Wales

England's World Cup qualifying group opponents Wales served a warning to Sven's men with a 2-0 win over Latvia.

Latvia, who held Germany to a 0-0 draw in Euro 2004, were never going to be pushovers, but late goals from Craig Bellamy and John Hartson gave the Welshmen the victory.

Celtic striker Hartson was first to score, when he headed in Andy Johnson's free kick.

And Bellamy sealed it a minute before the final whistle when Gareth Roberts put through for the Newcastle man's seventh international goal.

Northern Ireland

Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll made some excellent saves to earn his country a 0-0 draw against Switzerland.

Coach Lawrie Sanchez was forced to field an under strength side against the Swiss, but he can be heartened at the amount of chances they created as well as their ability to keep their opponents out.

The draw means Northern Ireland have gone unbeaten for six matches, their best run since 1986.

Poland

Poland will be approaching their first qualifiers with trepidation after they suffered a 5-1 home defeat at the hands of Euro 2004 quarter finalists Denmark.

Peter Madsen opened his international goal account on 23 minutes, and ended the match with a hat-trick.

He scored Denmark's first two before the game was half an hour old, then West Bromwich Albion's Thomas Gaardsoe added another just after the break.

Maciej Zurawski pulled one back for Poland before Charlton's Claus Jensen netted his country's fourth. Madsen completed his hat trick in injury time.

Austria

Austria, who play England on September 4 for their Group Six opener, were on the end of Jurgen Klinsmann's victorious debut as Germany manager as they ran out 3-1 winners in Vienna.

Kevin Kurianyi scored a hat trick for the Germans, the first goal coming after just 90 seconds.

Martin Amerhauser gave the home side hope when he equalised in the 10th minute, and his side responded with some long periods of pressure in the German half.

But Kuranyi put Germany back in front just past the hour mark, before completing his hat trick by rolling the ball into an open goal 17 minutes from time.