Fletcher retains Scotland captaincy for key Euro 2008 qualifier
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Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher will retain the captain&#39;s armband for Scotland against Lithuania after getting the nod ahead of experienced defender David Weir.
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England goalkeeper Paul Robinson plans to repay Steve McClaren&#39;s faith by frustrating Russia in Wednesday&#39;s crucial Euro 2008 qualifier.
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Craig Bellamy has been named as stand-in Wales captain for their upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers, despite having to appear in court on assault charges between the matches against Slovakia and Cyprus.
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THE Scottish Football Association are not considering a second bid to stage Euro 2008 after UEFA&#39;s warning to the co-hosts, Austria and Switzerland, to display &quot;stronger political commitment&quot;.
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Scotland are first up from the Home Nations on a busy Saturday of Euro 2008 qualifying.
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England have turned to former captain Lawrence Dallaglio in a bid to bolster their increasingly beleaguered bid to become the first country to retain the World Cup.
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Scotland kept their Euro 2008 dreams on track with a 3-1 win at home to Lithuania at Hampden on Saturday to go top in Group B.
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Scotland start their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign confidently with a high-scoring win.
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Blackpool boss Colin Hendry reckons Scotland have landed the right man after appointing Walter Smith as national team coach. Former Scotland skipper Hendry, who won 52 caps, believes the whole country will
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Coach Duncan Fletcher believes England will receive overdue public recognition if they beat West Indies in the Champions Trophy final.
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Scotland manager Berti Vogts believes he will still be able to field a strong team against Norway, despite a series of call-offs due to injury or illness.
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Scotland defender Gary Caldwell believes Saturday&#39;s Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania is bigger than the match away to France on Wednesday.
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Hooker Gordon Bulloch was named on Monday as Scotland captain for the November internationals against Australia, Japan and South Africa.
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Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal automatically qualified for Europe's Ryder Cup team Sunday, and Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood made the squad as captain's picks. The four joined eight others already on the defending championship team that will face the United States at Ireland's K Club on Sept. 22-24: Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, David Howell, Robert Karlsson, Colin Montgomerie and Henrik Stenson.
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England, Italy, Scotland, the Netherlands and Spain won important qualifiers Wednesday night for next year's European Championship.
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Andy Robinson is appointed head coach of England until June 2008.
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SCOTLAND and Ireland will face competition from Scandinavia if the Austria-Switzerland joint hosting of Euro 2008 runs aground. It emerged at the weekend that leading UEFA officials are unhappy at Switzerland