Macedonia beat Israel 1-0 in Haifa to damage the hosts’ chances of a playoff spot. Sharing the group lead with Ireland before the game, Serbia went top outright after victory in Belgrade while its rival was held to a 1-1 draw at Georgia. A roundup of World Cup qualifying games in Africa on Saturday:GROUP BMahrez was given permission by . Real Madrid’s Isco was making only his sixth competitive start at international level and has . aly hold FranceRafael Nadal to return for Spain against Germany in Davis CupRafael Nadal pulls out of Indian Wells, Miami Open with injuryWorld number one Rafa Nadal ran into a spot of bother before crushing Argentine Leonardo Mayer and booked his place in the last 16 of the U. African champion Cameroon and Ghana are also way off the pace in their groups. The match was dragging along and while the 23,000 day session spectators enjoyed the match, there were 23,000 waiting outside in the rain for the night session to start. He played only eight minutes in Spain’s shambolic 2014 World Cup campaign and did not make the starting line-up in their run to the last 16 at Euro 2016. shes at two successive FIH events – bronze in the World League and silver in the Champions Trophy. The brief news conference went on but Osaka, who admitted she had been ’emotionally unstable’, teared up after the third question.