Gareth Southgate is giving serious consideration to handing Phil Foden a first England call-up this month. The teenager shone in front of England assistant Steve Holland at Wembley.

England manager Gareth Southgate has backed his No 1 goalkeeper despite his patchy form this season. Pickford again came under the microscope with a mistake at the weekend.

MATT HUGHES IN AMSTERDAM: Southgate warned Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford that they must prove their fitness by playing for their clubs before the end of the season.

MATT HUGHES - CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER: England players have been told there is a possibility the game will be called off, as the FA wait for advice from the government.

Since the shambolic viewings four years ago, England have started to assemble a side capable of going all the way and Southgate deserves credit for putting faith in the next generation.

The England boss was keen on getting the players together if England's friendlies with Italy and Denmark were postponed later this month, which they now have been.

Gareth Southgate has urged England not to waste time worrying about the postponed European Championship and urged fans to provide each other with relentless support.

Southgate's team has promise but it has holes in it, too. The opposition from the best of Europe would have been a little stronger than many of the teams England defeated during their 2018 World Cup run.

COMMENT: Harry Kane, you expect, will be fitter than he would have been this summer. Young talents such as Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi will have gained another year of experience.

The England boss will see his £3m salary cut over the next three months, sacrificing £225,000, with England Women's manager Phil Neville and Under-21s boss Aidy Boothroyd also impacted

The Manchester City full-back was forced to issue a grovelling apology on Sunday after it emerged he had ignored the measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus and hosted a sex party.

The Manchester City right-back hosted a £2,000 sex party with escorts while the Aston Villa captain crashed his £70,000 Range Rover after partying at a friend's flat.

After Southampton took the lead late on, they were stunned by late goals from Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min as following a laboured performance Spurs set up a fifth round tie with Norwich.

Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse was taken off on a stretcher and given oxygen after being caught on the right leg by a late challenge from Ryan Sessegnon.

Jose Mourinho gave a frank assessment of his Tottenham stars after they edged through to the FA Cup fifth round against Southampton - admitting 'the best team lost the game'.

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has revealed James Ward-Prowse is in contention to feature against Burnley on Saturday - just 10 days after suffering a nasty cut on his leg.

Sportsmail's MARTIN KEOWN gives his rundown of each team in Group F, including the manager, the man to watch out for, their strength and their biggest weakness.

On Sunday, Sweden conducted their final training session at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, before their opening game of the World Cup, against South Korea. 

South Korea have undergone their final training session ahead of their World Cup opener against Sweden at the Nizhny Novgorod stadium on Monday afternoon.

After Germany’s shock loss to Mexico in the first World Cup 2018 Group F match, all eyes turn to today’s Sweden vs South Korea. Here is all you need to know about the second Group F match.

After Mexico's surprise victory over Germany on Sunday, Group F has been blown wide open as Sweden and South Korea prepare to get their World Cup underway. Follow all the action as it happens.

JOE CALLAGHAN AT THE NIZHNY NOVGOROD STADIUM: Andreas Granqvist fired Sweden to victory over South Korea from the penalty spot as VAR once again proved decisive.

Striker Son Heung-min blamed himself for South Korea's 1-0 defeat by Sweden in their World Cup opener on Monday, saying he did not do enough to help lift his team mates in the Group F game.

Germany's victory over Sweden unleashed a wave of euphoria among players and coaching staff but Joachim Low said changes would be needed for their final group game against South Korea.

Since the shambolic viewings four years ago, England have started to assemble a side capable of going all the way and Southgate deserves credit for putting faith in the next generation.

Holidaymakers trying to make a Christmas getaway have been urged to postpone their trips as multiple emergency level bushfires burn across Australia on Saturday.

The British and Irish Lions are in talks about staging a bumper international match against a top Test-playing nation at Twickenham ahead of the 2021 tour of South Africa.

SCRUM'S THE WORD: South Africa star Cheslin Kolbe has warned that a new wave of pint-sized wingers are ready to explode into life at the World Cup.

Siya Kolisi succeeds Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton as holder of the Pat Marshall Memorial Award after being recognised at the RUWC's annual dinner in central London.

Selena Gomez stunned in an orange striped dress at the ACLU of Southern California's Bill of Rights Dinner. She presented an award at the event which also featured Don Cheadle and Chrissy Metz.

Ali Fedotowsky and fiance Kevin Manno were all set to say 'I do' in Mexico but sadly had to scrap those plans.

Sportsmail revealed Leicester's bid at the weekend and the Premier League champions have now settled on a fee with Cracovia for an initial £5.4million, rising to £7.4m based on performance.

Southampton are weighing up a move for Spezia forward David Okereke as they grow increasingly frustrated with their attempts to land Che Adams.

The Premier League side have been pursuing Adams since January, offering £12million and £14m to no avail. However, the Saints have now had a £16m offer accepted for the 22-year-old striker.

Che Adams's £16m move from Birmingham to Southampton is now complete, and the Saints couldn't help but take a cheeky jibe at Liverpool in their unveiling video.

Kim Yo Jong, the younger sibling of the North Korean leader, criticised South Korea's presidential Blue House for expressing strong concerns over the North's firing drills.

A power vacuum left by the dictator could explode into an ugly civil war in the North Korea, which would spark 'humanitarian suffering' and a wave of refugees fleeing the violence.

South Korea's foreign policy adviser Chung-in Moon said his country's government position is firmly that the despot is not dead.

Kim Jong Un is reported to have written to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to congratulate him on the country's Freedom Day, a national holiday.

Gunfire broke out between the two nations early Sunday when North Korea fired multiple shots towards South Korea at 7:41 am local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement.

Speculation about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's health mounded around the world after the head of the Hermit Kingdom had not been seen in public for nearly three weeks.

'Handful of shots came across from the north, we think those were accidental,' he told ABC's 'This Week.' 'South Koreans did return fire. There was no loss of life on either side,' he added.

Speaking to a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, the head of South Korea's intelligence agency said there was nothing to indicate the rumours about Kim's ill-health were true.

Buster Vogt was found unresponsive by a retired paramedic while out walking his dog in Yangebup in Perth's south on April 1.

Mr Abbott, who has volunteered with the Rural Fire Service for more than a decade, was pictured at the Bargo BP service station wearing the yellow uniform of his Davidson squadron.

The man, 22, and woman, 23, arrived in Sydney from Thailand on March 24 and were told to quarantine at their home in Hillvue, Tamworth, for 14 days.

South Carolina mother Courtney Watts Doster has shared her baby Emmett's battle against coronavirus in a desperate Facebook appeal where she warned COVID-19 can strike even the very young.

Somalia, South Sudan and Syria have been ranked as the world's most corrupt nations in Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index report released on Thursday.

Terrified commuters fled Southgate Tube station in panic after an electronic device overheated and a 23-year-old from Enfield has been arrested and released under investigation.

The UK retail giant's chief executive, Dave Lewis, said panic-buyers tended to be more affluent customers from London and that 10 per cent of shoppers were behind a third of Tesco sales.