Whatever happened to… the London 2012 Team GB women’s football squad?
After a nine-year wait, fans are finally getting to see a Team GB side at the Olympics again, but Alasdair Hooper looks at where coach Hope Powell’s trailblazing [...]
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Tokyo 2020: Goal hero White has help from friends in Team GB’s opening win
While the Man City striker will take the plaudits for her deadly double, Scottish additions Little and Weir shone along with Bronze against lowly Chile to show why Great [...]
Who cares if Sheffield FC is turning ‘hipster’? Historic clubs need to look to the future
Some have criticised their slick online image and expensive kits, but in a Covid world clubs need fan revenue more than ever – especially when they have big plans like [...]
Tokyo 2020: Five Euro stars to watch out for at the Olympics
Ahead of the first group match on Wednesday, Martin Whiteley looks at five players set to strive at this year’s Olympics. Brazil (Group F) Ludmila Blessed with [...]
Tokyo 2020 preview: Olympic competition too close to call
With limited fixtures over the past 18 months and most teams’ form an unknown quantity, the Olympic women’s football tournament is wide open and all medals are up for [...]
Euro 2020 player focus: Bolshy Bonucci crucial to Italy win
In a game which saw defenders take goal-scoring into their own hands, with Luke Shaw and Leonardo Bonucci on the scoresheet, the Italian gave a complete defensive and [...]
Budding players find space to blossom at Bloomsbury Football
The charity’s free courses and pay-what-you-can system stop young people being priced out of football – and more girls are joining than ever before, writes Jessy Parker [...]
Our son discovered the joy of football but my Euros memories have been tainted by destructive England fans
Don’t excuse the swathes of supporters who let down a team that had united the country and brought so much happiness during a special tournament, writes Laura Lawrence. [...]
Italy v England preview: where the Euro 2020 final could be won and lost
Italy’s greatest strengths could also be their biggest weaknesses, and England must capitalise on small fissures in the Azzurri set-up to have a chance at Euro glory, [...]
Euro 2020 EFL graduates: Schmeichel goes it a loan on his path to the top
Although he couldn’t save Denmark from their semi-final heartbreak, Kasper Schmeichel’s journey to Euro 2020 – via a shortcut through the EFL – is one of the more [...]
