THE SUN: Wayne Rooney will become England's youngest player when he gets the call to face the Socceroos.

DAILY MIRROR: Wayne Rooney is poised to become England's youngest ever player after Sven-Goran Eriksson decided to name him in the squad for next week's friendly with Australia.

DAILY MAIL: Martin O'Neill agreed to walk out on Celtic last summer to become the new manager of Leeds United, according to a brilliant new investigative book.

DAILY EXPRESS: Kieron Dyer believes Newcastle's showdown with Arsenal is do-or-die as they seek a first title in 76 years.

DAILY STAR: Arsene Wenger has demanded all seven of Manchester United's England stars must be picked for the friendly against Australia.

THE TIMES: Disappointed but surely not surprised by the failure of their appeal to a High Court judge, the England team, senior officials of the ECB and ICC representatives sat together in a hotel last night to face the consequences of the verdict.

THE INDEPENDENT: As the eighth World Cup of cricket opens ceremonially against the spectacular backcloth of Table Mountain and Atlantic rollers today, the prospect is of beauty - and an uncommonly ugly beast of a tournament.

THE GUARDIAN: England's players and management were last night deadlocked over the future of the controversial World Cup tie in Harare, after the England and Wales Cricket Board failed to back the players' appeal for a boycott late last night.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: England's players are expected to announce by lunchtime today whether they will play their match against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday.