Ex-England forward Defoe had left Tottenham Hotspur for Canada in January 2014 on a four-year deal said to be worth between ...

Modern fans associate Jermain Defoe with Bradley Lowery, the young Sunderland fan who passed away after a battle against neuroblastoma. Defoe developed a remarkable connection with Lowery during ...

Yet Defoe has, through the most desperate of circumstances, gained more perspective than most. In 2017, Bradley Lowery, the six-year-old Sunderland fan he had befriended, died aged six after a ...

Getty Images Bradley Lowery, who was supported ... He went on to be Sunderland's mascot and became "best mates" with his hero, striker Jermain Defoe. In a statement read out in court, his mother ...

Dale Houghton, 31, was pictured laughing as he brandished the image of the six-year-old during a match against Sunderland ... Bradley Lowery was supported by former England striker Jermaine Defoe ...