Tag: England Women's Football
8 months ago
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Lionesses in line for New Year Honours and invite to No 10 after World Cup performance

The last time an entire sporting team was recognised in the honours list was 2005, when the Ashes-winning England cri...

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8 months ago
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Lionesses tipped for honours after England's best World Cup since 1966 despite final heartbreak

Downing Street is considering how best to celebrate the team's heroic efforts throughout the World Cup

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10 months ago
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'We've heard nothing': Girls' access to sport stalls as UK government accused of 'empty words'

The government pledged to invest £600m of funding into girls' sport in March but the proposed changes are still uncle...

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10 months ago
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Sexism in football up by 400% in the year after Lionesses' Euro 2022 triumph, report reveals

A record number of discrimination complaints have been made for the most recent season, with the biggest rise in sexi...

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over 1 year ago
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A man's game? Women's football could be worth £500m by 2033, says new report

'Women’s football is more down to earth, family-oriented and progressive than the men’s game, and we want to be assoc...

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over 1 year ago
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England Women sold more than 200,000 tickets to elusive Gen Z fans, pointing to a bright future

'The Euros has shown people the experience they can have. The work that’s been done with the women’s Euros has set th...

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over 1 year ago
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England owes it to the Lionesses to learn from errors of USA 99 and invest in women's football

Victory in the Euro 2022 final is a watershed moment and we can all play our part in ensuring it brings an end to ine...

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almost 2 years ago
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Plan to give every England women's player an official cap in turmoil because FA lost records

Governing body wants to award caps to all players after an i campaign but task could be made impossible after it thre...

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almost 2 years ago
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England's first women's team deserve an apology for being forgotten by the FA, claims ex-player

The original Lionesses of 1972 will be retrospectively awarded caps by the FA after an i campaign but Jeannie Allott ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Women's football flows better because they don't dive like men, let's hope it stays that way

Male footballers dive more and spend longer celebrating goals than women, for whom the game (and not making themselve...

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almost 2 years ago
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England’s first official women's team will be awarded caps after FA caves to pressure

Governing body will distribute bespoke caps to original 1972 Lionesses and subsequent teams after players told i abou...

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almost 2 years ago
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England's first official women's team should be given caps by the FA, Government says

Commons Leader Mark Spencer writes to the governing body of English football after members of the 1972 Lionesses tell...

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almost 2 years ago
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'It hurts a lot - the England Women of 1972 achieved something historic, but nobody knows us'

Lynda Hale is one of the first women to have played football for England, but admits players in that ground-breaking ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Euro 2022 should be a special summer, so men please don't ruin it with sexist hate and online abuse

You wouldn't tell Harry Maguire to stick to drinking beer and fixing cars when he makes a mistake, but every day fema...

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over 2 years ago
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'How I overcame a depth perception problem to become an England goalkeeper'

Nosebleeds, eye operations and countless broken fingers... Aston Villa's No 1 Hannah Hampton tells Sam Cunningham abo...

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