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    Owen reveals mumps kept him out of England duty

    Friday, July 25, 2008

    Michael Owen has revealed he missed England's summer friendlies against the United States and Trinidad and Tobago after contracting the mumps. The Newcastle striker withdrew from Fabio Capello's squad for the end-of-season games with what was initially thought to be a virus picked up from a vaccination he was given to travel with England to the West Indies. But hospital tests showed the 28-year-old had developed an illness that can cause painful swelling in areas other than the face. Owen, wh ...

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