Paris (AFP) - England fought back from behind to beat Slovenia 3-1 in Euro 2016 qualifying on Saturday as some of the continent's minnows again enjoyed outstanding results.A turgid Group E encounter at Wembley came to life just before the hour mark when Jordan Henderson headed into his own net to give Slovenia the lead.However, England were back on level terms moments later thanks to Wayne Rooney, who won and then converted a penalty to mark the occasion of his 100th international appearance with his 44th goal for his country.Danny Welbeck of Arsenal then netted a brace to seal the victory as England made it four wins from four games in Group E to remain firmly on track for a place at the finals in France.Meanwhile, after the Faroe Islands recorded a stunning 1-0 win in Greece on Friday, prompting the demise of Claudio Ranieri as coach of the 2004 European champions, San Marino and Liechtenstein claimed famous results of their own.San Marino, ranked 208th and joint-last in the world by FIFA alongside Bhutan, ended a run of 61 consecutive defeats by holding Estonia to a 0-0 draw at home in Group E.Liechtenstein fared even better, a second-half goal by captain Franz Burgmeier securing a 1-0 victory in Moldova in Group G.The tiny principality with a population of under 40,000 had not won a competitive match since June 2011 and had not won on their travels in a qualifying fixture in over a decade.In contrast, Europe's largest nation Russia went down to a 1-0 defeat in Austria in the same group to increase the pressure on coach Fabio Capello.The only goal of the game in Vienna was scored by 1860 Munich's Pakistan-born striker Rubin Okotie in the 73rd minute, moments after officials had deemed that another effort by the same player had not crossed the line.The result comes a month after Russia were held at home by Moldova and days after the country's football union said they could no longer afford to pay Capello's huge salary, believed to be around seven million euros ($8.8m, 5.6m pounds) per year.Elsewhere, Ukraine claimed their third consecutive win in Group C as Andriy Yarmolenko of Dynamo Kiev scored a second-half hat-trick to secure a 3-0 victory in Luxembourg.Later in the same group, reigning European champions Spain entertain Belarus while Slovakia face Macedonia away.Switzerland are at home to Lithuania in England's Group E and Sweden, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the starting line-up, take on Montenegro in Group G.Join the conversation about this story »
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