WIN AT LAST: Ivory Coast players celebrate their equaliser against Serbia-Montenegro. (Photo: AP)

Ivory Coast fight back to beat S&M 3-2

Ivory Coast came back from two goals down to beat Serbia & Montenegro 3-2 on Wednesday and record their first victory in World Cup finals.

S & M come together one last time

Serbia-Montenegro will play its last match ever as a single team when it meets Ivory Coast on Wednesday.

Montenegro's Parliament has proclaimed independence for the tiny Balkan republic, forming a new European state.

PM claims pro-independence bloc has won 55.5 per cent votes in referendum on secession from Serbia on Monday.

Serbia-Montenegro will go to Germany with a goal to survive the toughest group at this year's World Cup.