A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Decision not final
Fifa officials have potentially set a precedent for overruling refereeing decisions after ordering Uzbekistan's World Cup qualifier against Bahrain to be replayed.
Uzbekistan won the opening leg of the Asian zone play-off 1-0 on Saturday. But they were incensed after a bizarre incident where a penalty was disallowed for an attacking player encroaching.
Rather than retaking the penalty, a free-kick was awarded to Bahrain, who subsequently kept within sight of a two-legged play-off in November against the fourth team from the Concacaf region.
Uzbekistan called for an investigation into the penalty incident, but they are angry the match is to be replayed in its entirety, accusing FIFA of "stealing" their slender lead.
The second leg was due to be played today, but both legs will now be played in October, and Uzbekistan will host the first leg again.
Poland know fate
A victory over Wales this evening will almost certainly secure Poland a place in next year's World Cup finals from Group Six.
They face a Welsh side who have not won in 13 games and are without their best two strikers in the injured Craig Bellamy and suspended John Hartson. Manager John Toshack is expected to play West Brom's Robbie Earnshaw in place of Hartson up front.
Wales took a 0-0 draw from their last outing to Warsaw in the qualifying stages for the last World Cup five years ago and gave England only a handful of openings during Saturday's 1-0 defeat.
After losing two key players -- Liverpool's Jerzy Dudek and Bayer Leverkusen winger Jacek Krzynowek -- Poland coach Pawel Janas has no new injury doubts.
Janas has made no comment to the media since Saturday but their is speculation in local media that he may make changes in defence with FK Moscow defender Mariusz Jop first in line for a starting place.
POLAND (probable): Boruc; Jop, Bak, Klos, Rzasa; Kosowski, Sobolewski, Szymkowiak, Smolarek; Zurawski, Rasiak.
WALES (probable): Coyne; Partridge, Gabbidon, Duffy, Page, Giggs, Ricketts, Fletcher, Robinson, Davies; Earnshaw.
Referee: C Bo Larsen (Denmark).
Keane matches up
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has selected an all-time great XI and not one of his current England team-mates makes the grade. The 27-year-old, who played in England's 1-0 win over Wales at the weekend, chose only The Republic of Ireland and Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane from the Premiership for the team he picked for FourFourTwo magazine.
Rather than selecting David Beckham, Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard, Carragher went for current Newcastle manager Graeme Souness, France playmaker Zinedine Zidane and former Liverpool winger John Barnes alongside Keane in midfield.
Carragher's four defenders all played for AC Milan at some point of their careers, the club Liverpool beat in the Champions League final in May. Full backs Paolo Maldini and Cafu played in that clash in Istanbul, which Liverpool won on penalties despite going 3-0 down by half-time, while Marcel Desailly and Franco Baresi complete the back four.
Everton favourite Neville Southall was Carragher's goalkeeper, while he opted for another Milan player in Marco van Basten alongside former Liverpool striker Kenny Dalglish up front. Arsenal's Thierry Henry was on the bench, alongside Carragher himself.
Australia advance
Australia have advanced to a play-off against the fifth-placed South American team for a spot in next year's World Cup finals after beating the Solomon Islands 2-1 in the second leg of their Oceania World Cup qualifying final in Honiara yesterday.
Australia won the two-leg tie 9-1 on aggregate after winning the first leg 7-0 in Sydney on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Football Federation of Australian (FFA) yesterday revealed they are considering a joint bid with New Zealand to stage the 2018 World Cup.
Robson's McGrath II
Bryan Robson has likened West Brom newcomer Curtis Davies to legendary defender Paul McGrath. Albion manager Robson paid £3 million to bring 20-year-old Davies to The Hawthorns from Luton Town.
While Robson realises the centre half has a long way to go before fulfilling his potential, he could not resist likening Davies to his former Manchester United team-mate McGrath.
"He has got similarities to Paul McGrath," said Robson. "Curtis still has a long way to go before he gets to that level but he does remind me, to an extent, of Paul because he's so quick and athletic."
