"I spoke to the chairman and I told him that I don't think someone can be punished until it becomes official. The court will decide. It's going to be civil justice, not sports justice, to decide if John Terry committed the crime he is accused of. I thought it fair that John Terry keeps the captain's armband."

-- England coach Fabio Capello, who said the English FA had "absolutely not" made the correct decision when it stripped John Terry of the England captaincy because the defender goes on trial in July for an alleged racist slur against Anton Ferdinand during an English Premier League game. (Guardian)