Omicron COVID variant has first been detected in South Africa and now the nation is facing a travel ban from several countries including the US, Canada, UK and many other European nations.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers draw for Europe is placed in a way that only one team between Portugal and Italy will make it into the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar/ This means that either current European champions Italy or one of football's biggest stars, Cristiano Ronaldo will be sitting out of the next year's football world cup.