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Coleman defends handling of Bale

Chris Coleman defends his handling of Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, who trained with Wales on Monday, during the World Cup qualifiers.

West Ham United striker Andy Carroll suffers fresh right-foot injury

• Club await results of a scan on their record signing • Manager Sam Allardyce has only two fit senior strikers West Ham United's record signing, Andy Carroll, has suffered a fresh injury setback. The club are awaiting the results of a scan after the striker hurt his right foot in…

Mesut Ozil | The Gallery

Arsenal's record signing stars as a fish, a gecko and a tin man in this week's Photoshop efforts

Finland 1-1 England | European Under-21 Championship qualifier

Finland Under-21 1-1 England Under-21 The England Under-21 manager, Gareth Southgate, was encouraged by the way his side recovered to earn a point in Finland. Having seen off Moldova with relative ease in his first match, the 1-1 draw in Tampere was an eventful second game at the helm for the…

England back on familiar territory for 'cup final' against Ukraine

England manager acknowledges the pressure as he returns to the ground where he was undone by Andrea Pirlo in Euro 2012 The last time England were here it ended with Andrea Pirlo chipping a delicate little panenka into their net as Joe Hart stuck out his tongue, bounced and hopped, gurned and yelled…

Hodgson braced for England's 'cup final' against Ukraine

• World Cup qualifier has make-or-break significance • Ukraine counterpart preparing for match of his life With two home qualifiers to follow it is still some way short of crunch time for Roy Hodgson's attempts to guide his England team of greenhorns and greybeards towards next year's…

Dowie recalled to England squad

Liverpool striker Natasha Dowie is recalled to England women's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Turkey.

Carroll suffers new foot injury

West Ham's record £15m signing Andy Carroll suffers a fresh foot injury on his return to training with the club.

Hodgson hails his England centurions

Roy Hodgson says he is relieved to have Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Ashley Cole available for England against Ukraine.