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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg in Doha

Sterling returning to World Cup gives England ‘massive lift’, says Phillips

Raheem Sterling at an England training session in Doha last month.
Raheem Sterling at an England training session in Doha last month. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

Kalvin Phillips has said Raheem Sterling’s decision to return to England’s World Cup squad has given the team a massive lift before Saturday’s quarter-final against France.

Sterling, who missed last Sunday’s last-16 victory over Senegal after returning to the United Kingdom because of the robbery at his Surrey home, has flown back to Qatar after spending the week bolstering his security arrangements and is due to train with his teammates on Friday.

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