THE SUN: Rio Ferdinand has promised: "We will give everything to bring the World Cup home."

DAILY MIRROR: Owen Hargreaves last night pledged to pick the greatest stage of all to score his first goal as a professional footballer.

DAILY STAR: Sven-Goran Eriksson last night begged the nation to rise up tomorrow - and roar on Svengland!

DAILY EXPRESS: Sven-Goran Eriksson prepared his England side for World Cup action with the defiant message: "Don't tell me we're not ready and don't tell me we're too young."

DAILY MAIL: Sven-Goran Eriksson adopted Churchillian oratory yesterday to try and convey the pride and honour he feels leading England into a World Cup of high hopes.

THE TIMES: The loss of faith can be a delight. Belief in the hierarchy of football crumbles when France, who sit close to the summit, not just in the present day but also in the entire history of football, can be overcome by Senegal.

THE INDEPENDENT: Perhaps it is a little soon to be talking about drums along the Congo and the Zambesi, but maybe, just maybe, the African football revolution has finally arrived.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Alarmed by the number of counterfeit replica shirts circulating out here in the Far East, representatives of England's kit manufacturers have been raiding sweat-shops and trying to clamp down on the fakes.

THE GUARDIAN: Paul McGrath, the staunchest defender of Roy Keane during his recent troubles, has joined the Irish captain in coming home in disgrace from the World Cup.