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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…

France 6-0 Australia | International friendly match report

 The nightmare worsened for Australia and Holger Osieck in Paris on Friday after France inflicted a second straight 6-0 thrashing

Sydney FC 2-0 Newcastle Jets | A-League match report

• Sydney FC 2-0 Newcastle Jets • Read Tom Lutz's minute-by-minute report Alessandro Del Piero capitalised on a couple of howlers from Newcastle's Zenon Caravella to lead Sydney FC to a 2-0 home win over the Jets in the opening A-League game of the season. Del Piero, who notched 14 goals…

A-League: Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: Alessandro Del Piero was excellent as Sydney FC beat the Jets in the A-League opener Tom Lutz

Ten things to watch in the next matches

Being defensive is against the Belgium manager's beliefs; Nicklas Bendtner set for timely Denmark return; with Luis Suárez in intimidating form the momentum should be Uruguay 1) One more point for Belgium To the delight of hipsters across the land, or at least the social media landscape,…

NYRB star Cahill: Australia boss Osieck has successfully done his job

Tim Cahill has defended under-fire Australia national team boss Holger Osieck. read more        

France’s Deschamps to make decision on Arsenal’s Giroud, Real Madrid’s Benzema for Australia clash

France manager Didier Deschamps has yet to make a decision on who will start up front for his side in Friday’s international friendly with Australia. read more        

Langerak keen to stay put with Borussia Dortmund

Mitch Langerak says he does not fancy a loan move away from Borussia Dortmund in order to further his development. read more        

Melbourne Victory ace Milligan released from Socceroos camp

The Australian national team has released Mark Milligan from the squad because of a knee injury. < read more