WEBSTER: Playing the England blame game
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The phrase âit&#39;s a marathon, not a sprint&#39; is usually associated with the English Premier League. This saying now also describes World Cup qualifying, which has become a league of sorts in its own right.
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I appreciated Michael Vaughan&#39;s honesty when he said England were complacent after their seven-wicket defeat to South Africa A last week.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson has sent England sides out to face opposition of higher quality.
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By Mark Bradley, PA Sport Chief Football Writer, and Andy Hampson, PA Sport. Spain are on a final warning that any repeat of the racist abuse of England players may lead to their national team playing a match
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In utterly predictable fashion, the tabloid media and internet forums across Britain are ablaze with calls for Svenâs head in the wake of the 2-2 draw with Austria in Englandâs opening qualifier for World Cup 2006.
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Sport: Michael Owen and David Beckham show England what they have been missing.
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Brian Laraâs brilliance undermined Englandâs ICC Champions Trophy victory bid at the Oval this morning. West Indies captain Lara, who earlier won the toss, inflicted a major
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England captain David Beckham has apologised for deliberately getting himself booked, and while coach Sven-Goran Eriksson wants the matter put to bed, FIFA president Sepp Blatter says disciplinary action may be taken against the midfielder.
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David James shouldered the blame for the hapless mistake which effectively cost England two points at the inauspicious start of their World Cup qualifying campaign in Austria.
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Britain last won the Davis Cup in 1936. You can account for the paucity of confidence in the British team last weekend when you realise their last victory predates rationing.
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England&#39;s kamikaze approach undermined the start of their ICC Champions Trophy showdown with Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl. Both captain Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss brought about their own downfalls with
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Australia&#39;s clash with New Zealand at The Oval today can belatedly bring the Champions Trophy to life. It needs to, because a damaging combination of English impotence and international presumptuousness has so far heaped embarrassment upon the game.
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FIFA today demanded an explanation from the Spanish football federation for the racist abuse aimed at England players. Sepp Blatter, president of the gameâs world
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It is difficult to find too much wrong with this. England were imaginative, efficient, pacy, uncompromising and composed in coasting towards their sixth successive win over South Africa.
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England boss Sven Goran Eriksson was forced to hook Wayne Rooney before halftime in last night&#39;s 1-0 defeat in Spain. Rooney was hauled off before he was sent off, then swore at England No2 Steve McClaren.
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Unfairly scapegoated due to his bystander role in England's disappointing World Cup campaign, Theo Walcott has shown during the opening games of Arsenal's season just why Sven-Goran Eriksson gambled on the previously untried teenager.
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Mistakes prompt a demand for grammar to be policed.