England are the clear group favorites due to the impact Fabio Capello has had on the team. They have a lot of players in their peak right now and this is their best chance of winning the World Cup.

While millions of fans thought it was ridiculous that Theo Walcott was taken to the last World Cup there will be millions who feel it’s just as ridiculous that he’s been left out this year. Most experts agree that former team manager Sven Goran Eriksson wasted a perfectly good roster spot on the 17-year-old Arsenal [...]

England rode their luck against Japan in Graz, Austria, on May 30 and came out 2-1 winners thanks to two own goals by their opposition. While they created several good chances of their own and had most of the possession, it took own goals in the 72nd and 83rd minutes to seal the win in [...]

English winger Adam Johnson has impressed quite a few fans and players this season with his excellent play for Manchester City, perhaps none more than Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.

England may have on paper got a satisfying result out of their pre World Cup warm up match against Mexico at Wembley last night, but both the media, fans, and boss Fabio Capello remain unconvinced. With only one more friendly left, against fellow qualifiers Japan, England don’t have much time to tweak tactics, but Capello [...]

Fabio Capello has confirmed that despite earlier reports that there would be a job for Beckham on his staff at the 2010 World Cup, the former captain would not be working with the squad in a coaching capacity.

England’s medical staff will assess the state of Gareth Barry’s ankle injury on Tuesday ahead of Capello making a decision on whether he will be able to be included in the squad for South Africa.

Ivory Coast and former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson thinks we shouldn’t write off Group G outsiders North Korea.

England will be facing Mexico at Wembley tonight and Capello is going to be testing out some of his 30 man preliminary squad ahead of his decision on the final 23.

City analysts have used the 2010 World Cup as a means to demonstrate how their “Quant Methodology”, used to predict banking scenarios and trends, can be used in the real world. Their software predicts that the World Cup will actually be won by bookmakers’ third favourites England.