Int'l: Diego Maradona slapped with two-month suspension

The Argentina manager has been banned from football for two months and fined £14,800 by FIFA for his rant at journalists after Argentina's qualification for the World Cup finals.

Maradona will not be able to manage his side when Argentina face Czech Republic in a friendly on December 12. He will also miss the draw for next year's World Cup finals.

World Cup 2009 - Group 3

Czech Republic 0 - 0 Northern Ireland


Poland 0 - 1 Slovakia
Slovakia - S. Gancarczyk [o.g](3min)

San Marino 0 - 3 Slovenia
Slovenia - M. Novakovic (24min), D. Stevanovic (67min), M. Suler (82min)

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Slovakia	10	7	1	2	22	10	22
Slovenia	10	6	2	2	18	4	20
Czech Republic	10	4	4	2	17	6	16
Northern Ireland	10	4	3	3	13	9	15
Poland	10	3	2	5	19	14	11
San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	47	0

World Cup - Group 3

Czech Republic 2 - 0 Poland
Czech Republic - T. Necid (51min), J. Plasil (72min)

Slovakia 0 - 2 Slovenia
Slovenia - V. Birsa (56min), N. Pecnik (90min)

Goal #1


Goal #2

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Slovakia	9	6	1	2	21	10	19
Slovenia	9	5	2	2	15	4	17
Czech Republic	9	4	2	3	17	6	15
Northern Ireland	9	4	2	3	13	9	14
Poland	9	3	2	4	19	13	11
San Marino	9	0	0	9	1	44	0

World Cup 2009 (Under 20) Play Off - Oct 6

Ghana 2 - 1 South Africa (AET)
Ghana - A. Ayew (67min), D. Adiyiah 99min)
South Africa - K. Erasmus (59min)

Egypt 0 - 2 Costa Rica
Costa Rica - J. Mena Costa Rica (20min), M. Urena (89min)

Hungary * 2 - 2 Czech Republic (PEN)
Hungary - M. Kiss (14min), V. Koman (99min)
Czech Republic - J. Vosahlik (25min), M. Rabusic (92min)
Penalty shoot-out : [4 - 3]