England manager Hodgson resigns after Euro 2016 exit

Roy Hodgson has quit as England manager.

England soccer coach Roy Hodgson resigned after a 2-1 defeat by Iceland saw his team knocked out of the European Championship at the round of 16 stage on Monday.

"My contract was always going to be up after this tournament. I would have loved to have stayed on another two years, but now it is time for someone else to take over this group of players," he told a news conference.

Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in world football history by beating England 2-1 and knocking them out of Euro 2016 at the last 16 stage.

Wayne Rooney put England ahead from the penalty spot inside five minutes, but within another 75 seconds Ragnar Sigurdsson had equalised and in the 18th minute Kolbeinn Sigthorsson gave the tiny Nordic nation a lead that they never relinquished.