Henry started the day in Bergen, Norway where the French had been stranded overnight after their plane was forced to divert on Friday.

They arrived in Torshavn in time on Saturday to play the Faroe Islands and Henry equalled Michel Platini's record of 41 goals for Les Bleus in a 6-0 romp.

By that time, Nicolas Anelka had already scored for the visitors - who only landed in the Faroes hours before kick-off after fog delayed their arrival - and goals from Karim Benzema (two), Jerome Rothen and Hatem Ben Arfa completed the rout.

Les Bleus remain two points adrift of leaders Scotland in Group B, though, after another impressive win for Alex McLeish's men - 3-1 over Ukraine.

Scotland - who beat France 1-0 in Paris last month - were 2-0 up inside 10 minutes in Glasgow thanks to early goals from Kenny Miller and Lee McCulloch.

Andriy Shevchenko pulled one back for the visitors midway through the first half but James McFadden, Scotland's hero in Paris, rounded things off with a powerful strike 22 minutes from time.

World champions Italy later leapfrogged France with a 2-0 win over Georgia sealed by goals from Andrea Pirlo and Fabio Grosso.

England put themselves within a win of booking their place at Euro 2008 with a 3-0 win over Estonia in Group E.

Shaun Wright-Phillips put England in front after 11 minutes before Wayne Rooney turned home Joe Cole's low cross for his first competitive goal for the Three Lions in 1211 days.

A Taavi Rahn own goal rounded off the scoring after 33 minutes.

Croatia squeezed past Israel 1-0 to consolidate their position at the top of Group E and keep them on course for Euro 2008 qualification. Eduardo Da Silva scored the only goal after 52 minutes.

Greece continued their domination of Group C with a 3-2 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Goals from Angelos Charisteas, Theofanis Gekas and Nikos Liberopoulos gave the reigning European champions all three points at the Spyros Louis Stadium.

Mirko Hrgovic and Vedad Ibisevic netted for the Bosnians.

Turkey's hopes of qualification were severely dented with a 1-1 draw with Moldova. It could have been even worse for Turkey who were trailing for much of the game after Viorel Frunza had given the home side the lead after 11 minutes but they rescued a point thanks to a second-half Umit Karan goal.

Hungary claimed revenge over Malta with a 2-0 win in Group C.

Robert Feczesin scored 11 minutes before half-time with a close-range header before Daniel Tozser doubled the advantage after 76 minutes with an exquisite 25-yard free-kick to avenge last October's 2-1 defeat on the Mediterranean island.

Germany have sealed their berth but the race is still on for the second spot on Group D.

Slovakia recorded a highly impressive and confidence-boosting 7-0 victory at home to San Marino in Group D with goals from Marek Hamsik, Stanislav Sestak (two), Marek Sapara, Martin Skrtl, Filip Holosko and Jan Durica.

Cyprus pulled off a 3-1 comeback win in Group D to end an impressive recent run by Wales. One goal up at half-time, Wales' hopes were still intact in pursuit of another victory to complete a sequence of three away successes - something they had not managed for 26 years.

But the advantage they held via James Collins' first international goal was obliterated in a shocking 21-minute second-half spell, striker Yiannis Okkas scored twice with substitute Constantinos Charalampidis heading the third.

Serbia's qualification hopes from Group A suffered a blow as they could only draw 0-0 in Armenia while Finland dropped two points as they were held 0-0 by Belgium.

Ebi Smolarek's second-half hat-trick helped Poland to a 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan after trailing to a Dmitry Byakov goal. The result puts Poland four points clear of Portugal at the top of Group A.

Portugal kept their qualification hopes alive with a battling 2-0 win over Azerbaijan. The Euro 2004 runners-up came away with all three points thanks to goals from Bruno Alves and Hugo Almeida.

Group G basement boys Luxembourg claimed their first win of the campaign when Alphonse Leweck bagged the only goal of the game in Belarus deep into injury time.

Sweden took a giant step towards qualification with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Liechtenstein. Goals from Freddie Ljungberg, Christian Wilhelmsson and Anders Svensson gave Lars Lagerback's side all three points and means they travel to Spain knowing that a draw will effectively secure qualification from Group F.

Spain kept up the pressure on Sweden with a 3-1 in Denmark. Goals from Raul Tamudo, Sergio Ramos and Albert Riera earned Spain a seventh win of the campaign, while Jon Dahl Tomasson scored for the hosts.

Maris Verpakovskis scored twice as Latvia secured an impressive 4-2 win over Iceland in Reykjavik. The home side had taken an early lead through Eidur Gudjohnsen but goals from Oskars Klava, Juris Laizans and Verpakovskis' double gave Latvia a 4-1 lead before Gudjohnsen scored a second-half consolation.

Romania moved to the brink of qualification from Group G with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Holland to send them top of the table. Dorin Goian pounced in the 71st minute to clinch all three points for Romania and leave Holland looking anxiously over their shoulder at Bulgaria.

Slovenia and Albania played out a goaless draw in the same group.