92 m. ago Now everything changes at Euro 2025 – but will we see a different England?

As the knockout stages arrive, England have shown their adaptability to recover from the opening defeat to France. But a quarter-final against a dangerous Sweden side may bring another tweak

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1 hour ago England v Sweden live: Wiegman demands ‘proper England’ show up for Lionesses’ Euro 2025 quarter

England face a rematch with Sweden in a bid to reach the Euro 2025 semi-finals

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2 h. ago Women’s Euro 2025: Sweden v England buildup and the latest news – live

All the latest Euros news and quarter-final buildupSchedule | Top scorers | Player guide | Mail EmilliaEuro 2025 quarter-finals:Norway 1-2 ItalySweden v EnglandSpain v SwitzerlandFrance v Germany Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Olivia Smith signs for Arsenal to become first £1m player in women’s football

The European champions have broken the women’s world-record transfer with the first £1m signing

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4 h. ago England v Sweden live: Women’s Euro 2025 team news as potential semi

England face a rematch with Sweden in a bid to reach the Euro 2025 semi-finals

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13 h. ago ‘Incredible, beautiful’: Italy reach first Women’s Euros semi

Norway 1-2 Italy: Cristiana Girelli struck at the death to send Italy into their first Euros semi-final in 28 years

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14 h. ago Girelli double sends Italy to Euro 2025 last four as Hegerberg misses spot

Jubilant Italy reached their first major women’s tournament semi-final since 1997 as Cristiana Girelli’s 90th-minute header beat a Norway side who had seen their captain Ada Hegerberg miss a crucial penalty earlier in the second half.Norway, managed by the former Wales coach Gemma Grainger, were disappointing for the first hour of the contest but appeared to be the stronger side in the latter stages after equalising through Hegerberg’s low finish in normal play, before Girelli’s back-post header won the game with her second goal of the match and sent the Italians wild. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Norway v Italy live: Women’s Euro 2025 result as Cristiana Girelli stuns Norway to send Italy into semi

Norway 1-2 Italy: Cristiana Girelli struck at the death to send Italy into their first Euros semi-final in 28 years

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15 h. ago Norway v Italy live: Women’s Euro 2025 latest score and updates as Ada Hegerberg equalises after penalty miss

Norway and Italy meet in the first quarter-final at Euro 2025 with England or Sweden up next in the semi-finals

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16 h. ago Norway v Italy live: Women’s Euro 2025 latest score and updates from opening quarter

Norway and Italy meet in the first quarter-final at Euro 2025 with England or Sweden up next in the semi-finals

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17 h. ago ‘Fear England?’ No, this Sweden team believes Women’s Euros 2025 is their year

As Sweden face England again in the knockout stages of a major tournament there is a belief that ‘something feels different’ after a statement win

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17 h. ago How Sweden became a progressive powerhouse of women’s football

The country has a long history of championing the women’s game, pioneering coaching and iconic playersFor a nation with a population of 10 million, with a men’s national side that failed to quality for three of the past four World Cups, Sweden have a track record in women’s football that belongs to a sporting superpower.Sweden finished third at three of the past four Women’s World Cups and are five-time World Cup semi-finalists. They also claimed the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics. In Europe, their success is even more consistent and they stand one win from a 10th European semi-final when they meet England in Zurich on Thursday. Their men’s national side has not reached a world or European semi-final for more than 30 years. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago All Euro 2025 players under pressure to ‘explode’ women’s game, insists Bronze

Defender says players feel duty to boost women’s footballKosovare Asllani looking forward to ‘fun’ England clashLucy Bronze believes every player at the European Championship feels a greater pressure to perform because of the boost women’s football receives as a result of success.“Every single player that puts on a shirt in this tournament probably feels that,” the defender said, as England prepare to play Sweden in their quarter-final on Thursday night. “I can imagine the Swiss team feel that because they’re the home nation. Every other team wants to replicate what England did in 2022, what the Netherlands did before us, and really boost women’s football and we know that success comes from that. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Football legend Frank McAvennie gets behind women’s football team in shirt deal

The former St Mirren, Celtic, West Ham and Scotland striker’s podcast Let Me Be Frank has backed Hamilton Academical WFC with a season long shirt deal.

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28 h. ago How Sarina Wiegman fixed England while making the fewest changes at Euro 2025

England have made the fewest changes to their starting line-up between games out of the eight teams through to the quarter-finals

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29 h. ago Kelly backs England’s ‘positive clique’ of finishers to deliver against Sweden

Lionesses’ impact players are viewed as an important piece of the team’s puzzle and have a key role to play in their Euro 2025 quarter-finalThere was confusion among England’s starters on Sunday night when both Beth Mead and Aggie Beever-Jones scored and wheeled away clicking their fingers. It was an in-joke between the substitutes, or “finishers” as they are referred to internally, viewed as an important a piece of the team’s puzzle as much as those who step out of the tunnel before kick-off.“It’s great,” the Arsenal forward Chloe Kelly says. “We have a little group of us, the finishers, the positive clique [pronounced click by Kelly, a play on words] we call it. We said if one of us comes on to score then we should do that as our celebration. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Inside England’s ‘positive clique’ and the celebration keeping the Lionesses together

England’s ‘finishers’ have started to ‘click’ to maintain their energy and motivation as they play a key part in the Euro 2025 squad

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42 h. ago Can Norway finally fulfil potential and end long wait for success at Euro 2025?

Twenty-five years since Olympic glory, the perennial underachievers try again with a last-eight clash with ItalyThe perennial underachievement of the Norway women’s national team is one of football’s great mysteries. How can a side packed with some of the world’s finest players continually make early exits at tournaments, fail to look cohesive and even endure a chastening 8-0 defeat against England at Euro 2022? How can great talents such as Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen, Chelsea’s Guro Reiten and the Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg not thrive together in their national-team kit?Stop there. Hold that thought. Something is stirring. Norway topped Group A at Euro 2025 with three wins from three and face Italy on Wednesday in the quarter-finals. Is this the summer when Norway will deliver on their potential, offered not just by Graham Hansen, Reiten and Hegerberg but Arsenal’s Frida Maanum and players from Manchester United, Atlético Madrid and Lyon? And with an English head coac...

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42 h. ago Will Norway finally fulfil potential and end long wait for success at Euro 2025?

Twenty-five years since Olympic glory, the perennial underachievers try again with a last-eight clash with ItalyThe perennial underachievement of the Norway women’s national team is one of football’s great mysteries. How can a side packed with some of the world’s finest players continually make early exits at tournaments, fail to look cohesive and even endure a chastening 8-0 defeat against England at Euro 2022? How can great talents such as Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen, Chelsea’s Guro Reiten and the Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg not thrive together in their national-team kit?Stop there. Hold that thought. Something is stirring. Norway topped Group A at Euro 2025 with three wins from three and face Italy on Wednesday in the quarter-finals. Is this the summer when Norway will deliver on their potential, offered not just by Graham Hansen, Reiten and Hegerberg but Arsenal’s Frida Maanum and players from Manchester United, Atlético Madrid and Lyon? And with an English head coac...

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44 h. ago The Lionesses are through to the quarter finals of the Women’s Euros 2025 – shop the best England merch

Will football come home again?

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