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Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou is adamant Tim Cahill remains part of his World Cup plans after omitting the veteran striker from this months away qualifier against Thailand.Postecoglou dropped a bombshell on Wednesday by leaving Cahill out of his final 23-man squad over fitness issues.The 36-year-old Melbourne City marquee missed last weekends A-League win over Adelaide with achilles soreness.But while hes likely to return on Friday night against Brisbane, Postecoglou opted to leave Cahill in Australia to recover fully instead of the risk of putting him through an intense 10-day training camp before the November 15 game in Bangkok.Its the second time in 20 months an achilles issue has forced him out of an international after also being sidelined for last Marchs friendly with Germany.With his 37th birthday fast approaching, Cahills exclusion has sparked questions about whether age is finally catching up with the talisman as he inches towards a fourth World Cup appearance.Yet hes remained a key component of Postecoglous set-up, more recently used off the bench for limited periods but still consistently contributing to the scoresheet.Postecoglou insists Australias all-time leading scorer need not worry his international career is in jeopardy, two goals short of 50 and six caps shy of a century.He is still very important for us, Postecoglou said.Timmy missed the last (A-League) game and had a bit of an interrupted pre-season.We took him along to the last camp and he got through most of the work but, for us, its more important he has a strong A-League season.The direct beneficiary is Brisbane striker Jamie Maclaren - not named in the extended 30-man squad but getting the nod ahead of Apo Giannou based on his strong club form.Maclaren, debuting against England in June, is also playing regular football. Giannou, however, would be more than two weeks without a game having just finished the Chinese Super League season with Guangzhou R&F.It was an important factor given the in-form Tomi Juric suffered a knock last weekend playing for FC Luzern.I didnt want to be left short up front having two players in one position being underdone physically, Postecoglou said.Jamie missed out on the initial squad but I thought, against Central Coast and then him scoring (against Glory), hes looked pretty good.Ryan McGowan and Chris Ikonomidis were also dropped from the team that drew last month with Saudi Arabia and Japan, with Nathan Burns, Josh Risdon and Milos Degenek elevated alongside Maclaren.Luke Brattan, Tommy Oar, Jason Geria and Aziz Behich were trimmed from the 30-man line-up.The unbeaten Socceroos will start arriving in Bangkok this weekend for the match which signifies the halfway mark of the Socceroos final stage on the road to Russia 2018.Having slid to second in Group B, two points behind Saudi Arabia, Australia can ill afford to slip up against last-placed Thailand on their mission to qualify as one of the top two in their six-team group.The match will go ahead despite the recent death of the countrys beloved king, although supporters have been asked to treat it as a solemn occasion.Australia: Nathan Burns, Milos Degenek, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Craig Goodwin, Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, James Jeggo, Tomi Juric, Robbie Kruse, Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Jamie Maclaren, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Josh Risdon, Tommy Rogic, Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic, Bailey Wright.Discount Nike Air Max 95 Mens . 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Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost .World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont hailed rugby sevens successful introduction to the Olympics as a potential game-changer for the sports global popularity.The games abbreviated version was a smash hit in Rio as Fiji won their first ever Olympic medal by claiming the mens title and Australia won the womens competition.Research for World Rugby, the games governing body, has revealed the first Olympic rugby tournament since 1924 attracted nearly 17 million new fans in six core markets.Speaking to the Press Association at World Rugbys annual conference in London, Beaumont said: The Olympic tournament was a phenomenal success and we are already seeing the results at grass-roots.The key now is to build on the increased interest in our sport and well be spending 20 percent more on developing the game in the next four-year cycle -- sevens will be a massive part of that.Sevens can be a great introduction to 15-a-side rugby, and fifteens can be a great way into sevens, but we know sevens is the ideal vehicle to grow the game.The former England captain said his next challenge will be to make sure rugby sevens maintains its Olympic status, as it was introduced -- along with golf -- on a two-Games basis in 2009.Beaumont met senior International Olympic Committee staff in Japan last month when he was visiting the hosts of the next Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the next Summer Olympics a year later.A decision on whether to add rugby sevens tto the core programme will be made by the IOC in Peru next September, with Beaumont confident that the IOC will approve the permanent addition of two 12-team tournaments for 2024 and beyond.ddddddddddddWe are not presumptuous about our place in the schedule at all but I think we delivered a great event in Rio, the 64-year-old Englishman said.Whenever I met an IOC member in a hotel restaurant or lift during the first week in Rio they would quickly look down at my accreditation to see who I was and usually say nothing. 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