Ian Dennis
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

England Under-21 squad of 27 will be trimmed to 23 by Uefa deadline of 2 June.

Live coverage of the European Championship finals this summer will be on BBC Radio 5 live.

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Gareth Southgate has been speaking about the decision to exclude Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw.

"I've spoken with Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal," he said. "Medically he is not going to be fit. We were always going to lose someone to fitness and, hopefully, he will be the only one."

Southgate also said he was "able" to select the likes of Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley but was keen to reward those players who earned England qualification for the European Championship finals.

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Louis Van Gaal speaking to Gareth Southgate about Luke Shaw " I said YESSS... he is not going."

As well as Luke Shaw, there are a few other notable absentees from Gareth Southgate's provisional squad. Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ross Barkley of Everton and Liverpool's man of the moment, Raheem Sterling are all eligible but have not been included.

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Goalkeepers: Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham), Jonathan Bond (Watford), Jack Butland (Stoke City)

Defenders: Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Luke Garbutt (Everton), Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough), Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal, loan to West Ham), Michael Keane (Burnley), Liam Moore (Leicester City), John Stones (Everton), Matt Targett (Southampton)

Midfielders: Tom Carroll (Tottenham, loan to Swansea), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea), Will Hughes (Derby County), Jake Forster-Caskey (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Alex Pritchard (Tottenham), Nathan Redmond (Norwich City), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)

Forwards: Benik Afobe (Wolves), Patrick Bamford (Chelsea, loan to Middlesbrough), Saido Berahino (West Brom), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Danny Ings (Burnley), Cauley Woodrow (Fulham)

Saido Berahino and Harry Kane are both included in Gareth Southgate's provisional England squad for this summer European Under-21 Championship.

The West Brom forward and Tottenham striker are among a long list of 27 players named for the finals in the Czech Republic in June.

Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw is left out due to injury, but there is a first call-up for Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Southgate will exclude four players before confirming his final squad.

After Louis van Gaal's capers, let us know what you've got up to at your end of season awards...

Berocca Juniors: The BJFC awards evening is this Saturday, featuring the coveted Longest Arm, Worst Fan and Best Injury Awards.

Chris Summers: Manager decided he was gong to do a shot for every player that played last season. Safe to say all 22 shots weren't finished.

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And while we're in cricket mode, India have named separate squads for the one-off Test match and three one-day internationals during the short tour of Bangladesh next month.

Test squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma.

ODI squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni.

Three County Championship matches are into their final days today, with Warwickshire hoping to wrap up victory over Durham at Edgbaston. Keith Barker's six day-three wickets have given the Bears a 76-run lead with six wickets to go in Durham's second innings, with the hosts are still to bat again.

Middlesex's match at Hampshire looks set for a draw following Nick Compton's first Championship century this summer, while Lancashire will hope the rain which has so far blighted their game against Leicestershire stops if they are to have any chance of winning.

Rain has not been kind to the County Championship matches, scuppering much of the play. Nevertheless, Kent (223-9) hold a slender 30-run lead after Matt Coles and Calum Haggett shared a record eighth-wicket stand against Gloucestershire.

Craig Meschede smashed 68 from just 52 deliveries as Glamorgan battled to 314 on a rain-affected second day with Essex (183-4), while only 28 overs have been bowled over two days between Northants (107-2) and Surrey.

Between Louis van Gaal's braying speech to Raheem Sterling being booed, this year's end of season awards have been fairly entertaining.

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But here at Sportsday we reckon you have some better tales to tell from your own club's annual jolly. Or failing that, have you ever done something amusing or made a fool of yourself at a ceremony?

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British boxer Tommy Coyle is set to fight Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell this summer in a bout that will bring the two Hull fighters together and Coyle has let us into his deepest thoughts this morning.

The 25-year-old, whose ring name is 'boom boom', helps out on his father's fruit stall in the middle of Hull.

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On Instagram , externalhe posts: "Another 4am start, life as a fruitier is similar to life as a boxer: you wake up every morning chasing that million quid just like fighters get up and chase their dream. Some days it rains and you make a loss, some fights you get knocked out but if you get back up the next morning or get back up in the ring and have the heart and courage to go again, you have always got a chance."

Deep stuff Tommy, thanks.

Leeds United have just sent an email to the media announcing that the club will unveil their new head coach at 15:00 BST.

Adam Pearson, the club's executive director, will appear at a press conference with the new gaffer.

Former Wigan manager Uwe Rosler is the favourite to land the job.

Right, that's it from the John Carver news conference for now. The headlines were as follows: it's the club's biggest game for six years, he wants Manchester United to put out their strongest side against rivals Hull, he wants his players not to watch footie on the box and he also wants them to stay away from social media.

Newcastle are two points above third-from-bottom Hull, who play Manchester United at home, as the two teams try to avoid relegation on the final day of the Premier League season.

Magpies manager John Carver says he expects Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal to "put out his strongest side at Hull".

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Newcastle are one place and two points above the relegation zone going into the game against the Hammers.

John Carver says the match is the "biggest game in six years at this football club".

Newcastle boss John Carver has revealed that he has told his players to stay off social media in the build up to Sunday's game, and that he met with his squad yesterday for talks.

"We had a meeting yesterday, it was good," says Carver. "It was all good.

"We all know what we have to do. We shouldn't be in this situation, but we are and we have to deal with it."

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Newcastle play West Ham on Sunday knowing a win will secure their Premier League status.

"It's come to this and we have to deal with it. But I'm looking forward to the challenge that this week will bring," adds Carver.

"I have enough players who realise what this game means. I'm expecting the big players to step up and perform."

We promised you John Carver, and the man himself has arrived.

The Newcastle boss begins by thanking supporters for their backing this week.

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"It's all been positive. People have supported what we are trying to do," Carver said.

"We need your support so whatever you think of me, Lee Charnley or Mike Ashley put it to one side.

"The post-mortem can come after the game.‎"

Maro Itoje will prosper in England's World Cup training camp, according to Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall.

The 20-year-old forward is set to be included in Stuart Lancaster's 50-man squad, which will be announced on Wednesday at 12:00 BST.

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Itoje captained England to the Junior World Championship title in 2014, but has only broken into the Saracens' first team this season.

"It will do him all the good in the world," McCall told BBC Radio 5 live.

Want an interesting fact about Itoje? Thought so. He is studying for a politics degree at the School of Oriental and African studies in London. So now you know...