Euro 2012 News: Hodgson Explains Reasons for Omitting Rio Ferdinand

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Euro 2012 News: Hodgson Explains Reasons for Omitting Rio Ferdinand
Euro 2012 News: Hodgson Explains Reasons for Omitting Rio Ferdinand

In the story that refuses to die, Roy Hodgson came out on the offensive yesterday and gave more reasons why Rio Ferdinand was not selected for the England team at Euro 2012. England’s game against France can’t come soon enough, so we — as a public and media — can move on to a different England topic.

Hopefully this will be the last Rio-Roy story, at least for a while.

After yesterday’s two Euro 2012 matches, it was a quieter news day than usual, but here are the main headlines making the news today:

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