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Tuesday, 21 March 2017 :  Defoe, 34, is in line to win his 56th cap in Wednesday’s friendly at world champions Germany – more than three years after his last England outing. “I know how important it is to play for your country,” said the Sunderland forward on Monday. “Being …

Friday, 17 March 2017 :   The 34-year-old won the most recent of his 55 England caps against Chile in November 2013. Uncapped Southampton duo Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse are also selected, as is 19-year-old Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford. Gareth Southgate’s side face Germany away in a friendly on …

Thursday, 16 March 2017 :   The 19-year-old was initially expected to feature for the England Under-21 side in friendlies against Germany and Denmark next weekend. But with England forwards Harry Kane and Wayne Rooney both ruled out through injury, Rashford will be called up. England face Germany away in a …

Wednesday, 15 March 2017 :   The Premier League club had been confident the Belgium international would sign a new five-year deal thought to be worth around £140,000 a week. The 23-year-old’s agent, Mino Raiola, had said his client was “99.9%” certain to extend his stay at Goodison Park. However, Lukaku …

Saturday, 4 March 2017   Leeds United striker Chris Wood scored twice in a 3-1 win at Birmingham City on Friday that lifted them to within one point of third-placed Huddersfield Town in the Championship. Wood put Leeds ahead in the 14th minute and, after Craig Gardner equalised with a …

Tuesday, 30 August 2016   (Reuters) – Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has returned home to Argentina but remains doubtful for World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Venezuela with his club confirming the 29-year-old is struggling with a sore left hamstring. Messi played in Sunday’s 1-0 league win at Athletic Bilbao …

Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : Spain and Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata’s hamstring problem could leave him sidelined for several weeks after tests with the national team revealed he has a grade two tear. Morata had an MRI scan on Sunday after limping off during Chelsea’s 1-0 Premier League home defeat by …

I’m home in Manchester after an exam by club Drs. It’s a broken rib. Hurts, but I’m fine, fully focused on recovery. Thank you all! pic.twitter.com/uamK7xwo99 — Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) 29 September 2017 Saturday, 30 September 2017 :  Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has confirmed that he has cracked a …

Tuesday, 19 September 2017 :  Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has contacted Manchester United to ask them to stop the club’s fans singing a “racist” chant about Romelu Lukaku. It says the lyrics, about the size of the Belgium striker’s penis, are “offensive and discriminatory”. “Racist stereotypes are never acceptable, …

Friday, 8 September 2017 : Wilfried Bony says his two sons convinced him to return to Swansea City because the club is “like a family”. The Ivory Coast striker returned to the Liberty Stadium on deadline day for £12m after leaving for Manchester City in 2015 in a £28m deal. Bony …