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Spain coach Vicente del Bosque insists his side's focus is solely on tomorrow's potentially tricky World Cup qualifying trip to Belarus and not on next week's mouth-watering showdown with France.

Spain, the reigning world and European champions, host 2006 World Cup runners-up France in Madrid on Tuesday in a clash which could go a long way to deciding which of the two superpowers finishes top of Group I.

Argentina are waiting on the fitness of captain Lionel Messi ahead of their World Cup qualifier with Colombia, where the Albiceleste will look to take another significant step towards sealing a place in next year's finals in neighbouring Brazil.

Messi missed the end of the Primera Division season with Barcelona due to an ongoing hamstring problem but the four-time reigning world player of the year is in the Argentina squad and could yet lead his side out in Buenos Aires tomorrow.

Sweden and Germany were involved in another goal-fest to add to their previous 4-4 draw in World Cup qualifying, Joachim Low's side rounding off their Group C campaign with a 5-3 victory in Solna.

Pool runners-up Sweden opened up a 2-0 lead with goals from Tobias Hysen and Alexander Kacaniklic, but Mesut Ozil replied for Germany just before half-time.

Mario Gotze and Andre Schurrle turned the game around in the space of four second-half minutes before Schurrle added a fourth for the visitors. Hysen pulled a goal back again, but Schurrle completed his hat-trick to seal the German win.

The lineup for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is complete after France, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia booked Europe's last available berths via the play-offs.

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has been awarded the 2013 Ballon d’Or, beating Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery to the crown of world’s best player.

Ronaldo2.png Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2013 Ballon dOr

It is the 28-year-old’s first Ballon d’Or win since 2008, and he couldn’t have been more appreciative of the award.

The Portuguese captain took his young son on stage with him to receive the trophy from Brazil legend Pele and FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and could barely get his words out, such was the overwhelming emotion of the event.

This is what we like to see - a multi-format game actually making an effort to be a proper Wii game, not a cut-down port with Wii Waggle. Kudos to EA.

FIFA 08 on will have plenty of extra Wii-flavoured goodies. FreeMotion is what EA is calling the new control system that lets you "use motions to control everything from tackling to shooting and throw-ins to freekicks."

Monaco striker Radamel Falcao will miss the World Cup after it was confirmed on Thursday that he has torn his anterior cruciate ligament.

The Colombian will be sidelined for at least six months of action with the knee injury, which occurred during Wednesday's Coupe de France encounter against Chasselay, Porto doctor Jose Carlos Noronha said.

The striker had flown to Portugal in the aftermath of the fixture at Stade Gerland, having picked up the injury following a heavy tackle from one of the amateur side’s defenders shortly before half-time.