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. jsAn inspirational Olympic medal winner as our new Sports Minister. women’s last 16, with Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady and CoCo Vandeweghe also through. The third placed side can still qualify for Russia but must negotiate a tortuous series of playoffs. Having sewn up top spot in Group B of Asian qualifying, Japan can afford to ease off against the second-placed Saudis. “To think that these players are going to make it easy against Syria is to not know them, thei. After several upsets in the tournament, that number has dropped to two with hard-hitting Spaniard Ga. r Australian football, the A-League and lower leagues,” Milligan, who led the side in the defeat in Saitama in the absence of regular skipper Mile Jedinak, told reporters. Abandoned Croatia vs Kosovo World Cup qualifier to resume on Sunday. The Frenchman had dropped the first set 7-5 before losing interest in the match in the second as he appeared to suffer from a leg injury.