Brooks rescues Wales in WC stalemate with N.Macedonia, Montenegro win

Kazakhstan moved up to third as they beat Liechtenstein 2-0 in Vaduz. Norway took a grip on Group B with a 4-2 win over Israel in Hungary

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Wales handed North Macedonia an added-time present but then clawed back a scrappy equaliser as time expired to draw 1-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.

Montenegro also scored six minutes into added time to eke out a 1-0 home win over the Faroe Islands.

They kept pace atop Group I in European qualifying with the Czech Republic who strolled to a 4-0 victory away to Gibraltar.

Finland remained second as they beat Israel 4-2 to move three points clear in Group I. Estonia, who won 3-2 in Moldova, as both teams ended with 10 men, climbed past Israel into second.

All the teams in action on Tuesday were trying to build a cushion before the top seeds, who have been playing in the Nations League, join the action in June.

In Skopje, Wales needed late heroics from substitute David Brooks to save a match that was goalless after 90 minutes.

A minute into added time, veteran Wales midfielder Joe Allen passed blindly backward, Bojan Miovski intercepted and squeezed a shot past goalkeeper Karl Darlow.