Despite England's early exit, Roy Hodgson remains defiant and insists he is the right man for the job. He told our chief football writer Phil McNulty he had no regrets about his World Cup strategy.

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Hodgson said: "Results colour everything. We've worked so hard, done so much preparation for this tournament. We think we came here well prepared but we've failed.

"We obviously had really big hopes we were going to make the nation proud by going far in the tournament and we haven't done that, so any words on any other subjects are pretty empty at the moment."

Roy Hodgson will remain as England manager until 2016, says Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.

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Speaking before the team's elimination was confirmed, Dyke said: "I already see people asking the question, 'Will he stay?' The answer is 'yes'. There are a lot of young players who got blooded here and got into tournament football."

Hodgson was appointed shortly before Euro 2012, following Italian Fabio Capello's shock decision to quit.

Ex-England defender Rio Ferdinand on Twitter:, external Loads saying no pride, no passion....the boys didn't try, you saying? Rubbish. We just were not up to it. Nothing to do with pride and passion.

England midfielder Jack Wilshere on Twitter:, external Gutted doesn't come close to how I am feeling right now. Sorry to all the fans who came out and supported us, and everyone back home.

Costa Rica's win means England have been knocked out of the World Cup at the group phase for the first time since 1958.

It also means England's match against Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday is little more than a chance for the younger players to gain some more first-team experience.

Costa Rica coach Jorge Luiz Pinto said: "We knew we could make history and we have done that. It was a beautiful match and the people of Costa Rica deserve this day. They have supported the team and me and this was for them."

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Italy boss Cesare Prandelli said: "We came into this game with too slow a pace and Costa Rica were well-organised so our approach was not of the best."

Asked if he had a message for England, who had been relying on an Italian victory, Prandelli added: "I am terribly sorry, not just for the English but also for us as we wanted to win."

Analysis - BBC pundit Robbie Savage: "An unbelievable performance from Costa Rica. In every single department, they were better than Italy. Second balls, first into the tackle, a great goal and they should have had a penalty."

So England's World Cup dream has died, but few could have predicted the final blow.

With Roy Hodgson's side needing Italy to beat Costa Rica, Jorge Luis Pinto's team produced their second shock victory of this year's competition.

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Just after being denied what looked a clear penalty, Costa Rica went ahead as Fulham striker Bryan Ruiz scored the only goal of the game with a back-post header to spark crazy celebrations.

England may be out, but what an amazing World Cup this is.

Hello, good morning and thank you for joining us for another World Cup Sportsday.

We will have some more analysis on England's World Cup exit and look at what the future might hold for Roy Hodgson and the rest of the squad.

As always, we will review yesterday's matches and preview tonight's games, with Argentina and Germany among the teams in action.

Let's get down to business.

Think back to last Saturday.

Roy Hodgson's youthful squad were about to begin their World Cup campaign and optimism was rising.

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Would this be the tournament where Wayne Rooney or Steven Gerrard would finally shine? Would Daniel Sturridge be the star of the competition? No-one expected England to win it, but the quarter-finals and even semi-finals were mentioned as possible targets.

Less than a week later, those hopes have been smashed to pieces as reality has hit hard.

Played two. Lost two. Over and out.

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