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Luke Shaw’s new contract with Man Utd is a reward for his persistence and improvement

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When Luke Shaw lifted the Carabao Cup at Wembley recently, he wanted to savor the moment: it was the first time the 27-year-old had won a final since the age of eight. Shaw was second on penalties in the Euro 2020 final penalty shootout against England against Italy, just as he had been a few months earlier for United against Villarreal in Gdansk in the Europa League. Injury meant he missed the 2017 Europa League victory against Ajax and was not in the squad to win the 2017 Carabao Cup…

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Sarina Wegman selects the England women’s squad for the April internationals

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England have called up Aston Villa goalkeeper Hannah Hampton for the first time since Euro 2022 as part of Sarina Wiegmann’s 25-man squad for international matches in April. West Ham United defender Lucy Parker was called up after injury forced her to withdraw from the squad in October. Manchester City defender Esme Morgan returns after missing out on the Arnold Clarke Cup. Arsenal defender Lute Woopen Moye, Manchester United midfielder Katie Zelm and Houston forward Dash Ebony Salmon have all withdrawn. Everton goalkeeper Emily Ramsey is also absent due to…

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For England not to win Euro 2024 would be a failure – Harry Maguire

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Harry Maguire has suggested it would be a failure for England to fail to win Euro 2024 after the progress they have made in recent international tournaments. The Manchester United defender, 30, has appeared regularly at international level under manager Gareth Southgate, and participated in every match during last year’s World Cup in Qatar. Maguire, who was also among the England sides who reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2018 and the final of Euro 2020, said winning the European Championships in Germany next year would be the…

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Alfie Mawson: “The surgeon told me my career was over at the age of 18”

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When the truth came out, Alfie Mawson didn’t want her covered in sugar. After a career blighted by a meniscus problem in his right knee, he just wanted the facts, and telling them straight. And so he did his surgery. He said, “I could show your knee to 100 other knee surgeons, and they’d all say the same thing: You need to retire,” Mawson recalls. Just like that, Mawson’s career ended, at the age of 29. His final game for Wycombe Wanderers was against Ipswich Town in League One a…

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Kyle Walker will not face any further action for the alleged indecent exposure

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Kyle Walker will face no further action after Cheshire Police ended their investigation into the Manchester City defender’s impropriety in a pub. Cheshire Police said on Friday that the matter had been dealt with “out of court”. The Sun carried television footage as Walker, 32, appeared drunk and was seen exposing himself and kissing a woman in a pub in Manchester on March 8. Cheshire Police have launched investigations but issued the following statement on Friday: “On Wednesday 8th March, Cheshire Police were made aware of a video circulating on…

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England’s legacy continues at UEFA Euro 2022 as the UK government declares that schools must provide girls with equal opportunities to play football

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England Women’s legacy at Euro 2022 continued after the UK government declared that girls should be given equal opportunities to play football and other sports in schools. After the Lionesses’ historic home campaign last summer, Lotte Wubben-Moy led the all-23-man squad. Participate in signing a letter To then Prime Minister hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak demanding that all girls have access to football at school. Currently, only 67 per cent of all UK schools and only 41 per cent of secondary schools (ages 11-18) offer football on an equal…

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Jack Grealish trades Nike to Puma in long-term shoe deal

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Manchester City striker Jack Grealish has signed a new boot deal with athletic manufacturer Puma. Grealish, who became the most expensive British footballer ever last year when he joined Manchester City from Aston Villa for 100 million pounds in 2021, had previously worn Nike shoes on the field. But he was photographed wearing a black boot that made the Nike logo less visible during a Premier League match last month, and Puma has now confirmed a “long-term partnership” with the England international. The deal, which will see Grealish wear Puma…

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Sarina Wiegmann believes England women ‘should go further’ despite Arnold Clarke’s FA Cup win

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England Women’s manager Sarina Wegman has urged her team to keep improving despite their successful defense of the Arnold Clarke Cup. Wegman’s team beat Belgium 6-1 on Wednesday at Ashton Gate to claim three wins out of three in the invitational tournament. After the match, however, Wiegmann told reporters that it was “nice to win” the Arnold Clarke Cup but that England “must go further because the World Cup is going to be more difficult”. “Yes, it’s very nice to win, it was a good game with a lot of…

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Haiti joins England’s Women’s World Cup group after a historic play-off win

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Haiti will play in the Women’s World Cup for the first time after defeating Chile 2-1 in a play-off. Melchy Dumonay’s brace secured victory at Auckland’s North Harbor and a surprise place in this summer’s tournament for the world’s 55th-ranked team. Haiti will join England, Denmark and China in Group D at the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which starts on July 20. The European champions, led by Sarina Wegman, will be Haiti’s first opponent in the group on July 22 in Brisbane. Domonay opened the scoring…

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John Stones out for a month due to injury – Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed that defender John Stones faces up to a month away from the injury. Stones, 28, had to be replaced during City’s FA Cup fourth-round victory over Arsenal last Friday, and Guardiola later confirmed that the England international had injured a hamstring. Guardiola then gave an update on the Stones’ condition on Friday, ahead of City’s Premier League trip to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. “Three weeks, one month (out),” Guardiola confirmed. “Unfortunately, they (the Stones) will miss a lot of games. The managers complain…

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