Sport 08-10-2001 who: England football team what: Draw 2-2 with Greece to secure place at World Cup Finals where: Old Trafford, MANCHESTER when: Saturday snippet: A last-minute David Beckham free kick saved England from a play-off with Ukraine and manager Sven Goran Eriksson "now has seven months to rehone the qualities he has brought to the side," says The Guardian`s David Lacey, "and eliminate the too familiar shortcomings that at Old Trafford so nearly sent England to Kiev in November." Elsewhere, in Group 2, Republic of Ireland beat Cyprus 4-0; in Group 6, Scotland beat Latvia 2-0; in Group 5, Wales beat Belarus 1-0; and in Group 3 Northern Ireland won 0-1 away to Malta. [... more]

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