FRIDAY 9 JUNE

Group A
Germany v Costa Rica
1700, Munich
Poland v Ecuador
2000, Gelsenkirchen

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

Group B
England v Paraguay
1400, Frankfurt
Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden
1700, Dortmund

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We are almost there The 2oo6 world cup starts on July 9th in Munich Germany. On this web site which is unofficial you can get all the news with a slant towards the England team

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Quarter finals Semi Finals Final

Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (Norwich)

Defenders: Gary Neville (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Real Madrid, Spain), Michael Carrick (Tottenham), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, Germany), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed his 23-man squad for this summer's World Cup.

Eriksson has not made any changes from the provisional list of players he announced last week, which included 17-year-old Theo Walcott.

Injured striker Wayne Rooney is in the squad and Eriksson has until 24 hours before the team's first game on 10 June to decide whether to replace him.