australia were happy to have tim cahill comeback. he missed the first leg through injury. from the front, almost doubling the lead. tim cahill made the headlines before the match. milejedinak made them afterwards. a penalty. co mforta bly them afterwards. a penalty. comfortably converted. 10 minutes later, another defensive slip. another penalty for australia. and milejedinak milejedinak was again on hand, sealing his hat—trick and sending his side to the world cup.|j did not even know i had one goal indeed. but, do you know what, a game can bring so many things. —— in me. iam game can bring so many things. —— in me. i am very grateful. it has been a four—year journey. when me. i am very grateful. it has been a four—yearjourney. when the boss asked me to stay on and continue playing, every year there was a motivation. anne dickins burning inside me. for socceroos fans, they will hope that burns brighter next year at their fourth successive world cup. in europe, in the women's champions league, the title holders lyon are through to the quarter finals after thrashing kazygur

all—time leading score at tim cahill has been cleared to play.—1 win over syria in their dramatic 2—1 win over syria in the previous round of qualifying but missed the first leg against honduras. he is ready to go, yes. and from the start, he probably could have played on friday in the first game. but as i said, looking at that pitch and the way the game went, we were able to keep him fresh for this one. he is certainly ready to go. in world cup play-offs, australia have done it all before. they have got the t—shirt, pop the champagne, and shed the tears. in both 1993 and 1997 the aussies missed out after coming so close. colas first legs against argentina and iran both ended with eventual defeat, so socceroos fans will be hoping they don't have to sit through similar heartbreak this time around. there were lots of international friendlies taking place around the world on tuesday. sergio aguero was taken to hospital after fainting at half—time in argentina's friendly defeat against nigeria. the manchester city striker scored after 36 minutes in k

now team celebrations are always good value on social media, and tim cahill led the ones in australia'sagainst honduras, on wednesday. he was back from injury for that second leg. he also scored twice in their asian play—off win over syria. another image which has been getting lots of clicks comes from iranian weightlifter kianoush rostami. he's putting his rio 2016 gold medal up for auction, to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake near the iran—iraq border. as always, you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but that is your sport briefing for now. your business briefing is next. i will see you soon. hi there. for many of us it is going to be another pretty cloudy start to the day on thursday, but there will be some significant weather changes, because this cold front is going to be sliding its way southwards as we go on through the day and behind that we're going to see the skies turning much brighter with much more in the way of sunshine. early on thursday, but whether around scotland. a cloudy start to the day the many and fog pa

the home side have been given a welcome boost ahead of it — their all—time leading goalscorer tim cahillo, yes. from the start. look, you probably could have played on friday in the first game but as i said, again, post game looking at that pitch and the way the game went, we were able to keep him fresh for this one. he is certainly ready to go. the final place at russia will go to either peru or new zealand who play in lima on wednesday, and look at what some locals are doing to help their nation reach a first world cup since 1982. peruvian shamans here with a ritual to send spiritual strength to their team. all with markers of the three regions — the coast, mountains and the jungles of peru. in case you missed it — denmark secured the final european spot at the world cup with a thumping 5—1 win against ireland in dublin on tuesday. the tie was goalless after the first leg, a headerfrom shane duffy put the hosts ahead just 6 minutes in. but the bubble was soon to burst. as cyrus christie scored an own goal. then denmark's star midfielder christian eriksen ran riot — racking up a hatrick

australia had been boosted by news that veteran striker tim cahill will be fit to start the game in sydney the seventy year old south house the first leg with an ankle injury socceroos all time leading scorer has hit the net fifty times in the more than one hundred international appearances . he's limping is doing it in the. same. way you could go as far as. to say not only. every once in a viable liberal longing to start which is. who are the favorites to progress and their playoff with new zealand on wednesday locals are leaving nothing to chance though they perform rituals outside the stadium and the peruvian capital lima will stay believe it will help the home team south americans are tense in the world rankings more than one hundred places above their opponents first that finished in a goal a stroll. in the nine a month round the world ocean races could be forgiven for losing this sanity while this though is apparently normal treatment for any crew member across in their hotel for the first time the maritime tradition sees sailors being punished in the court of king neptune seven boat

the home side have a fitness boost ahead of the play—off, all—time leading goal—scorer tim cahill hasious round of qualifying but missed the first leg against honduras. he is ready to go, yeah, from the start. he probably could have played on friday in the first game but post game, looking at the pitch, the way the game went, we ke pt pitch, the way the game went, we kept him fresh for this one. he's ready to go. in world cup play-offs, australia have done it before, they have the t—shirt, they've pop the champagne and shed tears. in 1993 and 1997 they missed out after coming so close. goalless first leg against argentina and iran ending in eventual defeat. so their fans will be hoping that they don't have to sit through similar heartbreak this time around. tennis, the atp tour finals in london are underway and roger federer is in action against alexander zverev from germany. the world number two was pushed to a tie—break in the first witchy won. and its close in the second, 5—4, alexander zverev is leading. earlier, jack sock kept his dreams of progressing to the semifinals alive aft

while the all of these have been boosted by news that veterans striker tim cahill will be fit to start the game in sydney that seven year old assess how did the first leg go with an ankle injury all time leading scorer has hit the net a fifty times in more than one hundred international appearances. he's limping is doing it in these rings on the machine. and he's ready to go as far as our old i'm going to say not only will start. every once in a viable move on wanting to start which is right kosovo's footballers are celebrating a win for just the second time since they gained official fifa status a stoppage time goal from bizarre halimi gave them a four three friendly win over latvia it was just the second winces being recognised by football's governing body last year. and a roger federer is an action against alexander the a.t.p. finals later on federer is aiming for a second straight when at the season ending event in london the tournament a has a group format and jack soccer has revived his hopes of a semifinal spots with a win over mantilla so close to his open against federer but o

go through the socceroos true no mail in the opening leg in central america without star player tim cahill has been nursing an ankle injury the team flew back on a specially chartered plane kits that with high tech recovery quitman cahill now says he'll be fit to start on wednesday when you just had to be done there to get us to the stage we choose to finish it off even now it's about enjoying the moment you know really fazed about the occasion i can't wait for the opportunity to create more history and also for us to write a. full house i want to be the style of football that we play and the status of these players in the set up with our squad you know looking forward to a positive result cahill may not be fazed by the occasion but the hundreds coach was a little stressed at training earlier he argued with a fee for official to try and close the session to media there's plenty of bad blood between the australian on hunger and media in the lead up to the first leg and jorge luis pinto believe someone may have leaked inside team information to the australians ahead of the game. has been mor