Soccer-Azerbaijan deal blow to Israel's World Cup hopes (Adds quotes) By Ori Lewis TEL AVIV, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Israel's hopes of securing at least a playoff position for a place in next year's World Cup finals suffered a major blow after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Azerbaijan in Group F on Saturday. Israel enjoyed the bulk of possession and mounted attack after attack on the Azeri goal, but were stunned just after the hour when Rahid ...
Sept. 7, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News