England women's playmaker Fran Kirby has announced her retirement from international football after learning she was unlikely to make Sarina Wiegman's squad for next month's Euros."The plan was to retire after the Euros but after speaking to Sarina I'm not going to make the squad,

England midfielder Fran Kirby has retired from international football with immediate effect. Kirby, now of Brighton & Hove Albion, has made her decision, she says, after being told by England manager Sarina Wiegman she would not be included in the squad for the European Championship,

The Brighton player, who scored 19 goals in 77 caps for the Lionesses, had been told she wouldn't be selected for the Euros, which begin in Switzerland next month.