Healthy living Jermain Defoe determined to earn England World Cup 2018 spot

Defoe’s love for the game is as strong as ever as he looks back on the sacrifices he’s made to stay at the peak of his superb condition. He’s never drank alcohol and as a non-smoker he’s never puffed on one of those shisha pipes unlike a few of his England counterparts. And his only […]

Man Utd news: Marcus Rashford can reach the same level as Sergio Aguero – Jermain Defoe

That is the view of Bournemouth striker Jermain Defoe.  Rashford, 19, burst onto the scene for Manchester United last season and has proved to be a hit under Jose Mourinho ever since. He is currently vying for the left-wing position with Anthony Martial at Manchester United and has put in some impressive performances along the […]

England boss makes World Cup pledge to Jermain Defoe after Lithuania win

The 34-year-old scored England‘s opener in a comfortable win at Wembley, substitute Jamie Vardy grabbing the second on a day when Gareth Southgate‘s team strengthened their grip on qualifying group F, maintaining a four point lead over Slovenia with five games left. Defoe made his 56th appearance for his country four years after his last […]

England 2 – Lithuania 0: Defoe and Vardy strike as Southgate's men ease to Wembley win

It was far from the polished article from England, too many blemishes and enthusiastic careless strokes for this ever to be a masterpiece. But from the moment Gareth Southgate brought on both Jamie Vardy and Marcus Rashford in the 60th minute when England were already winning, you could tell that the heart was in the […]

England v Lithuania LIVE: Team news, updates and analysis as Jermain Defoe starts

ENGLAND v LITHUANIA England XI: Hart, Walker, Stones, Keane, Bertrand, Dier, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sterling, Alli, Lallana, Defoe. Subs: Forster, Heaton, Clyne, Shaw, Gibson, Livermore, Ward-Prowse, Barkley, Vardy, Rashford, Lingard, Redmond. Lithuania XI: Setkus, Vaitkunas, Kijanskas, Klimavicius, Slavickas, Kuklys, Zulpa, Novikovas, Slivka, Cernych, Valskis. Subs: Zubas, Gertmonas, Mikuckis, Grigaravicius, Verbickas, Matulevicius, Paulius, Arunas Klimavicius, Eliosius , Borovskij, Luksa, Baravykas. […]