Wayne Rooney has been passed fit to play for England against Trinidad and Tobago this evening by independent medical advisors.

The England striker was today examined by Angus Wallace and Chris Moran, from the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, ahead of the World Cup Group B in Nuremberg.

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson had already claimed yesterday that Rooney is 'match-fit' and ready to return to action after six-and-a-half weeks out with a broken metatarsal.