Football: The best pictures from today's World Cup qualifiers

Norway's Steffen Iversen challenges for the ball with Scotland's Scott Brown during their Group Nine qualifying clash at Hampden Park Photograph: Andrew Milligan/Press Association

Barry Robson gets stuck in to a tackle with Fredrik Winsnes Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty

Substitute Chris Iwelumo misses an open goal from three yards out with his first touch in international football. It proves crucial as George Burley's team are held 0-0 by the Norwegians Photograph: Andrew Milligan/Press Association

England fans walk up towards Wembley ahead of their game against Kazakhstan Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images

Steven Gerrard lines up with his commemorative shirt at Wembley against Kazakhstan Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Emile Heskey is denied inside the Kazakhstan six-yard box in one of the best England chances in a poor first half Photograph: Nick Potts/Press Association

Rio Ferdinand heads past the Kazakhstan goalkeeper Alexandr Mokin to put England 1-0 up Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP

Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Kuchma, left, heads into his own net under pressure from Wayne Rooney to make it 2-0 to England. Until ... Photograph: Mike Egerton/Press Association

... Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Kukeyev capitalises on a dreadful Ashley Cole error to fire the visitors back into the game at 2-1 Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

However, Rooney soon headed England back into a two-goal advantage, before being congratulated by fellow scorer Ferdinand Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

A dejected Morkin picks the ball out of the net as Rooney and his team-mates celebrate Photograph: Carl Recine/Action images

And Rooney made the game safe soon after, slotting this shot low into the net Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/Press Association

If that scoreline wasn't flattering enough already, Jermain Defoe then races clear before curling a low shot around Mokin and into the net. Final score: 5-1 Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP

David Edwards fires Wales 1-0 ahead in their game with Liechtenstein at the Millennium Stadium Photograph: Keith Williams/Action Images

Manchester City's Ched Evans later added a second in a 2-0 win Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images

Finland's Mikael Forssell watches Rashad Sadigov of Azerbaijan during their qualifier in Helsinki. Forssell's penalty was the only goal of the game Photograph: Mauri Ratilainen/EPA

Bulgaria's Dimitar Berbatov volleys towards Fabio Cannavaro of Italy during their Group Eight game in Sofia Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Thierry Henry challenges acrobatically for the ball during Les Bleus' Group 7 trip to Romania Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

Florentin Petre (right) celebrates after putting Romania into an early lead. France clawed back from two goals down to draw 2-2 Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

Germany salute the crowd after their 2-1 win over Russia Photograph: Steffi Loos/Getty

Carlos Tevez on the ball for Argentina against Uruguay Photograph: Alejandro Pagni/AFP

Sergio Aguero, Javier Zanetti and Leo Messi celebrate a goal in the Albicelestes' 2-1 victory Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP

Mario Yepes of Colombia (right) challenges Salvador Cabanas of Paraguay during their World Cup qualifier Photograph: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP