England's new interim coach Lee Carsley has announced his squad ahead of fixtures against the Republic of Ireland and Finland. Speaking at his first press conference as interim manager, he said: "We've got some really exciting attacking players. It's great that we wanna be seen as an attacking team...
Former England defender Stuart Pearce is recovering in hospital in Canada after suffering a medical emergency while on a flight from the United States. Sky News
Sir Keir Starmer has chatted with schoolchildren in Kyiv on his first visit to the country since he became prime minister in July. On the visit he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign a new agreement which sets out co-operation between the countries that will stretch into the next century. One pupil asked Starmer to reveal his favourite football player, to which the Arsenal fan replied that it was Martin Γdegaard and that his "all-time favourite Arsenal player is Thierry Henry". Starmer also revealed that his favourite book is 'Roy of the Rovers', admitting all his books are about football. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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