Freya Kemp

WSD

Injuries blight the sporting Christmas

It has sadly been a week of serious injury in female sport, with acclaimed Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema succumbing to a potentially severe knee problem during the Champions League defeat to Lyon on Thursday evening.

Despite the loss, Arsenal qualified for the quarter-finals but the only thoughts after the game were centred around Miedema, who fell awkwardly on the stroke of half-...