Four-time champions Brazil finally qualified for the World Cup with a 3-0 win over Venezuela on Wednesday after an agonising campaign, while Uruguay earned a play-off against Australia after finishing ahead of Colombia thanks to a slender goal difference advantage.

Brazil remain the only country to have played at every World Cup.

Colombia, inspired by a vintage display from Faustino Asprilla, routed Paraguay 4-0 away, but they missed out on the chance of a fourth successive World Cup.

Uruguay's 1-1 home draw against Argentina was enough to keep them in fifth place, level on points with Colombia but with of goal difference of plus-six to Colombia's plus-five.

Portugal coach Antonio Oliveira has vowed international matches must never again be allowed to collapse so spectacularly as Wednesday's friendly against Angola.

The match was abandoned in the 67th minute when Angola were reduced to six men. Four of their players had been sent off, and Portugal were leading 5-1, when Helver Vicente went down injured and could not continue.

The Angolans had already used their allocation of substitutes, and FIFA rules say a team cannot continue with less than seven players.

Birmingham have completed the signing of Ireland and Middlesbrough right-back Curtis Fleming on a month's loan.