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Capello begins to win FA support

Capello begins to win FA support

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England squad arrive home

Football Association board member Phil Gartside has come out in support of Fabi…

No retirement plans for Lampard

No retirement plans for Lampard

Frank Lampard has insisted he will carry on playing for England for as long as he is wanted. The 32-year-old has almost certainly played in his last FIFA World Cup™ finals after England’s 4-1 last-16 defeat by Germany condemned the team to an early …

Capello to discuss future with FA

Capello to discuss future with FA

Capello to meet FA over future

Fabio Capello said he will not resign as England coach but will discuss his future with the Football Association after his side’s World Cup exit.England were knocked out at the las…

England and Mexico haunted anew

England and Mexico haunted anew

It is only fans not footballers, we are told, who worry about history. Yet it was hard not to sense the ghosts of the past at both the Free State Stadium and Soccer City as Germany and Argentina inflicted further punishment on familiar adversaries in …

Confidence key for England

Confidence key for England

If neutral and even partisan observers thought that England looked out of sorts in their two opening Group C encounters with USA and Algeria, they would have found full agreement with Fabio Capello. The 64-year-old coach, who has won no fewer than eig…

Capello backs unchanged England

Capello backs unchanged England

Fabio Capello indicated he was planning to name an unchanged line-up for England’s FIFA World Cup™ crunch with Germany on Sunday and insisted his squad was ready to sink their old rivals.”It is a very important game, one of the most important [of hi…

Optimism over injured Germans

Optimism over injured Germans

Germany assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick is “optimistic” Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jerome Boateng and Mesut Oezil will each be fit to face England this weekend. All three picked up knocks during Wednesday night’s 1-0 win over Ghana and it remains to be…

Defoe: England are buzzing

Defoe: England are buzzing

England’s FIFA World Cup™ saviour Jermain Defoe has hailed his winner against Slovenia as the most important goal of his career and revealed the Three Lions are “buzzing” about the prospect of facing Germany in a second round showdown on Sunday.Defo…

Capello can cope with Germany hype

Capello can cope with Germany hype

Fabio Capello is happy to cope with the hype of an England FIFA World Cup™ encounter with Germany.The full extent of his side’s failure to take their chances in Port Elizabeth last night became known a few hours later when Mesut Ozil scored the goal…

King steps up recovery

King steps up recovery

Ledley King returned to the training ground this morning as he stepped up his recovery from a groin strain.King suffered the injury during the early minutes of England’s draw with the United States in Rustenburg on 12 June, since when he has been cons…