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Women’s World Cup 2023 team guides: England England have already touched down in Australia ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, where the European Champions will be fighting for football glory on the world’s biggest stage. The Women’s World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, is set to be the biggest and most competitive World Cup to date. Sarina Weigman’s Lionesses harbour few fears about shape-shifting from their preferred 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formations. During the Euro quarter-final against Spain, when England looked close to defeat, Weigman switched to a 3-4-3 and was rewarded with victory. Weigman and her team…

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Nigeria World Cup chaos after coach explosive interview over missing money and player boycott threats  Football coach Randy Waldrum – head of Nigeria’s national squad – is in an open dispute with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). The chaos comes just ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. “What keeps me going are the players. Otherwise, I would have quit this job long ago,” Waldrum said in an explosive interview with the On The Whistle podcast. “Up until about three weeks ago, I had been owed about 14 months’ salary. And then they paid seven…

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Matildas to send out strongest lineup for friendly match against France Australia’s national women’s team – the Matildas – will send out their strongest possible lineup against France as they attempt to charge into their World Cup campaign. Australia will face the world No 5 in their send-off game in front of a sellout crowd at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Friday night, six days before their opening group match against Ireland. Aussie coach Tony Gustavsson has said he will heavily rotate his team.  Matildas v France Date: Friday, 14 July 2023Venue: Marvel Stadium, MelbourneKick-Off: 7:30 pm AESTBroadcast: 10 Bold, 10 Play and Paramount+ Striker…

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Dele Alli: footballer says he was sexually abused and dealing drugs as a child The Guardian says Dele Alli has revealed he was abused at the age of six and was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. In an emotional interview, the Everton midfielder fought back tears as he laid bare his difficult upbringing before he was adopted by the Hickford family. Alli also told Gary Neville in The Overlap podcast that he has had a sleeping pill addiction and came out of rehab last month as he struggled with his mental health. The former England player, a…

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Jose Mourinho apologised to Dele Alli for ‘lazy’ insult – but it wasn’t shown by Amazon Daily Star says Former Tottenham star Dele Alli has revealed there was more to the infamous ‘lazy’ talk with Jose Mourinho. The out-of-form England international was called out by ‘The Special One’ for being ‘lazy’ during a team meeting. In one of the series’ most iconic scenes, Mourinho told the player “I understood already that you are a f*****g lazy guy in training” in front of the rest of the squad. But Alli, 27, has said Amazon failed to broadcast the part where his…

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Dele Alli reveals he was molested as a six-year-old as Gary Neville breaks down in tears Mirror says Dele Alli has claimed he was molested as a six-year-old child in a harrowing and brave interview with Gary Neville. England star Dele, 27, has returned to Everton for pre-season after a difficult spell in Turkey which led to him checking himself into rehab due to an addiction to sleeping tablets. The ex-Tottenham star has now bravely opened up on his traumatic childhood with his birth family before he was adopted at the age of 12 and claims his birth mother battled…

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