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England head coach Philip Neville, right, applaudes as England's scorer Ellen White, left, and her teammates celebrate the opening goal during the Women's World Cup Group D soccer match between Japan and England at the Stade de Nice in Nice, France, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 9, 2016 file photo, England women's team soccer coach Mark Sampson reacts during a game against France in the SheBelieves Cup, in Boca Raton, Fla. USA. on Friday March 23, 2018, UEFA banned Sampson for three games, for intimidating a female referee liaison officer with “insulting, aggressive and insistent actions,” including profane abuse, at the 2017 European Championship. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach, File)

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Footballer Eniola Aluko answers questions in front of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee at Portcullis House in Westminster, London, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. A fresh investigation into the conduct of fired national women's team coach Mark Sampson found that he directed discriminatory comments at players Eniola Aluko and Drew Spence, the English Football Association said Wednesday. (PA via AP)

Probe finds racial discrimination by England women’s coach

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 9, 2016 file photo, England coach Mark Sampson reacts after a hard take-down by France during the first half of a soccer game in the SheBelieves Cup, in Boca Raton, Fla. England women’s team coach Mark Sampson has been fired over “inappropriate and unacceptable behavior” involving players in a previous job, it was reported on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. The English Football Association says it was only made aware of the full report into Sampson’s conduct at Bristol Academy last week despite the allegations first surfacing in 2014. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach, File)

England women’s team coach fired over misconduct in past job

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press