On Tuesday, when England broke down haughty Hungary with 3-1 in their pre-World Cup warm-up, coach Sven-Goran seemed too confident to say that his team will give a better performance in the World Cup ahead. In an interview to BBC Sport, Eriksson remarked that it is essential to have patience and calmness against the opposition [...]
England is very likely to miss its attacker Wayne Rooney for the Thursday’s world cup match against Trinidad and Tobago. The medical experts clarified that Rooney is recovering from foot bone and will join the squad on Friday. The medical experts will test him after the game. Rooney will aggravate his injury, if he plays [...]
England was promoted to the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2006 with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremberg. The two goals came in the second half. Peter Crouch who disappointed England fans on several occasions in the match finally proved his worthiness in the 83rd minute of the game. He [...]
Henrik Larsson scored a goal in the 90th minute to end the Sweden-England match in a 2-2 draw. With this draw, Sweden claimed a berth in the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2006. Now the team will take on the Group A champion Germany while England faces Ecuador. Sweden, which has not lost [...]
David Beckham scored a goal with a free kick in the 60th minute on Sunday to lead England to a 1-0 win over Ecuador at Stuttgart and a spot in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. David Beckham who has been criticized for the poor show in the first round encounters sent in a curling [...]
David Beckham’s resignation as England soccer captain would reduce his earnings from sponsorship deals. The resignation might cost the star a bit squeezing from sponsorship, though at this time around things are not clear. The striker however venturing out a few things such as his football academy that may help him keeping under the spot [...]
Riding on the disciplined, well-organized and excellent team performance that ousted England in the quarterfinals, Portugal is now looking forward to maintain the feat at least in the forth-coming matches. Portugal, which has never advanced to the semifinals prior to this World Cup, will take on France in round of last four. Still now, they [...]
Wayne Rooney is the future of England soccer. He may have committed the mistake in the quarterfinals match intentionally or unintentionally, he should be excused. Fans, media and sports’ analysts should stop criticizing this youngster for his world cup red card against Portugal. Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson urged them. Rooney picked up a red card in [...]
Jermain Defoe the English striker steeped on field under pressure, in a game against Andorra. His international career has been a frustrating affair from his perspective and at kick-off; he had only one goal to his name from 17 caps for England. If he would not score in this game, his international career could be [...]
Under new leadership and new management, England kicked off their euro 2008 campaign in style by comprehensively defeating Andorra in their 1st qualifying game. One man who missed out of the game was Man U defender Rio Ferdinand, he missed the game against Andorra because of a toe injury, and he was replaced by his [...]
