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- England v Germany: Joe Cole ready to be put on the spot
Joe Cole has admitted he has never taken a penalty in a professional career spanning more than a decade but would be willing to step forward if needed should Sunday's World Cup last 16 match with Germany go to a shoot-out.
Penalty novice: Joe Cole is yet to take a penalty in a competitive game for club or country d View more »- Loew: Don't mention the war, this is 2010
No one has sent an oompah band to play trombone and accordion outside the Germany team hotel in the early hours. Not yet anyway.
Things have moved on from Achtung Surrender so nobody mentioned the war at the Germany training camp yesterday, either.
Well, nobody except a couple of Swedish journalists who seemed unus View more »- Rooney roars: We're not scared of you
Wayne Rooney last night issued a rallying cry to an expectant nation as England prepared for tomorrow's win or bust clash with Germany.
The defiant striker promised the Three Lions would draw on all their fighting spirit to knock our old foe out of the contest and warned Joachim Loew’s side: “We’re View more »- King could return
Ledley King is in contention to make a dramatic return to the England side for Sunday's World Cup clash with Germany.
The odds must still be heavily against the Tottenham man making it considering the FA claimed he did not do any contact work on Thursday. However, coach Fabio Capello has confirmed that all 23 memb View more »- Low waits on Germany duo
Germany coach Joachim Low admits there is a "major question mark" over the fitness of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jerome Boateng ahead of Sunday's World Cup last-16 encounter with England.
Bayern Munich midfielder Schweinsteiger and stand-in left-back Boateng, who has just completed a move to Manchester City, susta View more »- Germany just another game - James
Goalkeeper David James insists England will be treating Sunday's World Cup last-16 clash against Germany just like any other game.
Fabio Capello's side take on Joachim Low's team in Bloemfontein on Sunday with a place in the quarter-finals at stake. Much has been spoken in the build-up about past meetings between View more »- Forget penalty jinx, says Jermain Defoe
When Germans hear the English talking confidently about penalty-taking, as Jermain Defoe did on Thursday, they mutter "Das Pfeifen im Walde".
Without straying completely into Brothers Grimm territory, the gist of the German saying is that those who are scared walking through a forest whistle to keep up their spirit View more »- Capello: England are coming good
Fabio Capello believes England are hitting top form at just the right time.
After a stuttering start to their World Cup campaign, the Three Lions produced an improved performance to beat Slovenia 1-0 to set up a last-16 encounter with Germany on Sunday.
"Against Slovenia we did really very well in every area of View more »- No contract concern insists Low
Germany coach Joachim Low insists uncertainty over his future will not affect his side's bid for World Cup glory.
Negotiations between Low and the German Football Federation (DFB) over an extension to his deal which runs out after the tournament broke down at the start of the year.
"It remains the case that we View more »- Lahm anticipating a classic
Germany captain Philipp Lahm described his side's forthcoming World Cup last 16 encounter with England as a "classic".
The last World Cup finals meeting between the teams came in 1990, when West Germany beat England on penalties in the semi-finals. Prior to that, they also met in the 1982 second group stage, the 1 View more »
