England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has no intention of not honouring his contract and would like to extend it to the 2010 World Cup, his agent said on Sunday.
Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was frustrated with his team's failure to make their attacking superiority tell.
Goalkeeper David James is also set for a surprise return to the England squad for the World Cup warm-up match against Argentina.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said his team would not find it easy against Wales and Northern Ireland in the qualifiers for the 2006 WC.\n\n
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has criticised his Football Association (FA) employers over the length of time it is taking to settle the Rio Ferdinand misconduct charge.
China can challenge for World Cup glory by 2026 , says Eriksson.
Joe Cole's first goal gave England a 2-1 victory over Serbia and Montenegro.
39-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was however left out.
The youngest manager in the English premiership, he led Everton to seventh place, their best finish since 1996.
"I think the World Cup is probably as far at it will go for me as an England player," the England captain said.
The Real Madrid midfielder has been struggling with a rib injury.
Eriksson indicated that Rooney, who limped off in the first half, had broken a bone in his foot.
The striker believes England has some promising talent to win Euro 2004.
The England coach believes his team has shortcomings in goal and up front.
England suffered their first ever loss to Australia in a 3-1 friendly defeat.
Stoke City have completed the signing of Manchester City striker John Guidetti on loan and secured midfielder Stephen Ireland on a permanent deal from Aston Villa.
Didier Deschamps of France and Argentina's Lionel Scaloni should avoid the temptation to throw on a 'penalty specialist'
Kyrgyzstan goalkeeper Pavel Matiash pushed the ball into his own net five minutes into the second half to cancel out Akhlidin Israilov's first-half opener before Yu secured the points for China with a calm finish 12 minutes from time.
England captain Wayne Rooney has opened up about his clashes with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, how having children calmed him down and why he should not have gone to the 2006 World Cup for a new BBC television film.
Wayne Rooney will end his England career after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker said on Tuesday.
England's prospects of ever winning another World Cup will suffer unless reforms are introduced to give home-grown players more chances to shine.
Arsene Wenger expects forward Theo Walcott to make a full recovery from the cruciate knee ligament injury that will sideline him for six months and keep him out of the World Cup this summer.
Former England defender Sol Campbell believes he would have been national team captain for more than 10 years if he was white, according to extracts from his new biography that is being serialised by The Sunday Times newspaper.
Denmark have rediscovered their hunger and are starting to believe they can secure the trophy they won in spectacular fashion in 1992.
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