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Jarell Quansah will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Latvia due to injury and the defender who did not play a part in England's 3-0 friendly win over Wales at Wembley will return to his club Bayer Leverkusen. England did not reveal the nature of his injury but the 22-year-old has returned to the Bundesliga club as a precaution. The former Liverpool defender has been a mainstay in Leverkusen's defence this season

Since winning the World Cup on home soil in 1966, England have only gone beyond the quarter-finals twice, finishing fourth both in Italy in 1990 and in Russia in 2018. In that time, they have gone out in the last eight at five tournaments, the last 16 twice and the group stage once (also second group stage in 1982), while failing to qualify on three occasions.

"We will arrive as underdogs in the World Cup because we haven't won it for decades, and we will play against teams who have repeatedly won it during that time, so we need to arrive as a team otherwise we have no chance," Tuchel said.

Though he admits his main goal is to play for England at the World Cup next year, Jack Grealish insists he is focused on Everton at the moment.

I love what Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke have been doing, Collymore said. I think I wrote in this column that I was a bit unsure about Madueke and whether he had the ability to step up, and Eze was obviously very late in the day, was touted to go to Spurs. But my word, I love wide men that go on the outside of a full-back five or six times a half, drive the opposition's back four back towards their own goal, whip it in, and then anything can happen.

It has been a South African summer at Lord's. After the World Test Championship triumph in June came a second to savour at the home of cricket: a tight five-run win under lights that sealed their first one-day international series victory on English soil for 27 years. For England it was another reminder of how far they have fallen since lifting the World Cup on this ground six years ago, this their fifth ODI series defeat from their last six.

The England-India epic that ended up like two weary prizefighters trading blows will live long in the memory, a 2-2 classic deserving immense credit for players on both sides.

Lucy Bronze epitomizes what it means to be a Lioness, battling through injury to secure England's victory in the Euro 2025 final against Spain, marking history in English football.

After defeats to Spain in the women's World Cup final in 2023 and the men's Euros final in 2024, Sarina Wiegman's team finally got the better of their rivals.

Spain have been on a tear through this tournament, but the last two knockout games were far from easy. Both Switzerland and Germany made them work for it.