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Oct 15, 2008, 20:46 GMT

Wins for Russia and Netherlands in World Cup qualifiers

Hamburg - Two own goals helped Russia to a 3-0 victory over Finland in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday while the Netherlands maintained their perfect start with a win against Norway. Petri Pasanen and Veli Lampi were the unfortunate players to put into their own net for Finland while Andrei Arshavin scored the third for Guus Hiddink's Russia side late on. Russia now sit second in Group 4, one point behind Germany who play Wales later Wednesday. The Dutch made it three wins out of three in Group 9 with a 1-0 win over Norway in Oslo, Mark van Bommel scoring the winner after 62 minutes. The Czech Republic got its first win of the campaign with Libor Sionko the hero, scoring a second-half goal to ensure a 1-0 win at home to Slovenia in Group 3, a victory that moves Petr Rada's side on to four points, three behind Slovenia and Poland. In Group 2, Israel played out a 1-1 draw away to Latvia, who salvaged a point thanks to Vladimirs Kolesnichenko's late equalizer, while Lithuania moved top of Group 7 on nine points after a 1-0 victory against the Faroe Islands. Bulgaria registered a third draw in succession in Group 8 after the game against Georgia finished scoreless while Hungary moved on to seven points in Group 1 thanks to a 1-0 win against Malta.

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