PARIS -- The Latest from soccers European Championship (all times local):---5:45 p.m.Roy Hodgson says he understands that there will be fierce criticism of England after its surprising 2-1 loss to Iceland in the round of 16.Hodgson, who quit as coach after Mondays defeat, said one particularly bad game has caused a lot of damage and that it could weigh on the team going forward.Theyve got a major bridge to repair, said Hodgson at a news conference called by Englands Football Association.He said he appeared before the press only because he didnt want to give the impression he was frightened to face the music.I have never run away from anybody, he said.The FAs CEO, Martin Glenn, didnt rule out a non-English manager to replace Hodgson, saying the organization would look to appoint the best person for the job.He also said England must fathom out why it has repeatedly underperformed in major tournaments since it won the World Cup in 1966.England seem brittle and we need to understand why that is, he said.---5:20 p.m.Roy Hodgson says hes having trouble digesting Englands exit to Iceland.Im very fragile today, Hodgson told a news conference, a day after the 2-1 defeat that prompted his resignation as coach of the national team. It wasnt a good night for anyone.He said he thought his post-match statement was sufficient, and that he wasnt sure why he had to appear again before the press on Tuesday.I dont really know what Im doing here, he said.I suppose someone has to stand and take the slings and arrows, he added in an apparent reference to one of William Shakespeares most famous lines.---3:50 p.m.Germany and a combined Nordic nations bid are possible candidates to host the 2024 European Championship.UEFA interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis says the contenders have expressed only unofficial interest for a contest that should be decided in 2018.Theodoridis says he has no indication yet over whether Turkey will bid. Turkey was edged by France for the hosting rights to Euro 2016 and declined an invitation to host Euro 2020 alone.Germany has focused on a 2024 bid, leaving England clear to host the semifinals and final of the multi-nation Euro 2020.The Nordic group of soccer federations from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden said in April they wanted to host the tournament either in 2024 or 2028. That bid would seek to stage events in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, too.---3:45 p.m.Belgium captain Eden Hazard was missing from Tuesdays training session as the squad prepared for its quarterfinal match against Wales at the European Championship.Coach Marc Wilmots did not appear overly concerned about the fitness of the playmaker, who was so impressive in Belgiums 4-0 victory over Hungary on Sunday.Eden felt a slight spasm in the quadriceps at halftime against Hungary, Wilmots said. He is now following an individual program ... and will be back again the day after tomorrow. He will be 100 percent, no problem.Defender Thomas Vermaelen was also absent from the session but he is suspended for Fridays match.---3:40 p.m.Germany coach Joachim Loew has paid tribute to Iceland for causing the biggest upset at Euro 2016 by eliminating England.Loew said Icelands 2-1 win over England on Monday was a big surprise for me.Loew heaped praise on Icelands co-coach Lars Lagerback, crediting the Swede with creating a very good defensive structure.I know that the team has been producing good performances for a long time in qualifying, Loew said at Germanys tournament base at Evian-les-Bains. How they played yesterday, going forward with confidence and courage, that was really class.Iceland, the smallest nation ever to play at the European Championship, will meet host France at the Stade de France on Sunday.Loew, meanwhile, is preparing his side to play old rival Italy in Saturdays quarterfinal in Bordeaux.---3:30 p.m.A prominent Russian politician has called for the countrys football team to be disbanded because of its European Championship failure -- even though Russia is hosting the World Cup in 2018.Dmitry Svishchev, who chairs the sports committee in the Russian parliament, says the entire squad needs to be disbanded because of laziness and should never be selected again, in comments reported by Russian state news agency Tass.Russia finished last in its group at Euro 2016, losing to Wales and Slovakia and drawing with England.Svishchev says Russia should start from scratch with a team of young players who are just starting their careers.Then, he says, we need to prepare for the 2018 World Cup ideologically and educate them in patriotism.---3:20 p.m.For England, the 2016 European Championship will be a tournament few will ever forget -- for all the wrong reasons.The tournament started with hooligans running amok in Marseille and ended with one of the national teams most humiliating defeats.The 2-1 loss to tiny Iceland in the round of 16 on Monday in Nice has prompted the usual questions back home.Are Englands footballers overly pampered-millionaires who lack patriotism? 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And indeed, Cummins is ready to play his first internationals in nearly 15 months, as part of Australias attack for the Chappell-Hadlee campaign against New Zealand. These three ODIs mark his international return from yet another long lay-off due to stress fractures of the back. At most, he will bowl 30 overs across six days with a white ball.And yet there are rumblings that he should be rushed back into the Test side, perhaps for Februarys tour of India, but maybe even in the pink-ball Test against Pakistan at the Gabba. On Inside Cricket this week, Brad Haddin was adamant that Cummins should be in contention for Brisbane if he came through the Chappell-Hadlee series fit and in form.If he gets through these three one-dayers ... traditionally these day-night games [Tests] havent been going five days and the quick bowlers might only have to bowl 16 overs in a day, Haddin said. If you use him right in a Test match, he only has to bowl four-over spells.Darren Berry, the former Victoria captain and ex-coach of South Australia, voiced a similar opinion on SEN radio on Friday morning: Surely he plays the three days and if hes up, and he fires, straight into the Brisbane Test.Notably, those who are closer to the Australia setup are more measured. National selector Mark Waugh, on the Inside Cricket panel alongside Haddin, said that while Cummins had performed well during the Matador Cup, and bowled at good pace in club cricket and two Futures League games this summer, he still had something to prove.Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves, lets just see him get through these three games, Waugh said. Look, Id love to pick him for Australia in Test match cricket, who wouldnt? But hes got to show that hes ready and hes fit.And captain Steven Smith, asked this week whether Cummins might be a chance for the Test tour of India in February-March, conceded that it was possible, but added hes obviously got to play some Shield cricket first and see how he goes. And heres the thing: Cummins hasnt played Shield cricket for a long time. A really, really long time. When Cummins last played a Sheffield Shield game, not only was Smith not yet the captain of Australia, Michael Clarke wasnt eitherr.dddddddddddd It was March 2011, and Ricky Ponting was leading Australia at the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.When Cummins last played a Shield game, Jackson Bird had not even made his first-class debut. Bird now has nearly 250 first-class wickets.When Cummins last played a Shield game, the Big Bash League didnt exist.In fact, since that time Cummins has played only five first-class matches. One was his memorable Test debut against South Africa in November 2011, when he took seven wickets and was Man of the Match in Johannesburg. Then came a bone stress injury in his foot. Then came stress fractures of the back.In mid-2013, he added two more first-class games for Australia A on a tour of Africa, before once again being sidelined by a back injury.In mid-2015, he was sent to England to replace the retired Ryan Harris in Australias Ashes squad, despite not having played a first-class game for two years. He played two first-class tour matches, and lo and behold, suffered another back injury.So long ago was his spectacular Test debut, and so often has he been in and out of Australias short-form squads since then, that it is easy to think Cummins is older and better prepared than is the case. In fact, he is still only 23 - still of an age where fast bowlers are susceptible to bone injuries - and in his entire career has played only eight first-class matches.Rushing him back for the Pakistan Tests - or even for the India tour, given he may have only one Shield game before the squad is chosen - would surely be a short-sighted selection. Does anyone really believe the dry pitches of India, where the fast men will toil long and hard for any reward, would be the smartest way to bring Cummins back?Its great to be back, Cummins said in Sydney on Friday, ahead of his ODI return. Longer-form cricket, Id say its pretty unlikely. I havent played first-class for a while. Certainly hopefully I can play some first-class this year. Im sure itd need to be Shield before I start thinking about anything else.Notably, Cummins also said that on this return from injury he felt more comfortable as he was not being rushed on to an Australian tour: Knowing I wasnt going to fly straight back onto the next tour and having to bowl as well as I was 12 months ago - just having a bit more time has made a big difference.It is exciting that Cummins will be back in Australian colours over the coming week. But back in Australian whites? How about getting him through half a Shield season first? If Australian cricket wants Cummins playing the long game, it may have to play the long game itself. ' ' '