Italy miss third World Cup on the trot

AP: One of football’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low. Four-time champions Italy failed to qualify for a third straight World Cup after getting beaten in a penalty shoot-out with 10 men at 66th-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European playoffs yesterday. Moise Kean scored early on for Italy, but then Azzurri centre back Alessandro Bastoni was sent off with a direct red card before the break, and Bosnia substitute Haris Tabakovic equalised in the 79th to send the game into extra time at 1-1.