Kieran Trippier and Raheem Sterling both showed their class at the World Cup with a brilliant gesture towards a journalist's ill parents. Carrie Brown of beIN Sports has recalled a heart-warming story whereby the England duo took time to speak to her parents, who both have dementia, and care home staff following the Three Lions' opening 6-2 victory over Iran.
"I've got a sweet personal moment that will really stick with me," the reporter said. "I think people ask me about the special relationship that this [England] team have and how they're a real family. My parents have dementia and there's only one hour of the day that I can ever get them on a Zoom call because the care home can only have the time to get that to them when they're really quite with it.
"For the first seven days of rushing around I hadn't managed it. I made a mental note that after the Iran game that might be quite a good time after the flash zone was done, and I saw one of the coaching staff, John McDermott, doing the same thing with his family and everything had been done and all the players had gone.
