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- Blue Samurai show England how to play with pride in the shirt
While France and England were the despair of their nations, Japan showed how far you could go when you fight to the last bead of sweat
Yuichi Komano, a full-back famed for his courage but also the culprit for Japan in yesterday's penalty shoot-out
Japan are still in the margins of world football's elite. Indeed, betw View more »- Tired old exceuse offered by Capello
ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello claims tiredness was behind his stars' humiliating performance at the World Cup Finals. The sum total of the nation's tournament was draws with USA and Algeria, a narrow victory over Slovenia and a record defeat at this level to Germany in the first knockout stage.
Capello, who had claim View more »- Revealed: Joyless regime of England's World Cup
Revealed: Joyless regime that sucked the life out of England's World Cup
England players are in full-scale rebellion over the strict 43-day boot camp which undermined Fabio Capello's doomed World Cup campaign.
Since joining up for the pre-tournament training camp in Austria, many of England's players struggled unde View more »- Capello to learn future in two weeks
Fabio Capello has said that his future as England manager will be decided in two weeks after he holds talks with Club England chairman Sir David Richards.
Capello's future was thrown into doubt after England's lacklustre display at the World Cup, culminating in a 4-1 defeat to second round opponents Germany.
"I s View more »- Two weeks before Capello decision
Fabio Capello has stated his desire to remain as England manager - but his future will be decided by the Football Association over the next two weeks.
Capello's future has been the subject of speculation both before and since England's dismal World Cup exit against Germany on Sunday, with suggestions he could be a View more »- Lampard: No plans to quit England
Frank Lampard wants to carry on playing for England but knows there will be much debate about the future after the World Cup exit at the hands of Germany.
Lampard will be 36 by the time of the next World Cup in Brazil and the likes of Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Emile Heskey are already over 30. But the Chelsea View more »- Germany and England stadium scenes
TV presenter Christine Bleakley ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between Germany and England at Free State Stadium on June 27, 2010 in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger signs autographs at the England v Germany second round match, World Cup View more »- Owen: I knew England's tactics would fail
England v Germany: as soon as I saw our tactics I knew we'd lose, says Michael Owen
I watched the England game with family and a couple of friends and, as soon as I saw the formation we were going to play, I said to them, 'We are going to get beat’.
Gone missing: Wayne Rooney, who had a poor World Cup, troop View more »- Lahm: England did not respect us
Philip Lahm accused England of not paying Germany enough respect and that is why they are heading home following a 4-1 defeat in the last 16 of the World Cup in South Africa.
Two goals from Thomas Muller helped secure a place in the quarter-finals with Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski also on target. Matthew Upso View more »- Warning signs were there - Cole
Joe Cole admits the warning signs for England World Cup hopes were evident from the start of their build-up to the tournament.
The former Chelsea midfielder claims Fabio Capello's side were "not good enough" going back to the below par displays before South Africa against Mexico and Japan. England struggled to qua View more »
