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England to face Northern Ireland and Canada in first games since March 2020 and following Neville departure

England have announced warm-up friendlies against Northern Ireland and Canada as they prepare for the Olympic Games later this year and to host the Women's European Championship next summer.

The Lionesses will face the Northern Irish later this month, on Tuesday, February 23 in a 12.30pm kick-off, before taking on the Canadians in April.

The Northern Ireland game will be England's first official fixture in nearly a year, following a host of postponements in 2020 because of coronavirus, including the rescheduling of the Olympics in Tokyo from last year to this. They have not played a competitive game since March 2020, when they lost 1-0 to a late Spain goal in the SheBelieves Cup.