Terry Doubtful for France Clash

John Terry remains a doubt for England's Euro 2004 opener against France on Sunday - but David Beckham is back in training.

Terry, as expected, was the only absentee from England's first training session in Portugal this morning.

The Chelsea defender worked in an individual session with England physio Gary Lewin to try to ensure that his hamstring problem recovers in time for Sunday's clash.

Beckham, meanwhile, had an injection on Saturday to cure a cyst in his back after playing the opening 45 minutes of the 6-1 win over Iceland in Manchester.

The Real Madrid midfielder had been required to then rest up for two days but he flew out to Lisbon with his team-mates on Monday and was scheduled to take a full part in the session at the former national stadium.

He sustained the setback during the closing stages of last Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Japan and did not play any part in the victory over Iceland.

Jamie Carragher is on standby should Terry fail to prove his fitness to coach Sven-Goran Eriksson by the weekend.

FA spokesman Adrian Bevington said: "Everyone is fit and training in the first full session in Portugal apart from John Terry who will work with physio Gary Lewin towards playing at the weekend."

The temperature was already soaring into the eighties under blue skies when England began in earnest their countdown to the tournament in a stadium which has hosted several famous matches in the past.

It was the scene of Celtic's 1967 European Cup final triumph over Inter Milan and in 1946 England beat Portugal 10-0 at the same venue.