we have a bit more here. he brought the feel good factor back to english football at euro 96, terry venables took his team tantalizingly close to glory. after dazzling their way to the semi finals, england s hopes ended in heartache. but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. how old are you? 16. the footballer s whole life. yes. he wanted to go on being a hero. yes. and so it proved that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tell. next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business dealings saw him sacked. but in 1994, england came calling and venables coaching prowess reached its peak. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes. yes. at a european championship on home soil, h
but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. how old are you? 16. the football is your whole life. yes. he wanted it to go on being your whole life. yes. and so it proved that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tell. next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business dealings saw him sacked. but in 1994, england came calling and venables coaching prowess reached its peak. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes. at a european championship on home soil, his team made it all the way to the semi finals. carried on a wave of national euphoria. agonisingly, defeat to germany on penalties ended their hopes. but venables had given the fans an experience they and he would never fo
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truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in
from there he returned to one of his former clubs, spurs, leading them to an fa cup win in1991. then came england. he led his nation at a home european champoinship in 1996, where football fervour gripped england as they reached the semi finals of the euros, to the strains of the song football s coming home. it was england s best major tournament achievement in 30 years. gary lineker, who venables signed for barcelona from everton and then brought him to tottenham when he took the manager s role at white hart lane, paid this tribute. first i would like to say what an incredibly sad day this is. it has actually hit me quite hard because i was very close to terry, he wasn t just a coach or manager. but he was a friend. i worked with him on television for many years. he was the only manager i had in my career that would regularly take out for lunch, where we just talked football and that started, as you rightly said, at barcelona when he signed me there. it an incredibly importa