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Euro 2024: Who will make Gareth Southgate’s England squad?
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England manager Gareth Southgate saw his reshuffled side earn a late draw against Belgium in their last match before he names his squad for the Euro 2024 finals.
The international break was the final opportunity for a number of players, not fully assured of their spot in Southgate’s 23-man choice, to stake their game.
With the Three Lions boss naming his preliminary squad on 21 May, here is a look at the players all-but in the squad, who is almost booked in, those who have work to do and ones with an outside chance of making it.
First though here is the 23-man squad I would pick.
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale, Sam Johnstone.
Defenders: Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Ezri Konsa, Joe Gomez, Luke Shaw.
Midfielders: Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, Jude Bellingham, James Maddison, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson.
Forwards: Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane, Phil Foden, Ivan Toney, Marcus Rashford, Jarrod Bowen, Anthony Gordon.
On the plane
Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale, Kyle Walker, Kieran Tripper, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, James Maddison, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane.
Southgate will hope Shaw recovers sufficiently from a serious muscle injury which makes his prospects somewhat doubtful as he is unlikely to play another club game for Manchester United this season.
It is a combination of trusted lieutenants such as Pickford, Walker and Stones combined with an array of outstanding talent such as Rice in midfield providing the base for the two superstars Bellingham and Kane further forward.
Almost there
Sam Johnstone, Joe Gomez, Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer, Anthony Gordon, Ivan Toney. Marcus Rashford.
Is Marcus Rashford suddenly facing a fight for his place in the Euro 2024 squad?
Manchester United’s forward is not the racing certainty he was not so long ago. He was only used for 15 minutes over the two friendlies against Brazil and Belgium but may make it based on his experience.
Crystal Palace keeper Johnstone would be third choice keeper behind Pickford and Aaron Ramsdale but he has a worrying elbow injury.
Mainoo is the “bolter” – the player who has come late to make a case to be in the Euro 2024 squad for Germany – and indeed a start given his performance in the 2-2 draw against Belgium. Newcastle United’s Gordon falls into the same category after impressing Southgate against Brazil.
Liverpool’s Gomez is an attractive proposition for his versatility along the defence.
Brentford’s Toney made a strong pitch to be Kane’s understudy ahead of Aston Villa’s Watkins with his all-round display against Belgium.
Work to do
Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Ezri Konsa, Marc Guehi, Jordan Henderson, Kalvin Phillips, Jarrod Bowen, Jack Grealish, Conor Gallagher, Ollie Watkins. Cole Palmer.
Veteran Henderson will be relying on Southgate’s loyalty and need for experience and may get in while Phillips has more or less disappeared off the radar for now as he struggles on loan for West Ham United.
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen was excellent against Belgium but can he force his way in among some heavy competition? He has certainly given Gareth Southgate real food for thought. He could not have done more.
It was a difficult international break for Brighton’s Dunk, who made mistakes that led to goals against both Brazil and Belgium. He may now be out of contention while Chelsea left-back Chilwell also struggled. Crystal Palace defender Guehi would be a strong contender but is another struggling with injury.
Cole Palmer will hope to be rewarded for an outstanding season at Chelsea following his move from Manchester City – but there is a real fight for places in that area.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins may also feel concern that he has been overtaken by Ivan Toney in that battle as Kane’s deputy.
Manchester City’s Grealish would have been an automatic squad choice not so long ago but he has been dogged by injury problems and faces a battle to recover before he can even press his claims again.
Outside chance
Jack Butland. Fikayo Tomori. Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Jarrad Branthwaite. Eberechi Eze.
This small group is relying on injuries to make Euro 2024 – little or no chance in reality.
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US Open women’s final 2024: Aryna Sabalenka holds off Jessica Pegula to win third Grand Slam title
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After losing to Gauff in last year’s final, a tearful Sabalenka admitted she had struggled to deal with the crowd, later saying the noise was so loud it “blocked my ears”.
The atmosphere was no different this time around, with Pegula receiving the majority of the support from the packed 23,000-seater stadium.
There were times when Sabalenka looked like the occasion would again get the better of her as she hit 34 unforced errors and five double faults.
Once the type of player who failed to keep her emotions in check, she has taken active steps to strengthen her mentality, including working with a psychologist, to become one of the most consistent competitors on the WTA Tour.
With injuries disrupting her season – she struggled with a stomach problem at the French Open before a shoulder issue ruled her out of Wimbledon – Sabalenka has got back on track with successive titles after beating Pegula in the final of last month’s Cincinnati Open.
“I wish she would have at least let me get one set. We had a tough match in Cincinnati a few weeks ago and she’s one of the best in the world,” Pegula said.
“She’s super powerful and isn’t going to give you anything, she can take the racquet out of your hand.”
Sabalenka’s victory in New York sees her become the first player to win both hard-court Slams in the same year since Angelique Kerber in 2016.
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Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: What BBC Radio 5 Live saw in Lee Carsley’s first game
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Ian Dennis
Even before we had gone live on air for 5 Live, it was noticeable how involved Lee Carsley was with the warm-up.
The interim head coach even placed the red and white cones out in the England half of the field.
He was waiting on the pitch as a solitary figure before the players came out to warm up.
Carsley was actively involved along with his assistants Ashley Cole and Joleon Lescott. It’s a significant change in approach to that of Gareth Southgate or previous managers.
I even remember Fabio Capello, when he was England head coach, watching intently from the sidelines along with his assistant Franco Baldini – but they would study and monitor the opposition.
Carsley was purely focused on his England players and looked comfortable as a tracksuit manager.
John Murray
If you were looking for a different approach from Lee Carsley, it was there right from the start. There was an initial mis-step when he turned right to the home dugout when he first walked down the tunnel, but it was a tracksuited Carsley who laid out the balls and the cones and oversaw the whole of the warm-up.
It served to underline how he wishes to be seen very much as the head coach. And if England replicate the first-half performance, he will not be interim for too much longer.
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Paris 2024 Paralympics: Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw win trio of golds for GB
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Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw won gold medals on Saturday morning at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, taking Great Britain’s tally to 45.
Graham, 24, won the men’s C1-3 road race, while Wiggs, 44, was victorious in the women’s VL2 200m Va’a Single final.
Henshaw, 37, continued GB’s Para-canoe success, winning the women’s VL3 Single final, where there was also a silver medal for Hope Gordon. David Phillipson took silver in the men’s KL2 Single final.
Daniel Powell has guaranteed himself at least a silver medal in the men’s -90kg men’s J1 judo.
In Para-equestrian, Sophie Wells won the bronze medal in the Grade V individual freestyle event.
Great Britain now have a total of 106 medals at the Paralympics, including those 45 golds. Only China, with 85 golds and 195 total medals, have more.
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