BOSNIA & Herzegovina set up a winner-takes-all Group D decider against France in Paris after coasting to a 5-0 victory over group minnows Luxembourg.

Bosnia set up a winner-takes-all Group D clash with France in Paris after a 5-0 win over Luxembourg in Zenica, while the French cantered to an equally convincing 3-0 triumph against Albania tonight.

Greece striker Theofanis Gekas is calling for the vuvuzelas to be banned by the World Cup organisers.

South Korea 2 Greece 0

South Korea 1 Greece 0

Ukraine 0 Greece 1 (Greece win 1-0 on aggregate)

UKRAINE are favourites to progress after defying a powderkeg atmosphere in Athens to hold Greece.

Greece 0 Ukraine 0

PORTUGAL booked themselves a place in the European play-offs for next year’s World Cup after an easy 4-0 Group One victory over Malta.

Switzerland secured qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by claiming the point they needed in a draw against Israel in Basle tonight.

THE final round of group qualifying matches tonight will see some of Europe’s top sides desperately clinging on to their World Cup hopes.

CRISTIANO RONALDO will miss Portugal’s final World Cup qualifier against Malta on Wednesday due to a right ankle injury.

Glen Johnson and Sean Davis are expected to return to Portsmouth's side for the Premier League visit of Bolton tomorrow.

Portsmouth must do without in-form winger Jermaine Pennant for their Premier League clash with Everton tomorrow.

On-loan Jermaine Pennant is available to Portsmouth’s caretaker-manager Paul Hart for tomorrow’s clash with Manchester City after missing last Saturday’s defeat by parent club Liverpool.

Robbie Keane’s return to Tottenham from Liverpool was the biggest deal being negotiated on a transfer deadline day hit by snowy weather conditions.

Andrei Arshavin made a last-ditch trip to London ahead of a proposed move to Arsenal but a transfer from Zenit St Petersburg was this morning called off.

Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin has travelled to London but a move to Arsenal from Zenit St Petersburg looked to be in the balance.

Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin has travelled to London ahead of his proposed move to Arsenal from Zenit St Petersburg.

Manchester City finally signed Shay Given from Newcastle yesterday as the transfer market warms up ahead of today’s 5pm deadline.

IF this really was Tony Adams’ swansong as Portsmouth manager, an embarrassingly hapless display provided a suitably ignominious epitaph.

THE final hours of the January transfer window made an inevitably frenetic start yesterday, as Premier League clubs tried desperately to bulk out their squads ahead of today's 5pm deadline.

WORLD champions Italy shared the honours with Greece after a low-key encounter in Athens ended in a draw between the two European rivals.

Diego Maradona's reign as Argentina manager began with a 1-0 victory over Scotland in a friendly in Glasgow tonight.

Bayern Munich all but booked their place in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with a thumping 5-0 victory over woeful Anderlecht tonight.

A late goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger enabled Bayern Munich to stretch their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to six points with a 2-1 win at Bochum.

CROATIA squeezed past Israel 1-0 to consolidate their position at the top of England’s Group E and keep them on course for Euro 2008 qualification.