The 36-year-old midfielder says he won't dwell on the disallowed strike against Germany at the 2010 World Cup when his England career comes to an and England midfielder Frank Lampard says he has no regrets over his disallowed goal against Germany in the last World Cup and reveals he is happy that the strike helped force Fifa to bring in goal-line technology. England went 2-0 down to Germany ...Full Story »

LOUIS VAN GAAL will wield his Old Trafford axe this summer by selling at least FIVE players in an audacious £81m squad reshuffle. Below is a list of players who have all been linked with moves away from Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini has said he will fight for his place at Manchester United Marouane Fellaini - £20m - Interested clubs: Everton, PSG, Inter Milan Marouane Fellai...Full Story »

France continued their impressive start to the World Cup as another imperious display saw them comfortably beat Switzerland in Salvador to take control of Group E. Having already seen off Honduras in their opening game, three first-half goals blew away Ottmar Hitzfeld's side to all but secure their spot in the knockout rounds. The recalled Olivier Giroud opened the scoring with a well-taken ...Full Story »

MAROUANE FELLAINI wants to stay at Manchester United and fight for his place. I'M STAYING: Manchester United star Marouane Fellaini says he will stay and fight for his place at Old Trafford The Belgium misfit had a horror debut season at Old Trafford and looked set to follow former boss David Moyes out the exit door. But Fellaini, 26, has not given up on his United career and believes he can ...Full Story »

Substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens prevented Belgium's much-hyped World Cup campaign falling flat as they came from behind to beat Algeria. Belgium, seen by many as genuine contenders in Brazil, were losing to Sofiane Feghouli's first-half penalty until coach Marc Wilmots made all three substitutions by the 65th minute. First Fellaini levelled with a towering header 20 minutes f...Full Story »

Roy Hogdson has several options in terms of how to shuffle his deck of attacking players with the likes of Rooney, Lallana, Sterling, Lambert, Sturridge and Welbeck able to play in the front line. One option Hodgson has is to have Welbeck as an impact player coming off the bench but how good is he in that role? Welbeck has, by the end of the 2013/14 campaign, played 136 games for Manchester ...Full Story »

France striker Olivier Giroud is relishing the physical challenge which awaits should he be chosen to lead the line in the World Cup opener against Honduras. The Group E minnows showed in their warm-up game against England that they are unlikely to shirk a tackle and more of the same is likely to be in store for Les Bleus in Porto Alegre on Sunday. That will not worry burly Arsenal frontman ...Full Story »

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - England forward Danny Welbeck is a doubt for his side's opening World Cup game against Italy on Saturday due to injury, according to British media reports on Tuesday. Several newspapers reported that the Manchester United player was forced to limp out of a training session at England's Urca training base in Rio de Janeiro, having taken to the field with his right thigh ...Full Story »

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - England striker Wayne Rooney said Wednesday that he expects Manchester United team-mate Danny Welbeck to be fit to face Italy on Saturday despite an injury scare. "Danny will be fine," Rooney told a press conference at England's Rio de Janeiro training base ahead of his side's World Cup Group D opener in Manaus. "I'm sure he'll be ready for Saturday. He's just not risk...Full Story »

Manchester United target Joao Miranda claims he is in negotiations about a move away from Atletico Madrid. The Brazilian defender was one of the crucial pillars of Diego Simeone's side last year - his solid partnership with Diego Godin helping Atletico keep the tightest defence in Spain on their way to winning La Liga and reaching the Champions League final. Atletico signed Miranda on a free...Full Story »