England manager Sarina Wiegman will miss her team’s final Euro 2022 group game against Northern Ireland after testing positive for Covid-19 on Friday.

Assistant coach Arjan Veurink will lead the side against Northern Ireland in Southampton on Friday evening while Wiegman, according to the English Football Association, undertakes “a period of recovery at the squad’s base camp”.

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