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England's Smalling out of Lithuania qualifier

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Chris Smalling is out of the England squad through injury

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling is injured and will play no part in England's World Cup qualifier with Lithuania this weekend, the Football Association said on Friday.

In his place Middlesbrough's Ben Gibson got his first senior England call-up for Sunday's match at Wembley.

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