Question marks over Neville and Owen

Defender Gary Neville will miss England's final World Cup warm-up game against Jamaica today due to a hamstring problem. "Gary is not training with us or playing tomorrow. Monday he will start again," England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. Neville...

Defender Gary Neville will miss England's final World Cup warm-up game against Jamaica today due to a hamstring problem.

"Gary is not training with us or playing tomorrow. Monday he will start again," England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said.

Neville missed training for a second day yesterday, having come off at half-time in England's 3-1 friendly win over Hungary on Tuesday at Old Trafford. He was replaced in his position by Jamie Carragher, who is expected to deputise against Jamaica.

Eriksson is also monitoring striker Michael Owen on his return from a long-term foot injury and said there was no guarantee he could last the whole game today. Owen made his first start of the year in last week's 2-1 defeat by Belarus in a 'B' international and lasted only 65 minutes in Tuesday's friendly win over Hungary.

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