ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) The latest on Saturday's World Cup qualifying draw (times are local):
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5 p.m.
Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who portrayed former FIFA president Jules Rimet in the much-panned movie ''United Passions,'' was listed as a guest by FIFA at the qualifying draw.
The film, premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, was released in North America on June 5. While it cost about $30 million to make, it grossed about $900 at the box office in its first weekend of U.S. release.
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3:30 p.m.
FIFA finally released details for Saturday night's draw at Konstantin Palace, which has a television start time of 6 p.m.
The playoff draw that determines which confederations face each other for the final spots is scheduled for 6:18 p.m.
That is followed by Africa at 6:20 p.m., North and Central America and the Caribbean at 6:47 p.m., Oceania at 7:05 p.m., South America at 7:12 p.m. and Europe at 7:27 p.m.
Because South America competes as a one 10-nation group, the draw determines merely the schedule.
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