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London, March 17 (Ians) England coach Gareth Southgate has made several changes to his squad for their Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Italy and Ukraine later this month.

Brentford striker Ivan Toney is rewarded for an excellent season that has seen him score 17 goals, while Chelsea full backs Ben Chilwell and Reece James are also included after having missed out on last year’s FIFA World Cup due to injury.

However, there is no place for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Coady, Ben White or Callum Wilson, who were all present at the World Cup, while Raheem Sterling misses out through injury, a Xinhua report said.

Toney’s inclusion comes despite facing charges of breaching rules on betting, which could lead to him receiving a lengthy ban, but Southgate backed the powerful striker.

“He’s available for his club. There hasn’t been a trial or a judgement yet, so I don’t know...

London, Sep 15 (Ians) England coach Gareth Southgate has called Brentford striker Ivan Toney into his squad for the forthcoming UEFA Nations League games against Italy and Germany.

However, there is no place for Manchester United duo of Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho just two months away from the start of the World Cup.

Southgate’s final squad before naming players who will go to Qatar is always going to be looked at with extra interest. Although Rashford is suffering from a slight injury, Sancho’s place on the plane must now be in serious doubt, reports Xinhua.

26-year-old Toney gets his chance after scoring 17 Premier League goals and giving six assists in just over a season with Brentford. He is an effective penalty taker and also a threat in the air and set-pieces.

Southgate’s 28-man squad sees a return for Tottenham’s Eric Dier, who has not featured since...

London, Sep 13 (Ians) Manchester City have been given a huge boost ahead of the coming Champions League games against Dortmund, with John Stones returning to training on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola’s side host Dortmund on September 14 on Match Day 2 of the Champions League campaign, and will be hoping to make it two wins from two in the competition.

Manchester City coach Guardiola confirmed on Tuesday that John Stones is fit and ready to play against Borussia Dortmund. The England international picked up a minor injury away to Aston Villa and missed the trip to Sevilla last week. But he is back and training and available for Wednesday’s game — though Kyle Walker remains sidelined.

“John is training, but Kyle isn’t. John is fit and good,” Guardiola told the official website of Manchester City.

There was more good news earlier this week with the return of Aymeric Laporte, who returned to full training.

London, May 25 (Ians) Ben White, Ben Godfrey and Aaron Ramsdale received their first England call-ups as Gareth Southgate selected Trent Alexander-Arnold among four right-backs in his provisional European Championship squad.

With the Three Lions dealing with issues such as injuries and European (Champions League) final absentees, the Football Association confirmed a larger provisional squad would be announced on Tuesday rather than the definitive group, Dpa reports.

Southgate has named a 33-man party that will be trimmed down to 26 players on June 1, allowing him to include injury doubts such as Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson and Kalvin Phillips.

Speaking about his decision to name a 33-member squad, Southgate explained: "I think our situation is more complicated than any other country at the moment.

"We have known for a while that we have of this 33, 12 players still to play in European finals this week so we were always going to need some additional...

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