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England 2006: The Golden Generation – watch trailer for documentary

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The summer of 2006 was meant to be England’s moment.

With David Beckham as captain, Wayne Rooney the prodigious young star, Rio Ferdinand anchoring a world-class defence and Sven-Goran Eriksson leading England into his third major tournament, belief was everywhere.

In an era when celebrity culture was exploding, the hype was relentless. From packed pubs to front page headlines, the tournament became a shared national obsession.

So why did England’s World Cup dream end in on-field agony and off-field acrimony?

Watch England 2006: The Golden Generation from Monday, 11 May on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

Available to UK users only.

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Giants to acquire QB J.J. McCarthy from Vikings for 2027 fifth-round pick

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The Giants have been looking to bolster their quarterback room since losing starter Jaxson Dart for the season to a knee injury.

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Sixers' LeBron James, 'living in the moment,' squashes retirement talk

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Speaking to the media for the first time as a 76er, James said to discuss the future ‘wouldn’t be giving myself grace.’

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Ronnie O’Sullivan loses to Jiang Jun in Shenzhen Open second round

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Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, world number one Zhao Xintong and defending champion Mark Williams were knocked out on the opening day of the Shenzhen Open.

China’s Jiang Jun, who is 64th in the world rankings, took the opening two frames before England’s O’Sullivan levelled with breaks of 92 and 52.

Jiang reeled off the next three frames, sealing a famous 5-2 second-round win with a superb break of 108 to set up a meeting with Englishman Zak Surety.

Scott Donaldson stunned 2025 world champion Zhao by winning a final-frame decider.

Scotland’s Donaldson, who is 65 places below Zhao in the rankings, compiled breaks of 77, 105, 50 and 62 as he came from 3-2 down.

Donaldson will take on China’s Pang Junxu in round three.

Welshman Williams lost 5-4 to China’s Fan Zhengyi after fouling on the final pink.

England’s Judd Trump cruised to a 5-0 win over China’s Huang Jiahao and goes into the last 16 after Anthony McGill, his scheduled third-round opponent, withdrew on medical grounds.

In Monday’s other second-round encounters, Australia’s Neil Robertson beat China’s Liu Hongyu 5-2, England’s Chris Wakelin claimed a 5-3 win over Welshman Liam Davies and China’s Si Jiahui swept to a 5-1 success against England’s Oliver Lines.

Belgium’s Ben Mertens also progressed as Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen withdrew for personal reasons.

Wales’ Jamie Clarke, England’s Andrew Higginson, Hong Kong’s Marco Fu and England’s Sam Craigie progressed in the first-round matches that took place on Monday.

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