England 3-1 Mexico: England fans gather at Wembley for the national's team first World Cup warm-up, against Group A side Mexico
The Mexico fans, here wearing lucha libre wrestler masks, will be looking forward to their team continuing their good form. Mexico open the World Cup against hosts South Africa.
Before kick-off, a Wembley groundsman inspects the pitch which has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks
Ledley King (top, far left) starts his first England match since 2007 with coach Fabio Capello's fielding an experimental starting XI
Mexico begin well with West Ham striker Guillermo Franco testing the England defence early on
England midfielder Steven Gerrard suffers from a nasty clash of heads and needs to adopt the 'Terry Butcher' look - unintentional World Cup flavour
England take the lead through the unlikely source of King, who nods in Peter Crouch's headed pass
England double their lead through Crouch who makes himself a nuisance on the line after Wayne Rooney's effort is palmed on to the bar by Oscar Perez
But on the stroke of half-time Franco pulls one back for Mexico - deserved goal for the visitors
But shortly after the interval Glen Johnson restores England's two-goal lead with a superb solo run and strike
England hold on to secure victory against an impressive Mexico side. Next for England are Japan in Austria on Sunday 30 May - Capello's final warm-up match
Argentina 5-0 Canada: A smiley Diego Maradona salutes the home fans ahead of his side's warm-up against Canada
Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins was on hand to sing the Canadian national anthem
But it is Argentina singing the right tune with Manchester City's Carlos Tevez scoring in their impressive win
Portugal 0-0 Cape Verde: Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal side suffer embarrassment against the team ranked 117th in the world
Australia 2-1 New Zealand: There was no love lost between the fierce rivals in a bruising encounter at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Everton's Australia midfielder Tim Cahill is seen here shown yellow following a foul on Leo Bertos who was stretchered off.
Japan 0-2 South Korea: Park Chu Young celebrates after scoring a tremendous solo goal in his side's win over fellow hopefuls Japan at the Saitama Stadium
South Africa 1-1 Bulgaria: Siyabonga Sangweni is lost in among his South Africa team-mates after scoring against Bulgaria who bounce back to draw in Soweto
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