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Gareth Southgate has brought Jack Wilshere back into the England squad for the matches against Scotland and Spain. Ahead of Fridays World Cup qualifier against Scotland, it will be the first time the Arsenal midfielder, currently on loan at Bournemouth, has been included in the squad since the Euro 2016 finals.Tottenhams Harry Kane, who made a goalscoring return after a 10-match absence in the north London derby on Sunday, Adam Lallana and Danny Drinkwater are also included. Harry Kane also had cause for celebration earlier on Sunday Manchester United pair Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw are not involved after being declared unfit for their clubs 3-1 win over Swansea on Sunday while a knee injury suffered in training is expected to keep Dele Alli out for a few weeks.Burnleys Michael Keane retains his place while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and West Hams Michail Antonio miss out in a 25-man squad which will also stay together for a friendly against Spain on Tuesday, November 15.In an interview with FA TV, Southgate said: The last few weeks weve been looking at as many games as possible, keeping track on the players. Weve had some players who werent available to us last time who are in good form and back in the frame like Adam Lallana, Nathaniel Clyne and Raheem Sterling. Its good to have them back. Wilsheres more regular playing time at Bournemouth has helped his England cause Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Harry Kane similarly. Weve had some good discussions with a lot of the clubs in the last few weeks but Tottenham have been very helpful in terms of Harrys availability and keeping us informed of where hes at, so we are grateful to Mauricio [Pochettino] for that.Jack is a player we feel has a lot of class and has now started to get more 90 minutes under his belt, and we think its a good moment to bring him back into the squad.England squad to face Scotland and Spain:Goalkeepers: F Forster (Southampton), J Hart (Torino), T Heaton (Burnley)Defenders: R Bertrand (Southampton), G Cahill (Chelsea), N Clyne (Liverpool), P Jagielka (Everton), M Keane (Burnley), D Rose (Tottenham), J Stones (Man City), K Walker (Tottenham)Midfielders: E Dier (Tottenham), D Drinkwater (Leicester City), J Henderson (Liverpool), J Wilshere (Bournemouth), A Lallana (Liverpool), J Lingard (Man United), W Rooney (Man United), R Sterling (Man City), A Townsend (Crystal Palace), T Walcott (Arsenal)Strikers: H Kane (Tottenham), M Rashford (Man United), D Sturridge (Liverpool), J Vardy (Leicester) Also See: Kane cleared for England duty Alli out for a few weeks RBL write to FIFA over poppy ban Who could get England call? . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. "I didnt need to be anybody else, I just needed to be myself and be aggressive," said Burks, who scored a career-high 34 points to spark the Utah Jazz to a 118-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. . After Mondays hard-fought loss, the wait seemed longer than usual. Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week. . A big centre with all the tools to be an elite player, Johansen paced the Blue Jackets with a standout game Saturday night. He had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points as Columbus beat the New York Islanders 5-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. LOS ANGELES -- Tanner Pearson missed his spot on his shootout attempt. Luckily for him, so did Jacob Markstrom.Pearson scored for the fourth time this season and got the lone shootout goal, lifting the Los Angeles Kings over the previously unbeaten Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night.Pearson fired from the right hash marks and beat Markstrom between the legs.Ill admit, that was a missed shot, Pearson said. I was trying to go high and kind of fanned on it and had to go five-hole.Peter Budaj was pressed into service after Jeff Zatkoff injured his groin in the morning skate and stopped 22 shots for his second straight win. Budaj played in his 300th NHL game and is the third goalie the Kings have used this season. Jonathan Quick also injured his groin in the season opener in San Jose and is expected to miss the next three months.Budaj joined the Kings on a two-way deal last season and played mostly in the minors. The 34-year-old appeared in just one game in the NHL last season, but now figures to get more work after going 3 for 3 in the shootout.It was a special moment. Ive come a long ways, Budaj said. Two years ago I was on a (professional try out) and I didnt have anything. A year and half later, Im not the guy who will play most of the games. It shows you that you should never quit.Alexander Edler tied it on a power play with 34.4 seconds left in the third period.The Kings had a power play for the final 1:16 of overtime but Markstrom made two keys saves to send it into a shootout. Markstrom made 28 saves.Brayden McNabb and Dustin Brown also scored while Los Angeles built a 3-0 lead, but the Canucks rallied to force overtime for the fourth time in five games this season. Vancouver is 4-00-1, including three wins after trailing going into the third period.ddddddddddddThis time, Markus Granlund scored 8:40 into the second period and Henrik Sedin got a goal with 4:03 left in the second to cut the deficit to 3-2, setting up Edlers equalizer on a wrist shot from the left point.We didnt deserve a point after the first two periods, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said. We didnt create a lot the first two. But our guys stayed with it and we capitalized on that power play late when we needed to. Its better to get one point than nothing.Pearsons shootout goal came on a wrist shot from the right hash marks, beating Markstrom five-hole.McNabb scored 4:35 into the first when he banked a wrist shot off the crossbar and behind Markstrom. Pearson scored with 1:36 left in the first when Markstrom failed to cleanly glove Alec Martinezs point shot and Pearson knocked in the rebound.The Kings scored again 33 seconds into the next period when Markstrom lost his footing in the crease and let Brown poke in a rebound for a shorthanded goal. Brown also had two assists.Game notes The Kings recalled Jack Campbell from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Saturday to back up Budaj. ... Pearson now has points in all three games he has played this year. ... Brown scored his first shorthanded goal since Feb. 25, 2012 against Chicago, the fourth of his career, and the first shorthanded goal for Los Angeles this season. It was the first three-plus point game for Brown since Dec. 29, 2015.UP NEXTCanucks: Play at Anaheim on Sunday night.Kings: Host Columbus on Tuesday night. ' ' '
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