Meanings of shirt number in English

How a shirt number is being used to oppose homophobia in Brazil.

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Elliot Lee has just gone on loan to Luton and asked to wear Dylan's shirt number.

Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that Phillip Hughes' one-day international shirt number of 64 will be retired.

Moments after the final siren, teammates held up four fingers in a salute to Montague's shirt number, according to reports.

After scoring a second-half penalty, he held up two fingers on one hand and four on the other, marking Bryant's Lakers shirt number of 24.

Everton manager Ronald Koeman appears to have signalled his intentions regarding his squad after five players were not given a shirt number for the fo(...)

Both sets of fans applauded in the 24th minute - five-time NBA champion Bryant wore shirt number 24 for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Shirt numbers are worn in the FA Cup final for the first time in 1933.

Tottenham's academy is succeeding thanks to locally sourced players Read more Both scorelines and shirt numbers can be startlingly high.

He had six teenagers on the bench and, in total, Arsenal's starting XI and seven substitutes wore shirt numbers totting up to 618.

It was only a day after the shirt numbers were released when Pirates set the record straight by announcing that the player had retired.

Numbers with Nicklas It's not unheard of, of course, for footballers to have preferred shirt numbers, but the poor souls at Arsenal would have needed(...)