Vardy to miss England game...to get married

Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Jamie Vardy will miss England's friendly against Australia on Friday as he is getting married. 

It was Vardy who got the winner in England's 2-1 win against Turkey at the Etihad Stadium at the weekend, after Harry Kane failed to give England the lead from the spot.

The Leicester City ace will not be travelling with the squad to Sunderland, and will instead be tieing the knot with his partner. 

"Jamie will now celebrate his wedding on Wednesday, so we won't see him for a few days," Hodgson said.

"His wedding was planned for last June, I called him up for friendlies and he cancelled it, so he is within his rights to get married on Wednesday.

"The public might be surprised, but the major reason for it is because he had to cancel the wedding last year. It was more difficult for me to see it as an issue than maybe it would have been to complain about this date.

"Under normal circumstances, Wednesday would be when we would join up and, when he planned the wedding, he probably expected 10 days off first before coming back for international duty.

"But we know Jamie, we are satisfied with him and I don't think his place is under serious threat, so it hasn't caused me too many problems."