Juanito, David Villa and Carles Puyol struck for Vicente del Bosque's side, who have now won their opening three games.

Group rivals Belgium overcame Armenia 2-0 with Everton's record signing Marouane Fellaini on the scoresheet while Turkey came from behind to beat Bosnia 2-1.

France coach Raymond Domenech's future was left in the balance despite his side recovering from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 in Romania.

Florentin Petre and Dorin Goian struck for the hosts inside the opening 17 minutes but Franck Ribery and Yoann Gourcuff, with his first international goal, responded.

Also in Group Seven, the Faroe Islands revived memories of their famous 1990 win over Austria by holding them to a
1-1 draw while Serbia beat Lithuania 3-0.

World champions Italy were forced to settle for a goalless draw in Bulgaria in Group Eight while Georgia versus Cyprus finished 1-1.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger scored from the penalty spot as Denmark moved to the top of Group One with a 3-0 win over Malta in Copenhagen.

Toulouse striker Soren Larsen, playing his first international for three years, enjoyed a dream return with two goals. Rivals Sweden drew 0-0 with Portugal in Stockholm, while in Group Two Greece saw off Moldova 3-0 with Euro 2004 hero Angelos Charisteas scoring twice.

Germany held off a second-half fightback from Russia to move four points clear at the top of Wales' World Cup qualification group.

Goals from Lukas Podolski and Michael Ballack had put the Germans in control in Dortmund before Andrei Arshavin halved the deficit early in the second half.

Guus Hiddink's side pressed for the equaliser in the closing stages, but the hosts – with goalkeeper Rene Adler making his debut in place of the injured Robert Enke – stood firm.

Germany now have seven points from their opening three qualifiers in Group Four, one more than second-placed Wales, but Russia, currently fourth, have a game in hand.

Elsewhere in the group, Finland beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in Helsinki with a goal from former Chelsea and Birmingham striker Mikael Forssell.

Poland moved level with Slovenia at the top of Northern Ireland's Group Three with a
2-1 win over the Czech Republic while Slovakia won 3-1 in San Marino.

Pawel Brozek and Jakub Blaszczykowski scored either side of half-time for the Poles while Martin Fenin replied with a late consolation.

Stanislav Sestak, Jan Kozak and Miroslav Karhan were on target for Slovakia, who were rarely troubled despite the sending off of Roman Kratochvil and an Andy Selva reply.

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor scored four goals as Togo routed Swaziland 6-0 in Group 11 of the African qualifying section in Lome.

Adebayor, who missed the last game because he was unhappy about the travel arrangements, had threatened not to play again. Fortunately for his country he changed his mind, scoring in the first, 29th, 71st and 85th minutes.

In South America, Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero of Atletico Madrid fired Argentina to a 2-1 win over Uruguay.