United defender Brown to fly home from tour after death of his pregnant sister

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Wes Brown will fly home early from Manchester United's tour of South Africa
following the death of his pregnant sister, manager Sir Alex Ferguson said
today.

Brown's half-sister, Claire Fallows, 36, died in hospital on Saturday.

She was around three months pregnant and was understood to have a history of
heart problems.

Sir Alex said that the England defender would return to the UK on Wednesday
from the pre-season tour.

It is not known if Brown, 28, will play for Manchester United against Orlando
Pirates in Durban tomorrow.

The death of his sister is a further blow after his father, Bancroft, died in
February.

'Wes had only just got to know Claire and now he has lost her,' a family friend told The Sun.

'She was a down-to-earth girl who was not bothered that he was a Premiership footballer. She was more interested in the fact that she had found her brother.'

Fallows, who worked in Asda, leaves a husband Tom and three sons aged one, 13 and 16.