Beth Mead

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Beth Mead calls for wide-ranging study into prevalence of ACL injuries

Beth Mead hopes the anterior cruciate ligament injuries she and her partner Vivianne Miedema have suffered can be the "kick up the a***" the women's game needs to look at the frequency of such injuries more closely.

Mead was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022 after top-scoring in the England women's team's Euros success in the summer.

However, she faces a race...

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Beth Mead's year to remember

Beth Mead’s 2022 was an emphatic case of a player bouncing back.

The summer of 2021 was a hugely disappointing time for the Arsenal forward, with Hege Riise having left her out of the Great Britain squad that headed to the Tokyo Olympics.

A year later, shortly after being named in Sarina Wiegman’s England squad for the upcoming home European Championship, a very much in-form...

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Injuries blight the sporting Christmas

It has sadly been a week of serious injury in female sport, with acclaimed Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema succumbing to a potentially severe knee problem during the Champions League defeat to Lyon on Thursday evening.

Despite the loss, Arsenal qualified for the quarter-finals but the only thoughts after the game were centred around Miedema, who fell awkwardly on the stroke of half-...

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WSL Back with a Bang

Arguably the most anticipated Women’s Super League season ever kicked-off in suitably spectacular fashion on Friday night.

An early red card, two goals from a Euro master and a statement of intent from one of the pre-season favourites.

After the wonderful summer of European glory for English football, the WSL is generating more interest than ever and a trip to last season’s...

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There's only two Beth Meads!

Football is finally home! After 56 years of hurt, England’s Lionesses brought football home on Sunday with a thrilling 2-1 victory over old rivals Germany in the EURO 2022 final.

To celebrate the momentous occasion, SEA LIFE Scarborough is honouring England hero, and Yorkshire native, Beth Mead by naming its football loving octopus after the star of the tournament.

After...

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England open Euros with tight victory on electric atmosphere

It may sound cliché but the game of football was the real winner on a night when the Women’s Euros kicked-off with spectacular scenes at Old Trafford.

A packed crowd at one of the most famous stadiums in the world revelled in a wonderful occasion, summed up by England manager Sarina Wiegman when asked about the atmosphere, who said: “It was incredible. No more words.”

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Houghton out, James missing from England squad for France and Canada friendlies

England captain Steph Houghton will miss the Lionesses' fixtures against France and Canada in April as she continues her recovery from an Achilles injury.

Uncapped Niamh Charles has been named in Hege Riise's squad along with Millie Turner but there's no room for Turner's Manchester United teammate Lauren James.

Riise said: "She's a player that we follow [but] due to injury...