism (although not much else) during Poland's friendly against Bosnia on 16th December.

In this week's review section, we congratulate The Czech Republic, The Republic of Ireland, Portugal and Croatia on Euro 2012 qualification

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In this week's review section, we congratulate The Czech Republic, The Republic of Ireland, Portugal and Croatia on Euro 2012 qualification, while Guus leaves Turkey and Suarez makes the back pages for the wrong reason.

Video- Nani goal vs Bosnia Herzegovina BiH- Portugal 2011 November is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Video- Nani goal vs Bosnia Herzegovina BiH- Portugal 2011 November is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Portuguese winger Nani has given us some crackers in his lifetime and this stunning Nani goal vs Bosnia ( video below) is right up there with the best.

0 Turquia vs Croacia 30 Croacia vs Turquia 0
0 Estonia vs Irlanda 41 Irlanda vs Estonia 1
2 República Checa vs Montenegro 00 Montenegro vs República Checa 1
0 Bosnia vs Portugal 06 Portuga vs Bosnia 2
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Portugal vs Bosnia 6-2 Highlights Video Nani Ronaldo Postiga Goals BiH Euro 2012 Playoffs is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Portugal vs Bosnia 6-2 Highlights Video Nani Ronaldo Postiga Goals BiH Euro 2012 Playoffs is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Portugal vs Bosnia 2011 ( Portugal vs Bosnia-Herzegovina/ BiH 2011) Score and result:- Portugal vs Bosnia 6-2 ( Ronaldo*2, Nani, Postiga*2, Veloso/ Misimovic, Spahic) Lisbon, Portugal- 15 November, 2011- Euro [.

La resa dei conti è arrivata. Questa sera si decidono gli ultimi quattro posti per la fase finale dell'Europeo 2012. Ultimi novanta minuti per le nazionali impegnate in questi caldi spareggi, con l'Irlanda del Trap e la Croazia di Bilic che hanno gi , di fatto, ipotecato la qualificazione grazie ai corposi 4 a 0 e [.

After the first leg of the Euro 2012 play-offs, there were a wide variety of results to compare and analyze before the second leg on Tuesday. Some ties already look finished, while some are still very much alive.

We take a look at one thing we learned from each match.

Croatia remain world class

A 3-0 demolition of Turkey reaffirms that despite missing out on the World Cup, Croatia are still a team with enough quality and talent to win the European Championships.

On this week's podcast we preview the European Championship 2012 Play-offs.

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Ron-fingered gesture Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was snapped giving the finger to Bosnia supporters while on international duty with Portugal. The ex-Manchester United man reacted when the supporters shone a laser pen on him during a training session in Sarajevo. Ronaldo has come in for a tough time since arriving in Bosnia.

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On this week's report we focus on the four play-off ties that will decide the last four spots in next summer's European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine.

With 12 team already qualified for next summer's European Championships in Poland/Ukraine the remaining four spots will be filled on Tuesday after the two-legged games between the best runners-up in the qualifying groups. Here we take a look at the eight sides and pick out the four teams we think will make it to the finals.

10.11.2011 - Así como el maduro Pelé (71) no puede dejar de hablar de Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo vive cada vez más momentos a la sombra del nombre de Lionel Messi.
"Los que me gritan por Messi son anormales", tiró CR el mes pasado (09.10.

Revenge is a dish best served cold. This is the mindset of Bosnia as they make preparations for their EURO 2012 playoff fixture against Portugal. These teams met in the... Read more »

Revenge is a dish best served cold. This is the mindset of Bosnia as they make preparations for their EURO 2012 playoff fixture against Portugal. These teams met in the... Read more »

If there was any speculation that Bento might shake things up in the starting 11 for the upcoming playoff legs against Bosnia, it has once again been put to rest as Danny and Silvio have both been ruled out due to injuries. Danny will miss his third important qualifier [read more]

On this week's predictions we look at three of the vital play-off games for the European Championships, as well as a selection of World Cup 2014 qualifiers.

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On this week's predictions we look at three of the vital play-off games for the European Championships, as well as a selection of World Cup 2014 qualifiers. You can listen to Damon and Damian discussing their predictions on this week's show.

The draw for the European Championship qualifying playoffs took place on Thursday morning and no country is happier with the results than Ireland.

The Irish, who missed out on the 2010 World Cup after facing the tough draw (and Thierry Henry handball) of France, drew Estonia out of the eight-team pot, giving Ireland the easiest draw in the pot.

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After turning the French centre-half inside-out before open the scoring for Bosnia on Tuesday evening, it looks like Edin Dzeko proved to be a bit of a 'handful' for Adil Rami on more than one occasion over the course of the game...

HONK!

It is now more then 24 hours since the disappointing loss to Denmark, a loss that has sent our National side to the playoff zone and one final attempt to qualify for Euro 2012. Portugal will face either Turkey, Bosnia, Montenegro or Estonia in a home and home in November and the Quinas should not take any of these countries for granted.

Following on from their controversial hand of frog, France again were handed no pun intended a path to the Finals of another major championships as they were awarded a controversial penalty, despite the foul looking to have occurred outside the penalty box as they drew 1-1 with Bosnia & Herzegovina to top their group at the expense of last nights opponents.

A late goal by Nasri offsets the 1st half goal by Dzeko in this surprisingly even matchup.Video: ZDF
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The goal came from Bosnia and Herzegovina fatigue - they fouled Nasri in the box. It's like the guy knew it was an obvious foul, but just thought they were outside the box.

Nasri converted the spot kick. 1-1. France are through.

Remy had a clear chance to open the scoring [read more]

USA - Ecuador is on ESPN 2 and Univision at 7pm. Euro 2012 qualifying on ESPN2: Germany - Belgium at 1pm. On ESPN Deportes: Spain - Scotland at 3pm, France - Bosnia at 5pm, and Denmark - Portugal at 7pm. Mexico plays Brazil on ESPN2 at 9:30pm. GolTV has Panama - Nicaragua at 8pm. All Times Eastern

So after a terrible game in Finland where we were lucky enough to escape with three points, its time to move on to the last official game of the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Oh, sure, there is still a play-off coming up, but there is one last chance that we might just be able to avoid that and wouldn´t that be nice?

With Germany, Italy, Holland, England, Spain and hosts Poland and Ukraine already qualified their are still 9 places remaining in the Euro 2012 Finals, so which teams have their own destiny in their own hands and who have to rely on others to keep their Euro 2012 dreams alive.

Things got ugly in Wednesday's Bosnian Cup match between FK Velež Mostar and H K Zrinjski Mostar in the ethnically divided town's derby match when Zrinjski fans invaded the pitch to chase visiting Velez players. The incident occurred in second half stoppage time right after Rijad Demic scored for Velez.

Family feud Former Aston Villa striker Savo Milosevic is in mourning after his dad was killed by hi grandfather. His grandad, 83-year-old Savo Senior, shot 58-year-old Stevo Milosevic in the chest with a M-48 rifle after a dispute about property. The shooting happened at the family home in Glavicice, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Mexico vs El Salvador 2011 Score:- Mexico vs El Salvador 5-0 ( Efren Juarez, de Nigris, Javier Chicharito Hernandez*3) June 5, 2011- Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas- 6/5/11 Mexico crush El Salvador 5-0 in Texas as Javier Chicharito Hernandez scores a hat trick for El Tri. El Salvador's Marvin Gonzalez was sent off late in the [.

In an unusual display of awareness of world current affairs, Romania supporters wound up Bosnia fans with a banner in support of alleged Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladić during last night's Euro 2012 qualifier. A 'Free Mladic' banner was unfurled in the Romania support prompting angry scenes among the Bosnian following, who ripped up chairs [.

Mexico vs New Zealand 2011 ( El Tri vs All Whites) Score:- Mexico v New Zealand 3-0 ( Dos Santos*2, De Nigris) International Soccer Friendly- 1 June 2011. Mexico beat New Zealand 3-0 in an international friendly thanks to a brace from Giovani dos Santos.The Mexico vs All Whites international friendly took place at the [.

How bad is this headbutt?
Well, it's pretty bad, but what's the punishment worth?
Check it out:
The headbutter (I know that's not a word but work with me) is Jesus Corona of Cruz Azul. The person who received the headbutt is Sergio Marti, a trainer with Morelia.
This happened on Sunday at the end of Morelia's 3-0 win over Cruz Azul.

• Hollow Michel. (Three Match Ban)
• Bosnia's in trouble. (Jonathan Wilson)
• Minnow parks. (The Best Eleven)
• Football's healing Japan. (Guardian)
• Feyenoord's reverse. (Half-time Oranje)
• Closer to home. (The Accidental Groundshopper)
• Loving Lucas.

Apologies for the temporary hiatus from blogging. Thankfully Jeff did a great job of recapping the recent matches against Luxembourg and Croatia.

Probably the biggest recent story in group D is the suspension of Bosnia from all international competitions. I do believe this destroys any hopes of them qualifying for the tournament as I do not think they will be able to fix things before their next qualifier on June 3rd.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez got on the score-sheet despite his penalty been saved as Mexico beat Bosnia 2-0 tonight at the Georgia Dome. It was a fairly heated friendly as friendlies go.

Chicharito con el balon // Foto CC nathangibbs

Mañana miércoles hay grandes partidos alrededor del mundo, Estados unidos visitaba Egipto (partido pospuesto por obvias razones), Colombia visita el Bernabéu, Canadá va a Grecia, Brasil juega en Francia, Argentina y Portugal se miden en Suiza y México se enfrenta a la todopoderosa Bosnia (con suplentes) en Atlanta.

Lista la convocatoria con los jugadores oficiales para el partido contra Bosnia, el primer partido del ¨Chepo¨ De la Torre como entrenador de la selección mexicana de fútbol. En lo que parecia seria una selección mas que renovada se convirtió en un ejercicio mas, volvió a llamar a jugadores de experiencia como Torrado y a jóvenes promesas europeas que se tardan en despegar como Giovani Dos Santos o Pablo Barrera, en la portería dos sorpresa.