ROME - Italy remained perfect without Mario Balotelli. The Netherlands, meanwhile, still appears to be in a post-World Cup slump.Giorgio Chiellini accounted for all three goals in Italys 2-1 win over Azerbaijan in European Championship qualifying Friday and World Cup semifinalist Netherlands laboured to a surprisingly hard-earned 3-1 victory over 10-man Kazakhstan.Also, World Cup quarterfinalist Belgium held target practice for a 6-0 victory over tiny Andorra.Elsewhere, Croatia won 1-0 at Bulgaria and is level with Italy atop Group H.The Czech Republic beat Turkey 2-1 in Istanbul and Iceland won 3-0 in Latvia to remain atop Group A.Wales took the Group B lead by one point over Cyprus, Israel and Belgium after holding Bosnia-Herzegovina to a 0-0 draw in Cardiff.The top two finishers from the nine groups qualify automatically. The best third-placed team also qualifies automatically, and the other eight can qualify through a playoff.The second batch of Euro 2016 qualifiers continues through Tuesday.___GROUP ADefender Renat Abdulin gave 127th-ranked Kazakhstan a shock lead at the Amsterdam Arena with a powerful 17th-minute header from a poorly-defended corner and the Netherlands had an anxious wait until the 62nd minute when substitute Klaas Jan Huntelaar levelled.A deflected 82nd-minute shot by Ibrahim Afellay, who started his first international in nearly two years, put the Dutch ahead before Robin van Persies penalty in the last minute of regulation time secured the three points and coach Guus Hiddinks first win in three matches since taking over from Louis van Gaal after the World Cup.In the end, it was a good result, said Van Persie.In Istanbul, Umut Bulut gave Turkey the lead in the eighth minute but defender Tomas Sivok levelled seven minutes later when he headed in a corner. Borek Dockal gave the Czechs victory with a neat finish just before the hour mark.Latvia held Iceland goalless for more than an hour before Gylfi Sigurdsson opened the scoring in the 66th and Aron Gunnarsson and substitute Rurik Gislason completed the comfortable victory.___GROUP BGroup B is wide open after Fridays matches with Wales taking the lead with four points from two games after a tough goalless draw at home against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Belgium and Israel both opened their campaign with victories to join Cyprus on three points.Kevin De Bruyne and Dries Mertens scored two goals each for Belgium and Divock Origi and Nacer Chadli added the rest to give the victory a special World Cup flavour since most of the scorers were instrumental in Brazil.We have had a good start and we are on our way, Origi said before the Red Devils departed for Bosnia for their second game on Monday.Israel also had a successful start, beating Cyprus in Nicosia 2-1 with goals from Omer Damari and Tal Ben Haim.___GROUP HWith Balotelli struggling to find his form since transferring to Liverpool a€” failing to score in five English Premier League appearances a€” new Italy coach Antonio left him off the squad again.While Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza provided the scoring last month, it was all Chiellini this time.In Palermo, Azerbaijan defended with 10 men and Italy had trouble creating opportunities until Chiellini took advantage of an error by the goalkeeper to give the Azzurri the lead in the 44th.Chiellini then scored into his own net in the 76th as he attempted to defend a corner kick but he made up for his error by heading in again in the 82nd.In good and bad I did it all, said Chiellini, the victim of Luis Suarezs bite at the World Cup. But the important thing is we came out on top.In Bulgaria, Nikolay Bodurov scored an own goal for Croatia in the 36th.Norway, which won 3-0 at Malta, got two goals from Blackburn forward Joshua King, who also set up the opening score from Mats Moller Daehli.Italy beat Norway in its opening qualifier and was also a winner over the Netherlands in a friendly to open Contes tenure. Ron Schock Jersey . - Andre Drummond had his best night on the boards. Nick Bjugstad Jersey . Marie rink got back in the win column at the Olympic mens curling tournament with a 7-4 win over the host Russian squad on Wednesday. https://www.cheappenguinsjersey.com/1851...y-penguins.html. Especially after he got ejected. "How many innings was that?" he wondered. Les Binkley Jersey . Szabados joined the Southern Professional Hockey League team last week. The 27-year-old goaltender from Edmonton backstopped the Canadian womens hockey team to Olympic gold Feb. Alex Galchenyuk Jersey .Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have been neck and neck all season, with 17 points separating the rivals and double points on offer for the race.Tensions between them have spilled over during the campaign and the pairs fragile relationship was evident during Thursdays pre-race news conference, when Rosberg goaded Hamilton by advising him to race cleanly.DUMFRIES, United Kingdom - Canada beat Brazil 10-3 Monday to guarantee at least second place in B Group and a spot in the quarter-final qualification round of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. At 6-1, Wayne and Cindy Tuck of Ilderton, Ont., now trail unbeaten Sweden at the top of B Group with Scotland, in third at 5-2, also making the qualification round. Qualifying at the top of A Group is Russia (7-0) and Hungary (7-1). Thee Czech Republic (6-0), Switzerland (5-1) and Australia (4-2) have qualified in C and so far unbeaten Norway (6-0) is the only team to qualify in D.dddddddddddd Round-robin play ends Tuesday morning and the quarter-finals begin in the afternoon. The top finisher in each of the four groups qualifies automatically while second and third-place teams compete to determine the other four qualifying teams for the quarter-finals. ' ' '