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18.11.2009 - FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Portugal 0:1

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Bloody hell. It finally all comes down to this. After today, we're done.
CAF
Egypt vs. Algeria
12:30 EST
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
Preview
Preview II
Battle for final African spot at fever pitch
UEFA
France vs. Ireland (1-0 agg.)
3pm EST
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Jogaram em Lisboa, no Estádio da Luz, pela repescagem européia, as seleções de Portugal (10º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Bósnia-Herzegovina (42º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.
O quarteto de arbitragem desse jogo, foi assim definido:
Referee: Martin ATKINSON (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter KIRKUP (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Philip SHARP (ENG)
Fourth official: Andre MARRINER (ENG)
O único gol do jogo, foi anotado aos 31 minutos do primeiro tempo, por Bruno Alves. Click to continue reading...

Não consigo encontrar razões válidas para tanto descontentamento com a recepção hostil que a comitiva nacional encontrou na chegada � Bósnia-Herzegovina. As pseudo-vedetas lusas não sabem conviver com a pressão e ambientes adversos? Aprendam a fazê-lo. Apesar de não ser habitual, considero normal o comportamento dos ex-jugoslavos ávidos pela sua estreia num Mundial. Click to continue reading...

Portugal will walk into a packed house at the Estadio da Luz today as the play their first leg against Bosnia-Herzegovina and we at P.S.N.L will be bringing you live game breaking plays from the encounter which you can follow on our Twitter page or our Twittugal page , so even if you cant watch the game or hear it on the Radio page , we will keep you informed during the matchup. Click to continue reading...

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Cristiano Ronaldo is recovering from an ankle injury he suffered back in October in a match with his national team side Portugal. The injury will keep him out of Portugal's World Cup play-off matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

It was earlier reported that Ronald would not be ready in time for the match against FC Barcelona on November 29 but when talking to reporters today in Madrid he was optimistic.

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Beginning Saturday, eight nations in Europe will compete for the last four remaining UEFA spots in the 2010 World Cup. Winners of the two leg playoffs will secure a spot in the World Cup draw on December 4, and the losers endure the pain of watching next summer's tournament from home.

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is in the middle of a dispute between Real Madrid and Portugal.

Ronaldo was surprisingly called up by Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz for the two-legged FIFA World Cup play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina despite Real Madrid recently claiming that Ronaldo will not be fit for at least two more weeks.

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Who needs actual footballing playoffs when you can just watch the bureaucratic battle that is club v country?

Whilst Portugal v Bosnia Herzegovina is titillating the football purist and Russia v Slovenia has forced Jonathan Wilson into euphoric bouts of nervous bowels, the real battle lies behind the scenes, in the board rooms, between those who cut the checks and those who require international glory.

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Cristiano Ronaldo could be looking at missing anther three months of action, if he is forced to have another operation on his injured ankle. Real Madrid have announced that the Portuguese winger has not showed enough improvement to join the first team squad in training and that he has travelled to Amsterdam to see the Dutch ankle specialist Niek van Dijk.

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Munib Usanovic, Secretário-Geral e Elmir Pilav, do Departamento Internacional, da Federação de Futebol da Bósnia-Herzegovina, estiveram ontem em Lisboa, para reuniões com a FPF e preparar logisticamente a sua deslocação para o jogo de 14 de Novembro. Foi assinado um protocolo de organização dos dois jogos que compreendem a questão dos bilhetes - estarão pelo menos 3. Click to continue reading...

Miroslav Blazevic, actual Seleccionador da Bósnia-Herzegovina, é um velho conhecido da Selecção Nacional. Em 19 de Junho de 1996, em Nottingham, Portugal jogou e venceu a Croácia por 3/0, na Fase Final do Euro 96. Blazevic era então o Seleccionador da Croácia e António Oliveira o Seleccionador de Portugal. Click to continue reading...

Bosnia Herzegovina is Portugal's adversary for the WC2010 Play-offs. This is going to be a tough one but I have the utmost confidence in our team! The first match will take place on the 14th of November at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. 4 Days later we face them on Click to continue reading...

Probably not...which is a shame. It's got a really good goalscoring record against one of the top teams in the Premiership.

Anyway, here's the line up for the UEFA playoffs: all of them kick off at 7pm GMT on Saturday November 14th 2009.

Greece v Ukraine

Ireland v France

Portugal v Bosnia & Herzegovina

Russia v Slovenia

It's also worth noting that on the Saturday� the second leg of the New Zealand/Bahrain� (0-0) playoff kicks off at 7am GMT that Saturday� and the first leg of Costa Rica v Uruguay kicks off an hour later than the European games.

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Esta é ainda a realidade da Bósnia-Herzegovina.
Bosnian Serb jailed for genocide

The Court of Bosnia and Hercegovina has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb army officer to 30 years in prison for his part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Milorad Trbic had taken part in a plan to capture, detain, execute and bury all able-bodied Muslim men in the town with "genocidal intent", judges ruled.

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Depois de algumas horas de voo entre Zurique e Sarajevo, num ATR 72, já um pouco fora de uso, com paragem <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />em Banja Luka, chegámos � capital da Bósnia-Herzegovina, com o aeroporto coberto com um manto de neve e com uma temperatura de + 2º.

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PSNL Fans were hoping to face Slovenia before this mornings draw, as 40% of all votes turned in the past few days here on P.S.N.L. supported this matchup for Portugal's knockout playoff game for a World Cup spot. The Portuguese will be taking on Bosnia-Herzegovina which was the second most popular choice from fans at 23%. Click to continue reading...

Bosnia Herzegovina is Portugal's adversary for the WC2010 Play-offs. This is going to be a tough one but I have the utmost confidence in our team! The first match will take place on the 14th of November at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. 4 Days later we face them on Click to continue reading...

Here is the European World Cup qualifying playoff draw.
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Sat Nov 14
Ireland v France
Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Greece v Ukraine
Russia v Slovenia
2nd Leg
-Wed Nov 18
France v Ireland
Bosnia-Herzegovina vPortugal
Ukraine v Greece
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Com nove golos em 10 jogos, Edin Dzeko é a maior figura da selecção da Bósnia-Herzegovina que vai defrontar Portugal no "play-off" de apuramento para o Mundial'2010. O avançado do Wolfsburgo, segundo melhor marcador do campeonato germânico da temporada passada, apenas falhou 10 minutos no apuramento. Click to continue reading...

Its is a critical week for Liverpool with games against Sunderland, Lyon and Manchester United and they will play at least the first game without stars Steven Gerrard AND Fernando Torres, who both have groin problems.

What upset Rafa the most was not only did his two best players pick up the injuries on international duty, but that they both stayed on with their respective countries, wrecking any hopes Liverpool had of treating them at Melwood and getting them fit for today's trip to Sunderland.

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14.10.2009 - FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Bosnia Herzegovina - Spain 2:5

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Liverpool's cultural ties with Spain appear to have reached a new high with news coming from Anfield that the club's official television channel will provide a live broadcast of La Roja's World Cup qualification match with Bosnia-Herzegovina for their subscribers.
With Spanish manager Rafael Benitez at the helm on Merseyside and striker Fernando Torres winning both hearts and minds with his dedication to the Reds' Premier League and European ambitions it appears that the club have taken advantage of the region's love affair with the Iberian peninsula. Click to continue reading...

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09.09.09 - World Cup 2010 Qualifiers
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Turkey 1:1

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The latest FIFA World Rankings were released on Wednesday September 2, 2009 with not many changes. Brazil remains on top but Spain has closed the gap to less than 20 points. The rest of the top ten remains about the same with Italy moving up one spot to be tied with Germany for 4th and France slipped to 10th while Croatia moved up one to 9th.

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Firstly if you haven't read the Newcastle v Boro team comparison article, give it a read and join in the comments at the bottom.

Young Middlesbrough goalkeeper Jason Steele has signed a new three year contract with the football club. To make it an even better week for the Bishop Auckland born stopper he has been called into the England Under-19 squad for the Elite Round Tournament, taking place in England between May 27th and the 1st of June.

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Uefa World Cup 2010 Qualification: Georgia are meeting  Bulgaria wednesday October 14th. Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here   Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today  Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas wants full-time role for Spain
Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabgreas remains unrepentant after reacting angrily to being substituted during Spain's World Cup qualifying win over Bosnia-Herzegovina - insisting that were he to ever lose that passion he would leave the game. Click to continue reading...

Follow the first match in Uefa World cup qualifying: Saturday 06.09.2008 at 22.00 ! Livestream and Highlights from the match at footiedb.com Do not forget to sign up on the next big football site 11×2.com:  Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today LIVESTREAM  Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

UEFA Women's Cup Arsenal awaits the first qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Cup in order to find out who they, and Olympique Lyonnais, will be playing in October. Women's Cup campaign begins The 2008/09 UEFA Women's Cup kicks off on Thursday with 36 of the 43 entrants in first qualifying round action. Click to continue reading...

Spurs boss Juande Ramos was given a simple piece of advice by Roy Keane on how best to deal with striker Dimitar Berbatov and his desire to move to Manchester United – drive him there yourself! The Bulgarian scored twice for his country in their midweek 2-1 win over Bosnia- Herzegovina, but was not included in [. Click to continue reading...

There are three matches in this group tomorrow:
Malta vs. Turkey, 1230 EST
Ta' Qali - Ta' Qali
Moldova vs. Norway, 1300 EST
Zimbru - Chisinau
Hungary vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina, 0900 EST
Sóstói - Szekesfehervar
All three matches pit a team with a substantially better chance of qualifying then their host country. Click to continue reading...