Gareth Southgate has confirmed Gary Cahill, right, will skipper England in GermanyGareth Southgate has floated the idea of dispensing with a permanent national captain in recent days and, with Wayne Rooney and Jordan Henderson absent from the current squad, confirmed Gary Cahill would wear the armband at the Westfalenstadion.He was also skipper when England won 3-2 in last March’s entertaining victory and was hailed as a quiet achiever by a boss who could easily have been described in similar terms during his own playing days.
“Gary is one of the players in the squad who knows what is needed to win,” he said of the Chelsea defender.“His experience is sometimes overlooked in terms of what he brings to the squad because he quietly goes about his job and gets on with it. You never read anything about him other than what he’s done, which is usually scored a goal or kept another clean sheet which are great habits to have.” Palestinian, Israeli football officials in 'heated' meeting | Daily Mail Online.
(L-R) Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub, South African official Tokyo Sexwale and president of the Israeli Football Federation, Ofer Eini are seen together in December 2015Palestinian and Israeli football officials were involved in "heated" talks Wednesday as FIFA attempted to mediate complaints that Israeli clubs are illegally playing in the occupied West Bank, a source told AFP.Palestinians argue that the presence of six Israeli football clubs playing on land containing settlements seen as illegal under international law is in breach of FIFA statutes.
As a result, pressure has built for the clubs to either relocate or face being banned.On Wednesday a special committee under the presidency of South African official Tokyo Sexwale met at FIFA headquarters along with the president of the Israeli Football Federation, Ofer Eini, and his Palestinian counterpart Jibril Rajoub."