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Capello issues World Cup warning England's national soccer team manager Fabio Capello, from Italy, poses for photographs after unveiling a sculpture of the late England manager Alf Ramsey, who coached the team to win the World Cup in 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday, Nov.

ENGLAND midfielder David Beckham is relishing the chance to play Champions League football again once he returns to AC Milan on his second loan spell in January.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent missed a penalty on his return to White Hart Lane as Tottenham secured victory through goals from Robbie Keane and Tom Huddlestone.

Man City falls out of top four Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta, left, vies with Burnley's Robbie Blake during their English Premier League match at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday.

PHIL JAGIELKA became the second Everton player this week to be ruled out until the New Year after David Moyes confirmed he has undergone further surgery following a setback in his recovery from a cruciate ligament injury.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes he has a gentleman's agreement will Spain and England which will rule Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard out of their forthcoming friendlies to allow them time to recover from injury.

Ferdinand, 31 on Saturday, will miss Manchester United's trip to Chelsea on Sunday, plus England's friendly against Brazil in Doha next week, despite intensive treatment on a calf injury for two weeks.

David Beckham earned nearly $16.5 million from personal sponsorship deals during his first full season with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has no regrets about losing Gary Cahill to Bolton, but insists the defender was not "kicked out of the door". Cahill will return to Villa Park with his current club for Saturday's Premier League clash following his 5million move to the Trotters during the January 2008 transfer window.

STEVE BRUCE last night thanked Harry Redknapp for ushering Darren Bent out of Tottenham, and revealed his first telephone call as Sunderland manager was to inquire about the Premier Leaguea s leading English goalscorer.

England footballer Jermain Defoe is due to appear in court to appeal against a conviction for speeding on the M11 in Essex.

Eyes on the prize: Peter Crouch does not want to contemplate missing out on next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa Photo: AFP Defoe was a regular member of Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad prior to the 2006 tournament in Germany, but suffered the hammer blow of being overlooked in favour of Theo Walcott, then a virtually unknown ...

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has confirmed talks have started to reward midfielder Joe Cole with a new contract at Stamford Bridge.

David Beckham's loan move to AC Milan means he faces six months away from the family home and the England midfielder says the absence "kills" him.

Chelsea 11/10 Draw 12/5 Man. Utd 12/5 Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Wes Brown says Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand is now "sorting out" a back injury he has had for "a long time". Ferdinand has missed United's last two games as he struggles to shake ...

Lennon is suffering from an ankle injury he picked up playing for Spurs against Stoke on Oct 24 and is certain to miss his club's Premier League clash against Sunderland this Saturday.

With a huge top-of-the-table game at Chelsea on Sunday, which will see United fall five points behind the current leaders if they lose, Ferguson wanted to rest the England striker.

Substitute Zavon Hines scored an injury time goal in a 2-1 win against Aston Villa to lift struggling West Ham out of the bottom three.

Lyon 11/8 Liverpool 15/8 Draw 12/5 Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Lyon insist they will not be fooled by Liverpool's poor form and injury crisis, with coach Claude Puel maintaining the Reds "always have the potential to bounce back." The French side need just a ...

Bright future: Kieran Gibbs could yet force his way into Fabio Capello's World Cup squad for South Africa Photo: REUTERS The left-back is pressurising the place of Gal Clichy at Arsenal and is also in Fabio Capello's thoughts after excellent performances in both the Carling Cup this season and the European Under-21 championships during the summer.