FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - England Training - Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 13, 2018 England manager Gareth Southgate during training REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - England, the soccer team with three lions on their shirts, have the fierce support of three lionesses at London Zoo who were doing their own training on Thursday as the tournament kicked off.
Encouraged to play with a soccer ball specially painted with the English flag, one of the animals, Heidi nudged it gently with her head, dribbled it, but refused to pass to her sisters Indi and Rubi, and instead lay down and gave it a chew.
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