England convincingly defeated Serbia to approach the FIFA World Championship. (AP) England brought 5-0 victories against Serbia on Tuesday, while Norwegian Erling Haaland scored five goals in 11-1 victories over Moldavia. Portugal and France ensured comeback victory in their qualifying matches for the World Championship in 2026, which are hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.England dominated their match in Belgrade, with Harry Kane opened scoring in the 33rd minute with its 74. Noni Madueke doubled the lead two minutes later with a smart surface.Ezri Konsa scored his first international goal at the beginning of the second half, followed by Marc Guehi’s strike from another set of rice. Marcus Rashford finished scoring with a late sentence.“Players made excellent. Credit is for them, they made amazing. That’s a bar,” said English manager Thomas Tuchel ITV Sport.England could ensure its qualifications for the eighth consecutive World Cup in their next match of the group K against Latvia. Albania moved to second place in the group after defeating Latvia 1-0 in Tirana.Norway maintained its perfect record in the group with a strong 11-1 victory over Moldova. Haaland scored five goals while Martin Odegaard contributed with the target and two assists.Felix Myhre opened scoring for Norway after he was established by Haaaland. Thelo Aasgaard came out of the bench to score four goals, including Hattrick for eleven minutes, with the only Moldova response passing through its own goal Leo Ostigard.France overcame the early failure of Princes Parc des when Arni Gudjohnsen built Iceland ahead. Kylian Mbappe leveled from a penalty place before he founded Bradley Barcol for the winner.“We were punished for our only mistake. We created a lot of chances, but we are able to do better,” said French coach Didier Deschamps.France secured 2-1 victories despite the Aurelien Tchouameni tab and late forbidding Arni Gudjohnsen. Now the group D leads three points over Iceland, with Ukraine and Azerbaijan two points further for captivity 1-1.Portugal continued its strong start in group F with a victory of 3-2 over Hungary in the Puskas Arena. Barnabas Varga gave Hungary a management before Bernardo Silva equalized.Cristiano Ronaldo expanded his international target record to 141 with punishment. Although Varga scored again for Hungary, Joao Cancelo ensured the victory for Portugal with a late goal.“I loved attitude and focus – we just needed to control the game and take it where we wanted,” said Portuguese coach Roberto Martinez after the match.Hungary dropped third in group F, for Armenia, who defeated Ireland 2-1.
