Soccer Break Tuesday
Squabbling managers, more on the growth of the sport in the United States, the Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster relief match and a fascinating piece on the first black professional footballer. Read on.
International friendly preview: England v Ghana – video
England manager Fabio Capello and stand-in captain Gareth Barry defend the decision to rest players
Gareth Barry named England captain for friendly against Ghana
• Midfielder gets armband after John Terry released from squad• Capello still hopes to meet former captain Rio FerdinandFabio Capello has named Gareth Barry as the England captain for Tuesday's friendly against Ghana. The Manchester City midfielder...
Euro 2012 qualifier video reaction: England 0-0 Montenegro
Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Gareth Barry, Wayne Rooney and Kevin Davies give their thoughts on the frustrating draw at Wembley
Gareth Barry keen to put things right after England’s World Cup fiasco
The England midfielder says winter breaks are one way of helping to keep players fresh and performing betterThe punishment for an atrocious World Cup is the demand to relive it. Until the England side play well and win memorably in an important match s...
Keano Tells It Like it Is
Former Manchester United player Roy Keane has launched an astonishing attack on England’s World Cup failures. The United legend is famously candid when speaking about football and his latest verbal assault was no different. Among those in the firing line were David James, Robert Green, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Gareth Barry, Emile Heskey and Steven...
Letters: Greaves moment
Capello still hasn't got my "two goalkeepers" point (Letters, 23 June). Against Slovenia, he's tried to keep Gerrard and Lampard out of each other's way, but there's a double cost: pushing Gerrard out wide where he's wasted, while Barry, not Lampard, t...
England Must Stand Up and Be Counted Against Fired Up Algeria
English football fans across the country are urging their team to stand up and be counted in tomorrows World Cup Group C fixture against an Algerian side that to some extent remain an unknown quantity. The African side have been fired up by recent quot...
Barry given nod to play against Algeria
• Fabio Capello says Barry is fit for Cape Town• 'Gareth will play this Friday' says England coachThe England manager Fabio Capello has confirmed that Gareth Barry will start Friday's World Cup match against Algeria in Cape Town.The midfielder has ...
Barry’s return could spell freedom
Fabio Capello is sure to restore Gareth Barry to his England team so he can breathe life into the Lampard-Gerrard axisStudents of imbalance will know that at no point in the 1-1 draw with America was there more than one left-footed player on the field ...
The 7 Players Fabio Capello Should Drop From England’s World Cup Squad
Well the 30 players named in Fabio Capello’s England squad have had multiple trainng sessions and two games to earn their place on the plane to South Africa.
Now is the time that this squad must be trimmed to 23 players, meaning that 7 players will soon receive the dreaded phone call ending their World Cup...
Ponderous Barry is going backwards fast