The bottom line is that the England dressing room in South Africa cannot be left to play out like a celebrity edition of the Jeremy Kyle show. Infidelity, breaches of trust, duplicity, a termination. This is the seamy side of the WAG culture that contributed to England’s downfall at the last World Cup and Fabio Capello will be incensed it is now unfolding on his watch.
Ex-Arsenal frontman Thierry Henry believes Wayne Rooney’s red-hot form in front of the net is the result of Sir Alex Ferguson’s role change for the player.
John Terry is on the verge of quitting as England captain. Terry spent the weekend considering his future after lurid details of his affair with Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend came to light.
Manchester City wing-back Wayne Bridge will have showdown talks over his England future this week.
England boss Fabio Capello’s assistant Franco Baldini intends to talk to Bridge after details of John Terry’s affair with his former team-mate’s affair emerged.
Kobe Bryant sank a go-ahead fallaway jumper with 7.3 seconds left to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 90-89 victory over Boston on Sunday and send the struggling Celtics to their sixth loss in eight games.