Italy must win their playoffs in March to avoid failing to qualify for a third FIFA World Cup in a row.

Second-half goals by Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise, as well as a first international strike for Hugo Ekitike, gave Deschamps' side an unassailable six-point lead over both Iceland, who beat Azerbaijan 2-0, and Ukraine at the top of Group D.

Erling Haaland's Norway are also on the verge of sealing qualification to the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Erling Haaland went past 50 goals for Norway with his hattrick.

Bearing stitches on his face from a bizarre accident with a bus door, Erling Haaland made his mark for the Norwegian national team by scoring five goals in an 11-1 win over Moldova.

Norway are the first team to reach the Women's Euro 2025 quarter-finals after beating Finland 2-1 on Sunday and Switzerland's 2-0 win over eliminated Iceland.

The Spaniard said Odegaard would not be ready for this weekend but the situation will be reassessed ahead of next week's games against Shakhtar Donetsk, in the Champions League, and Liverpool.

England eased to a 3-1 victory away to Finland in the Nations League on Sunday, while Austria put five past Erling Haaland's Norway

Despite going 1-0 down after Bradley Barcola scored inside 13 seconds, Italy came back to beat France 3-1 in a UEFA Nations League match.

Scotland missed their first chance to seal a Euro 2024 berth as they lost to two late goals in Spain on Thursday as the third contender in Group A, Norway, won 4-0 in Cyprus

Japan's surprise title charge at the Women's World Cup gathered pace with a clinical 3-1 win over Norway to reach the last eight while Spain thrashed Switzerland 5-1 on Saturday

Germany came crashing back down to earth at the hands of a Colombia side inspired by 18-year-old Linda Caicedo and roared on by the majority of a rowdy 40,000 crowd in Sydney.

Norway's hopes of reaching the Women's World Cup last 16 hang in the balance after they lost star forward Ada Hegerberg to injury before kickoff

Hannah Wilkinson scored the only goal as co-hosts New Zealand recorded a historic 1-0 victory over Norway in the opening game of the Women's World Cup on Thursday

Cristiano Ronaldo wore the captain's armband and played all 90 minutes as the 38-year-old men's international appearance record-holder won his 199th cap

The Netherlands clinched the final automatic place in European qualifying for the 2022 World Cup as late goals from Steven Bergwijn and Memphis Depay sealed a 2-0 win over Norway on Tuesday, with Turkey and Ukraine grabbing play-off spots.

While no one can question Erling Haaland's prodigious talent, a video of his trick shot has gone viral on social media, sparking a debate whether it is real or fake?

Erling Braut Haaland said on Monday he will miss Norway's upcoming World Cup qualifiers with a leg injury suffered while with his club Borussia Dortmund.