Manchester City’s Joe Hart has retained his place in Roy Hodgson’s latest England squad to play friendlies against Chile and Germany later this month. The England goalkeeper, rested by City manager Manuel Pellegrini for games against Norwich City and CSKA Moscow, is expected to be rested for games that might see Fraser Forster and John […]
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England fix World Cup friendly dates
England will play Chile and Germany at Wembley on November 15 and 19 respectively as part of their World Cup 2014 preparations. Roy Hodgson’s team finished top of their group to qualify for the finals by beating Poland and will celebrate by facing two fellow finalists in Chile and Germany. They will follow this up […]
Rooney magic seals Brazil spot
ENGLAND 2, POLAND 0 Wayne Rooney and Steve Gerrerd were England’s matchwinners against Poland as they finally booked their place in next summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil. It was fitting that the Manchester United striker Rooney should have the last word in the qualifying campaign in which he has been a key player […]
Sterling added to England squad, Jones or Smalling to replace Walker
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling has been called up to replace Manchester United’s Tom Cleverley who sustained a calf injury in training on Thursday and missed England’s 4-1 win over Montenegro at Wembley. Hodgson had hinted after the Montenegro game that he would consider calling up a replacement midfielder from the U21 squad if required and selected […]
Job only half done says victorious Hodgson
ENGLAND 4, MONTENEGRO 1 England emerged victorious on a nervy night at Wembley to remain on course for automatic qualification for the finals of the World Cup. It took a goal from Andros Townsend on his debut 12 minutes from time to finally see off Montenegro to set up Tuesday’s group decider against Poland. […]