11.   Second-place AC Parma shared a scoreless home draw with lowly Genoa to gain just one point in the standings.

12.   The home draw gave Udinese six points in the table, in a tie with Fiorentina and Perugia.

13.   The late result also relegated Germany to a playoff position after it was held to a scoreless home draw by Finland.

14.   Turkey, needing only a home draw with Austria, will advance to its first World Cup finals in nearly half a century, coach Senol Gunes predicted Monday.

15.   Without those three, Newcastle tried to clog up the middle and seemed content to play for a home draw until Monaco went ahead in the second half.

16.   As Namibia squandered numerous scoring chances, the Central Africans looked set for their first qualifying victory following a home draw with Cameroon and a defeat in Kenya.

17.   The point was enough for Yorkshire to leapfrog over fellow qualifiers Worcestershire into first place in Group B and guaranteed a home draw in the knock-out stage.

18.   With Lyon only able to manage a goalless home draw against Montpellier the race is now as open as it could be with just two games to play.

19.   Meanwhile Moscow region-based Ramenskoye clinched third spot in the table despite being held to a goalless home draw by Torpedo Moscow.

20.   Sunderland meanwhile clinched the first division championship with their second successive goalless home draw against West Brom.