England National Team

Ferdinand Retires From International Football

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Sport

Rio Ferdinand, a member of three England World Cup squads, has announced his retirement from international football. The Manchester United defender...

McManaman Gets England Under-21 Call-Up For Israel

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Sport

Wigan Athletic winger Callum McManaman has been named in Stuart Pearce's England Under-21 squad for the European Championship in Israel. One of two...

Wilshere Set To Go Under The Knife Again

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Sport

England midfielder Jack Wilshere will have a minor operation on his ankle at the end of the season, ruling him out of the friendlies against the Repub...

The Game's Founding Fathers

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Sport

England internationals have joined the Football Association to kick off a nationwide search to find the living descendants of the founding fathers of ...

Is It Curtains for Harry Houdini? The Rise and Fall of Redknapp

Matt Clough | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK Sport
Matt Clough

Flash forward four months and the fabled 'Harry Houdini' effect has failed to materialise. With just five games remaining, QPR are, barring a minor miracle, relegated, now ten points adrift from safety. Some in the media are still not quite ready to let go of their beloved messiah.

'It Would Not Have Been The Right Decision'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Sport

Gary Neville has admitted he has been offered "two or three roles" in the last 18 months but opted not to start his managerial career because he didn'...

'England Don't Stand A Chance'

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Sport

Sir Bobby Charlton has claimed England don't have a chance of winning the World Cup in the foreseeable future. The Three Lions' all-time record goa...

FA Unable To Identify Any Racist Chanting By England Fans In San Marino

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association has confirmed it has found no evidence of any racist chanting aired by England fans during the national team's World Cup qual...

Redknapp Blames Tottenham For Not Getting England Job

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Sport

Harry Redknapp claims his "crazy" contract while Tottenham Hotspur manager scuppered his chances of becoming the England coach last year. Queens Pa...

Samuel Luckhurst

Rio Ferdinand 'Racist' Chants Place FA Under Pressure

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association has come under pressure to address a number of chants from England fans about Rio Ferdinand which have been attributed as thi...

Samuel Luckhurst

Montenegro 1-1 England: 5 Talking Points From Podgorica

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Sport

A timid second-half display proved England's undoing as Montenegro came from behind to earn a deserved draw in Podgorica. They remain two points ahead...

Montenegro 1-1 England

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Sport

A timid second-half display proved England's undoing as Montenegro came from behind to earn a deserved draw in Podgorica. Having already struck a p...

Samuel Luckhurst

Unjustified Hype

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Sport

In a bid to hype up a match against a country with a population less than Leeds and who are yet above England in Group H of the World Cup qualifiers, ...

Shilton Handed Driving Ban

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Sport

Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton has been banned from the road after admitting drink-driving. The 63-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge d...

Wembley Wrapup- Brazil Gets a Lesson In Team Building

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Sport
Eric Ehrmann

Running the good cop-bad cop on the fractious Brazilian sports press technical director Carlos Parreira amped up the positive, offering the textured spin that his Samba Boys were "evolving" after slipping and sliding their way to a 2-1 loss against a stronger England team.

PICTURES: St George's Park Factfile

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK Sport

England's national football centre St George's Park will officially be opened later today when the national squad greet the Duke and Duchess of Cambri...

Wilshere Set To Play For Arsenal Under-21s

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 27.09.2012 | UK Sport

Jack Wilshere is set to play his first game of football in 15 months on Monday when he starts for Arsenal's Under-21 team at West Brom. Wilshere ha...

Fabio Capello's England: An Obituary

Matthew Handley | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK
Matthew Handley

The record will show that Fabio Capello, with a win percentage of 66.7%, is one of England's most successful managers ever. For anyone who has followed the national side over the last four years, those figures serve to mask what has been a reign characterised by mismanagement, disappointment and controversy.