England To Be The Surprise Package? Hodgson Reveals His 23 Man Squad For World Cup In Brazil

With the Premier League season reaching its climax on Sunday, attention now switches to the World Cup in Brazil in just 31 days. Hodgson has named a potentially exciting squad.

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Arsenal: Offload Vermaelen And Look To Sign France International

It is being reported in the Metro that David Moyes is keen on taking Arsenal's defender Thomas Vermaelen as a replacement for Nemanja Vidic who is leaving in the Summer.

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No Shaw? What Should The England Squad Look Like For The World Cup?

Wednesday's 1-0 victory over Denmark was the last chance for England's World Cup hopefuls to impress Roy Hodgson and book their ticket on the plane to Brazil. The right balance of youth and experience is vital to England's chances of progressing through this summer's tournament, and I believe this, based on form for club and country, should be Hodgson's 23-man squad.

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World Cup 2014 Questions and Concerns

With the 2014 World Cup draw just around the corner, this Friday in Brazil, it’s time to really start counting down the days until the competition starts next summer. Four years has gone by so quickly, it seems like we were just in South Africa watching Spain lift the trophy after the final match. But alas, it's time again, all the qualified countries have been placed into their respective pots and on Friday we will know the groups for the group stages of the competition.

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Iran Qualify For World Cup Final's

South Korea, Japan, Australia, Holland, Italy, Germany – and – Iran have all qualified via their continental group for the World Cup set to be held in Brazil next year. Unsurprisingly, this is the first time that the Iranian’s have managed to achieve such an achievement for a fairly unknown football nation. At 48th in FIFA’s much discussed ranking system, they stand tall above Egypt, Turkey, Wales, Republic Of Ireland and South Korea even (so they surely can’t be as bad as we’re all thinking they are). In mid-2005 they were (theoretically) the 15th best football national team in the world according to the same rankings.

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The new breed of the Italian national team

Italy have been criticised for being a boring and slow paced team, both the national and domestic clubs alike, but this could be the dawn of a new era with the current players starting to establish themselves in the squad.

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5 reasons to be excited for the Confederations Cup

2013 is an odd-year, which sadly means there will be no major football tournament this summer. However, if a domestic campaign and World Cup Qualifiers just aren’t enough for you, then don’t worry; help is at hand.

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Time running out for fancied Uruguay

If you were asked to name a dark horse for the World Cup next Summer it is fair to say that more than a few individuals would suggest Uruguay as a team who fit such a tag given their wealth of talent, impressive fourth place last time out and the fact that they are the current COPA America Champions.

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Football to Watch in Summer 2013 (Video)

The end of May can be a deeply upsetting time for football fans across Europe and not just because their team has underperformed over the season. No, the reason is because there is no more football to watch for three months. Fear not, football fans. Despite there being no major tournament this

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World Cup 2014 - can Brazil win it?

When it was announced that Brazil would host the 2014 World Cup there was huge celebration that the competition was finally coming back to South America after an absence of 36 years. The Samba Boys are the only team to have competed in every single World Cup since its beginning in 1930 and they still remain the most successful country with five titles to their name. Will they manage to celebrate a home triumph and claim a sixth trophy?

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Young striker Jack McInerney grabbing MLS headlines (video)

20 year old striker Jack McInerney leads the Major League Soccer scoring charts with 6 goals from the opening 7 games of the season.

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Key World Cup Qualifiers in Europe this weekend (video)

With most European teams having already played 4 group games, this weekend's fixture represent a critical stage in the World Cup Qualification process. We now look at which of Friday's fixtures are likely to be crucial in determining which countries will be on the plane to Brazil next summer.

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Uzbekistan for World Cup 2014? (video)

Ask people to point to Uzbekistan on a map and the majority will struggle. Ask people what they know about the Uzbek football team and you'll be met by a blank look. You may even be asked to leave the building. Yet in just under 500 days time, we may be learning a lot more about Central Asia's rising football powerhouse on football's biggest stage - the World Cup finals.

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The World Cup Qualifiers: A Global Perspective

Although still in relative infancy in Europe, the Brazil 2014 qualification campaign for many other continents began in earnest as far back as June 2011. With under 500 days to go until the finals, we look outside of Europe at the countries most likely to make it to the upcoming World Cup.

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The latest FIFA rankings

Much commotion was made on Wednesday morning when FIFA announced their latest rankings. Unsurprisingly, Spain topped the list, England resumed their place in the top 10, while Scotland fell and Belgium rose.

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