new england leading by a score of 20-14.low your favorite team all season long by going to itunes.com/nfl. al michaels and cris collinsworth and michele tafoya on a beautiful night in baltimore. this is a beautiful shot of the halftime moon over the maryland. the first half numbers look like this with baltimore getting that running game going to get back in the game when they were down by a score 13-0 and look the lead by one only to have new england march down the field in the waning moments of the first half to take the lead again. >> cris: a great game, though, it really is. i mean, the quality of play, the quality of these two teams, it's showing up. it feels a little like that playoff action that we're used to seeing from these guys. >> al: the intensity would be always fun when we do a game with the ravens especially at home. touchback begins here. let's go to michele. >> michele: i spoke to john harbaugh at halftime. he said the game changed to them when they returned to their running game and ray rice got going. he l

the stars tonight as we take a look at new england. tom brady, over 300 again.ith those seven catches and lloyd with nine and both in triple figures. >> cris: it's kind of interesting. aaron hernandez was taking some plays away from wes welker. they are both inside slot sort of players and now that hernandez isn't there, welker has that full-time role himself. >> al: second and 14. whoa! another shot taken by branch! jimmy smith comes up to whack him or whether it was read who what kind him before. >> cris: another blitz inside. and jimmy smith read this one all the way and before welker could get there, his partner was taking a shot. deion branch probably wondering why he came back. >> al: i'm thinking the same thing! hey, i got to go back on the couch at home! third and 14 from the 44 yard line. brady sliding right. throwing and that pass is incomplete. intended for danny woodhead. so it's fourth down. ravens do their job and a two-possession game, at least get it back with half the quarter to go. >> cris: yeah, and kruger is going to force the inside pressure

and why "state of england" is the title? >> well, my 12-year-old daughter said "enough with the subtitles, dad, for crying out loud." >> rose: (laughs) stop it! >> with real passion. >> rose: stop it! >> it's a bit of a false lead. but there used to be such a thing as state of england novels and they were very earnest and full of bureaucrats and academics talking about identical voices of the condition of various institutions in england and mine is not that kind of novel at all but just a salute. >> rose: so what is it about england that lionel represents? >> well, what he represents, i suppose, is the fact that england takes it to its hurt. he becomes a kind of national treasure. although it's manipulative from his point of view. but he's-- what he represents, i suppose, is someone given enormous celebrity through no virtue of their own. there is this echelon in england and elsewhere of people who just as they say, are famous for being famous. >> rose: (laughs) yes, that's right. >> rose: >> but the tabloid culture in engla

new england will have a nice day today. central and northern new england, you're going to be good. philadelphia, southward, through areas in kentucky and d.c. here, you're going to see storms. here's the path that isaac has taken across. illinois and inn. we' indiana. we will continue to watch spotty areas of rain, in portions of ohio and extreme eastern portions of kentucky. what's next? this is the peak week of hurricane season. we have tropical storm leslie. this is a very slow-moving system. there's a dip in the jet stream is not going to pick the storm up. it's going to linger off the east coast for at least a week. if you're heading to the beaches, the rip current threat will be great. also, the waves from the storm will be approaching the beaches. the surfers will love it. but if you're swimming with kids, the storm by saturday, could be over bermuda. there's a couple of scenarios that bring this storm close to the canadian maritimes in seven to ten days from now. we'll watch it closely. it doesn't look like it's going to hit the u.s. but could see the waves from the storm.

the worst of it is definitely this morning in areas of new england.ate this afternoon and another chance of showers around philadelphia and also washington, d.c. the other area of rain developing, late today in texas and then through the weekend through south texas and northern gulf coast. you're going to deal with areas of rain. gorgeous throughout much of the northern half of the country. no problems west coast looks dry, too. so saturday, we will see showers still in boston. but the rest of the mid-atlantic should be just fine. then by the time we get to sunday, really the heaviest rain is along the gulf coast. cleared out even in new england for a nice sunday. >> like that. bill, thanks so much. coming up, a reality star defends the nail polish that costs more than some home. this is unbelievable. plus, animated monsters scare up some laugh tez bs at the box of this weekend. your first look at entertainment is next. [ ow ner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to mana

mike florio is the man. 30-28 new england. and the kickoff results in a touchback. we talked about this a lot tonight but for those of you who joined this late and don't know, torrey smith's 19-year-old brother was killed in a motorcycle accident at 2:00 this morning. of course, he gets the phone call, he has to deal with that and tells john harbaugh, he does want to play tonight. he left it up to torrey what he should do. there he is. we talked about his brother kevin and the fact that torrey when growing up was pretty much a dad to his young siblings. was out on the field later tonight and eyes completely red. plays tonight. six catches. two touchdowns. amazing. from the 20 yard line. on first down, swing pass is dropped by ridley. best possible result for the ravens, not only incomplete, but it it stops the clock at 3:57. >> cris: the other thing is they got rob gronkowski in blocking now. here is a record-setting tight end and because of all the pressure that the ravens have been bringing, they basically now just said we got to run him inside and just help block

mike florio is the man. 30-28 new england. and the kickoff results in a touchback. we talked about this a lot tonight but for those of you who joined this late and don't know, torrey smith's 19-year-old brother was killed in a motorcycle accident at 2:00 this morning. of course, he gets the phone call, he has to deal with that and tells john harbaugh, he does want to play tonight. he left it up to torrey what he should do. there he is. we talked about his brother kevin and the fact that torrey when growing up was pretty much a dad to his young siblings. was out on the field later tonight and eyes completely red. plays tonight. six catches. two touchdowns. amazing. from the 20 yard line. on first down, swing pass is dropped by ridley. best possible result for the ravens, not only incomplete, but it it stops the clock at 3:57. >> cris: the other thing is they got rob gronkowski in blocking now. here is a record-setting tight end and because of all the pressure that the ravens have been bringing, they basically now just said we got to run him inside and just help block

german versus england or germany versus france. the world war, the first word from 1914 onward engages all the different ethnic group, national groups in new york city. many irish new yorkers are sympathetic with the movement for irish independence from england or in the east for sort of a more emphatic home rule. and so they see no reason to be pro-ally. remember that allies from world war i are primarily england, french and czarist russia. so there is pro-german or at least anti-english feeling in new york city, very prominently among irish-americans beard polish americans are split. who's going to get us independence? is it going to be bizarre or the kaiser? is sort of a topic and there's different factions within poland, as in the homeland there's factions in each group is looking across the ocean and really thinking about its national ambitions. jews. the czar of russia is one of the principal allies. so you've got england with this constitutional monarchy. the bow work of literal ascent in the world. you've got french with th

new england loses and baltimore loses. all of a sudden, a very important september game for each team next week. >> cris: you think what they did in the playoffs a season ago and how dramatic that game was. you have over what is the past decade arguably the best offensive team against one of the best defensive team if not the best, along with pittsburgh over the course of the last decade. and it's just a great matchup. ray lewis and tom brady going head-to-head. we are not going to get to see it forever. it's going to be fun. >> that is next sunday night on "sunday night football" from baltimore. coming up next, except on the west coast, your local news, followed by "dateline." t

that guy can barely swim. >>> things got a little hairy at one competition in england. from mustaches to mutton chops, more than 100 of the country's burliest beards battled it out in england's first beard and mustache championships. contestants vied in 11 categories, ranging from full beards to manicured mustaches. many entrants also dressed in lavish outfits, matching their wild whiskers. what was going on there? >> i don't know. one thing you don't see, wives in that picture. so yeah. >> i take it you're not a facial hair person. >> no, not really. >> the scruff is okay, though. >> scruff is fine. but not all the way out to here. >> i'm with you. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll fol throw throughout the day on nbc. protesters will mark the one-year anniversary of the occupy wall street movement with rallies in more than 30 cities around the world, including a march on the new york stock exchange. >>> in honor of the 225th anniversary of the signing of the constitution, 225 new u.s. citizens will be sworn in at the national archives right in

new england will have a nice day today. central and northern new england, you're going to be good. philadelphia, southward, through areas in kentucky and d.c. here, we're going to see hit-and-miss showers and storms. here's the path that isaac has taken across. illinois and inn. indiana. the last 48 hours, indianapolis, two inches. we will continue to watch spotty areas of rain, in portions of ohio and extreme eastern portions of kentucky. so, what's next? this is the peak week of hurricane season. we always have one or two storms to track at this time of year. we have tropical storm leslie. this is a very slow-moving system. there's a dip in the jet stream is not going to pick the storm up. it's going to linger off the east coast for at least a week. so, if you're heading to the beaches of the next two, three, four, five days, the rip current threat will be great. also, the waves from the storm will be approaching the beaches. the surfers will love it. but if you're swimming with kids, the storm by saturday, could be over bermuda. bermuda could get brushed by this storm. we'll wai

"people of england." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: talking to people of england. yeah. >> i don't know.hter ] >> jimmy: yeah. but it's phenomenon. of course, i watch all your stuff. i have like -- video cassettes of you -- and stuff like that. but now it's all on youtube. do you miss sketch comedy? >> oh yes, i really do. sketch comedy is a great thing. i think it's a bit of a young man's game. >> jimmy: yeah. >> because, i think essentially -- the essential sort of dynamic of it is young people mocking old people. it's sort of pupils mocking teachers. and once you become -- now that i'm old enough to run for president. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's true, yeah. >> or possibly too old to run for president -- >> jimmy: well, maybe, yeah -- >> it has a slightly different meaning. you, of course, you're a young slip of a thing. >> jimmy: thank you very much. >> you're very welcome. i do miss it. and i do miss -- because a good sketch -- and they're hard to get right. in fact i'm not sure i ever did. but, when you do get something right. one line, or one idea that someone comes up and

it's new england 27 and baltimore 21. "sunday night football" resumes after these messages. . [ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >> al: aerial coverage brought to you by geico. you look at downtown baltimore, maryland. m&t bank stadium. al michaels and cris collinsworth and michele tafoya on "sunday night football." we start to the fourth quarter. back to play that ended the third. >> cris: watch the tail end of this play. ellerbe. he gets kicked in the head. that's the kind of game it's been from the very start. >> al: second and goal to start the fourth quarter. inside handoff. woodhead starts to stumble so he can't get out of his tracks. and webb comes up and it will be third down and goal. >> cr

the morning commute in new england will be the worst of it. it's a little more scattered towards baltimore, d.c., and baltimore, hit and miss. now as far as the new york city area goes, you can see the heaviest of the rain north of new york up into the hudson valley. driving northward or 95 up into new england or 84 through connecticut, the stead iest rains or heaviest rains, that's good. this is more welcome rain for kansas and north texas through the panhandle through oklahoma. that's pretty isolated at this time. there were some lightening strikes earlier. as far as the forecast goes, we are watching on the eastern seaboard that storm system moving through this morning. this afternoon a lot of it should clear out from d.c., to philly to new york. this morning the rain will be with us. through boston, it will linger. texas, you've got some rain heading your way especially today and tomorrow. that's a look at your national forecast. now you can look at the weather outside your window. >>> so the big story as we head into the upcoming weekend

it's more of an issue in new england. but here's the gathering storm to the south. all this moisture will be coming up in our direction. and that means we get wet. you see the motion on the satellite radar combination, the one upper air storm spinning over around new england. there's not a lot of moisture for that to work with except in new england where they're drying off the ocean. but where we're concerned we're limited. the gulf is wide open and all the moisture will be drawn into this storm and eventually pulled up our way so there's wet weather on the way and today is the least of it. 46-52 overnight. the evening showers will end with clearing towards daybreak and the winds overnight will be calm and insta-weather futurecast shows the rain pretty limited, pulling out of the area with the clearing skies. during the day tomorrow, not a bad day. during the day we'll see an increase in clouds, more in the morning and clouds in the afternoon and by evening, after dark, rain shower chances begin to increase. 70-74 the high, similar today, variable winds at 2-7 miles

england's prince harry steps out out for the very first time england's prince harry steps out out for the very first time since his naked ro in vegas. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with convention kick-off. the democratic national convention officially begins in charlotte tonight where first lady michelle obama will take the stage and try to convince undecided voters that her husband deserves a second term. nbc's tracie potts joins us live with all those details. she's in charlotte for us. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. behind the stage where it all gets started tonight, the stage where we will see michelle obama, but not where we'll see the president. he's going to be a few blocks away at the bank of america stadium. one more day of campaigning for him before he arrives to make his case here in charlotte. last night president obama told hurricane victims -- >> nobody's a democrat or a republican. we're all just america

before us the former england football captain john terry has called time on his international career he informed three lions boss roy hodgson of his decision in a telephone call on sunday evening the thirty one year old faces a football association charge of using racist language against q.p.r. defender anton ferdinand but discipline hearing takes place later on monday terry was cleared of racially abusing ferdinand in court in july and says the f.a.'s decision to pursue charges against him makes his position on that terrible he played seventy eight times his country and was initially made captain in two thousand and six. elsewhere in the english premier league manchester united manager sir alex ferguson admits his side put in a quote poor display despite saying off rivals liverpool two wanted on the field the home side playing a major part of the guys with ten men after john joe shelled the school right in the first off brendan rodgers men did manage to open the scoring night steven gerrard just after half time goals from rafael on robin van persie secured the win elsewhere reigning

late in the game, pass interference call against new england. right there, puts the ravens at the spot of the foul on the 7-yard

a slight chance for a shower or storm in albany and northern new england. of a shower and storm through missouri and possibly hit and miss storms down there in north carolina. >> all right. bill, thanks so much. straight ahead, why britney spears can't be like kim kardashian. >>> and the actress whose driving record is giving lindsay lohan a run for her money. >>> plus, what kim kardashian says has to happen before she'll mary kanye. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> president obama's speech at the dnc has been moved inside to the time warner arena due to weather concerns. you can tell it's time warner because obama will give the speech two weeks from friday between the hours of 12:00 and 4:00. speaking of the dnc, earlier in the night actor cal penn told viewers to use the twitter hash

it never is german v or i england or france.he world's war, the first war from 1914 on ward engages all the different ethnic groups national groups in new york city. many irish new yorkers are sympathetic with the movement for irish independents from england, or at least for sort of a more emphatic home rule. they say no reason to be proallied. they world war i are primarily england, france and russia. and so there is pro-german or anti-english feeling new york city very prominently among irish-americans. polish-americans is split. who is get to get us independents. it's a toss up. there's are different factions with polar. each group is looking across the ocean and really thinking about the national ambitiouses. jews bizarre russia is one of the principle allies. so you england with the constitutional monarchy the bull work of liberalism in the world, you have france, with the republican and sometimes the revolutionary tradition of liberty, equality, and you have russia which is the most back ward corrupt monarchy in europe and

honored him with two touchdowns against new england. this went down to the wire.pats were up two. got it by the slimmest of margins. bill belichick was livid. thought the referees blew the call. ravens walked off with a 31-30 win. you can start calling denny hamlin the babe ruth of nascar. he called his shot guaranteed via twitter and went on to take the checker. you want to see what $11.4 million looks like? brandt snedeker's chip shot on 17 all by sealed the tour championship. that is worth $1. million. he also banked an extra $10 million for winning the fedexcup championship. not a bad day at the office for brandt snedeker. that's your "first look" at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins. >> $11 million. >> for playing golf. >> four days. >> wow. must be nice. >> pay me $11 i'll go golf for four days in a row. >> i'm right there with you. >>> good morning, everyone. once again, it's a chilly start to your morning in new england all the way through much of the country actually. you don't have to worry about any rain coats or anythi

england's duke and duchess of cambridge prepare to take legal action over the release of topless photos. >>> and balancing act. three chinese tightrope walkers go down in highwire history with a daring record attempt. very good morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz. those stories and much more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with lingering questions. there are conflicting versions from the obama administration and libyan officials about who exactly was behind last week's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. nbc's brian mooar has details. >> reporter: was the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya spontaneous, or did terrorists use a protest over an anti-islamic film as cover? >> opportunistic extremist elements came to the consulate as this was unfolding. they came with heavy weapons which unfortunately are readily available in post-revolutionary lib libya. >> reporter: libya's interim president says it was coordinated by not by libyans. >> it was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago. >> re

elsewhere england's preparation for the super eight stage of the t twenty cricket world cup could not have been worse they recorded their lowest ever t twenty score and then one thousand run defeat to india by side to their already secured their place in the super a stage making this much somewhat of a dead rubber however england captain stuart broad won't be pleased with what he saw india reaching one hundred seventy four four from their twenty overs and why england struggled with india's spinners they were skittled for just eighty r.b.i. i'm saying it is a four for twelve. finally russia's national across country iran has successfully concluded the annual event which is the biggest sporting gathering ever in the country attracting over one million participants across eighty cities michael crabtree and co it was at the moscow leg of the race. it's one of the oldest sports and one of the simplest since it was included in the first modern olympic games back in agent ninety six cross country running has barely changed and why should it it encompasses everything that's needed in sport st

england is different than champions and you know we're not on. anybody and you know the give the award we want to try to maintain the caribbean where we can. we just have to go down and ball properly and execute our plans to them hopefully was. a good part but also. i. think everybody was called on to paul who would have a big part to play the game against england and moving forward that's it disappointing is not loving and. played six months back in england this summer and we had as much rain as anything else it's just been a frustrating year term in terms of well or even you can get big tournaments you don't want to well i did play a part but there's there's not a lot of it's not in anyone's control as far as players so it's just one of those things you've got to get on board and that's all time what's all the time you've got at the moment for the sport more though later on. download the official application to cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you

much you know welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up calling it a day for england football captain john terry calls time on his international career just hours ahead of an f.a. disciplinary hearing. top of the pile. brandt snedeker using p.g.a. tour championship by three shots playing with it the fed ex cup apprised of ten million dollars. and the sticky wicket angling the bawled out for their lowest ever team twenty school as the defending world champions league ninety runs to be. the first former england football captain john terry has called time on his international career he informed three lions boss roy hodgson of his decision and the telephone call on sunday evening the thirty one year old faces a football association charge of using racist language against q.p.r. fans anton ferdinand that disciplinary hearing takes place later on monday terry was cleared of racially abusing for a man in court in july and says the f.a. decision to pursue charges against him makes his position untenable he played seventy eight times for his country and was initially made capt

for me while over in england chelsea captain john terry has been handed a four much ban and find almost three hundred and fifty seven thousand dollars after the football association found the defendant guilty of misconduct following a race around the thirty one year old was cleared in court in july of racially abusing q.p.r. defender anton ferdinand after an exchange in rangers' one when i were nine man charles e. in a feisty west london davi at loftus road last october for former england skipper terry who won seventy eight caps over nine years has now retired from international duty after being stripped of his captaincy by the f.a. last february which also led to the resignation of then england manager fabio capello terry has fourteen days to appeal against the decision before any ban and fine can be enforced. well league leaders chelsea will go to austin on saturday for a lunch time london davi in the first of eight top flight matches both sides are unbeaten though the hosts are currently fifty four points adrift of their west london neighbors again as manager aston venga is wary of t

something happens to these guys when they leave new england.take tom brady with them. shannon: that's right. boomer: and number two, they're trying to do it like bill belichick and there's only one bill belichick. they have to become their own coach. shannon: the patriot way is tom brady. forget all the belichick and all that other stuff. the patriot way is tom brady. you get him, you win. period. james: dan, what's the deal with rodgers, brees, and tom brady? has the league figured them out? that's what the fan question is. dan: no. these guys are the elite as far as playing in the league. they've won super bowls. what can you say about rodgers? shannon: m.v.p.'s. dan: the saints, there's ban lot of pressure on him because the head coach is not there, sean payton. aaron rodgers -- bill: it's their defense. dan: yeah. tom brady last week got a lot of pressure from the cardinals as far as pass rush is concerned but all three of these guys will be fine but for drew brees, he's got to stop forcing things a little bit. james: coach was like what in

and big hitters luke wright schools number two to ninety nine is england begin their t twenty world cup defense with a one hundred sixteen run when i leave afghanistan. but starting with football f.c. krasnodar got game with night of the russian premier league off in style with an emphatic six one thrashing of mordovia on friday in fact both sides were suffering poor form of going into the game rather to. one in the previous five matches but this is one way traffic from start to finish strike your manager a brace after just half an hour make him the lead out right top scorer with eight goals more damage followed from defenders alexander martinovic chanteuse and anjelica which. have. finished the demolition in the ninetieth minute six one is how it ended in favor of the hopes. for more games are scheduled for saturday can move top of the league as they travel to volga in the days early kick off still struggling and still rock bottom. then it will be looking to bounce back from their surprise real champions league defeat at malaga when they take control yourself while the league surprise

we'll be talking about showers moving in towards boston, southeastern new england. saturday morning. you see some of that does trail all the way back across the mississippi and down to the eastern portions of texas, south eastern texas. thunderstorms will slow down some of your travel. dallas had some thunderstorms. still a chance today but it's shifting to the east and better chances through this afternoon. there's a look at the front tracking it off towards the east. behind it dealing with lots of sunshine, breezy conditions through north texas. also some breezy on shore conditions through florida. that will prompt chances for showers during the daytime. not expecting to see tropical development across the edge of the florida straits. some shower activity today certainly through southern sections of florida. couple separate batches of showers this morning. joplin, springfield and in the short term through south texas a few showers. some thunderstorm activity earlier this morning. that may help stabilize the atmosphere around san antonio. houston, galveston, corpus

so how much was badly hit by last august rioting that spread across england. four days of chaos also and looting. two years ago some violent attacks like this one that shocked the country thanks. fellow citizens movements take to the streets to restore order. with it one listen to call for families go find a much loved it said to hold. them on over take them. take the piss my i now know english and yet the righteous include people of racial origin africa asian and european. illegibly spontaneous citizens movements often being directed by the e.u. which decides to make a business. bison. boy wait for the place they will rise the place loss complete control of the streets at that point we're speaking to members of our community who are terrified in their houses because again houses again burn the place and place and. so on of mobilized. force the community to come out and defend the community to stop the looters to stop the burning and to confront the people who are destroying our country and. there was no strata city so when they come down and start attacking t

multi hundred year history as the bank of england mervyn king went so horribly discredited doesn't the end even the back of international settlements the central bank of central banks is waving their finger at these other central banks and saying you guys need to stop committing the fraud isn't that worrying john oh yes it's all fraud governments lie all the major statistics that it really is you know in the us obviously everybody knows about them or unemployment inflation numbers being distort and interest rates of the same thing you know that they're they're lying to us about the fundamental reality of the economy in order to be able to keep interest rates lower than they would be otherwise because you know the bond markets actually understood what was happening you'd see interest rates spike around the world. just because they are in the peripheral euro zone countries you know people are figuring out that spain and italy can't pay their bills but we in the u.s. are just as bad a shape except we've been able to to maintain the fiction. that we're in better shape than a lot of these o

and the big hits is the gripe school's an unbeaten ninety nine is england begin twenty world cup defense with a one hundred and sixteen runway in afghanistan. but starting with football webb sequined our game week nine of the russian permian and off in style with an emphatic six one thrashing of mordovia on friday if both sides were suffering poor form going into the game neither team had won in their previous five matches but this was one way traffic from start to finish crossing the ostreicher your dream of c.c.r. managed to brace after just half an hour making him the league's out right top scorer with eight goals more damage followed from the fenders alexander martin of it done to son angelica the company grow from proudest ignitor have. one discern finish the demolition in the ninetieth minute six one is how it finished for the hopes. for more games are scheduled for saturday says cox move top of the league as they travel to volga in the days of the cake off still struggling and still roadblocks in the nama call the eight will be looking to bounce back from a surprise three nil cham

on the sticky wicket england are bowled out for their lowest ever t twenty school as the defending world champions lose by ninety runs to india . but first former england football captain john terry has called time on his international career he informed three lions boss roy hodgson off his decision in a telephone call on sunday evening the thirty one year old faces a football association charge of using racist language against q.p.r. the friend i'm told ferdinand that disciplinary hearing takes place later on monday terry was cleared of racially abusing for a man in court in july and says the f.a.'s decision to pursue charges against him makes his position and i quote untenable he paid seventy eight times for his country and was initially made captain in two thousand and six. zero elsewhere in the english premier league manchester united manager sir alex ferguson admits his side put in a poor display spicing off rivals liverpool two wanted on field the home side playing a major part of the game with ten men off the jonjo shelvey saw red in the. brendan rodgers man did manage to open the