DAILY STAR: Fit-again David Beckham came up with the perfect message for World Cup rivals Sweden: Thanks for the manager.
DAILY EXPRESS: Owen Hargreaves has won the battle for the World Cup place alongside Paul Scholes in England's midfield and will start against Sweden on Sunday.
THE SUN: David Beckham was so determined to face Sweden that he admitted: "I would have played even if my foot was still broken."
DAILY MIRROR: Owen Hargreaves is on the verge of capping a remarkable rise to stardom by forcing his way into the starting line-up for England's World Cup showdown with Sweden on Sunday.
THE TIMES: England got away with it yesterday and in the end had the happiest of days.
THE INDEPENDENT: France, world and European champions and challengers for a place as all-time occupants of the hall of football greatness, and their quick and precocious former colony Senegal promise a thrilling, maybe even a sensational lift-off for the 17th World Cup here today.
THE GUARDIAN: The first tackle on David Beckham's newly-healed left foot had come, inevitably, from Martin Keown.
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