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Emad Metaeb scores in the fifth minute of injury time to take Egypt to a play-off against Algeria for a place at the World Cup in South Africa. Egypt needed to win 2-0 to force the one-off game in Sudan, while a third would have sent them straight through. Amr Zaki opened the scoring on two minutes.

Greece and Ukraine produce a stalemate in their respective bids to reach South Africa 2010.

Northern Ireland suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to an efficient Serbia side with Danko Lazovic’s 57th-minute strike separating the sides in their friendly international at Windsor Park.

A lacklustre England go down 1-0 to Brazil, for whom Nilmar scored the only goal in a friendly in Qatar.