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Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has been backed from 10/1 into 2/1 second favourite for the vacant England manager’s job this morning.

The Barcelona coach has always said he would eventually leave the Spanish and Champions League holders eventually but he was not expected to be looking at international management – yet anyway. His 12 month rolling contract at the[...]

England will have the chance to wrap up an ODI series victory against Pakistan on Saturday after racing in to a 2-0 lead in the four game series.

The form of Alastair Cook has been central to England’s resurgence in the shorter form of the game, with the Essex opener becoming the first England captain ever to hit back to[...]

Tweet  Two things we know about England; they aren’t particularly good at 50 over cricket, and they don’t go well in sub-continent conditions.   That much has become obvious in the recent whitewashes in both the ODIs in India, and in the just finished test series against Pakistan.    In fact, England have only won [...]

With Fabio Capello resigning as England manager on the same day Harry Redknapp has been cleared of tax evasion, the Tottenham boss is the bookmakers odds-on favourite to replace the Italian ahead of Euro 2012.

Harry Redknapp took Tottenham from bottom of the Premier League to Champions League is less than two seasons,[...]

Fabio Capello has resigned as the England manager following discussions with the Football Association (FA) today. Friction between the two parties began following an interview Capello gave with Italian broadcaster RAI stating his discontent with their decision to remove John Terry from his role as captain of the England side.

The Italian resigns on claims that his authority as the[...]

TweetFabio Capello has resigned as the England manager just four months before the start of Euro 2012, with Harry Redknapp now the stand-out favourite for the job.   Bookmakers reacted quickly to the news Redknapp was cleared in court earlier today and now there will be wide spread speculation over the vacant position.   Bet [...]

England will look to elaborate upon their hard-fought win over Scotland last weekend and show their bright new era is going somewhere whey they go up against Italy in the 6 Nations on Saturday.

England were far from fluent as they were put under extreme pressure by Scotland, but a resilient defensive effort saw the visitors emerge with a 6-13[...]

England will look to go some way to gaining revenge for their 3-0 test series whitewash against Pakistan by claiming an ODI series win against the same opposition.

Despite going into the test series as the number one ranked team in test cricket England demonstrated none of the ability that took them to series wins over Australia, Sri Lanka and[...]

A new look England side travel to Murrayfield as the 6 Nations gets underway with what is expected to be a particularly feisty encounter.

Much has changed for England since their disastrous World Cup campaign which ended early thanks to defeat against France in the quarter-finals, not least at the top where head coach Martin Johnson has vacated his post[...]

Tweet  So England are back in at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the third and final test against Pakistan, they lost heavily there by 10 wickets a fortnight ago, and I just can’t honestly see a change in fortune this time around.   Pakistan, so often tagged as 'mercurial' in the past, now actually [...]

FULHAM are possibly best bets in the Premier League on Wednesday as they host West Brom.

Martin Jol’s men have sparkled in recent home games, hitting 11 in their last three, including five against Newcastle and two late ones to defeat Arsenal.

West Brom have been inconsistent performers this season but won their last away match at Stoke.[...]

There will be a new name on the BDO darts world championship trophy at Lakeside as England’s Tony O’Shea faces the Netherlands’ Christian Kist in the final.

Neither player has a world title to their name but that will change on Sunday. Both came through thrilling semi-finals[...]

Both Pakistan and England will look to put their contentious recent history behind them when the first test gets under way on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates.

The last time the two teams met in the test arena it ended in disaster, with three Pakistani cricketers eventually ending up in Jail after being convicted of spot fixing in a[...]

With the draw for UEFA Euro 2012 imminent, attention turns to who might win the trophy in Poland and Ukraine next summer.

Current holders and world champions Spain are the favourites with the bookmakers with a best price available of 13/5 (bwin). 15 other countries will be gunning for glory though, so who might challenge Spain for the crown?

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White Hart Lane, Monday, 8pm, Sky Sports 1

BOOKIES say results were predictable at the weekend and let’s hope that continues on Monday night.

Spurs entertain Villa and are a biggest 4-7 with Bet365 and Paddy Power which is seriously short on a Premier League match involving two sides in the top half.

To be fair Harry Redknapp’s[...]

Tweet  England welcome Sweden to Wembley on Tuesday for an International friendly on the back of a gallant result against Spain on Saturday. England come into the match as the favourites with all the bookmakers and their price is shrinking all the time after the win against Spain, they currently stand at 3/4. Sweden can [...]

England’s shock win against the World Champions Spain at the weekend was a welcome result for Capello and Frank Lampard especially, and it showed England fans that Capello does actually know a little about tactics after all! But the fact is that England only had three attempts on goal while Spain had 23 and it [...]

England v Sweden

Kick off: Tuesday 8pm

The moderate reaction to England’s  victory over World Champions, Spain, has been as surprising as it has been refreshing.

There’s have been few mention of being ‘unofficially the best team in World’ and even fewer who now suddenly  believe that the Three Lions can go on to lift the European Championship trophy. But[...]

Fresh from their shock 1-0 victory over Spain on Saturday England will look to build even more momentum as they take on Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.

Despite being huge underdogs and being outplayed for large parts of the game, an inexperienced England side shorn of some of its best payers showed determination and grit to run out 1-0 winners[...]

Following England’s 1-0 victory over Spain in a friendly at Wembley Stadium yesterday, England remain at 12/1 to win Euro 2012 in Poland/Ukraine next summer.

Frank Lampard scored the winner shortly after the break when he nodded in from almost on the goal line following Darren Bent’s header from a James Milner free[...]