{"id":640407,"date":"2024-05-30T14:21:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640407"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:21:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:21:27","slug":"england-injury-maguire-kane-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/30\/england-injury-maguire-kane-shaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Fitness Boost for England as Key Trio Return To Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw have returned to England\u2019s training ahead of their friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The injured trio have stepped up their recovery to get fit in time for the upcoming European Championships.<\/p>\n<h2>England Trio Make Timely Return To Training<\/h2>\n<h3>Preparing for Euro 2024<\/h3>\n<p>England narrowly missed out on the Euro 2020 trophy after a heartbreaking defeat against Italy at Wembley. Gareth Southgate\u2019s star-studded squad has only improved since then, with a number of promising youngsters finding their way into the national team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/28\/aaron-ramsdale-euro-2024-england-squad\/\" target=\"_self\">Aaron Ramsdale Reveals Target For Euro 2024 After Call-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Southgate will have another chance to end England\u2019s 58-year trophy drought in Germany this summer. The Three Lions had a few crucial fitness <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/24\/harry-maguire-england-manchester-united-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">concerns<\/a> before starting their preparations for the tournament.\u00a0However, three of Southgate\u2019s injured stars have returned to training.<\/p>\n<h3>Latest Update From St. George\u2019s Park<\/h3>\n<p>On Wednesday, England had their first training session ahead of the European Championships. Initial photos taken by the FA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-13474023\/Gareth-Southgates-provisional-England-squad-train-time-ahead-Euro-2024-beaming-Harry-Maguire-Luke-Shaw-look-prove-fitness.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed<\/a> Maguire and Shaw are already back in training with the rest of the team. The Manchester United pair reported to the camp earlier than their teammates, spending the past few days working on their fitness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/26\/players-who-never-played-for-england\/\" target=\"_self\">Ten Players Who Never Played For Three Lions But Should Have<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New updates emerged from another set of photos published by England\u2019s social media <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/England\/status\/1796157110775861268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">account<\/a> on Thursday. Kane is also seen back on the grass, training with the rest of the team. The Three Lions captain has been out of action with a back problem since Bayern Munich\u2019s Champions League defeat against Real Madrid on May 8.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next for England?<\/h3>\n<p>Southgate\u2019s men will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly game on Monday. Four days later, the Three Lions will wrap up their preparations for Euro 2024 with a match against Iceland at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/08\/england-euro-2024-kit\/\" target=\"_self\">Three Lions&#8217; Stunning Euro 2024 Kits And Predicted Squad Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>England will play their opening game in the Euros against Serbia on June 16. They will then take on Denmark and Slovenia in their next Group C fixtures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw have returned to England\u2019s training ahead of their friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The injured trio have stepped up their recovery to get fit in time for the upcoming European Championships. England Trio Make Timely Return To Training Preparing for Euro 2024 England narrowly missed out on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":640449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1830,161],"tags":[31848],"class_list":["post-640407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-injuries","category-international-football","tag-uefa-euro-2024"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}