Archive Match Reports

2002 World Cup - Ecuador 1 Brazil 0 (Mar 29, 2001)

Ecuador are on top of the world after beating Brazil for the first time in their history to stay in contention for a World Cup place in 2002. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Honduras 1 US 2 (Mar 29, 2001)

The US won 2-1 in San Pedro Sula to take top spot in the CONCACAF qualifying section. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Greece 2 Germany 4 (Mar 29, 2001)

Germany produced a stunning win to stay in control of group nine with only ten men in Athens. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Portugal 2 Holland 2 (Mar 29, 2001)

A last minute penalty from Luis Figo saved Portugual from defeat in a wonderful match in Oporto. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Argentina 5 Venezuela 0 (Mar 29, 2001)

Argentina had triple celebrations in Buenos Aires as they reached 28 points from 11 matches in the CONMEBOL qualifying section. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Costa Rica 3 Trinidad and Tobago 0 (Mar 29, 2001)

Two goals from Paolo Wanchope helped Costa Rica to beat Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 in San Jose. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Uruguay 0 Paraguay 1 (Mar 29, 2001)

Paraguay moved significantly closer to a place at the 2002 World Cup finals with a 1-0 win in Montedvideo. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Italy 4 Lithuania 0 (Mar 29, 2001)

Juventus stars Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro Del Piero each scored twice to beat Lithuania in Trieste. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Andorra 0 Republic of Ireland 3 (Mar 28, 2001)

The Republic of Ireland are now very well placed to challenge group two big guns Portugal and Holland after this comfortable win. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Belarus 2 Norway 1 (Mar 28, 2001)

A last minute goal from Roman Vasilyuk killed off Norway's realistic hopes of reaching the 2002 World Cup fnals. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Poland 4 Armenia 0 (Mar 28, 2001)

Poland continued their total domination of group five with this easy win in Warsaw. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Peru 3 Chile 1 (Mar 28, 2001)

Chile are going nowhere after this 3-1 defeat in Lima which could have been much heavier but the home side just found it too easy to play through the visitors and lost their edge. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Colombia 2 Bolivia 0 (Mar 28, 2001)

Colombia striker Juan Pablo Angel ditched his dire club form for Aston Villa in the Premiership to lead his national team to a 2-0 win over Bolivia in Bogota. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Georgia 0 Romania 2 (Mar 28, 2001)

Two second half goals from Dorinel Munteanu and Cosmin Contra helped Romania to recover from their mauling on Saturday by Italy. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Scotland 4 San Marino 0 (Mar 28, 2001)

What is the point of San Marino ? . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Albania 1 England 3 (Mar 28, 2001)

England held out in a frantic injury time finish to extend their lead as Andy Cole scored his first international goal. . . . more . . .

Spain 2 France 1 (Mar 28, 2001)

Spain scored a rare win over France in this meaningless friendly in Valencia. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Macedonia 1 Turkey 2 (Mar 28, 2001)

Turkey came from a goal down to win this match in Skopje. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Slovenia 1 Yugoslavia 1 (Mar 28, 2001)

A last minute free kick from Zlatko Zahovic dismayed Yugoslavia in injury time to save a draw for Slovenia. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Switzerland 5 Luxembourg 0 (Mar 28, 2001)

An Alexander Frei hat-trick helped Switzerland to a 5-0 World Cup win over Luxembourg. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Moldova 0 Sweden 2 (Mar 28, 2001)

Two goals in the last two minutes from substitute Markus Allback won this tight game for Sweden. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Russia 1 Faroe Islands 0 (Mar 28, 2001)

A goal from the returning Alexander Mostovoi helped Russia scramble a win over the Faroe Islands in Moscow. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Czech Republic 0 Denmark 0 (Mar 28, 2001)

This 0-0 draw kept the Czech Republic on top of group three. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Liechtenstein 0 Bosnia-Hercegovina 3 (Mar 28, 2001)

Bosnia beat Liechtenstein 3-0 in Varduz to score their first win in 2002 World Cup qualifying matches. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Austria 2 Israel 1 (Mar 28, 2001)

Austria earned an important win over Israel in Vienna to move into second place in group seven behind Spain, Michael Baur scored an own goal in the sixth minute to give Israel an early and unexpected lead but he cancelled this out within three minutes when he struck a powerful header from a free kick from the right hand side to equalise. . . . more . . .