Wayne Rooney captained England for the first time in his career in the 0-1 setback to Brazil in a friendly international that was played in Qatar last month.

The Manchester United stalwart became the sixth player to skipper England in the Fabio Capello era.

The others before him were: John Terry (Chelsea) vs US (home 2-0); Czech Republic (home 2-2); Andorra (away 2-0); Croatia (away 4-1); Germany (away 2-1); Spain (away 0-2); Slovakia (home 4-0); Ukraine (home 2-1); Kazakhstan (away 4-0); Andorra (home 6-0); Netherlands (away 2-2); Slovenia (home 2-1); Croatia (home 5-1); Ukraine (away 0-1); Belarus (home 3-0).

Rio Ferdinand (Man. United) vs France (away 0-1); Kazakhstan (home 5-1); Belarus (away 3-1).

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) vs Switzerland (home 2-1).

David Beckham (LA Galaxy) vs Trinidad (away 3-0).

Gareth Barry (Man. City) vs Trinidad (second half).

Other items of interest for November read:

• In round four of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal trim AZ Alkmaar 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium. Other results: Manchester United-CSKA Moscow 3-3, Atletico Madrid-Chelsea 2-2, Lyon-Liverpool 1-1, Unirea-Rangers 1-1. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United move into the knock-out stage.

• Newcastle rename their stadium sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium.

• Group phase outcomes of the Europa League show negative performances from British sides − Hamburg-Celtic 0-0, Roma-Fulham 2-1, Everton-Benfica 0-2.

• FA Cup first round shocks: Grimsby-Bath 0-2, Hartlepool-Kettering 0-1, Shrewsbury-Staines 0-1, York-Crewe 3-2, Northwich-Charlton 1-0, Rochdale-Luton 0-2, Mansfield-Forest Green 1-2.

• Chelsea can buy new players in January as FIFA's transfer ban is put on hold.

• England boss Capello unveils a bust of Sir Alfred Ramsey at Wembley.

• The October monthly awards are picked by Fulham's Roy Hodgson and Arsenal's Robin van Persie for the top boss and player respectively.

• Manchester United's boss Alex Ferguson is fined £20,000 and given a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley's fitness.

• The Premier League association reject another proposal to allow Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers to compete in the top echelon of English football.

• In Under-21 European Championship qualifiers, England beat Portugal 1-0 (Rose) at Wembley. More results: Northern Ireland-Germany 1-1, Azerbaijan-Scotland 0-4, Georgia-Ireland 1-1.

• Ireland go down 0-1 in front of their own fans in the first leg of their World Cup play-off against France.

• In a friendly in Qatar, England field a depleted side in a 0-1 loss to Brazil. Other friendly internationals: Northern Ireland-Serbia 0-1, Wales-Scotland 3-0 (Edwards, Church, Ramsey).

• The Scottish FA sack manager George Burley following the 3-0 hiding at Wales.

• In Vilnius, England Under-21 share the spoils in a 0-0 draw against Lithuania in a European Championship qualifier. More outcomes: N. Ireland-Czech Rep. 1-2, Armenia-Ireland 4-1, Bosnia-Wales 2-1.

• In the return leg of the World Cup play-off in Paris, Ireland are knocked out in a controversial manner after Thierry Henry handled the ball before setting up William Gallas for the decisive goal that sent France through to the World Cup finals.

• FIFA reject the FAI's request for a replay as Henry is branded a cheat.

• In the latest FIFA rankings, England drop two places to ninth place.

• At McDiarmid Park (St Johnstone's ground in Perth) Dundee topple Inverness 3-2 to lift the Challenge Cup, the KO competition for lower division clubs (second to fourth) in Scotland.

• Tottenham thrash Wigan 9-1 at White Hart Lane to equal the Premier League record of scoring nine goals in a game. Manchester United also netted nine in a match against Ipswich at Old Trafford in 1995. Spurs striker Jermain Defoe becomes only the third player to score five in one match in the Premier League after Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.

• Portsmouth sack manager Paul Hart.

• Liverpool fail to progress to the Champions League KO stages and will now play in the Europa League. Fiorentina's home win over Lyon meant that the Reds can't finish higher than third in their group (even if they beat Debrecen away 1-0). Other outcomes on matchday five: Rangers-Stuttgart 0-2, Arsenal-Standard Liege 2-0, Manchester United-Besiktas 0-1, Porto-Chelsea 0-1.

• Manchester United's 23-match unbeaten run at home in the Champions League is ended by Turkish side Besiktas.

• Portsmouth appoint Avram Grant as their manager for the second time.

Leading marksmen

Premier League
12 − Defoe (Tottenham)
11 − Drogba (Chelsea), Rooney (Man. United)
10 − Torres (Liverpool)
9 − Saha (Everton), Bent (Sunderland)
The Championship
11 − Chopra, Whittingham (Cardiff)
10 − Ambrose (C. Palace), Henderson (Sheffield United)
9 − Fryatt (Leicester), Maynard (Bristol City), Best (Coventry)
Scottish Premier
10 − Boyd (Rangers)
9 − McDonald (Celtic)

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