Godoy Cruz 1-2 Estudiantes; Racing Club 1-2 Colon (Santa Fe)

The Socceroos begin life under new coach Holger Osieck with an entertaining 0-0 friendly draw against an under-strength Switzerland in St Gallen.

Jermain Defoe scores a hat-trick with Adam Johnson also on target as England hammer Bulgaria 4-0 in a Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley.

Young substitute Corry Evans is the match-winner for Northern Ireland as their resolute defending ensured a superb 1-0 victory over Slovenia in Maribor.

Romania 1-1 Albania, Luxembourg 0-3 Bosnia-Herzegovina, France 0-1 Belarus

Iceland 1-2 Norway

Moldova 2-0 Finland, Sweden 2-0 Hungary, San Marino 0-5 Netherlands

Latvia 0-3 Croatia, Greece 1-1 Georgia

Estonia 1-2 Italy, Faroe Islands 0-3 Serbia, Slovenia 0-1 Northern Ireland

England 4-0 Bulgaria, Montenegro 1-0 Wales

Kazakhstan 0-3 Turkey Belgium 0-1 Germany

Armenia 0-1 Republic of Ireland, Andorra 0-2 Russia, Slovakia 1-0 FYR Macedonia

Scotland were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Lithuania after dominating large spells of their opening Euro 2012 qualifying match in Kaunas.

Wales' 2012 Euro Championship qualifying campaign gets off to a miserable start in Montenegro as Mirko Vucinic strikes to sink John Toshack's men.

Scorers: Arda Turan 24, Hamit Altintop 26, Nihat Kahveci 76

Ireland made a winning start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign courtesy of substitute Keith Fahey's goal in a frantic 1-0 victory in Armenia.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will miss France's Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus because of an ankle injury.

Croatian Robert Rubcic has been named as the new coach of the Bangladesh football team, with his first assignment to be the Asian Games in November.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien stands down from international football for the foreseeable future in order to regain a regular club place. Essien has been missing from two Ghana squads named since the World Cup, including the selection for Sunday's start of the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers

Bulgarian champions Litex Lovech appoint Luboslav Penev as their new head coach.