From the Back Pages, March 6: Roy Hodgson claims England squad is shaping up for World Cup in Brazil

Roy Hodgson praised the contribution of his younger players as England secured a late victory over Denmark, the manager drawing encouragement from a laboured occasion, but it was left to his opposite number, Morten Olsen, to sum up the general mood at the national stadium. “I wish you good luck in the World Cup,” offered the Dane. “You need it.” (The Guardian)

Roy Hodgson hinted that he may be ready to trust a new generation of talent for this summer’s World Cup after the England manager watched a side brimming with bright young things overcome a resilient Denmark side at Wembley last night. (The Times)

JOSE MOURINHO has laid bare the money-chasing culture of modern day footballers and revealed that some of his Real Madrid stars queued up in front of the mirror before a match. (The Express)

Poland 0-1 Scotland: Brown hits stunning strike as Fletcher makes long-awaited return. (Daily Mail)

Joe Root pressed all the right buttons of English nostalgia when his maiden one-day hundred, made with a suspected fractured thumb, helped England win the deciding game in the one-day series against the West Indies. (The Telegraph)

England struck a defiant tone ahead of their make-or-break clash with Wales by insisting: No Lions, no problem. (The Mirror)

Identifying the low point in the relationship between Sky’s two Tour de France winners, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, isn’t hard: it came when Froome made an unauthorised attack on an Alpine stage in the 2012 Tour, leaving Wiggins, the race leader, potentially vulnerable and, according to the team’s then sports director, Sean Yates, so upset he sent a text message that night saying: “Maybe it would be better for everyone if I went home.” (The Independent)