Saturday sport: Ireland play Netherlands in final Euro qualifier, Irish provinces in URC action
Ireland manager Stephen Kenny says his players are well aware of the posed by the Netherlands ahead of this evening's game.
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Sterling left out of England squad for final Euro qualifiers
LONDON: Gareth Southgate said the door was still “100 percent” open for Raheem Sterling after leaving the Chelsea forward out of England’s squad for their final Euro 2024 qualifiers. Southgate, whose side are already assured of their place in the tournament in Germany next year, named a 25-man group on Thursday for a home match against Malta on November 17 and a trip to North Macedonia three days later. Sterling, who has 82 caps and 20 goals for England, has not played for the national team since last year’s World Cup in Qatar, where England reached the quarter-finals. “The door is 100 percent open not only for Raheem but for other players,” said Southgate. “There’s no doubt about that. “We don’t need to know about his quality, his personality.
Switzerland 0-4 England: Lionesses ease to victory in final Euro 2022 warm-up match in Zurich
Hosts England will head into Euro 2022 14 games unbeaten after the Lionesses defeated Switzerland 4-0 in Zurich to wrap up their warm-ups ahead of next week’s competition. The visitors were made to wait until 11 minutes into the second half to make the breakthrough, with Alessia Russo – handed a start in the absence of Ellen White – heading home from Rachel Daly’s cross.
Switzerland vs England: Ellen White returns to training ahead of Lionesses’ final Euro 2022 warm-up match
Ellen White is in contention for England’s final warm-up match against Switzerland tonight ahead of Euro 2022 after recovering from Covid-19. White was unable to take part in the Lionesses’ 5-1 victory over the Netherlands at Elland Road last week after testing positive for Covid-19 and was subsequently sent home. Ad/> She has since been able to rejoin the team and has made the trip to Zurich.