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Leah Williamson feared crippling period pain could have ruined her Euro hopes

Footballer Leah Williamson feared that crippling period pain could have ruined her chances of leading the Lionesses to glory at last summer's European Championships.

The England's women's football captain suffers from endometriosis, which can make her periods so debilitating that she is left lying in pain on the bathroom floor.

Williamson, 25, told Women's Health magazine: "...