London, May 17 (ANI): England national football team manager Roy Hodgson and FA chairman David Bernstein have paid tributes to the football star David Beckham and urged him to stay at the game, saying that he is a charismatic and talented player the football world cannot afford to lose.

London, May 16 (ANI): England football team manager Roy Hodgson has planned to appoint Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney who also plays for the England national team, as captain of the team, despite reports of Rooney wanting to quit United.

London, Apr.24 (ANI): National England football team manager Roy Hodgson has said that Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is a magician following the success of his team at the 13th Premier League.

London, Apr 21 (ANI): Arsenal star Jack Wilshere reportedly may need to undergo ankle surgery, which will mean missing England's two international games in the summer.

London, Apr 13 (ANI): Premier League clubs bosses Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp had hit back at England manager Roy Hodgson over his 'desert rats' comment, saying that clubs will always come first over international call-ups.

London, Apr. 5 (ANI): Queens Park Rangers (QPR) manager Harry Redknapp has claimed Roy Hodgson only got the England job because the Football Association could not afford him.

London, Mar 23 (ANI): Stoke City striker Peter Crouch has said that he has not yet given up hopes for playing for England again, although he admitted that it is doubtful that manager Roy Hodgson will end his three-year old exile from the game.

London, Mar 23 (ANI): Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, who recently pulled out of the England squad, has slammed the Three Lions' international record while commentating from Doha despite their thumping 8-0 win over minnows San Marino in a World Cup qualifier on Friday.

London, Mar 19 (ANI): Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand's decision to pull out of the England squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers has most probably signaled an end to his international career.

London, Mar 15 (ANI): The manager of England's national football team has said that he has complete faith on Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney even though he was left from the Champions League second-leg clash against Real Madrid as United crashed out.

London, Feb 10 (ANI): England boss Roy Hodgson has claimed David Beckham's move to rich French club Paris Saint Germain indicates he is going continue his career like he did with LA Galaxy and not try revive his Three Lions' career.

London, Jan 17(ANI): England manager Roy Hodgson has claimed the Three Lions will be aiming for the bull's eye during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

London, Dec 9 (ANI): Wayne Rooney was so moved by a trip to a Nazi death camp that he is now hooked on books about the Second World War, it has been revealed.

London, Nov 20(ANI): England manager Roy Hodgson has conceded for the first time that he is considering bringing in a psychologist to solve Three Lion's penalty shoot-out curse.

London, Nov 16(ANI): Boss Roy Hodgson has branded Zlatan Ibrahimovic's performance against England during Sweden's 4-2 win in an international friendly in Stockholm as world class, and he now hopes the Paris Saint-Germain striker's spectacular fourth goal could encourage Three Lions striker Wayne Rooney.

London, Oct 18(ANI): England manager Roy Hodgson has blamed the one-day postponement of their World Cup qualifying match due to waterlogged pitch for their 1-1 draw against Poland, and it has been revealed that the players were so disturbed by the bizarre condition that they had to take sleeping pills to sleep.

London, Oct 17 (ANI): Tweeting, playing video games, downing beers without permission and using mobiles are some of the player activities, which the Football Association (FA) is planning to clamp down under it's new code of conduct.

London, Oct. 14 (ANI): England boss Roy Hodgson believes star striker Wayne Rooney can follow 32- year-old skipper Steven Gerrard's footsteps and lead the England soccer team.

London, Oct 5(ANI): Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has accepted an apology from England manager Roy Hodgson for making careless comments on his future on the London Underground Tube.

London, Sep 26(ANI): England boss Roy Hodgson has said his players need to keep possession during football matches and should attack ruthlessly to achieve results.

London, Sep 25(ANI): Rio Ferdinand can get his 82nd cap for England after former captain John Terry shocking retirement from international football a few days back, according to a British newspaper.

London, Sep 21(ANI):Hodgson saw England suffer a setback in their World Cup qualifying campaign with last week's stalemate against Ukraine at Wembley, and claims he will be become engulfed by criticism sooner or later given the weight of expectation on his shoulders.

London, Sep 13(ANI): England boss Roy Hodgson can't wait to have injured Wayne Rooney in the national team back again, saying the sooner he comes back, the better it is for the team.

London, Sep 11 (ANI): England manager Roy Hodgson has been forced to slot three rookies in the team after many players in the Three Lions squad reported sick.

London, Sep. 9 (ANI): England manager Roy Hodgson has dismissed rumours that the Three Lions are not good enough to win the World Cup.