Erling Haaland scored five goals in a huge 11-1 win for Norway against Moldova in World Cup qualification.
The Manchester City striker is his country’s leading all-time goalscorer and took his tally to 48 in 45 caps with his impressive haul.
Martin Odegaard of Arsenal was also on target while Thelo Aasgard of Rangers came on after 64 minutes and still scored four times.
Playing with stitches in his face following an accident with a bus door, Haaland hit a first-half hat trick as Norway extended their lead over Italy at the top of Group I to six points.
France held on with 10 men to beat Iceland 2-1 after coming from behind thanks to a goal and assist from Kylian Mbappe.
Iceland took a surprise lead when Michael Olise gave away the ball in his own penalty area and Andri Gudjohnsen pounced on it to score. Mbappe finally got France into the game when he converted a penalty just before half-time after being shoved by Mikael Anderson.
Mbappe led a break for the second goal and set up Bradley Barcola to score but France’s task got harder when Aurelien Tchouamani was sent off soon after.
Joao Cancelo scored the winning goal in the 86th minute to give Portugal a 3-2 victory over Hungary after two goals from Barnabas Varga had given Hungary hope of an upset.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty to give Portugal a 2-1 lead earlier after winning a penalty by flicking the ball into Loic Nego’s outstretched arm.
Ireland’s hopes of a first World Cup appearance since 2002 took a heavy blow with a 2-1 loss to Armenia.
