World champions Spain stretched their unbeaten run in World Cup qualification matches to 47 with an easy 4-0 victory over Belarus courtesy of a hat trick from Pedro in group i of European qualifying.
Captain Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck scored two goals each as England whipped minnows San Marino 5-0 to go atop group h .
Germany defeated the republic of Ireland 6-1 to solidify its position atop of group c while Sweden had a 2-1 win over the Faroe islands.
Elsewhere, in the group, Kazakhstan held Austria to a nil - all draw.
Italy pulled off hard fought 3-1 victory over Armenia to extend their lead at the top of group b.
The Czech republic had a 3-1 win over Malta ,
their first win of their world cup qualifying campaign and Bulgaria drew 1-1 with Denmark to stay second in group b.
Group d leaders Netherlands recorded a 3-0 victory over Andorra and Romania had a 1-0 victory over turkey.
Russia collected all three points with a 1-0 defeat of Portugal in group f while Israel thrashed Luxembourg 5-0 .
Slovakia remain in control of group g after a 2-1 win over latvia while Lithuania beat
Liechtenstein 2-0 in the same group.
Belgium beat Serbia 3-0 in group a while Croatia moved into second after a 2-1 win over Macedonia .
In group e, leaders Switzerland were held to a 1-1 draw by Norway, Iceland drew level at the top of the table with a 2-1 victory over Albania and in the same group Slovenia beat Cyprus 2-0.
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