Britain Soccer Football - Sunderland v Manchester City - Premier League - Stadium of Light - 5/3/17 Sunderland's Jermain Defoe Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith
LONDON (Reuters) - Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe returned to the England squad at the age of 34 on Thursday ahead of next week's friendly against world champions Germany and a World Cup qualifier at home to Lithuania.
Defoe has been in lethal form for his relegation-threatened club, scoring 14 of the Black Cats' 24 league goals this season but last appeared for England in November 2013 when he won his 55th cap.
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