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• United striker was sent off in Euro 2012 qualifier• Roy Hodgson says he is not concerned about a repeatWayne Rooney will be thrust back into the eye of the storm when England play Montenegro a week on Tuesday, one and a half years after he was sent off in Podgorica for an unprovoked, wild and aggressive swipe at Miodrag Dzudovic. Roy Hodgson claims he has no concerns about...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 6 days ago)

• Manchester United defender leaning towards rejection• Hodgson in telephone contact with United medical staffRoy Hodgson was on Saturday night making frantic efforts to ensure Rio Ferdinand accepts his England call-up. In a series of telephone calls, the manager hoped to convince Sir Alex Ferguson and the Manchester United medical staff that the 34-year-old's fitness regime...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 6 days ago)

• England return for Manchester United defender• Qualifiers against San Marino and MontenegroRoy Hodgson has confirmed his England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro – with Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand recalled.The 26-man squad also features the West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster, who recently reversed his decision to retire from...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 8 days ago)

Sky Sports suffered a further blow to its dominance as Britain’s leading sports broadcaster today after ITV won the rights to all of England’s qualifying matches for Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.
standard.co.uk (6 days ago)

So there will be no fairytale Rio finale for Rio. Instead, like so many of contemporaries, he will instead depart the international stage nursing a nagging sense of what might have been. Eighteen years ago, when a wide-eyed teenage Ferdinand was invited with his then West Ham teammate Frank Lampard to train with Terry Venables' Euro 96 squad he recalls nervously not knowing...
guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)

Roy Hodgson has urged Rio Ferdinand to patch up any differences with Ashley Cole after bringing the Manchester United defender back into his England squad.
standard.co.uk (2 months and 8 days ago)

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has announced his retirement from England duty.
standard.co.uk (5 days ago)
Roy Hodgson’s preparations for England’s crucial matches against San Marino and Montenegro were dealt a major blow this morning with...
thetimes.co.uk (2 months and 10 days ago)

First Rio Ferdinand withdraws and now Chelsea defender ruled out of England's World Cup qualifier with a knee injury.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 3 days ago)

Chelsea have been dealt an injury blow after Ashley Cole limped off in today's FA Cup clash against Manchester United. The England defender pulled up with what appeared to be a left hamstring injury.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 18 days ago)
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