England

Excitement is building for the start of the FIFA World Cup, with Gareth Southgate set to announce his England squad in the next few weeks.

[Wales](https://metro.co.uk/tag/wales-football-team/) on November 29. [FIFA](https://metro.co.uk/tag/fifa/?ico=auto_link_sport_P16_LNK1) World Cup will begin on November 20, with hosts Qatar set to face Ecuador in the opening match. [Harry Maguire](https://metro.co.uk/tag/harry-maguire/), meanwhile, has been a victim of the regime change at Old Trafford, and looks to be [out in the cold](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/26/erik-ten-hag-fires-warning-to-harry-maguire-as-he-heaps-praise-on-raphael-varane-17253246/) under ten Hag’s new system. [Manchester United](https://metro.co.uk/tag/manchester-united-fc/), has [started the season well](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/04/roy-keane-singles-out-man-utd-star-for-praise-after-arsenal-win-17297766/) under new manager Erik ten Hag. [FIFA World Cup](https://metro.co.uk/tag/world-cup/) in Qatar, with the [England](https://metro.co.uk/tag/england-football-team/) squad announcement for the tournament just weeks away. [Qatar](https://metro.co.uk/tag/qatar/).

Ellie Roebuck replaces Mary Earps in goal, with Millie Bright replaced by Rachel Daly in defence. Lauren Hemp also makes way for Nikita Parris going forward.

The Lionesses were in demolition mood on their first game on home soil since the Euros, but traffic problems cause thousands of fans to miss the first half.

And there were — eventually at least — 24,174, in attendance to see the game. [take on the United States](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/england-women-fixtures-when-play-next-lionesses-2022-how-get-tickets-1774865?ico=in-line_link) at a sold-out Wembley. Luxembourg were not merely overrun by the

England beat Luxembourg 10 to finish their qualifying campaign top of Group D with 10 wins from 10 matches having scored 80 goals and conceded none.

A lot of these players were involved in the Euros and were committed. Winning the Euros was done by 23 players and also by the prep camps 28.” By the close, a host of England’s fringe players had made their mark, rewarded for the part they played from the sidelines at the Euros as Wiegman and her staff stuck to their tried and tested formula. It took 11 minutes for England to break the deadlock, but the goal should have come sooner. “You think about performing, about how the players come in and what’s next,” said Wiegman. It was not quite the homecoming the FA would have wanted for the team’s first home game since winning Euro 2022.

Georgia Stanway and Beth England scored twice apiece in a 10-0 rout of Luxembourg in Stoke.

Wiegman made three changes at the break, including replacing Russo with England – who took little time to further boost the hosts’ lead, tapping in three minutes after the restart from Mead’s cross. The one-way traffic continued with Daly’s header and Mead’s finish in the 38th and 39th minutes taking the hosts to five, and Schlime doing well to deny Russo again in first-half stoppage time. It then took just over 10 minutes of the match for England’s thorough bossing of possession to lead to a goal, with Russo being fouled by Catherine Have in the box and Stanway slotting the resulting penalty past Lucie Schlime into the corner of the net.

England striker Beth England and head coach Sarina Wiegman discuss the Lionesses' 10-0 win over Luxembourg. Beth England stressed she 'could not be prouder ...

It was nice to see and I hope the people enjoyed it too. Of course there are always areas to improve, but that comes in big games. And England added: “It was always going to be tough after Ellen White. “But I think we played well and scored some great goals. I think we did well against Austria and we just wanted to continue that good form. We certainly did that tonight.

Alex Hales is set to make a dramatic England return in the T20 World Cup after positive talks about ending his three-year exclusion from the set-up.

The 31-year-old was among the senior players who supported Morgan’s decision to exclude Hales back in 2019, with the likes of Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Ben Stokes also consulted at the time. Those talks were positive, resulting in an end to Hales three-year exclusion from the England set-up. During his subsequent exile, a “breakdown in trust” was often cited by the captain, Eoin Morgan.

The ex-South Sydney star admitted being forced into early retirement hit him "like a ton of bricks" and led to a downward spiral but he's doing great now ...

We got to the semis in 2013, the final in ‘17 and now it’s time to win the thing.” There’s new talent there now and it’s time for those newer players to step up and carry on what we started. I’d a very public life, things just seemed to go from bad to worse, I just didn’t seem to be able to get a break. We talked about it when I was a player. It took me a while to figure that out but it’s settled back down now. But the ex-Bradford star is now back on track and will rejoin his beloved Souths as an assistant in November.