England wasted a second-half lead, putting its European Championship qualifying chances in jeopardy with a 2-1 loss to Russia on Wednesday night.
David Beckham's sore left ankle held up enough for him to play the entire game in the middle leg of his trans-Atlantic odyssey.
David Beckham's successful return to the England team could be Major League Soccer's loss. While MLS and the Los Angeles Galaxy say they are happy that Beckham has resumed his international career, the former national team captain could miss six more games for his new club as he tries to get his country to the 2008 European Championship.
There's only one David Beckham — and England had missed him. Beckham's free kick set up John Terry for the first international goal at the new Wembley stadium, but Diego scored in the second minute of injury time Friday night to give Brazil a 1-1 exhibition tie against England.
Stonehenge may have been a memorial or burial site for the dead
With five dead bodies found in just 10 days, British police are describing the murders of prostitutes in the east of England as “a crime in action”.
The ending is familiar: Luiz Felipe Scolari pumps his arms, his players wildly celebrate and their English rivals slump to the field, beaten and exhausted.
The World Cup could be over for England's David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.
The FBI failed to control two gangster informants and was responsible for the death of a fisherman, an attorney for his family said Thursday during closing arguments in a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government.
David Beckham was feeling nauseous. England's offense was just as sickly, with nothing to show for an hour of aimless passing against Ecuador in the 90-degree heat.
England's inability to beat Sweden for 38 years is a clue why it has won only one soccer title. And that was even longer ago.
Joe Cole was shredding Sweden's defense so effortlessly he had confident England fans singing "God Save the Queen" before halftime. Not so fast. The Swedes have been flustering England for nearly 40 years now, and this game would be no different.
Michael Owen will miss the rest of the World Cup after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
He has some of Diego Maradona's dribbling skills, the imagination of Pele, the shooting skills of Bobby Charlton. He also has the build of Roy Jones Jr.
Peter Crouch and his England teammates spent most of the game missing chances in front of the net. With the time ticking away and England only minutes from a shocking draw against tiny Trinidad and Tobago, Crouch made the best of his last opportunity.
England got the win all right, without ever scoring a goal, and Paraguay's captain deserves all the credit.
Wayne Rooney was cleared to rejoin England's World Cup squad, but won't be available until after the team's group games.
Peter Crouch scored three times and Michael Owen got his first goal in 2006, leading England over Jamaica 6-0 Saturday in its final World Cup warmup match.
Michael Owen isn't worried about the pressure of being England's main striker at the World Cup. He's too busy concentrating on proving he's fully recovered from a broken foot that has limited him to 30 minutes of soccer this year.
Volunteers tidying up Britain's highest mountain have found a piano near the summit, a conservation group said Wednesday.
Torrential rain forced hundreds of people from their homes in parts of New England on Sunday, as water flowed over dams and washed out roads.
It looks like David Beckham will no longer be England captain after the World Cup.
Steve McClaren was hired Thursday to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson as coach of England's national team after the World Cup.
Joe Cole scored in the second minute of injury time Wednesday night as England rallied to beat Uruguay 2-1 in a World Cup warmup game.
Detectives studied closed-circuit television footage Thursday in the search for thieves who impersonated police officers and robbed the equivalent of up to $74 million from a security company in one of the largest heists in British history.