Soccer-Former England manager Venables dies aged 80


FILE PHOTO: Football - England - Steve McClaren Press Conference - The Landmark Hotel, 222 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 6JQ - 11/8/06 England assistant manager Terry Venables Action Images via Reuters/Scott Heavey/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Terry Venables, the former manager of England's national soccer team and Tottenham Hotspur, has died aged 80 after an illness, his family said on Sunday.

Venables guided England to the semi-finals of the 1996 European Championship on home soil before losing to Germany on penalties.

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