St. Petersburg June 14 (IANS) England s football team on Thursday started its second training session in Russia with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of London s deadly Grenfell Tower fire.
The England squad led by head coach Gareth Southgate stood in a semi-circle to pay tribute to the victims of the tragedy that took place on June 14 last year when a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in North Kensington claiming 72 lives reports Efe.
Meanwhile forward Marcus Rashford missed the training session for a second consecutive day over what he called a "slight niggle" in his knee.
He said is should not prevent him from taking part in the Three Lions upcoming World Cup clash against Tunisia s "the Eagles of Carthage" national team on June 18 at Volgograd Arena in Volgograd.
England is to play in Group G along with Tunisia Belgium and Panama.

--IANS pur/bg