England ponder a shared captaincy for World Cup

Moscow: England look set to travel to a major championship for the first time without a permanent captain in what would be a trailblazing break from tradition.

England’s Euro 2016 humiliation by Iceland was cited as evidence that they have become mentally fragile at major tournaments. Having already taken them to train with the Royal Marines ahead of June’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland, Southgate indicated he would do something similar before the summer. “That sort of shared hardship is a good thing to go through,” he said.

— The Telegraph Group Limited, London 2017