We have seen it so many times before in the build-up to a major tournament, both on the women’s and men’s side of the game, the warm-up friendly that gets everyone talking.
Every football fan knows that these games are quickly forgotten once the tournament kicks-off but one thing is for certain, a big win is a lot more ‘friendly’ than a big defeat at the dawn of an international...
UEFA and the Football Association are set to smash the attendance record for the Women's European Championship when Euro 2022 is held in England next year.
More than 700,000 tickets have been made available and even if only half of those are sold, it will still eclipse the 240,045 who attended the 2017 tournament in the Netherlands.
Individual defensive errors again cost England as they lost for the second time in four days. Canada won 2-0 in Stoke, following on from defeat to France last Friday.
Interim head coach Hege Riise rued the mistakes which allowed the Canadians in for both goals at either end of the game.
"We tried and held together as a team but I feel like it was more about mistakes today,"...
England paid for the absence of captain Steph Houghton and Lucy Bronze as France were able to exploit some defensive weaknesses in a 3-1 friendly victory in Caen.
For all their rustiness at the back, the Lionesses looked far sharper up front and only an inspired display by France keeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin prevented the margin of victory being narrower.
The Football Association are monitoring the worsening coronavirus situation in France ahead of England's friendly in Caen on 9 April.
Lyon have already been forced to quarantine their entire squad, including Lionesses star Nikita Parris, and have postponed their Champions League quarter-final against Paris St. Germain.
The England squad could also be banned from entering the...
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...
Chelsea successfully defended their Continental Tyres League Cup title with a 6-0 victory at Vicarage Road against Bristol City, but the match was marred by a serious injury to defender Maren Mjelde.
Although the Norway international tweeted that the knee injury was not as bad as first feared, she will be out for the rest of the season.
Hege Riise has accepted the role of head coach for the Team GB football squad at the Tokyo Olympics, saying she is "honoured and humbled" to be asked to combine the task with her current position as England interim head coach.
The Norwegian former gold medallist took charge of the Lionesses on a temporary basis after Phil Neville left for Inter Miami. She will be assisted in Japan by...
England interim head coach Hege Riise is set to lead Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics. The Norwegian gold medal winner will be offered the role this week, having stepped in to replace Phil Neville for the Lionesses after his departure for Inter Miami.
Neville was also due to take charge of the Olympic squad so Riise will now combine both roles in the same way. Her first match for...
