Rashford’s brilliance takes England closer to WC qualification

Marcus Rashford and Eric Dier scored for England in a match which all but assured the Three Lions a place in the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

England's striker Marcus Rashford celebrates scoring England's second goal during the World Cup 2018 qualification match against Slovakia.

England came from behind to defeat Slovakia 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Monday.

Marcus Rashford and Eric Dier scored for England in a match which all but assured the Three Lions a place in the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

Stanislav Lobotka had given the visitor a third minute lead, firing past keeper Joe Hart. However, Dier levelled the scores for England in the 37th minute from a corner.

Rashford netted the winner in the 59th minute with a 25-yard strike to ensure that there was no slip-up, and the team went home with all the three points.

Germany completes rout of Norway

Germany thumped Norway 6-0 thanks to goals from Mesut Ozil, Julian Draxler, Timo Werner, Leon Goretzka and Mario Gomez.

Nigeria survives scare

Nigeria survived a late Cameroon onslaught to draw 1-1 in Yaounde Monday and move closer to qualifying.

Moses Simon put Nigeria ahead on 30 minutes and substitute Vincent Aboubakar equalised from a 75th-minute penalty at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo to spark a rally by the host.

Unbeaten leader Nigeria moved to 10 points from four matches in Group B and a home win over Zambia on October 7 will clinch a sixth World Cup appearance.