World Cup 2010 Qualifiers October 15, 2008
In qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, England won comfortably 3-1 in Minsk against Belarus. Wales lost narrowly to Germany 1-0 in Monchengladbach. Northern Ireland won 4-0 in Belfast against San Marino and the Republic of Ireland were 1-0 winners over Cyprus in Dublin.
Italy beat Montenegro 2-1, Croatia hammered Andorra 4-0 and Serbia outplayed Austria 3-1 in Vienna.
Holland won 1-0 in Norway and the shock of the night was Switzerland's 2-1 away win in Greece.
In other results, Belgium were beaten 2-1 at home to Euro 2008 winners Spain, Malta lost 1-0 at home to Hungary and Portugal could only draw against Albania in Braga.
In Asia zone qualifying games, Japan had a disappointing home draw 1-1 with Uzbekistan in Group 1 on Wednesday while South Korea beat UAE 3-0. Australia cruised to a 4-0 home win over Qatar.
In South America, Argentina lost 1-0 away to Chile, while Brazil were held to a 0-0 draw by Columbia.
In the CONCACAF zone, the USA lost 2-1 away to Trinidad & Tobago, with Dwight Yorke scoring the winner.
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