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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: June 2, 2012
England’s new manager, Roy Hodgson, will have taken plenty of positives and learnt plenty more about his new charges after a second successive 1-0 victory since he took charge of the national side as England defeated Belgium at Wembley. It was a largely different side to the one which started the friendly against Norway a week ago, with the entire first-choice back five and goalkeeper returning...
Published: June 1, 2012
England 1 Belgium 0 Live international football friendly in Euro 2012 build-up England: Hart; Johnson, Terry, Cahill, Cole; Milner, Parker, Gerrard, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Young, Welbeck. Belgium: Mignolet; Gillet, Vertonghen, Simons, Vermaelen; Fellaini; Mertens, Witsel, Dembele, Hazard; Mirallas. Danny Welbeck, 35 mins, 1-0 Welcome back, football fans, to another round of live text coverage of...
Published: May 28, 2012
England have suffered their second Euro 2012 squad withdrawal as a result of injury, with Gareth Barry the latest to pull out as a result of a lower abdomen tear, according to The FA.com. The title-winning Manchester City midfielder came on at halftime in place of captain Steven Gerrard in the first match under Roy Hodgson, but he lasted less than half an hour after needing to be substituted himself...
Published: May 27, 2012
The new England reign under Roy Hodgson got off to a winning start against Norway, with several players impressing enough to stake their claim to start the group stage matches of Euro 2012 next month. Ashley Young scored the only goal of the game early on and England defended stoutly to keep a clean sheet in Oslo. Hodgson was forced into selecting arguably a back four that will not start his first...
Published: May 26, 2012
Roy Hodgson led England to victory in his first match in charge of the national side, and after only a couple of weeks in the job it is certain he is still learning plenty about his new set of players. Norway were the opponents, a team England hadn’t beaten away from home since the year they won the World Cup (1966), but an early Ashley Young strike, the only goal of the game, ensured that statistic...
Published: May 25, 2012
Norway 0 England 1 Live international friendly from Oslo Norway: Jarstein; Høgli, Demidov, Hangeland, Riise; Tettey; Elyounoussi, Henriksen, Gamst Pedersen, Braaten; Abdellaoui. England: Green; Jones, Baines, Jagielka, Lescott; Milner, Parker, Gerrard, Downing, Young; Carroll. Ashley Young, 8 mins, 0-1 Did you think we’d abandoned you for the summer? Did you...
Published: May 17, 2012
New England manager Roy Hodgson has named his Euro 2012 squad ahead of the two forthcoming International friendlies, and has created plenty of headlines already by leaving out the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Micah Richards. Hodgson also had big decisions to make up front, where England will be without talismanic forward Wayne Rooney for the first two group stage matches before he returns...
Published: October 13, 2011
Wayne Rooney‘s three-match ban at the International level for receiving a straight red card in England’s final group stage qualifier against Montenegro means that the Manchester United striker will miss every group stage game in Euro 2012. As the FA begin their appeals process and Rooney himself reflects on what yet another display of petulance might prevent him from achieving; the thoughts...