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Italy and the Netherlands secured qualification for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday with two matches to spare.

The club secured qualification into the second group stage with a 1 1 draw away at Lazio, before a win against Sparta Prague and defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk to end the first group stage with 13 points.

With the United States having secured qualification, the final match in the group was a dead rubber.

It entailed the players dragging Joe Ledley, their substitute, from the bench and making him join them in a rendition of his dance which went viral after the nation secured qualification on Saturday.

There was a shock among the British men, as a club runner who did not start with the elite athletes clocked the fastest time of the day and secured qualification for the World Championships in August.

The club's league fortunes dipped dramatically during the season finishing 18th, just three points above the relegation places, but the Cup success secured qualification for the following season's European Cup Winners' Cup.

Could there be a more fitting start to International Women's Day than the news that one of Australia's most beloved sports teams, the Matildas, has secured qualification for the Rio Olympics?

For Gareth Southgate, happy ones from England's 1997 goalless draw in Rome – a bloodied Paul Ince to the fore – that secured qualification for the 1998 World Cup.

On the international scene, he secured qualification for the Ivory Coast at the 2010 World Cup and Nations Cup finals.

By finishing in the top four, England secured qualification for the 2014 World Cup as they are ranked higher than New Zealand. .

It should have been a triumphant day for women's soccer in North America – both Canada and the US had secured qualification for London 2012 by virtue of advancing to Sunday's final of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.