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Manchester United youth-team goalkeeper Paul Woolston has retired at the age of 23.

Woolston joined the club from Newcastle United in 2018 and signed a one-year contract extension last summer.

Before penning that extension in July, Woolston underwent two operations in March and April after sustaining a hip injury.

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Paul Pogba has said that he has struggled with depression since playing under Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.

Pogba was interviewed by the French tabloid Le Figaro, and when asked whether he had experienced depression during his career, replied: “Completely, and several times in my career.

“I knew I was (depressed), but you don’t talk about it. Sometimes you don’t know you’re depressed. You just want to get away from everyone, to be alone. But those are unmistakable signs.

“Personally, it started when I was with José Mourinho in Manchester. You ask yourself questions. You wonder if it’s your fault, because you have never experienced moments like that before in your life.”

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Dan Purdy has rejoined Everton as scouting and operations manager, reprising a role he vacated just three months ago.

A key member of former director of football Marcel Brands’ team, Purdy, together with head of recruitment Gretar Steinsson, decided to leave the club in December with the Dutchman.

But he has since been convinced to return to Finch Farm as part of new director of football Kevin Thelwell’s restructure.

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Arsenal Women have Champions League football this evening – they take on Wolfsburg at 8pm GMT.

Art de Roche has detailed their leadership within a team full of leaders showing different qualities.

That’s all for today folks. Make sure you check back tomorrow for all the latest news updates.

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Raheem Sterling has been given permission to delay meeting up with his England team-mates in order to attend an event in Jamaica hosted by the Duke of Cambridge.

Sterling, 27 accepted a personal invitation from the Duke and will check into England’s training base on Wednesday.

The Manchester City man is proud of his Jamaican heritage, and has a “Kgn” tattoo in reference to the city of his birth — Kingston, Jamaica’s capital.

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Sheffield United wing-back Enda Stevens came through his first 45 minutes in two months with no problems today in a major boost for the club’s promotion hopes.

The Republic of Ireland international has not played for the Championship club since the 2-2 draw at Preston North End on January 18 due to a calf problem.

With United recently without 11 outfield players through injury, Stevens’ return in Tuesday afternoon’s Under-23s victory over Colchester United was a big positive.

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Chelsea are likely to fetch the highest price ever paid for a sports club or franchise after more than 20 interested parties made bids for the Premier League side last week.

Current owner Roman Abramovich put Chelsea up for sale on March 2, six days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started. The 55-year-old oligarch appointed New York-based merchant bank Raine Group to run the sales process and it is understood that he was hoping for a figure north of £3.5 billion.

That, however, looked unlikely when he was added to the British government’s list of sanctioned individuals on March 10, due to what it described as his longstanding and close relationship with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.

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Rangers have accused a “small rump” of their fanbase of being “intent on causing damage to our club” and launching a “propaganda war”.

The Scottish Premiership club’s statement comes after Club 1872, an influential shareholders grouping, questioned the “judgment, competency and honesty” of the executive team, in the wake of Rangers’ decision to play a friendly match against Celtic in Sydney later this year.

Rangers’ decision to play in the exhibition has been incredibly unpopular, with fans protesting the decision at recent fixtures.

But the club have argued in a statement that the protests have an ulterior motive.

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Wembley Stadium is the setting for Italy vs Argentina on June 1.

Euro 2020 winners vs Copa America champions.

What’s not to be excited about?!

Tyrick Mitchell and Kyle Walker-Peters have arrived at St. George’s Park for their first international camp.

They look pretty happy to be there!