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Barshim and Stefanidi to Soar in Florence in June Hassan and QAF Finalises Kipyegon in 1500M Preparations for Worldathletics

Barshim and Stefanidi to Soar in Florence in June Hassan and QAF Finalises Kipyegon in 1500M Preparations for Worldathletics

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The Total CAF Super Cup 2020 Local Organising Com- mittee (LOC) has announced that tickets for the match are on sale on the website of Football Association (QFA) for 30% of the capacity of the Jas- sim bin Hamad Stadium, the venue for the showdown. The Local Organizing Committee has set a unified ticket price of QR50 with a minimum of one ticket and a maximum of four allowed for each booking. Bookings can be made by following the ticket- ing process instructions and purchasing through the fol- lowing link: tickets.qfa.qa The Total CAF Super Cup 2020 match will be the 29th edition of the game, bring- ing together ’s Members of the Moroccan club RS Berkane – the Total CAF Confederations Cup champions (left) and Egypt’s Al Ahly – the Total CAF Champions League winner (right) on their arrival at the Hamad International Airport – the Total CAF Champions in Doha on Tuesday and Monday respectively for the Total CAF Super Cup to be played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Friday. League winner, and the Mo- roccan club RS Berkane – the measures, the stadium’s ca- tendance, the LOC and MOPH in the last 9 months (after Au- tative measures outlined by were won by Egyptian team 2014 when they beat Tuni- Total CAF Confederations Cup pacity has been restricted to have stipulated that only two gust 28, 2020). The second cat- the MOPH. SC and Moroccan sian side CS Sfaxien. Berkane, champions. 30% to prevent the spread of categories of fans (12 years or egory is the recovered individu- This is the third year in a side Raja Casablanca. meanwhile, are appearing in The match at Jassim Bin COVID-19. Only fully vacci- older) who can purchase tick- als who have recovered in the row that Doha has hosted the The runners-up on both their first Super Cup. Hamad Stadium on Friday nated people and those who ets to attend the event. last 9 months with last day of Total CAF Super Cup as part occasions were Tunisian side Al Ahly qualified for the (May 28) will kick-off at 7pm recovered from COVID-19 in The first category is the ful- recovery 21 days before match of a collaboration between the Esperance Sportive de Tunis. Super Cup after defeating (6pm and 5pm Casa- the last nine months will be ly vaccinated individuals given day (Recovery Period: August Qatar Football Association Al Ahly are the Total CAF Zamalek in the Champions blanca time). permitted to attend the match. that the second shot latest date 28, 2020 to May 7, 2021). and the Confederation of Afri- Super Cup record holders hav- League final, while Berkane In line with Qatar’s Minis- To ensure the safety and is May 14, 2021, and that the All spectators and organis- can Football (CAF). ing claimed the title six times, defeated Pyramids FC in the try of Public Health (MOPH) well being of everyone in at- vaccine must have been taken ers must adhere to the preven- The previous two editions the latest of which came in Confederations Cup. Barshim and Stefanidi to soar in in June Hassan and QAF finalises Kipyegon in 1500m preparations for Worldathletics

Two-time world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim and Olympic gold med- allist are Doha 2021 also among the latest athletes announced for the QNA Golden Gala Pietro Men- Doha nea, a Wanda Diamond League meeting, on 10th June. Preparations continue Double world champion at Qatar Athletics Federa- Sifan Hassan and Olympic Olympic pole vault gold medallist tion (QAF) to host the second gold medallist Faith Kipyegon Katerina Stefanidi. round of Wanda Diamond will go head-to-head over League Doha 2021 at the Su- 1500m as they look to fly high record-holder Roberta Bruni. haim Bin Hamad Stadium at in Florence, . Athletes previously an- Qatar on Friday. Hassan opened her nounced for the meeting The event will see the par- with a 14:35.34 5000m and include Malaika Mihambo, ticipation of an elite of stars 2:01.54 800m in the USA ear- Twice high jump world champion and Olympic medallist Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar. Ivana Spanovic, Maryna and legends, who will have lier this month and in Italy she Bekh-Romanchuk, Caterine fierce competitions to qualify will race over the distance at Kenya’s world 3000m steeple- in 2014 and in Florence this year. Ibarguen, Khaddi Sagnia and for the upcoming Olympic which she set the meeting re- chase record-holder Beatrice he will take on local favourite The women’s pole vault Larissa Iapichino in the wom- Games in Tokyo. Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba will cord of 3:56.22 in 2017. Chepkoech, who improved the Gianmarco Tamberi, who set will see Stefanidi, who cleared en’s . The men’s shot Manager of the Tourna- be seen in action in the men’s The Dutch world 1500m world 5km record in February, the Italian record of 2.39m 4.80m to win at the USATF put includes Tom Walsh, To- ment and Board Member of 400m hurdles. and 5000m gold medallist and Britain’s European 1500m in 2016, as well as European Golden Games earlier this mas Stanek, Leonardo Fabbri, the Qatar Athletics Federation will face Kenya’s 2017 world champion Laura Muir. indoor champion Maksim month, go up against world Michal Haratyk and Konrad Khalid Rashid Al Marri noted tional record holder in the 1500m champion Kipyegon, Barshim set the men’s pole Nedasekau and world bronze champion , Bukowiecki. that the Qatari athletics team 3000m SC courtesy of her who claimed 2019 world silver vault meeting record of 2.41m medallist Ilya Ivanyuk, who European indoor champion A total of 1000 spectators will participate in eight races World Championships bronze behind Hassan in Doha, plus when the event was held in have both set PBs of 2.37m and Italian will be able to attend the event. and two competitions. medal-winning performance He noted that the Qatari in 2019 (9:03.30). She raced team will participate in the extensively throughout the high jump with world cham- 2021 indoor season and pion Mutaz Essa Barshim, and opened her outdoor season Champions League final in Porto allowed to host 16,500 fans in hammer throw with Ashraf with a 2:05.76 800m in Ger- Amjad Al Saifi. many on 21 May. She will DPA final was supposed to take Among the most promi- compete in her first 3000m place in , but was nent participations in Doha SC of the year in Doha as she moved to Porto, ’s will be the participation of prepares for her third Olympic European football rul- port city due to coronavirus Kenyan runner Beatrice Chep- Games this summer. ing body UEFA has said that travel restrictions. koech, the world champion in Chepkoech, who finished 16,500 spectators will be al- was added to Brit- the 3000-meter hurdles and third over 3000m in the 2020 lowed into the Estadio do ain’s “red list” for travel be- world record holder, along Wanda Doha Diamond League, Dragao in Porto for the Cham- cause of the high coronavirus with the American Emma Co- said: “I’m looking forward to pions League final between infections numbers. burn and the German Gesa competing in Doha. It’s the City and Chelsea That means those return- Felicitas Krause, who finished place where I became World on Saturday. ing to the country must face second and third respectively Champion. 2021 is a special UEFA said on Tuesday a 10-day hotel quarantine pe- in the last World Champion- year with the Olympics coming that Portuguese authori- riod on their return. ship held in Qatar in 2019. up and I would like to start my ties have confirmed that 33 It’s the second consecu- Chepkoech has already en- outdoor season in a nice way.” per cent of the 50,033 seats tive year Istanbul has been joyed success this year, most The Doha Round enjoys a may be used to welcome fans unable to host the showpiece notably when achieving a 5k large participation of the stars in the final and still comply as planned due to the global (road) world record in the game and unprecedented with pandemic social-dis- health crisis, with Portugal (14:43) and an indoor person- global and local media cover- tancing guidelines. stepping in. al best for 3000m (8:31.72), age every year, due to the great Both City and Chelsea had Last season, staged both in February. Her 3000m facilities provided by the organ- an allocation of 6,000 tick- a mini- culminat- SC world record, also achieved izing committee of the tour- ets reserved for their fans, ing in a closed door final when in Monaco (2018), is an in- nament, and constant keen- UEFA said. Bayern defeated Paris credible 8:44.32. ness on attracting more world The Champions League The Estadio do Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, which will host the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday. Saint-Germain. Krause is the German na- champions to come to Doha. Sports Wednesday, May 26, 2021 13

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL Villarreal seek first glory against veterans United DPA Berlin

The contrast in Wednesday’s Europa League final could hardly be greater when Man- chester United - three times continental kings - take on a Villarreal side looking to win the first major honour in their history. But Yellow Submarine (L to R) Manchester United’s Ivorian defender , Uruguayan coach , who has forward and Swedish defender Victor Lindelof attend lifted the same trophy three a training session on the eve of the UEFA Europa League final agianst times already with Sevilla, Villarreal CF in Gdansk, , on Tuesday. (AFP) knows all about winning the competition while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is yet to taste suc- cess as United manager. Maguire skips “It’s going to be special,” said Solskjaer of Wednes- day’s final in Gdansk, Poland. “You’ve got to be proud to training, set to be able to lead a Manchester United team out to a final. “This is just a step on the miss final road to bringing our Man- chester United back.” Solsk- DPA named in ’s provision- jaer famously grabbed the Gdansk (Poland) al 33-man squad for the - last-gasp winner when United pean Championship earlier in defeated Bayern Munich in sat out train- the day, headed to the dugout the 1999 Champions League ing on the eve of the Europa rather than the pitch as his final but time has moved on Villarreal’s players during a training session on the eve of the UEFA Europa League final Manchester United in Gdansk, Poland, on Tuesday.( AFP) League final as faint hopes team-mates started training. from that success-heavy era at of the Manchester United Solskjaer went over to . leading the side out him 15 minutes into the ses- United have not lifted any Manchester United have not won anything in Europa League finals since 2000 against Villarreal were all but sion, before the United boss silverware since Jose Mour- four years – Villarreal have not won anything, ever. List of Europa League/UEFA Cup finals, 2008: Zenit St Petersburg 2 Rangers 0 extinguished. returned to the main group as inho completed a League Who will triumph in the Europa League final? played on a home and away basis until 1997 2009: Shakhtar 2 Werder Bremen 1 The 28-year-old centre- a forlorn Maguire watched on. Cup/Europa League double and as a single final from 1998 onwards. The after extra-time back sustained ankle ligament The decision on Maguire in 2017 and Solskjaer is just competition was renamed the Europa League 2010: Atletico 2 Fulham 1 after extra-time damage 16 days ago when may be taken out of Solskjaer’s the latest boss charged with pick Dean Hen- year history. at the start of the 2009/10 season. 2011: Porto 1 Braga 0 Aston Villa’s hands, but he has some other bringing back the glory days derson and usual “We deserve to 2012: Atletico Madrid 3 0 awkwardly landed on him. big decisions to mull over such 2000: Galatasaray 0 Arsenal 0 Galatasaray win 2013: Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 of . cup keeper David play this final and 4-1 on penalties 2014: Sevilla 0 Benfica 0 Sevilla win 4-2 on Manager Ole Gunnar Sol- as whether to start David De “This game’s important for de Gea. we will put on our 2001: 5 Alaves 4 Golden Goal penalties skjaer had initially been up- Gea or be- us,” said United striker Mar- United are al- best performance,” 2002: 3 Borussia 2 2015: Sevilla 3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 beat about Maguire returning tween the sticks. cus Rashford. “We’re so close ready in the Cham- said Emery, who 2003: Porto 3 Celtic 2 after extra-time 2016: Sevilla 3 Liverpool 1 to skipper the side in Wednes- “It’s always difficult to to being a team that can com- pions League next promised his team 2004: 2 Olympique 0 2017: Manchester United 2 Ajax 0 day’s final in Gdansk, only for leave players out but it’s pete and win every season having fin- would “show we want 2005: CSKA 3 Sporting Lisbon 1 2018: Atletico Madrid 3 Olympique Marseille 0 that positivity to wane last throughout the whole season,” single season. ished second domesti- to fight against Man- 2006: Sevilla 4 Middlesbrough 0 2019: Chelsea 4 Arsenal 1 week despite the defender the United boss said. “Maybe winning this ti- cally but a spot in the chester United for this 2007: Sevilla 2 Espanyol 2 Sevilla win 3-1 on 2020: Sevilla 3 Inter 2 coming off his crutches. “A final is a reward for tle, this Europa League, can elite competition is fur- title.” Veteran Raul Albi- penalties 2021: Villarreal v Manchester United. But the centre-back’s place what you’ve done the whole give us that little push that ther incentive for Villar- ol is key to their defence, in the 26-man squad travelling season, then if there’s a doubt we need.” Solskjaer has ad- real, who were seventh as is the younger Pau larreal, who only reached the Should they win the tro- to Poland provided renewed between a couple it’s the form mitted influential defender in . Torres - who reportedly top-flight in 1998 and had phy, 2,000 of their fans will hope, so too Solskjaer’s sugges- in the latter stages, of course. Harry Maguire is unlikely to But that would has United among his never even reached a final be in Poland to see it amid tion he would make a late bid to “But we’ll enjoy the last recover from injury to part- very much be the many transfer suitors. before - losing five previous the coronavirus pandemic be involved against Villarreal. session and the players will get ner Victor Lindelof in defence cherry on the cake of Torres called the semi-finals in various compe- with capacity capped at less “Harry is just going to jog the team tomorrow.” Solskjaer while he also faces a dilemma winning a first major final “a historic op- titions before edging out Arse- than 10,000 in the Gdansk’s up and down the sideline, I is looking to lead United to in goals between recent first trophy in their 98- portunity” for Vil- nal over two legs this time. . reckon,” the United boss said glory 22 years to the day since in his pre-match press confer- he struck to complete the tre- ence on Tuesday. ble with a last-gasp winner “He’ll probably try to join in against Bayern Munich in the (training) a little, but apart from Champions League final. that we’re looking quite good.” Alex Ferguson was in the Man Utd are not the favourites, says Forlan Yet within an hour it was clear hotseat that night and trav- that Maguire would be taking no elled with the squad to Poland, DPA rating what Villarreal history beat Alaves 5-4 in the 2000-01 part in Tuesday’s session. while May 26 is also the birth- Gdansk (Poland) has. It is a team who always UEFA Cup - seeing the LaLiga The defender, who was day of the late . compete very well. They play side come out on top. Manchester United are very good football and they Emery was in charge for not favourites against Villarre- can hurt Manchester United.” one of those nine, overseeing al in a “50-50” Europa League Forlan left United for Vil- a Europa League final victory final, according to Diego For- larreal in 2004 and featured against Liverpool with Sevilla Ferguson joins Man Utd lan, who played for both clubs. against the Old Trafford outfit in 2015-16. United face the side when the sides met for the first “[Emery] is a very experi- in Gdansk on Wednesday as time in September 2005. enced coach,” Forlan added. squad on flight to Gdansk manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer He was absent for the re- “He has been coaching many ANI der Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. aims to get his hands on a first turn match two months later, years. He has won the Europa Solskjaer has played under piece of silverware in the role. however, and had left before League and was also in the Alex Ferguson and in 1999, the This is United’s eighth ma- their most recent clashes in final with Arsenal when they Former Manchester United current manager had scored a jor European final but Villar- 2008-09. lost against Chelsea. manager Sir Alex Ferguson has famous goal against real’s first. Uruguayan Diego Forlan, who has played for both clubs. All four games between the “It is a guy that knows this accompanied the current squad to hand United a victory in the Forlan feels this history sides have ended 0-0, making competition very well. I think it to the Europa League final Champions League final. has skewed perceptions of the United is the favourite,” For- counts is the present, the per- Villarreal the opponents Unit- is good for the team when you against Villarreal in Gdansk. Manchester United man- match, though, with Villarreal lan told Stats Perform. formance itself. ed have faced most in their have a coach with the experi- The squad departed for aged to win the Premier unbeaten in this season “People say Manchester “That’s why players for history without ever scoring. ence, the support that he has. Gdansk on Monday afternoon. League title 13 times under Sir and led by Unai Emery, who United due to its history, what Manchester United are care- The Red Devils might also “It doesn’t give you every- Ferguson had then joined the Alex Ferguson, with the last is aiming to become the first it means, and for being such a ful, because they know they be wary of Spanish teams’ re- thing you need to win the final, travelling party on the flight, win coming in 2013. United coach to win the UEFA Cup or big club. No doubt it is. can win but also they can lose, cent records against English op- but it gives you a little bit of reported Goal.com. United is finished at the second spot in Europa League four times. “However, for the game, 50-50. position in finals, with the past support, which is good when just one game away from reg- the standings “I don’t think Manchester the past is useless, what “Maybe people are under- nine meetings - since Liverpool you go into a game like this.” istering their first title win un- for the 2020-21 season.

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Wanindu ets respectively to help Bang- Hasaranga, who had scored ladesh win the second ODI successive ODI fifties, failed against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. to get going as he was cleaned Bangladesh defeated Sri bowled by Mehidy. Lanka by 103 runs (DLS meth- When Bangladesh was one od) and took an unassailable away from the win- 2-0 lead in the ODI series. ning match, rain interrupted With this win, Bangladesh also the play and the target was went on top of the World Cup reduced to 245 from 247 in table. This was 40 overs which brought down also the first time that Bang- the equation to 119 runs in 12 ladesh defeated Sri Lanka in a balls. bilateral series In the end, Sri Lanka were Mushfiqur’s resilient 125 only able to score 141/9 in the off 127 balls had helped Bang- 40 overs ladesh post 246 in the 50 overs Earlier, Mushfiqur’s excel- despite being seven down in lent knock had set Sri Lanka a the 39th over with just 184 target of 247 despite Bangla- The Qatar 3x3 basketball team will begin their FIBA qualifying matches for the Tokyo Olympics being played in Graz, , from Wednesday. In their pool, Qatar will face the runs on board. In reply, Sri desh witnessing a horrific bat- Dominican Republic at 12:45pm Doha time on Wednesday, then face the in the second match at 2.45pm on the same day. Later on Friday, Qatar will meet at Lanka fell 104 runs short of ting collapse. 12.15pm and later at 3.30pm. The Qatar qualifiers will be broadcast AlKass channel. the target. Sri Lanka started the sec- Chasing 247, Sri Lanka got ond game on a strong note as off to a slow start scoring just Dushmantha Chameera struck 53 runs in the first 14 overs. twice to remove The visitors also lost two wick- and in the ets which dented Sri Lanka’s second over. chances in the chase. However, Mushfiqur first Flick to replace Loew as If Mustafizur dismissed brought up a fifty to rescue Danushka Gunathilaka, Bangladesh after a poor start Shoriful Islam sent skipper and then steered the hosts to back to the hut. a respectable total. The wick- Sri Lanka kept losing wickets et-keeper batsman smashed at regular intervals and was a magnificent hundred, his team coach after Euro 2020 soon found reeling at 89/5 in eighth in ODIs to help Bangla- the 25th over. desh reach close to 250. DPA he asked to be released from Berlin was immedi- his contract early. ately tapped as the pre- For Flick, this will be a Scoreboard Former Bayern Munich ferred candidate to to the DFB as he Bangladesh Sri Lanka (D/L revised target 245 in 40 overs) coach Hansi Flick has signed replace current Germany worked alongside Loew as as- Tamim Iqbal lbw b Chameera 13 D. Gunathilaka c Shakib b Mustafizur 24 Liton Das c Hasaranga b Sandakan 25 Kusal Perera c Tamim b Shoriful 14 a contract to become Germa- coach Joachim Loew after sistant coach from 2006 until Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Chameera 0 Pathum Nissanka c Tamim b Shakib 20 ny national team coach once the latter said he would the World Cup title in in M. Rahim c A Bandara b Chameera 125 Kusal Mendis lbw b Mehidy 15 Joachim Loew departs after the step down following the 2014. c Perera b Sandakan 10 Dhananjaya de Silva lbw b Shakib 10 Euro 2020, the German Foot- His firstgame in charge Riyad c Perera b Sandakan 41 A. Bandara c Mahmudullah b Mustafizur 15 Euro 2020. Afif Hossain c Nissanka b Udana 10 Dasun Shanaka c Mahmudullah b Mehidy 11 ball Federation (DFB) said on will be a World Cup qualifying Mehidy Hasan b Hasaranga 0 Wanindu Hasaranga b Mehidy 6 Tuesday. match at Liechtenstein on Sep- Mohammad Saifuddin run out 11 Isuru Udana 18 The agreement will be valid that clarity ahead of the . tember 2, followed by his first Shoriful Islam c Perera b Udana 0 Lakshan Sandakan c Tamim b Mustafizur 4 until after the Euro 2024, set to We have one major common home game against Armenia on Mustafizur Rahman not out 0 Dushmantha Chameera not out 4 Extras: (b1, lb4, w3, nb3) 11 Total: (For 9 wickets; 40 overs) 141 take place in Germany. goal, which is to return to the September 5 and a clash with Total: (All out; 48.1 overs) 246 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Perera), 2-53 (Gunathilaka), “Everything happened very top of the world rankings,” Bi- Iceland three days later. Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Tamim), 2-15 (Shakib), 3-49 3-71 (Nissanka), 4-77 (Mendis), 5-89 (de Silva), quickly, especially signing the erhoff said. But he won’t have much (Liton Das), 4-74 (Mosaddek), 5-161 (Mahmudullah), 6-104 (Shanaka) 7-114 (Hasaranga), 8-116 contract, but I’m really happy After a successful 18-month time to experiment as Germany 6-178 (Afif), 7-184 (Mehidy), 8-232 (Saifuddin), (Bandara), 9-122 (Sandakan). 9-246 (Shoriful), 10-246 (Mushfiqur). Bowling: Mehidy Hasan 10-0-28-3, Shoriful 6-0-30-1, to be the Germany head coach reign at German record cham- sit third in their Group J after Bowling: Udana 9-0-49-2 (w2, nb1), Chameera 9.1-2- Taskin 8-0-27-0, Mustafizur 6-1-16-3, Shakib 9-0-38- from autumn,” Flick said. pions Bayern Munich, where an embarrassing 2-1 defeat to 44-3 (w1), Hasaranga 10-1-33-1, Shanaka 7-0-38-0, 2, Mosaddek 1-0-2-0. “The season has just fin- he secured seven titles with the in March. Sandakan 10-0-54-3 (nb2), de Silva 3-0-23-0. Result: Bangladesh won by 103 runs (D/L method). ished and the last two years at team including the Champi- Only the group winner qual- FC Bayern have left their mark ons League in 2020, Flick had ifies for the 2022 World Cup in on me. The team spirit and at- reportedly been also an option Qatar, while the runner-up must titude of the players were excel- for Premier League side Tot- face two play-off rounds to reach lent and I will take plenty with tenham Hotspur and Spanish the tournament. me that will help my work in club Barcelona. Off the pitch, the DFB my new role.” “I’m really excited because also faces turbulence. Former Flick was immediately of the class of players we have president Fritz Keller resigned tapped as the preferred candi- in Germany, especially the last week after comparing vice date to replace current Germany youngsters. We’ve got every president Rainer Koch to Nazi coach Loew after the latter said reason to be optimistic about judge Roland Freisler at an in- in February he would step down future , including ternal meeting in April. following the Euro tournament, the home Euros in 2024,” Flick Further details of the inci- which starts next month. said. dent are not known. DFB director Oliver Bier- Flick was promoted from The DFB also recently ter- hoff led the negotiations with assistant to head coach when minated the contract of secre- Flick and said he’s “very proud” his predecessor Niko Kovac tary general Friedrich Curtius. to have signed the coach. was dismissed from Bayern but He faces investigations by the Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan (C) celebrates with teammates after dis- “He was top of my wish This file photo taken on May 28, 2010 shows Germany’s head coach his stint at the club ended over DFB sports court and lost a no- missing Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga during their second One-Day list right from the start. It was Joachim Loew (R) and then German assistant coach Hansi Flick taking part a major rift with board mem- confidence vote by the regional international at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka important for me that we have in a training session ahead of the 2010 World Cup in . (AFP) ber Hasan Salihamidzic, and bosses. on Tuesday. (AFP) Southgate names England’s 33-man Giro d’Italia changes route provisional squad for Euro after cable car tragedy DPA of the weekend and made it DPA Southgate explained: “I think keen for his future to be sorted Rome clear that under these cir- London our situation is more compli- before the Euro begins in a cumstances it is not possible cated than any other country couple of weeks. Friday’s stage of the Giro for the German national track , Ben Godfrey and at the moment. But the England manager d’Italia will be rerouted out of cycling team to take part.” The Aaron Ramsdale received “We have known for a doesn’t expect any possible respect for the victims of the European Championships their first England call-ups while that we have of this 33, transfer of Kane, who is un- fatal cable car accident in the are scheduled for Minsk from as select- 12 players still to play in Eu- der contract for another three Piedmont region, organizers June 23-27 but the BDR said it ed Trent Alexander-Arnold ropean finals this week so we years at Tottenham to happen said on Tuesday. had urged the UEC “to find an among four right-backs in his were always going to need during the tournament. Italian Infrastructure Min- alternative solution”. provisional European Cham- some additional players for “I don’t feel I need to talk ister Enrico Giovannini had At a meeting in Lausanne pionship squad. the first part of the camp. to regarding focus asked for the route of the 19th on Thursday, the UEC will With the Three Lions deal- “Add to that a number of or professionalism. He has one stage to be changed. Originally discuss whether it should relo- ing with issues such as injuries injuries...so we felt that more goal with us and that’s to win riders would have climbed cate the championships, with and European final absentees, time is going to help us make the . Monte Mottarone, where 14 Minsk a controversial choice the Football Association con- better decisions.” misses out, but He knows how important that is people died in the cable car ac- German team withdraws even before the plane drama firmed a larger provisional There are first senior call- Alexander-Arnold returns to at this moment in time. What’s cident on Sunday. from Minsk Euros due to allegations long-time squad would be announced on ups for Brighton centre-back the group alongside fellow happening at his club is a matter The cause of the accident Meanwhile, the German ruler Alexander Lukashenko Tuesday rather than the de- White and Everton defender right-backs Reece James, Ki- for him and Tottenham. remains unknown. Thirteen track cycling team has with- rigged last year’s election. finitive group. Godfrey, while Sheffield Unit- eran Trippier and Kyle Walk- “It’s very unlikely that people died at the scene of the drawn from the European forced a Ryanair Southgate has named a 33- ed goalkeeper Ramsdale joins er. Bukayo Saka, Ollie Watkins transfer deals will be done crash. Two injured children Championships due to take plane flying from to man party that will be trimmed uncapped Sam Johnstone in and 17-year-old Jude Belling- while we are away. It’s differ- were flown by helicopter to a place in Belarus after Minsk Vilnius to land in Minsk on down to 26 players on June 1, the squad as Nick Pope misses ham are among the others to ent when we meet up in Sep- hospital in , where one forced an aircraft to land there Sunday and arrested govern- allowing him to include injury out through injury. get the nod. tember and I’m very realistic later died. and arrested a dissident. ment critic Roman Protase- doubts such as Harry Maguire, Manchester United teen- Southgate also talked that you can’t stop phones Giovannini also asked or- The German Cycling Fed- vich, who had been on board. Henderson and Kalvin ager has about Harry Kane situation. ringing, but most deals will be ganizers to have a moment of eration (BDR) said in a state- The European Union has Phillips. been recalled for the first time Tottenham’s star man report- done at the end of the tourna- reflection during the event to ment on Tuesday it had “con- imposed sanctions, including Speaking about his deci- since being sent home after his edly told the club he wants to ment or in the first week be- “remember the people who lost tacted the European Cycling a ban on Belarusian airlines sion to name a 33-man squad, debut in Iceland. leave this summer and was fore it starts. their lives in the tragic accident.” Union (UEC) after the events landing in the EU.