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UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday. The decision by European soccer's governing body — following Hamas’ surprise attack — adds to a fixture backlog. UEFA said in a statement Thursday that the game in Pristina cannot be played “because the Israeli authorities currently do not allow their national team to travel abroad.”

Saudi Arabia’s path to the 2026 World Cup being played in North America will start in a first qualifying group drawn Thursday with neighboring Jordan, Tajikistan plus either Cambodia or Pakistan. Players in the Saudi national team -- which stunned eventual winner Argentina in a 2-1 win to open the 2022 tournament in Qatar -- will now prepare for the next edition training and playing with a slew of global stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema lured to the multi-billion dollar project that the Saudi Pro League has become.

An added incentive for Saudi Arabia is that the top two teams in each of the nine qualifying groups also qualify direct for the 2027 Asian Cup that will be hosted in the oil-rich kingdom.

The Derry native will achieve the career milestone as he captains the Republic against Gibraltar.

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