Israel cling to World Cup dream

ISRAEL’S 2-1 home win over the Faroe Islands kept their World Cup hopes alive in Group Four.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2005 - 01:00

Jamie Gardner

The result means they can still nick second spot if France suffer a shock defeat to Cyprus on Wednesday, just to further complicate the picture.

Elsewhere in Europe on Saturday night, Holland’s victory against the Czech Republic in Prague has returned the Dutch to the World Cup finals after missing out in 2002.

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