Lampard to miss Euros

England’s Euro 2012 hopes suffered a major blow yesterday after Frank Lampard was ruled out of the tournament with a thigh injury.

Roy Hodgson was informed the tear Lampard sustained would not heal in time for the Chelsea midfielder to feature in any of England’s three group games, the last of which is against co-hosts Ukraine in Donetsk on April 19 a fact that left the England boss with little option other than to tell Lampard he was out.

Subject to UEFA clearance, Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson will replace the 33-year-old.