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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport

World Cup 2010: England arrive in South Africa

England: England Team Arrive In South Africa-2010 FIFA World Cup
Just the welcome England were after - a troop of armed forces surround their plane at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo Airport
Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
England: David Beckham
The players and coaching staff step off their plane
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
England: England Team Arrive In South Africa-2010 FIFA World Cup
Shaun Wright-Phillips couldn't bear to be away from home without a pillow
Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
England: Stuart Pearce, Jamie Carragher, Frank Lampard
Stuart Pearce - a man who knows all about pride and not very much about glory (unless you count the Rumbelows Cup in 1990) - sits in front of Jamie Carragher and Frank Lampard on the way to their hotel
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
England: England
Fabio Capello gets off the coach at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus in Rustenburg looking pretty pleased. The facilities are ready after all. Phew
Photograph: Michael Regan/AP
England: The England soccer team
David Beckham hogs centre stage. Michael Carrick, behind, looks perplexed by what he's seeing ....
Photograph: Reuters
England: England
A group of local children dancing out of sync - that's what he's seeing. Lampard greets them with a smile, Carragher opts for scowl.
Photograph: Michael Regan/AP
England: Soccer - 2010 World Cup - England Arrive - Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus
John Terry gets a handshake - a rarity for him these days
Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images/POOL//PA
England: England
Steve Gerrard seems to think he's on a catwalk ...
Photograph: Michael Regan/AP
England: Brazilian football team warms up, while
Elsewhere, there's some actual football going on. Brazil are showing off their skills to a crowd of Soweto residents in Dobsonville stadium
Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images
England: Players of the Australian football team
Australia, meanwhile, practise beating invisible opponents. Top skills there
Photograph: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images
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