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England manager Southgate insists Kyle Walker’s international career is not over despite omitting him for a third-successive squad. Southgate unveiled his 26-man squad with Kieran Trippier and Trent Alexander-Arnold the preferred options at right-back. As well as Walker, there was no place for Aston Villa’s in-form captain Jack Grealish or Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard.…
England fell to their first qualifying defeat in a decade as debutant Zdenek Ondrasek secured the Czech Republic a deserved victory against Gareth Southgate’s stuttering side. The Three Lions arrived in Prague knowing victory would assure progress to Euro 2020 with three matches to spare – and few expected anything other than an away win…
Beth Mead was gifted the only goal as England Women secured their first victory in six matches with a 1-0 friendly win in Portugal. Arsenal forward Mead pounced on a howler from Portugal goalkeeper Patricia Morais midway through the second half to clinch the Lionesses’ long-awaited win and ease the pressure on boss Phil Neville.…
Gareth Southgate insists his current England squad is selected purely on merit – with the likes of Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham called up as a host of big names missed out. The Three Lions face a Euro 2020 qualification double-header as they travel to take on the Czech Republic in Prague on October 11…
Harry Kane’s hat-trick in England’s 4-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win against Bulgaria on Saturday saw the striker take his international tally to 25. The Tottenham forward is the first player to score more than 23 goals in his opening 40 England appearances since Gary Lineker as he continues towards Wayne Rooney’s record tally of 53.…
Ian Wright believes the England Women’s team are “pioneers” for the sport ahead of the start of the Barclays Women’s Super League on Saturday. Two matches on the opening weekend, the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium and Chelsea against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge, have each sold over 40,000 tickets, with the latter completely sold…
Jodie Taylor believes England are playing their “best ever” football but the Lionesses forward thinks there is still room for improvement. England reached the World Cup semi-finals this summer but were held to a 3-3 draw by Belgium last week in their first match since the tournament in France. The performance led head coach Phil…
England are set to play their 2020 European Championships qualifying match against Bulgaria in front of a reduced crowd. Bulgaria have been hit with a partial stadium closure by UEFA after their supporters were found guilty of racist behaviour in their matches against Kosovo and the Czech Republic last month. The Bulgarian FA will be…
England were beaten 2-1 by the United States in their Women’s World Cup semi-final on Tuesday. Here, PA takes a game-by-game look back over the campaign for Phil Neville’s side. First group game, June 9: Won 2-1 v Scotland, Allianz Riviera Stadium, Nice Nikita Parris opened the scoring against Scotland (Richard Sellers/PA) England were given…
Aidy Boothroyd denied England Under-21s have delusions of grandeur following their Euro 2019 nightmare and promised a complete review. The Young Lions were dumped out of the tournament in the group stage following Friday’s 4-2 defeat to Romania in Cesena. James Maddison and Dean Henderson both claimed afterwards England were better than Romania and France…