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Euro 2012: England players visit Auschwitz and Oskar Schindler Factory museum

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Time for reflection: England players pay visit to Auschwitz and Schindler's Factory

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15:06 GMT, 8 June 2012

England's players took time out from their Euro 2012 preparations today to visit some historic Polish sites.

After a light training session at their Hutnik base, the squad split into two groups – one led by Wayne Rooney that head to the former Nazi concntration Auschwitz and another headed by captain Steven Gerrard that visited the Oskar Schindler Factory museum.

Rooney's group – which featured no players who are expected to start against France in the Group D opener on Monday – made the 40-mile trip west from their Krakow base to the town of Oswiecim, and then on to the nearby village of Brzezinka.

Solemn: Captain Steven Gerrard and John Terry look on as England visit Oskar Schindler's Factory museum

Time for reflection: Gerrard lead a delegation of players to Schindler's Factory in Poland as John Terry, Ashley Young, Scott Parker, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Welbeck take in their tour of the museum (below)

Time for reflection: Terry, Young, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Welbeck take in their tour of the museum

It was there – at Auschwitz – that
millions of Jews, including a minimum of 232,000 children, lost their
lives during the Second World War.

Schindler was a German who saved
hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust by employing them at his
enamelware and munitions factory.

After being part of the group who
visited the museum, coach Gary Neville tweeted: 'We've just been to
Schindler's museum in Krakow. If you come over here I would recommend
you go.'

Taking it in: England players listen to information from their museum guide

Taking it in: England players listen to information from their museum guide while Sir Trevor Brooking leaves a message of condolence as Gerrard signs a Euro 2012 football (below)

Signings: Sir Trevor Brooking leaves a message of condolence as Gerrard signs a Euro 2012 football

Euro 2012

England boss Roy Hodgson is keen for
his players to appreciate the history behind the country their are
staying in during the finals.

The tone was already set thanks to a
talk given by Holocaust survivors Zigi Shipper and Ben Helfgott before
the team headed to Poland. When they had finished, the first hand raised
to volunteer to make the visit to Auschwitz was that of Rooney.

England are the latest country to visit Auschwitz ahead of the finals. Germany were the first, followed by Italy and Holland.

Looking around: Scott Parker studies an exhibition in the museum

Looking around: Scott Parker studies an exhibition as Cole (below) leads a group being shown other exhibits

Sombre: Ashley Cole leads a group of England players being shown exhibits in the museum

Mark Cavendish crashes out of Giro d"Italia

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Disaster for Cavendish as British star crashes out of Giro d'Italia

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15:00 GMT, 7 May 2012

Team Sky's Mark Cavendish crashed out of the Giro d'Italia as Matthew Goss won Stage Three of the 2012 edition.

Cavendish and Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) both crashed out but Goss (Orica-Green Edge) kept out of trouble to secure his first victory of the season.

Crashing out: Cavendish (centre) falls 100 metres from the finish line

Crashing out: Cavendish (centre) falls 100 metres from the finish line

Goss' team dominated in the final kilometres of the race, only going to the front inside the final two kilometres to deliver Orica's first Grand Tour stage win in four hours 20 minutes 53 seconds.

Juan Jose Heado (Saxo Bank) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) finished second and third on the stage.

Despite crashing out, Phinney retained the overall leader's pink jersey.

Today's 190km stage was from Horsens to Horsens and was dedicated to the memory of Wouter Weylandt, who died during the 2011 Giro d'Italia, and the mayor of Horsens Jan Trojborg who died yesterday.

Before the start, riders from Weylandt's Radioshack Nissan Trek team lined up at the front of the peloton, with his close friend Farrar of the Garmin-Barracuda team.

The general director of RCS Sport Michele Acquarone read a message of condolence in the presence of Weylandt's family and the assistant mayor of Horsens remembered Jan Trojborg.

The ceremony concluded with a minute's silence. Cavendish Tweeted: 'Remembering Wouter Weylandt, who sadly left us a year ago today.'

Gary Ablett honoured by Liverpool

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Liverpool confirm plans to honour Ablett at FA Cup tie after former player's death

Passed: Gary Ablett died on January 2, aged just 46

Passed: Gary Ablett died on January 2, aged just 46

Liverpool will pay tribute to former defender Gary Ablett with a minute's applause before Friday's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Oldham.

Ablett died on New Year's Day aged 46 after a 16-month battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Black armbands will also be worn by the players of Liverpool, for whom Ablett made 147 appearances and won two league titles and an FA Cup.

Merseyside rivals Everton, whom Ablett joined after leaving Anfield in 1992, have already opened a books of condolence and announced earlier this week there will be a period of silence before Saturday's cup tie at home to Tamworth.

Following his death, Liverpool manager
Kenny Dalglish, who gave Ablett his debut in December 1986, said: 'He
was a really good servant to the football club, not only as a player,
but also as reserve-team coach. He served the club proudly and
credibly.'

Kop Idol: Ablett (far left) was a hugely popular figure at Anfield... despite playing for Everton!

Kop Idol: Ablett (far left) was a hugely popular figure at Anfield… despite playing for Everton!

While Toffees boss David Moyes, added: Manager David Moyes said: 'It is so, so sad.He was a regular visitor here to Finch Farm over the last six months and he was a lovely man, well-liked by everyone.'