Euro Qualifiers Updates

In the same group, Arsenal's Eduardo Da Silva helped Croatia reinforce their position as leaders as he netted in their 6-0 thrashing of Andorra.Two goals in two minutes from Tottenham Hotspur hit-man Dimitar Berbatov saw Bulgaria beat Luxembourg 3-0. Aston Villa midfielder Stilian Petrov nabbed the third from the penalty spot.

Everton striker James McFadden fired Scotland to top spot in Group B. His 64th minute strike secured a shock 1-0 victory over France at the Parc des Princes.A Craig Bellamy brace helped Wales to a 5-2 victory in Slovakia. Two goals in quick succession from the West Ham United man put his side firmly in front and an injury-time goal from Fulham's Simon Davies added to the fine away victory.There was late heartbreak for Northern Ireland as a Keith Gillespie own-goal sent them to a 2-1 defeat in Iceland. Fulham's David Healey had equalised for Nigel Worthington's men in the 72nd minute from the penalty-spot, before Gillespie's injury-time error.

Scotland beat France 1-0 for the second time in Euro 2008 qualifying to take top spot in Group B.

Having already claimed victory against Les Bleus at Hampden Park earlier in the campaign, the Scots would have been happy with a point in Paris.

But James McFadden's superb strike in the 64th minute secured a famous win for Alex McLeish's side.

Scotland's defence stood firm to keep out Nicolas Anelka, Franck Ribery et al in the second-half to ensure all three points.

Comfortable win for England

Two goals from Michael Owen took his England tally to 40 as he helped England to a 3-0 win over Russia at Wembley.Click here to see the video>

Owen netted in the seventh and 31st minutes to become only the fourth player, after Jimmy Greaves, Sir Bobby Charlton and Gary Lineker to score 40 times for England.Rio Ferdinand completed the rout six minutes from time leaving England in second spot in Group E two points clear of Russia ahead of next month's return meeting in Moscow.The result completed a marvellous few days for England boss Steve McClaren men, who followed up Saturday's win over Israel with an even more emphatic display against Guus Hiddink's men.Again Owen grabbed the limelight with his first half brace but Gareth Barry and Emile Heskey again rewarded McClaren for the faith he placed in them with outstanding contributions on a great night at Wembley.McClaren surprised no-one by sticking with same side which brushed aside Israel on Saturday.England took a deserved lead after seven minutes when Owen neatly controlled Barry's right wing cross and coolly slotted home via the upright.
Heskey and Shaun Wright-Phillips had chances to extend the lead before Owen rifled home his second past Vaitcheslav Malafeev after Heskey's flick on.In between Russia thought they had an equaliser when Konstantin Zyryanov turned and fired beyond Paul Robinson, but Swedish referee Martin Hansson disallowed the goal for handball when replays clearly showed the ball had come off the striker's chest.Russia looked menacing after the break and Dmitry Sychev twice went close.Robinson was also forced to turn away a 15 yard drive from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.But England weathered the storm and Rio Ferdinand rubbed salt into the visitors' wounds late on when he added a third.

Hero Cycles 29th Federation Cup

Kingfisher East Bengal defeated Mohun Bagan 3-2 in the first Semi Finals of Hero Cycles 29th Federation Cup played under flood lights at Guru Nanak Stadium ,Ludhiana today.They will play the winners of Wednesday’s second semi final between Mahindra United and Dempo SC ,Goa.The Finals will be played on 15th Sep 07.
The scorers for East Bengal were Surukumar Singh(25th min) ,Ashim Bishwas(35th min),Dipendu Bishwas(46th min) and those on target for Mohun Bagan were Bhaichung Bhutia (11th min) ,Jose Barretto(71st min)