Reigning World Champions England Women will play France and Ireland in an autumn international series next month. England will play the first of their two fixtures against France in France on November 7 at Le Stade Francis Turcan in Martigues, kick off 445pm (GMT). The match will also be broadcast live on France 4 TV. England
Loughborough Lightning have confirmed the signing of England international mid-court player Sasha Corbin for the forthcoming season. Corbin, who is joining Lightning from Hertfordshire Mavericks where she was captain, has played for her country 53 times since making her debut against Malawi in 2008. An experienced wing attack or centre, Corbin is the second England star
The final game of the Women’s Grand Finals was for the Championship title, Thatto Heath took on Featherstone Rovers running out 18-12 Featherstone Rovers winners in a gripping end to the Women’s rugby league season. The match started brightly, inside the opening minute Thatto’s Jenny Welsby made the first break before Jodie Cunningham (player of the match)
The RAF Ladies representative team took on the GB Police ladies team in a warm up match before the GB Police’s European qualifiers. The game looked to be going to the RAF until a killer free kick in injury time leveled the score 1-1. A bright start from both teams saw RAF Captain Zara McIntosh beat
In an exciting last day of the WSL1 football season, Chelsea Ladies did more than hold their nerve as they ran out convincing victors against Sunderland Ladies, winning by 4-0. Ji So-Yun opened the scoring, Fran Kirby (pictured above in Reading colours) added two more and Gemma Davison rounded it off with the fourth. After the disappointment
A brace from Bethany England and a Sue Smith penalty handed the Belles a vital three points in their quest for the title with 3-0 win over Oxford United Women. Following a cagey opening, Smith opened the scoring with an emphatic penalty after a handball in the area. The lead was doubled when England flicked home
Leicester edged to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Clifton in the Investec Women’s Hockey League Premier Division on Saturday. Goals from Lizzy Honarmand, Liz George and Rachel Mack had Leicester 3-0 up before Jessica Bloom and Claire Thomas reduced the arrears to 3-2 at the break. Els Mansell equalised for Clifton early in the second half,
England’s U17s women continue to rampage through their qualifiers with a second 13-0 victory, this time over hosts Estonia. To illustrate how one-sided the match was, England had a massive 38 shots on goal with 23 on target, whilst Estonia managed just one. England’s goals were scored by: Russo 4’, 15’, 46’; Charles 9’, 28’;
A huge weekend of women’s football begins today with England’s U17s taking on Estonia in a UEFA qualifying match. The U17s will be full of confidence having beating Croatia 13-0 on Thursday. This is also the final week of the WSL with the title race still to be decided, although very much in Chelsea Ladies
Surbiton host rivals Canterbury in the Investec Women’s League Premier Division on Saturday afternoon, in a repeat of the league finale last season where the London side were crowned champions. They edged to a 2-1 victory back in April, but with just one win from their first three matches the pressure is on to start
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