Gareth Barry’s hopes of going to the World Cup Rio have taken a blow after he and former Manchester City winger Adam Johnson were not named in Roy Hodgson’s England 30-man squad for the game against Denmark at Wembley next Wednesday. Barry, 33, is on loan at Everton from City, has had an outstanding season […]
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England handed kind Euro 2016 draw
England were handed a relatively kind France 2016 draw for the European Championships with Switzerland their main rivals for a place in the 24-team finals. The Swiss will join England in Group E along with San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia and Slovenia. Gibraltar will also feature in the qualifying draw for the first time after they […]
England vs Italy kick off revised
England’s opening match of the World Cup in Brazil 2014 has been revised back to 11pm on Friday June 14 after FIFA negotiations with ITV and their Italian counterparts Rai. The local time for kickoff in Manaus will now be 6pm meaning the heat and humidity in the Amazon venue could be even higher than […]
England land World Cup 2014 ‘group of death’
England were drawn in Group D of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil in what is sure to be dubbed ‘The Group of Death’ with an opening game against Italy and games against Uruguay and Costa Rica. 1966 hero Sir Geoff Hurst pulled England out of Pot 4 as the World Cup draw was made […]
Carrick misses England friendlies
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick will miss England’s friendlies against Chile and Germany after aggravating an achilles injury. Carrick had already admitted he had to be ‘patched up’ to face Arsenal last Sunday but will now return to United after admitting defeat in his efforts to get fit. Carrick will join United team mate Danny […]