Jermaine Jes announces retirement from soccer

London, Jan 8: England footballer Jermaine Jes has announced his retirement after the 32-year-old failed to recover from a knee injury.

In an interview with BBC on Thursday, Jes said: “I have officially retired, I tried my best to come back from the knee injury but unfortutely that is the end of my career.”

Jes played his last game with Queens Park Rangers in April 2014 but could not make it back from his knee injury he sustained and he went on to work as an alyst with BBC. The former player earned 21 caps with England’s tiol team, and played for four seasons with Newcastle United before moving to Tottenham Hotspur, then on loan to Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, before finishing his career with QPR. IANS