NEWS OF THE WORLD: Michael Owen last night saluted his new England strike partner Darius Vassell and vowed: "We'll fire England to victory."

SUNDAY MIRROR: Sven-Goran Eriksson has told his players they can go all the way in the World Cup, starting this morning.

MAIL ON SUNDAY: David Beckham last night issued a stirring World Cup message to a breathless nation back home.

SUNDAY EXPRESS: Manchester United will be told this week they will have to pay £35million to land Italy defender Alessandro Nesta.

SUNDAY PEOPLE: David Beckham has always been a leader - a leader in the art of free-kicks, a leader in fashion and now a leader of men.

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY: Matt Holland describes his equaliser for the Republic of Ireland against Cameroon as "the most important goal of my career - and probably one of my best".

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The death of Hansie Cronje, one of cricket's most controversial figures, in a plane crash in South Africa yesterday, shocked the game that banned him for match-fixing.

SUNDAY TIMES: It hardly ranks alongside "We will fight them on the beaches," but Sven-Goran Eriksson's last words to his young bucks before they take on the world will be very apt when he says: "Don't be afraid!"

THE OBSERVER: Solidarity drowned out rancour when it mattered most for the Republic of Ireland.