ROY Keane's emotional plea on Irish TV to be allowed back into the national squad ahead of the opening game with Cameroon on Saturday morning made headlines in all the national papers today.

THE SUN: Roy Keane last night insisted he still wants to play in the World Cup.

DAILY MIRROR: Roy Keane can make a sensational return to the World Cup - but only if he apologises to Ireland manager Mick McCarthy.

DAILY MAIL: Roy Keane last night made an emotional plea to be allowed to return to the World Cup finals with the Republic of Ireland.

DAILY EXPRESS: England will face a £3million compensation claim over David Beckham if he is put out of action for six months.

DAILY STAR: Sweden skipper Patrik Andersson has sparked a World Cup war of words by warning there is not one England player he fears.

THE TIMES: The craze for David Beckham that has swept across Japan can be found in concentrated form in a hotel room in Myazaki, but this is not some obsessional fan.

THE INDEPENDENT: New allegations concerning the involvement of the FIFA president Sepp Blatter in corruption and financial mismanagement surfaced here yesterday as the campaign for the presidential election of football's world governing body, which takes place tomorrow, entered its final stages.

THE GUARDIAN: Roy Keane tried to come to terms with the worst few days of his chequered career last night in an extraordinary television interview in which the banished Republic of Ireland captain was close to tears as he said he wanted to make his peace with Mick McCarthy and rejoin their World Cup squad.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Football Association said last night that David Beckham's broken metatarsal had healed and that he did not require another X-ray.