Harry Wilson scored a hat-trick as Wales secured home advantage for their 2026 World Cup play-off semi-final with a statement 7-1 thrashing of North Macedonia in Cardiff on Tuesday.

England lead the group on 13 points with Ukraine on seven. Italy and North Macedonia both have four points.

Italy's chances of defending their European Championship crown suffered a blow on Saturday after a 1-1 away draw at North Macedonia in Euro 2024 qualifying

Harry Kane also scored twice, while Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips were on target as the Three Lions maintained a 100 percent record in qualifying after four games.

2022 FIFA World Cup: Bruno Fernandes scored a brace as Portugal defeated North Macedonia to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Bruno Fernandes fired Portugal to the 2022 World Cup by scoring twice in a 2-0 victory over Italys conquerors, North Macedonia, on Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who set the world record for most international goals in last years European Championships, was asked about his future plans ahead of the World Cup play-off final against North Macedonia.

2022 FIFA World Cup play-off: Portugal and North Macedonia face each other in Porto for a berth in the upcoming World Cup finals in Qatar.

Portugal would have likely been expecting to face Italy in the play-off final, but the European champions slumped to a shock 1-0 home defeat by North Macedonia last week.

The North Macedonia players have "90 minutes to fulfil" the "dream of a whole country" said key midfielder Elif Elmas ahead of Tuesday's 2022 World Cup play-off against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.

North Macedonia produced one of the greatest upsets in world football, registering a last-gasp 1-0 win to end Italy's hopes of qualifying for 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Roberto Mancini was reeling from the most painful defeat of his managerial career after Thursday's stunning, last-gasp 0-1 loss to North Macedonia meant they missed out on their second World Cup in a row.

Euro 2020: The Netherlands beat North Mecedonia 3-0 in Amsterdam on Monday.

UEFA Euro 2020: After Ukraine's win against North Macedonia, Andriy Yarmolenko mocked Cristiano Ronaldo in front of the media, and also took a chance to promote himself for potential sponsors.

Euro 2020: Ukraine beat North Macedonia 2-1 in their Group C encounterat National Arena in Bucharest.