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Boldon Girls Club

The club behind three England legends

If you are flicking through the TV channels, wondering where to take your evening viewing, a brilliant new film on the BBC could be the answer.

‘We Are England – England's Next Lionesses’ is available on the BBC iPlayer and tells the delightful story of Boldon Girls, a club established in 1992 by Paul Smith and based in South Tyneside, which has produced three players for the...

Leah Williamson mural

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: "...

Alex Greenwood (centre) being presented with a framed copy of her mural by Sefton Council Cabinet Members Cllr Ian Moncur (left) and Cllr Trish Hardy (right).

Greenwood mural to inspire the future

"It's a real honour and if I can inspire just one girl from Bootle to play football then I feel like my job is done!"

That is the message from Bootle Lioness and England Women's Footballer Alex Greenwood as she officially unveiled a huge mural honouring her successes.

The 29-year-old Euro 2022 winning Lioness said she was extremely proud to have a mural commemorating her...

Top Trumps

Top Trumps for the Lionesses

Top Trumps will launch a brand new pack featuring 30 of your favourite England Women's Football players in time for Christmas, making it the perfect gift experience !

Top Trumps has been a much-loved game for over 50 years and is the UK's #1 card game*. Over the years, Top Trumps has launched hundreds of titles on various topics, all over the world and in different languages....

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Red Roses in rampant Rugby World Cup start

The weekend has barely begun and there has already been some fantastic sport on display.

New Zealand is the only place to start, as the biggest ever Women’s Rugby World Cup got underway, and the tournament favourites are wearing the red rose of England.

After France cruised past South Africa in the opening match, England took on the flair of Fiji. Claudia MacDonald and Amy...

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More hope than hate on social media

The vast majority of social media posts directed towards England’s winning Euro 2022 football players across the tournament were positive, an analysis by Cardiff University’s HateLab has found.

The study of 78,141 posts on Twitter, Reddit and 4Chan identified more than 50,000 positive posts – roughly one “hate” post for every 125 “hope” posts – while 380 were classed as sexist or...

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England star reveals sleep tips from Lionesses’ Den

Ex-England women’s football star Anita Asante has revealed her top tips for the current Lionesses to get an uninterrupted and peaceful night’s sleep as they bid for sporting glory at Euro 2022.

Anita, who earned 71 international caps and represented Britain at the 2012 Olympics, is currently working as a pundit for the BBC as part of the channel’s Euros coverage – as England look to...

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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.”

A...

12th Woman T-shirt

New equality campaign ahead of Women's Euro's

You’d look twice if you saw them enter a pub together for the big match, so what do Ellie Taylor, Harry Redknapp, AJ Odudu, Karen Carney and Jermaine Jenas all have in common?

They’re passionate fans of football and for this summer’s UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 they are all showing their support for the beautiful game by becoming the ‘12th Woman’.

This eclectic all-star squad was...

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England ready to kick-off in the Women’s European Championship

The wait is finally over and today is the day England will finally open the 2022 Women’s European Championship.

A record-breaking 500,000 tickets have been sold for the tournament, double the attendance figures for the previous Euros in 2017, and Wembley has already sold out for the final on July 31.

England will start the tournament at Old Trafford tonight (8pm), when the...

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