In 793, Vikings launched a brutal raid on the monastery at Lindisfarne, marking the beginning of a violent era for Anglo-Saxon England. As described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Vikings plundered and murdered, establishing their...

In the eighth century, England was still a land of fragmented kingdoms with shifting boundaries. During this time, Mercia became the most powerful kingdom under King Offa, who commissioned the construction of Offa's Dyke—a massive...

In 597, Augustine was sent from Rome to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury, quickly converting the King of Kent to Christianity, which then spread throughout the region. King Rædwald of East Anglia also embraced the new faith...

Golden ages have often been followed by long periods of decline, as seen in Western Europe during the first millennium AD. The departure of the Romans led to centuries of invasions and conflicts, particularly in England, where the...

ENGLAND FOOTBALL STAR DAVID BECKHAM, WAS TRAINING WITH HIS LA GALAXY TEAM DURING A VISIT TO SOUTH KOREA FOR A FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST FC SEOUL. THE FORMER ENGLISH NATIONAL CAPTAIN WAS PROMINENT AT AN OPEN TRAINING SESSION FOR SOUTH KOREAN...

HOURS BEFORE ENGLAND WAS TO FACE RUSSIA IN A CRUCIAL EURO 2008 QUALIFYING MATCH, ENGLISH FOOTBALL FANS IN MOSCOW PAID THEIR RESPECTS AT A MONUMENT HONOURING RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED DURING WORLD WAR TWO. AT THE END OF OCTOBER GROUP A...

ENGLAND STRIKER PETER CROUCH SAID HIS TEAM WANTED TO QUALIFY FOR THE EURO 2008 TOURNAMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BUT ADDED THAT THEY DID NOT LOOK UPON GAMES AGAINST CROATIA AND MACEDONIA AS EASY.

AHEAD OF THEIR LAST EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST CROATIA, ENGLAND HAD ONLY TO SECURE A DRAW TO GO THROUGH TO THE EUROPEAN FINALS IN AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND. THE PLAYERS WERE TRAINING AT ARSENAL S PRACTISE GROUND ALONGSIDE CAPTAIN JOHN...

THE WEATHER WAS NOT FAVOURABLE TO THE RUSSIAN TEAM DURING A TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST ENGLAND. THE PITCH AT THE LUZHNIKI STADIUM WAS FROZEN. RUSSIA WOULD NEED TO BEAT ENGLAND TO KEEP ALIVE THEIR CHANCES OF...

ENGLAND'S SQUAD FOR THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST ISRAEL WERE AT LONDON'S WEMBLEY STADIUM FOR A TRAINING SESSION. THE TEAM WAS BOOED AT THE END OF THEIR LAST MATCH, A 1-0 FRIENDLY DEFEAT TO SPAIN, AND PRESSURE CONTINUED TO MOUNT ON...

ENGLAND WAS TO FACE SPAIN IN A FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL IN MANCHESTER AND WAS LIKELY TO LINE UP UNDER THE CAPTAINCY OF LIVERPOOL MIDFIELDER STEVEN GERRARD. HE WAS TIPPED TO TAKE OVER, AS SKIPPER JOHN TERRY HAD ONLY JUST RETURNED FROM A...

THE FIRST VOLUME OF THEAUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND AND MANCHESTER UNITED STRIKER WAYNE ROONEY, WHO IS 20-YEARS-OLD, WENT ON SALE ON RECENTLY.

RUSSIA'S NATIONAL SQUAD TRAINED IN MOSCOW FOR THEIR EURO 2008 GROUP E QUALIFYING MATCH AGAINST ISRAEL. THERE WERE NO SURPRISES IN GUUS HIDDINK'S SELECTION WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WHO WERE INJURED OR SUSPENDED FOR RUSSIA'S...

VIENNA'S HISTORIC TOWN HALL WAS THE BACKDROP FOR ONE OF MANY CEREMONIES LEADING UP TO THE 2008 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE FINALS WILL BE HOSTED JOINTLY BY AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND. MAYORS OF THE AUSTRIAN CITIES VIENNA,...

THE ENGLAND TEAM WAS EXPECTING ITS FIRST COMPETITIVE MATCH UNDER STEVE MCCLAREN TO BE A GOAL BONANZA. THEIR OPPONENTS IN THE OPENING MATCH OF THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS WERE ANDORRA, A EUROPEAN PRINCIPALITY WHICH BARELY HAS A POPULATION...

THERE WERE MIXED REACTIONS AMONGST FOOTBALL FANS IN LONDON RECENTLY WHEN NEWS BROKE OF A PROPOSAL FOR ENGLAND'S TOP FLIGHT TEAMS TO PLAY LEAGUE MATCHES OVERSEAS. THE PLAN LOOKS TO A START IN THE 2010-11 SEASON AND ALL 20 CLUBS AGREED...

STEVE MCCLAREN HAD BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE ENGLAND TEAM SINCE HE TOOK OVER FROM SVEN GORAN-ERIKSSON JUST BEFORE THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS STARTED. HIS FIRST MAJOR DECISION WAS TO DUMP POPULAR CAPTAIN DAVID BECKHAM. TERRY VENABLES WAS...

IN 1958 MANCHESTER UNITED WERE A TEAM OF YOUNG CHAMPIONS. THEY HAD WON ENGLAND S FIRST DIVISION IN 1956 AND 1957. THE YOUNGSTERS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MATT BUSBY AND DUBBED BUSBY S BABES, WERE DOING WELL IN THE EUROPEAN CUP. ON...

FABIO CAPELLO HAS HAD A GLITTERING CAREER IN CLUB MANAGEMENT AND WAS ALSO A TOP PLAYER, WINNING 32 CAPS FOR HIS COUNTRY. HE HAS WON NINE LEAGUE TITLES IN ITALY AND SPAIN.

IT BECAME BIG NEWS IN ENGLAND AND IN ITALY AS FABIO CAPELLO BECAME THE FRONTRUNNER TO TAKE OVER AS ENGLAND COACH AFTER ASTON VILLA S MARTIN O'NEILL RULED HIMSELF OUT. THE ITALIAN WAS SACKED BY REAL MADRID IN JUNE 2007 FOR HIS DEFENSIVE...

A NEW MOVIE ABOUT DIEGO MARADONA CONCENTRATES ON MARADONA S LIFE OFF THE PITCH. THE ITALIAN DIRECTOR, MARCO RISI, EXPRESSES UNABASHED ADMIRATION FOR THE ARGENTINE IDOL. THE FILM IS CALLED "MARADONA, THE HAND OF GOD". THE TITLE COMES FROM...

THE CROATIAN SQUAD WAS TRAINING AT WEMBLEY AHEAD OF THE MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND, THEIR LAST GAME IN THE QUALIFYING SERIES. COACH SLAVEN BILIC SAID HIS SIDE WOULD NOT BE OVERAWED BY THE ATMOSPHERE AT WEMBLEY BUT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE...

ENGLAND'S SQUAD TRAINED NORTH OF LONDON AS THEY PREPARED TO MEET OLD RIVALS GERMANY IN A FRIENDLY AT THE NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM: THE GAME WOULD BE MISSED BY MANY OF THE TWO TEAMS FIRST CHOICE PLAYERS.

ENGLAND S NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM IS FINALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS. REBUILDING OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL S LEGENDARY VENUE TOOK FAR LONGER THAN HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SCHEDULED AND THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM MULTIPLEX FACES SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES DUE TO PENALTY...