England coach Fabio Capello has made several surprise selections in his preliminary 30-man World Cup squad.

Uncapped duo Adam Johnson and Michael Dawson are in, along with Dawson's Tottenham team-mate Tom Huddlestone.

Jamie Carragher comes out of international retirement, while fellow defender Ledley King and the injured Gareth Barry have also been picked.

Scott Parker, Stephen Warnock and Darren Bent are chosen, with the final 23-man squad to be announced by 1 June.

Goalkeepers:
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.

Defenders:
Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.

Midfielders:
Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Forwards:
Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

West Ham United have, as expected, parted company with manager Gianfranco Zola.

The Hammers have confirmed that they have sacked the Italian, following a meeting on Tuesday.

It comes as little surprise, as he has been at loggerheads with new owners David Sullivan and David Gold almost since the day they took charge at Upton Park in January.

Zola was popular both with the players and fans at West Ham, but despite guiding them to Premier League safety his tenure has ended less than 12-months after he took charge at the club.

The club confirmed Zola's exit in a statement, saying: "West Ham United confirm that they have terminated the contract of Gianfranco Zola.

"The Board of Directors would like to thank him for his contribution and wish him well for the future. The club will now be focusing its efforts on seeking a replacement.

"The club will be making no further comment on this matter."

The controversial 'Capello Index' project has been shelved until after the World Cup after it caused a storm in the press.

England coach Fabio Capello sparked controversy by putting his name to the project on Monday, just 24 hours before he was due to name his provisional 30-man squad for this summer's World Cup.

The site intended to use the 'Capello Index' to provide performance data on all players within two hours of games ending in South Africa.

It was feared the ratings could cause disharmony in the England camp at the World Cup and the FA was looking into Capello's involvement in the scheme.

And, after a meeting between Capello and senior FA staff on Tuesday morning, the launch will be suspended until after England's bid for glory in South Africa is over.

"Fabio Capello's involvement has been purely as a technical expert to establish statistical criteria for the Index," a spokesman for Capello outlined.

"He has not been directly involved in the online gaming element of the site.

"However, he wants to ensure that all appropriate protocols are in place before the project proceeds and has therefore decided today to postpone it."

Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs insists the club's over-reliance on Wayne Rooney cost them the Premier League title this season.

Although Rooney has been inspirational for the Red Devils this term with 26 Premier League goals from just 32 appearances, United missed out on title glory.

Chelsea, who scored 17 more league goals than Sir Alex Ferguson's men, clinched the top spot on Sunday with a crushing 8-0 success over 10-man Wigan.

While Giggs is against picking the bones from United's fine campaign, he believes that if one area needs improving it is that they must find more goalscorers.

The Welsh wizard has been enthused by the club's improved defensive form, but feels following the losses of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez that they need more threats in front of goal.

"If you had to say one thing, you'd probably say we can't rely on Wayne next season like we did this one," Giggs told the Daily Mirror.

"We need to be scoring more goals from different areas and from different players, even though as a team we scored more than we did last season.

"We were also better defensively this season than last, but we can't rely on Wayne as much as we have done this season in terms of goals.

"On Sunday against Stoke we started full of hope, then came in at half-time and found out Chelsea were 2-0 up and Wigan were down to 10 men.

"We knew then it was over and, to be honest, we didn't want to go out for the second half. You just want to go home in that situation."