Croatia are second in the group on 13 points behind Ukraine, who have 14 points after Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Turkey. ai Blue, however, to snatch the second direct berth to Russia and deny third-placed Australia. ed resistance and struck a 44-ball 72 but his efforts were never enough to take the side over the line as they were restricted to 168/8. I have been privileged enough to have met both Brendan and Charlie. “I also wanted that we conduct the U-17 FIFA World Cup in an impeccable manner. I am sure the new sports minister would seriously pursue it,” he said. Okazaki played only a handful of minutes late on against the Socceroos while stalwart Keisuke Honda never got off the bench. Australia, who are level with Saudi Arabia on 16 points but two in arrears on goal difference, host Thailand in Melbourne on Tuesday in their last qualifier. Dolgopolov has had an impressive run at Flushing Meadows, beating 15th seed Tomas Berdych and Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in previous rounds, but Nadal has a plan. Appeal to all sports federations, let’s keep sportsmen as most important people, everything else will fall into place later.