Manchester City full-back Wayne Bridge will be sidelined for a month after undergoing a hernia operation, his club announced on Wednesday. Bridge, who only returned to action in February following a knee injury suffered in December, was forced off after aggravating the long-standing injury in the first half of City's 1-1 draw at Sunderland on Sunday. His absence comes ...

Fabio Capello is confident England's World Cup preparations have not been significantly disrupted by the fallout from the near farcical events that led to John Terry being stripped of the captaincy. Capello sacked Terry as the national team's skipper last month following reports the Chelsea defender had an extra-marital affair with the ex-partner of international team-mate Wayne Bridge ...

With 100 days to go until the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the favourites begin their final preparations in a series of friendly matches on Tuesday and Wednesday. Pre-tournament form is a notoriously fickle indication of how a team will perform at the quadrennial football showpiece, but some of the sides bidding for glory are already beset by problems ...

Wayne Rooney has urged fans to give John Terry "a good reception" during the international friendly against Egypt and lay-off booing the defender. Wednesday's match at Wembley will be the national side's first since Chelsea skipper Terry was stripped of the England captaincy by manager Fabio Capello following the fall-out from revelations of an alleged affair with the ...