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Croatia extended their unbeaten start to 2014 World Cup qualifying with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Wales here on Tuesday, keeping pace with leaders Belgium at the top of Group A.

2012-10-16T22:23:36ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/11/Belgium_battle_back_draw_with_a740

Belgium and Croatia battled to a 1-1 draw here on Tuesday as the Group A contenders dropped points for the first time following opening victories in World Cup 2014 qualifying last weekend.

2012-09-11T21:51:04ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/06/18/Spain_unchanged_Croatia_switch_formation_0a72

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque named an unchanged team to face Croatia on Monday in their final Euro 2012 Group C clash while Croatia's Slaven Bilic made two changes in a reshuffled side.

2012-06-18T18:22:43ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/06/18/Croatia_need_game_their_lives_80b9

Croatia boss Slaven Bilic says his players will need to play "the games of their lives" against defending European champions Spain on Monday with top spot in Group C up for grabs at Euro 2012.

2012-06-18T06:55:14ZAFP Global Editionby Ryland Jamestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/06/17/Croatia_need_game_their_lives_80b9

Croatia boss Slaven Bilic says his players will need to play "the games of their lives" against defending European champions Spain on Monday with top spot in Group C up for grabs at Euro 2012.

2012-06-17T23:23:41ZAFP Global Editionby Ryland Jamestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/06/14/Croatia_hold_Italy_boost_quarters_dd99

Croatia held Italy to a 1-1 draw in their Euro 2012 Group C clash at the Municipal Stadium here on Thursday to boost their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals.

2012-06-14T19:40:00ZAFP Global Editionby Barnaby Chestermantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/05/10/Croatia_unveil_provisional_27-man_Euro_b0d9

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic on Thursday unveiled a provisional 27-man squad for Euro 2012 and said he was still counting on the recovery of injured stars Niko Kranjcar and Dejan Lovren.

2012-05-10T18:03:01ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/09/24/Croatia_squad_against_Israel_b2c8

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic on Friday named a 25-man squad for the Euro 2012 Group F qualifier against Israel in Tel Aviv on October 9:

2010-09-24T14:35:24ZAFP Global EditionAFP