The Three Lions entered the match off the back of a 1-2 loss to the Czech Republic on Friday, but Gareth Southgate’s side responded in impressive fashion to collect an important three points – meaning that they are now just one victory away from guaranteeing their spot in next summer’s tournament.
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The 22-year-old joined up with Gareth Southgate’s squad at St George’s Park on Monday after scoring his ninth goal in 11 games for Chelsea as the Blues eased to a 4-1 win over Southampton.
Fit-again Benfica defender Tyronne Ebuehi has been thrown an international lifeline after being handed a late-call up to the Nigeria squad to face Brazil in Singapore.
Sportsmail revealed on Tuesday how the Chelsea striker would accept Gareth Southgate’s call despite Nigeria’s efforts to persuade him to pledge his international future to the Super Eagles.
The 21-year-old, who is the Premier League’s joint leading scorer alongside Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero with seven goals, has two senior England caps to his name, won in friendlies against Germany and Brazil in 2017.
England’s serene progress towards Euro 2020 continued as skipper Harry Kane grabbed a hat-trick in a 4-0 demolition of Bulgaria in Group A at Wembley on Saturday.
Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard has withdrawn from the England squad and returned to his club due to illness.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, has called Bordeaux forward Josh Maja for the international friendly match against Ukraine billed for Dnipro Arena, Kyiv on September 10.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed but British media reported the transfer fee was in the region of 80 million pounds, making Maguire the most expensive defender in the world.
Their first choice would be to re-sign Kurt Zouma but, with the deal stalling, they are considering England Under-21 international Tomori instead.
Former England striker, Peter Crouch, announced on Friday his retirement from football after more than two decades as a professional.
There have been no black, Asian or minority ethnic referees in England’s top four divisions since Uriah Rennie retired in 2009.
Early goals from Kosovare Asllani and Sofia Jakobsson were enough to see off Phil Neville’s side.
Christen Press, in for the absent Megan Rapinoe, put the US ahead in the 10th minute with a fine header but the Lionesses fought back, levelling nine minutes later with Ellen White’s sixth goal of the tournament
The 21-year-old was set to see his previous deal at Old Trafford expire at the end of the 2019-20 campaign.
Fresh terms for the England international have been mooted for some time.
England manager, Phil Neville, has criticised the United States Soccer Federation for breaching etiquette by sending officials to the Lionesses’ hotel in Lyon.
England sent out a warning to their rivals as they stormed into the women’s World Cup semi-finals with an impressive 3-0 victory against Norway on Thursday.
It is the game which could easily have been the final of the Women’s World Cup — the defending champions and favorites, the US, against hosts France, seeking their first title.
Cameroon players reacted angrily as two key VAR decisions went in favour of England during their World Cup last 16 game in Valenciennes on Sunday.
Cameroon’s players made little effort to hide their rage against the Video Assistant Referee during their FIFA Women’s World Cup last 16 match against England on Sunday.