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Jordan Henderson has urged his England team-mates to help Gareth Southgates job chances by producing on the pitch. Aaron Judge Jersey . Southgate is halfway through an initial four-game spell in charge after Saturdays 2-0 win over Malta and a goalless draw in Slovenia.It took several Joe Hart saves to preserve a point in Ljubljana, and Englands interim manager afterwards claimed he had taken over a mess in the wake of Sam Allardyces abrupt exit. Southgate plans to assess his long-term ambitions after games against Scotland and Spain next month, but he has received an early vote of confidence from his stand-in skipper in Slovenia. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. Henderson said: The players have got on really well with him. Were close as a group and weve had meetings about what we want to do as a team.The manager has been brilliant with us so we need to put in the performances, not just for ourselves, but the fans and him and the coaching staff as well to make sure we keep working together for a long time.Hes spoken to the players as a group and individually as well and I think that has helped. Weve worked well together as a group. Gareth Southgate is halfway through an initial four-game spell as England boss He gives responsibility to players and he listens. Its been a good week. It would have been better with two wins, but weve got to take the positives: beating Malta and getting a good point from this game.Henderson also praised Wayne Rooneys reaction to being dropped, a decision which handed the Liverpool midfielder the armband.I think Wayne handled the whole thing brilliantly, he said. Even at half-time he was trying to help the lads, telling us how he thought we could improve in the second half. Highlights from Englands Group F World Cup qualifier against Slovenia He wished us all the best, but hes the one we all follow. Hes the captain and one we all look up to. Hes a world-class player and experienced player and hes shown his class this week.I get on well with Wayne and he just said keep on doing what you have been doing because thats why youve been given the role.You can watch Liverpool v Man Utd, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the British Masters on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! Also See: England latest England fixtures England stats Table Clint Frazier Jersey . The union filed a grievance late Thursday, one day after Goodell suspended four players who participated in bounties from 2009-11. The complaint says Goodell is prohibited from punishing players for any aspect of the case occurring before the new collective bargaining agreement was signed last August. Dellin Betances Jersey .D. Martinezs ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored Torii Hunter with the winning run and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Sunday.The most challenging days in the world of sports are those where cold, hard reality intrudes on the fantasy world of games and play. And so it was last Apr. 15 when, while preparing to host the Monday edition of TSN Drive, the mood of that day suddenly turned dark. The Boston Marathon had been bombed. A great number of people had been injured and some had been killed. No one knew whod done it, what their motive was or what else they might have in mind. North Americans arent blind to the possibilities of terrorism, certainly not since Sept. 11, 2001. But the notion of a being maimed or killed by attending a sporting event is about as remote to our sense vulnerability as can be. That sense may in fact be the very reason the perpetrators chose the marathon, an iconic event, a symbol of spring, and something attended by people from various walks of life which attracts an international field and audience. Bomb the Boston Marathon and the message is that anything can be a target, or so those behind it surely hoped. My co-host that day one year ago was Bruce Arthur, with whom I met 30 minutes before air time to discuss that days show. We instantly agreed it felt wrong to open the program talking sports. Instead wed talk about what was unfolding in Boston for the first 30 minutes, follow the breaking news and then reassess. When we got to the bottom of the clock in that first hour, neither of us had the stomach to talk sports. It just felt wrong. And so we stuck to the matters at hand in Boston, believing our listeners understood that sports could wait for at least a day. Everyone knows what happened next. Boston became city in lock-down, sports events were cancelled, a security guard was killed, and eventually two suspects were captured, one of them dead and the other severely wounded. And in the days that followed, the question of societal response began to emerge: How would North Americans react, understanding that this type of thing wasnt restricted to marathons and could happen at any sort of large public gathering?  And since the world of sports has more large public gatherings than any other business, how would it affect ballparks, arenas and stadiums? How would this change the experience of attending a sporting event? There was the predictable response from leagues, with enhanced security measures at most venues which, depending on your point of view, is either a good thing or the further erosion of the carefree lives we used to enjoy. Matt Holliday Jersey. But any sense that the Boston bombing had somehow altered the experience of attending a sporting event in North America, that people would reconsider gathering in public to cheer on their favourite teams? That proved to be a complete myth. No, the sports world is pretty much exactly as it was before the Boston bombing. And thats significant because the most meaningful thing about sports isnt who wins or who loses or who gets paid the most money. Its the manner in which spectator sports are about sharing common experiences with others, producing a sense of oneness that few other things can deliver. Sport in a vacuum is just an empty spectacle of athletic achievement. But surround it with people who have a common perspective and it takes on its own energy and meaning, becoming as much an expression of community and culture as anything else. Thats what we saw in Boston during the weeks and months that followed the bombing, with the Bruins and then the Red Sox as symbols of the citys communal spirit. Lets be clear: a professional sports team winning in the aftermath of a tragedy doesnt make anything better, doesnt heal the wounded or bring back the dead. What it does, however, is give people a way to express their resolve and creates a sense of normalcy in what can be very troubling times. The two men who bombed the marathon sought not just to cause death and destruction but also to affect way people live their lives. In less than a week, the 2014 Boston Marathon will take place with people from Massachusetts and around the world gathering to participate. Some will be running but many, many more will be lining the streets just to be present. 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