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no room for 99-cap david beckham in capello's first england squad... final preparations ahead of super bowl xlii - can tom brady and the patriots claim a perfect season..? and back to business in the bundesliga for bayern munich. soccer beckham former england captain david beckham has been left out of coach fabio capello's first england squad, putting the midfielder's chances of earning a 100th cap for his country in doubt. beckham has not played a competitive game since england's loss to croatia in november last year, a result that led to the sacking of former england boss steve mcclaren and the resultant hiring of capello. there have been concerns over the fitness of the 32-year-old beckham and his lack of competitive football which may have caused capello to ignore him for the friendly against switzerland next week. instead beckham has been making promotional trips to australia, asia and most recently to brazil, where he was asked about his chances of reaching three figures for england. soundbite: (english) "you cant get away from it, everyone is talking about...not just my 100th cap but obviously the new manager and who he is going to pick in the team and what is going to change. you know there needs to be changes but he is going to do what's best for the team and best for the country. he did that at real madrid when he was obviously manager there and he was successful. supercaption: david beckham, former england captain. capello also dropped beckham from that real madrid team when he was coach. the italian has, however, hinted that the door is not completely closed on beckham who would become just the fifth england footballer to reach 100 international caps. nfl super bowl *no access usa. with media commitments and promotional duties out of the way, the nfl's two best teams returned to the training field on wednesday for final preparations ahead of super bowl xlii (42). all the talk in the build-up to sunday's showdown between the new england patriots and the new york giants has been the patriots' chance to end the season undefeated - but away from the hype that accompanies america's biggest sporting occasion, it's back down to business for patriots coach bill belichick. soundbite: (english) "you know we're all looking forward to getting back on the field today. we had a good day over at the stadium yesterday, it's a beautiful facility and we're looking forward to being there sunday night. but we have a lot of work to do here today - in situational stuff, you know getting into the preparations for the giants on third down, two-minute, red-area, things like that, so we're looking forward to getting to work on that. we know we have a lot to do so hopefully we'll have a good morning here, the weather's good, have a good practice and keep getting ready for the giants." supercaption: bill belichick, new england patriots coach. standing in the way of the first perfect season since 1972, and the first team to go 19-and-0 in an nfl calendar, tom coughlin's new york giants. the giants are revelling in their underdog status, and hope eli manning can overshadow the patriots' tom brady and help new york throw up a huge upset. soccer bayern it's back to work this week for the stars of german soccer - and for bayern munich, the team with arguably the biggest stars in germany, there's plenty to prove after their end of year holidays. bayern's position at the top of the bundesliga belies an average end to last year. two goalless draws just enough to keep them ahead of chasers werder bremen and coach ottmar hitzfeld will be looking for more improvement after returning with a mid-week german cup win over third division wuppertal. soundbite: (german) "it was very important to learn from that match, what we can do better and what i did not like. and i talked to the team about that. it is very clear that every opponent is highly motivated against us, no matter if it is wuppertal or rostock or bremen. playing against bayern munich is always a special motivation. and we can't take things too easily and just try to dominate the opponent. we have to be more emotional and more motivated." supercaption: ottmar hitzfeld, bayern munich coach. off the pitch the six-week break saw news that hitzfeld will end his second spell in charge of bayern at the end of the season, to be replaced by jurgen klinsmann. however, bayern will be helped in their bundesliga, german cup and uefa cup campaigns after it was revealed that striker lukas podolski will now not be heading away from munich.