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Wayne Rooney claims that he could have passed away if his wife Coleen had not assisted him with alcohol problems.

The 39-year-old former England and Manchester United captain claims that during his playing career, he was “struggling massively” with his drinking.

Rooney has been married to Coleen since 2008 and has a record 253 goals for United. He retired from playing in 2021.

He declared on the podcast Rio Ferdinand Presents, “I sincerely believe that if she weren’t there, I would be dead.”

She keeps me on that path for the next 20 years because I’ve made mistakes in the past that are well documented and whatever.

I wanted to go out with my friends, have a drink, and have a good time. There was a point where I went too far in my life when I was having a lot of trouble drinking.

“I didn’t believe I could approach anyone,” he said. I didn’t really want to because I didn’t want to burden anyone with that.

I only drank for two days straight. I trained, and over the weekend, I would score two goals, and then I would go back and drink for two days straight.

Rooney said: “There could have been times when Coleen could have left,” when he discussed the importance of his relationship with Coleen with BBC Breakfast three years ago. However, we are in love.

Never an alcoholic, I said. I used to binge drink more frequently than I did, so I would literally drink two days off before putting myself to bed for work and then have to run around a pitch and train. At times, I wasn’t portraying myself in the best way possible.

I’ve spoken to some people. It was helpful. You express your emotions. I held them in and then built up, which I didn’t do.

Dubai, Super Four, and the Asia Cup

India 168-6 (20 overs): A Sharma 75 (37), Rishad 2-27

Bangladesh 127 (19.3 overs): Saif Hassan 69 (51), K Yadav 3-18

By 41 runs, India won.

With a 41-run victory over Bangladesh, reigning champions India secured a spot in the Asia Cup final.

With the victory, India moves two points clear of Sri Lanka, who have lost their first two matches in the Super Fours, and moves them two points clear of the table.

In the penultimate group game on Thursday, Pakistan and Bangladesh will square off against one another, with the winner of the match playing India in the final.

Abhishek Sharma, the opener, scored his second half-century in as many games to start India’s innings in Dubai.

Together with Shubman Gill, he won a powerful first-wicket stand, totaling 46 (19) on the powerplay. Before being run out in the 12th over, he continued to score 75 (37), including six fours and five sixes.

Before all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s 38 (29) set Bangladesh a target of 169, his dismissal as India’s third-rounder caused a mini collapse as they lost 3-17 in 3.33 overs.

Saif Hassan, the opener for Bangladesh, top-scored with 69 (51), including five sixes, in a quick 50-run effort.

He lacked support, though only Parvez Hossain Emon, who had 21 off 19, the only other player to achieve double figures, had.

Trent Bridge, Division One of the Rothesay County Championship (day one)

Warwickshire 258: Barnard 48, Young 48, Hutton 4-46, Abbas 3-33

Nottinghamshire: Yet to bat

Warwickshire 1pt, and Nottinghamshire 3pts

After defeating Warwickshire for 258 on day one at Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire are within 300 runs of winning the County Championship.

After beating defending champions Surrey last week, Notts fulfilled their first requirement by taking all three bowling bonus points, led by Brett Hutton’s 4-46 and Mohammad Abbas’ 3-33, in order to win the title for the first time since 2010.

Surrey only needs two more points in this game to ensure that they are guaranteed of winning the championship because they didn’t take any of the five batting bonus points that might be awarded to them against Hampshire at Southampton.

Even if they lost and get defeated by Surrey, they will still be awarded the title if they can score anything above 300 with the bat in their first innings within 110 overs.

If Dan Mousley hadn’t defied the difficult batting conditions by scoring 74 to help Warwickshire’s recovery from 127-5, they might have been on the field already in search of those runs.

Ed Barnard and Will Young, who had a 117-run sixth-wicket partnership, made exactly the same 48 deliveries as Mousley did with Will Young earlier.

In a position where it would have been more difficult than 70-1, Nottinghamshire presumably would have preferred to send Warwickshire to lunch after choosing to bowl first.

Only Alex Davies, who was leg before the 10th ball of the match, was lost as a result of a wholly unforecast stoppage due to rain, who had just started the opening session.

Abbas, who is now back from a minor back issue, bowled seven overs that could have taken two or three wickets on a different day. Young and Rob Yates repeatedly played and missed other deliveries before scoring.

Another early wicket, Yates well held at second slip by Freddie McCann in Abbas’s second over, was delayed by 50 minutes due to more rain.

Although the sky cleared, Young’s patience and some nifty footwork remained a challenge.

He was about to reach half-century against his former county when he saved himself on 35 by saving the ball away from the stumps with the help of Dillon Pennington’s delivery, but he unexpectedly waved at a ball from Hutton outside off stump and paid the price.

A first bowling point for Nottinghamshire was enthusiastically lauded by the home crowd, who had already been defeated by Hampshire for just 147.

In a subsequent over, Sam Hain and Zen Malik were caught behind from a late ball by Lyndon James that moved to the edge of his defensive bat, which came two more wickets before tea.

Mousley and Barnard fought back in the middle session, which ended up being Nottinghamshire’s property, and he became more confident and aggressive as the partnership expanded, accelerating to a half-century from 62 balls, which he celebrated by dropping James back down the pitch for six.

However, with only one more half-hour left, left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White claiming the second bowling point with a caught-and-bowled to remove Barnard, before Abbas, who bowled quickly and straight with a second new ball in hand, dismissed Michael Booth and Ethan Bamber in consecutive deliveries.

Hutton put the finishing touches on Tazeem Ali by bowling Tazeem Ali, before Mousley hurried off, leaving Nottinghamshire within striking distance of the prize.

Mitchell Mann was given a frame after starting his British Open campaign against Gao Yang late because of a flat tire, but he rallied to win 4-3.

The 33-year-old had to leave his car after 10 minutes because he was already 1-0 up in the third round.

The world number 91 said, “I was completely stranded, and I had no spare tire.”

“Thankfully, my friends came pick me up when I called. One of them waited for the RAC with my car while one drove me to Cheltenham.

It’s a lesson I should have learned from last night’s drive down. My car is now where I don’t know where!

With a 4-1 victory over Bulcsu Revesz from Hungary, Mark Allen advanced to the third round.

Following his victory over Jiang Jun on Tuesday, the Antrim man won two games in a row.

Allen started well with a 60-second break and the opening two frames with a strong start.

Revesz, who shocked Ali Carter last year, came back strong in the third round to win the match.

The English Open champion, however, rallied in the fourth round with a 69 break to advance to the third round.

After winning 4-0 over England’s Reanne Evans, he will now face Mark Williams of Wales in his third-round match. Robbie McGuigan will face Ben Mertens of Antrim, while Robbie McGuigan will face Ben Mertens of Belgium.

Giovanni Leoni, a Liverpool defender, has a suspected anterior cruciate ligament injury that will keep him out for months.

Before going off with the injury, the 18-year-old played 81 minutes of Tuesday’s 2-1 Carabao Cup third-round victory over Southampton.

Leoni, who signed for Parma for £26 million plus add-ons in August, has since had knee tests.

According to sources, the center-back’s ACL has been damaged, which would likely prevent the teenager from playing for the majority of the season, if not for the entire season.

He is down because he didn’t immediately feel good about it. After Tuesday’s game, Liverpool head coach Arne Slot stated that “typically the emotions of a player tell you a lot.”

With Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, and Joe Gomez among the three players who have been injured, Slot currently has just three center-backs.

Federico Chiesa, a forward, and Leoni are among the candidates for inclusion in Liverpool’s Champions League squad.

Ollie Pope is “the man in charge” of England’s top three spot, according to Rob Key, who made no announcements regarding the first Ashes Test’s selection.

When England made their Australia tour squad, Pope was subject to pressure from Jacob Bethell for a large portion of the past year. He was replaced by Harry Brook as vice-captain.

“Ollie Pope is easier to drop if we take the vice-captaincy off,” said England managing director Key, according to an elaborate scheme.

You never make your decisions too soon because things happen, according to the tour guides we’ve conducted. We make decisions as soon as we can. Two days before the first Test, we’ll find out what that XI will be.

England announced their 16-man squad for the Ashes tour on Tuesday. Key explained the rationale behind selecting Will Jacks as the second spinner and why Brook was chosen as the vice-captain in a statement released on Wednesday.

Ben Stokes, the captain, and Mark Wood, the pace bowler, were also given fitness updates by Key. Chris Woakes’ international career was effectively ended by him because of his dislocated shoulder in the final Test against India in July, which prevented him from playing in the Ashes tour.

Woakes may not have made the squad in the absence of his two previous Australian appearances because he struggled. In an effort to be fit, he decided against having his left shoulder removed, and at 36, he is most likely to have played his final game for England.

Woakes’ final performance as an international cricketer was bravely batting with his dislocated shoulder to help England win the thrilling fifth Test.

In cricket terms, it’s been as difficult a time for someone as it has been for anyone else, according to Key.

He was running out of time to get ready for the Ashes’ debut. And then, once you leave an Ashes series, you frequently look to the following one, so we’re not planning on using Chris Woakes at the moment.

Key described Brook as a “better leader” than Pope when he was appointed England’s white-ball captain at the start of the summer.

Following the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in May, the captain claimed there was an “agenda” against his then deputy.

In the first five-match series, Pope scored a century in the first innings of the first Test against India in June.

Bethell, age 21, struggled as a result of only one first-class game before joining the England squad for the final Test at The Oval, but the left-hander made his professional debut earlier this month in a one-day international against South Africa.

Before the Ashes, former England and Kent batsman Key predicted that Jacob Bethell would start playing in white-ball cricket. Jacob Bethell will continue to gain experience despite the fact that we are familiar with Ollie Pope.

With a shoulder injury, talismanic captain Stokes missed the final Test against India, causing England to have yet to lose any of its previous four Test series.

However, the 34-year-old increased his bowling during his county Durham’s County Championship game against Yorkshire at Headingley on Wednesday.

Before the Ashes series, Key said, “He won’t play a lot of cricket, but that didn’t prevent him from facing India.” It’s undoubtedly the best I’ve seen him bowl in a long time, if not ever, and that was without playing a lot of cricket in the summer.

“Ben Stokes has no issues at all,” I said. He typically develops, and everything he does prepares himself for these significant events.

Due to elbow and knee problems, Stokes’ Durham team-mate Wood hasn’t played a Test since August 2024, but Key is confident that “the world’s fastest bowler will be fit for the first Ashes Test on November 21.”

Although his recovery is likely a little slower than we anticipated, Key argued that we always erred in favor of caution.

Woody never needs to play a lot of games to improve, which is what he always does. He can bowl in nets and in middle practice, and then suddenly he runs up and bowls 95 mph.

Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, and Liam Dawson were chosen as Shoaib Bashir’s backup spinner, ahead of Surrey all-rounder Jacks.

Although he has only taken five first-class wickets this year, off-spinner Jacks offers England height and the option to improve their batting.

We believe Jacks offers a lot of different options in the coming weeks, Key said.