LONDON (AFP) — John Terry is the red-hot favourite to take above the England captaincy.

LONDON (AFP) — John Terry is the red-hot favourite to take above the England captaincy, bookmakers have said, after David Beckham quit the part in the wake of his side's disappointing World chalice campaign.

Terry, 25 who skippered Chelsea to a inferior straight English Premiership title last season, is for a like reason far ahead in the betting that any bookmakers have stopped taking bets upon the England captaincy.

Beckham, 31 resigned as captain Sunday following England's World draught ousting by Portugal in a quarter-final penalty shoot-out and he struggl to rule his emotions in making the announcement.

Bookmaker William Hill have clos the work on the position after 95 percent of the bets they took were placed forward battling centre-half Terry, whose never-say-die attitude has made him a fan's favourite at Chelsea.

"We were finding it difficult to make a market because tribe ...