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England centre-back Gary Cahill said playing in his first major tournament for the Three Lions will be 'huge'. England begin their World Cup campaign against Italy on Saturday (KO 23:00 BST) at the Arena Amazônia in Manaus, before playing Uruguay and Costa Rica.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Gary Cahill, England defender (on playing at a World Cup):

"For me it's huge. Selfishly, I missed out last time [at Euro 2012], it's my first major tournament with England so I can't wait to get started. Obviously I'm privileged to be a part of it and just really, really looking forward to it. As you said, the blow at the Euros was huge for me at the time just before we were about to leave for the tournament so you know, so hopefully I can be a big part of things this time around."