Hodgson delays decision on Oxlade-Chamberlain

Roy Hodgson will put off making a decision on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s fitness until the eve of England’s World Cup opener against Italy.

This day week England kick-off their campaign in the inhospitable conditions of Manaus, a thousand miles up the River Amazon.

Hodgson’s men are acclimatising for the expected hot and humid weather with a training camp in Miami, where the England manager this week received his first injury blow of the build-up.