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David Beckham back as captain

Fabio Capello has continued to switch the England captaincy before making a permanent choice and David Beckham is next in line. Beckham had been the captain of England but resigned after the 2006 World Cup. It’s not thought that Beckham will not get the job permanently.

It wasn’t that long time ago that Beckham gave his emotional speech at the end of his reign as captain.

Odds with the bookies are split at the moment between John Terry and Rio Ferdinand. My bet goes on,…..Rio.

Gangsta Chelsea Fan on Sky Sports News

Big up yourself, init! A Gangsta Chelsea Fan on Sky Sports News advised us all that John Terry will come back and his on the england team. No doubt dog!

Euro 2009 Preview - Russia

The majority of Guus Hiddink’s squad is based in Russia, many from UEFA cup winners Zenit St Petersburg. There has been a blow the squad with striker Pavel Pogrebnyak of Zenit picking up an injury in the friendly match with Serbia. The knee injury make the striker a doubt, he scored 10 goals in Zenit’s UEFA cup campaign.

At 25/1 they are outsiders, in Group D with Sweden, Spain and Greece they do have a good chance of getting through the group stages behind Spain.

It’s wouldn’t be surprising if they did with the recent upturn in the domestic league in Russia thanks to large investments.

Russia Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Vladimir Gabulov (Amkar Perm)

Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA), Vasili Berezutski (CSKA), Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA), Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow), Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Roman Shirokov (Zenit)

Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA), Igor Semshov (Dynamo), Dmitri Torbinsky (Lokomotiv), Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit), Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan)

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Zenit), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak), Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv), Roman Adamov (FK Moscow), Ivan Saenko (Nuremberg)

Euro 2008 Preview - Romania

Victor Piturca made one surprise cutting his squad down to 23 leaving out Dinamo Bucharest striker Florin Bratu. The 28 year old has scored two in 11 games for his national team bu this no appearances since October 2007 Marius Niculae on Inverness has been given an opportunity.

Nicualae is the only UK based player and only Cristian Chivu of Inter Milan and Adrian Mutu of Fiorentina are house hold names. The bookies have them at 33/1 which is about right considering they have been placed in the group of death, C with Italy, Netherlands and France.

Romania Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobont (Dinamo Bucharest), Eduard Stanciou (CFR 1907 Cluj), Marius Popa (FCU Politehnica Timisoara)

Defenders: Cosmin Contra (Getafe), Gabriel Tamas (Auxerre), Stefan Radu (Lazio), Razvan Rat (Shakhtar Donetsk), Cristian Chivu (Inter Milan), Cristian Sapunaru (Rapid Bucharest), Dorin Goian, Sorin Ghionea, Mirel Radoi (all Steaua Bucharest), Cosmin Moti (Dinamo Bucharest)

Midfielders: Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Paul Codrea (Siena), Razvan Cocis (Lokomotiv Moscow), Banel Nicolita (Steaua Bucharest), Adrian Cristea (Dinamo Bucharest)

Forwards: Nicolae Dica (Steaua Bucharest), Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina), Ciprian Marica (Stuttgart), Daniel Niculae (Auxerre), Marius Niculae (Inverness)

Italian training session interrupting by streakers

After the Burger King video there another cracking video doing the round of two streakers interrupting an Italian training session. Going straight for Mr Del Piero one of the streakers is a tad ropey while the other is a bit of top class booty, the Italian streaker much higher class than the standard English streaker.

Euro 2008 Preview - Poland

Poland have managed to pull one out of the bag before the finals getting Brazillian born Roger Guerreiro a Polish passport. Jakub Blaszczykowski, Michal Zewlakow and Wojciech Lobodzinski have all made the squad but are all carrying injuries.

The three keepers in the squad are based in England Artur Boruc - Celtic, Tomasz Kuszczak - Manchester United and Lukasz Fabianski - Arsenal. Southampton striker Marek Saganowski is the only outfield player based in the UK.

At 50 to 1 the Pols are massive outsiders and have to get past Germany, Poland and Austria in Group B.

Poland Full Squad
Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United), Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal)

Defenders: Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht), Pawel Golanski (Steaua Bukarest), Mariusz Jop (FC Moscow), Jacek Bak (Austria Vienna), Michal Zewlakow (Olympiakos), Adam Kokoszka (Wisla Krakow), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warsaw), Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakow), Michal Pazdan (Gornik Zabrze)

Midfielders: Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Rafal Murawski (Lech Poznan), Lukasz Gargula (GKS Belchatow), Jacek Krzynowek (VfL Wolfsburg), Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warsaw), Wojciech Lobodzinski (Wisla Krakow)

Forwards: Euzebiusz Smolarek (Racing Santander), Maciej Zurawski (Larissa), Marek Saganowski (Southampton), Tomasz Zahorski (Gornik Zabrze)

Euro 2008 Preview - Italy

The third favorite team of the tournament are Italy, Donadoni’s men are going to have a bit of a fight on get out of group C with the Dutch and France.

Vincenzo Iaquinta and Massimo Oddo miss out through injury and AC Milan veteran striker Filippo Inzaghi isn’t in the squad. Italy are at a training camp in Coverciano have one final game due against Belgium on Friday.

If they manage to get out of the group stage then they they have a great chance, odds are 6/1 and if Gattuso can keep fit and not get banned they should have a good chance of winning the tournament.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Livorno), Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla)

Defenders: Christian Panucci (Roma), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)

Midfielders: Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Simone Perrotta (Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Alberto Aquilani (Roma)

Forwards: Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Marco Borriello (Genoa), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria)

Euro 2008 Previews - Germany

The Germans have named their squad for the Championships, and the bookies have placed them as firm favourites. 15 players have survied from the 2006 squad, Joachim Loew the current manager was then Jurgen Klinsmann right hand man.

The German team are currently based in Mallorca and have one game left before the tournament against Serbia. There’s only the two England based players in the squad Jens Lehmann and Michael Ballack.

There is no doubt that the whole of Germany expects after the team failed in the World Cup which was hosted in Germany. With Bastian Schweinsteiger grown up a little and a slighly stronger defence they should be hoisting the trophy in Vienna on the 29th of June.

Germany Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Robert Enke (Hanover 96), Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)

Defenders: Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Marcell Jansen (Bayern Munich), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg SV), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen)

Forwards: David Odonkor (Real Betis), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich), Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Euro 2008 Preview - France

The France sqaud has two noticable absenteces Djibril Cisse and Mathieu Flamini. Cisse was recently booed by France fans in a friendly and Flamini hasn’t seen much action since deciding to depart Arsenal for AC Milan. St Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gomis managed to grab a placed in the squad after scoring twice against Ecuador on his debut on Tuesday.

Already out of the squad is Juventus striker David Trezeguet. Chelsea have a good representation
in the squad with Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka. Manchester United have Patrice Evra, Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra and Arsenal’s captain William Gallas.

France will have to get past Italy and Netherlands in the group. They have the best start with a game against Romania. They have been placed as fifth favourites odds at 8/1.

France Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea)

Strikers: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Sidney Govou (Lyon),

Euro 2008 Preview - Austria

Austria coach Josef Hickersberger stayed up into the night deciding on his 23-man squad for Euro 2008. Two players to be axed from the initial squad were midfielder Markus Weissenberger and striker Sanel Kuljic.

The co-hosts come into the tournament with an awful record of just one in the last 15 matches. Their squad only has a few two house hold names Alex Manninger and Emanuel Pogatetz. They also have attacking midfielder Ivica Vastic, who is set to be the oldest outfield player at the championships at the grand age of 38

There is pretty much no chance of the side winning, at 100/1 they are the least likely to win the tournament and will struggle in the group with Germany, Croatia and Poland.

Austria Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Alex Manninger (AC Siena), Juergen Macho (AEK Athens), Ramazan Ozcan (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)

Defenders: Gyorgy Garics (Napoli), Ronald Gercaliu (Austria Vienna), Martin Hiden (Kaernten), Markus Katzer (Rapid Vienna), Juergen Patocka (Rapid Vienna), Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough), Sebastian Proedl (Sturm Graz), Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moscow)

Midfielders: Rene Aufhauser (Salzburg), Christian Fuchs (Mattersburg), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos), Umit Korkmaz (Rapid Vienna), Christoph Leitgeb (Salzburg), Juergen Saumel (Sturm Graz), Joachim Standfest (Austria Vienna), Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz)

Forwards: Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen), Erwin Hoffer (Rapid Vienna), Roman Kienast (Ham Kam), Roland Linz (Braga)

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