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- What would a World Cup be without a metatarsal scare?
No sooner had David Cameron got his foot in the door of Number 10, than news broke that something foot-related had also befallen another true blue, John Terry. Indeed for several hours yesterday it seemed that we might have the first metatarsal injury under a coalition government. Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg, the Andy Co View more »- Algeria make World Cup additions
Algeria add five more players to pre-World Cup training camp in Switzerland
Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has added five players to his pre-World Cup list of 25 that will get together for a training camp at Crans Montana in Switzerland on May 13-27
Out to Africa: Nadir Belhadj is part of Algeria's 30-man squad for th View more »- Capello: 'Rooney is a born leader'
England coach Fabio Capello has revealed that Wayne Rooney is his squad's totem and inspiration.
And the Italian admitted that the Manchester United man is utterly central to his thinking as he said: "Rooney is a player of a different order and in my opinion the best in the Premier League.
"I know him well - he is View more »- Fabio Capello wrong to ignore Blackburn's Paul Robinson
Sam Allardyce said he was staggered that the England coach decided not to include Paul Robinson in his squad for the World Cup.
The Blackburn Rovers manager, Sam Allardyce, believes the England coach, Fabio Capello, has made "completely the wrong decision" in leaving the goalkeeper Paul Robinson out of his prelimin View more »- Terry: I'll be fit for the World Cup
John Terry last night promised he would be fit for England's World Cup campaign after a four-hour scare that left Fabio Capello on tenterhooks.
Terry had left Chelsea's Cobham training ground fearing a fractured metatarsal in his right foot and the end of his dreams.
The central defender, whose private life saw him View more »- Dawson Spurred on to earn first England cap
Tottenham defender Michael Dawson is hoping to finally earn his first England cap after being named in Fabio Capello's provisional 30-man squad.
Dawson, 26, has been in the international wilderness since Steve McClaren's time as national coach, and has never won a senior cap despite being involved in squads before n View more »- Six questions that must be answered before England's 30 men become 23
Will Gareth Barry be fit in time to prove himself?
It will be a close-run thing. The Manchester City midfielder will stay in England when the rest of the party flies out to Austria and has pencilled in a fitness test for 24 May, when England play Mexico at Wembley. If that shows a good rate of recovery, expect Barry View more »- Scholes backed out of England return at last minute
Paul Scholes made a last-minute U-turn after Fabio Capello had planned to hand him a sensational England World Cup return.
Capello went to bed on Monday evening believing he had convinced the 35-year-old to end his six-year England exile and and be in his provisional 30 for South Africa.
The England boss had outlin View more »- Capello refuses to offer guarantee to Carragher
England manager Fabio Capello has refused to guarantee Jamie Carragher a place in his final 23-man World Cup squad despite the Liverpool defender showing his willingness to come out of international retirement by agreeing to be part of a 30-man provisional party.
Capello's quandries: the Engaland manager has left m View more »- Capello names provisional World Cup squad
Jamie Carragher and Ledley King are the shock call-ups to England's provisional 30-man World Cup squad - but there is no place for Manchester United's Owen Hargreaves.
Neither Carragher nor King has played a game for the Three Lions under Capello, although the Tottenham man was called into the squad for a double hea View more »
