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Golden girls lose out to the Lionesses

Watford Ladies were narrowly defeated 3-2 by Millwall Lionesses in an incident-packed encounter at Harlow Town FC. The hosts went two up inside twenty minutes thanks to Naomi Cole and Rosella Ayane, although the Golden Girls might have had the right to feel aggrieved at the penalty award for the first. Ellie Mason’s spectacular strike

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Charlotte Edwards named England Women’s Cricketer of Year 2014-2015

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards have been named, respectively, as the England Men’s and England Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2014-2015.   Lancashire and England Under-19s right-arm seamer Saqib Mahmood won the England Development Programme Cricketer of the Year award, while the England Disability

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Belles silenced by Royal visit

In the WSL2 match of the day on Saturday, the royals came out on top. Royals manager Kelly Chambers stuck with the same starting 11 which defeated Everton last week, meaning no Fran Kirby again.   The first half The Belles had the majority of the ball but failed to take their chances.   The

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Stacey Francis gets 50th International Cap

Team Bath Netball’s Stacey Francis had double cause for celebration over the weekend as she won her 50th international cap and helped England reclaim the Netball Europe Open trophy.   Club colleague Sam Cook also played a key role as England completed their warm-up for this summer’s Netball World Cup with convincing victories over Scotland, Wales

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WSL2 Roundup 17 May 2015

Yeovil retain third place with gritty win over Everton; Reading notch up a significant win against Doncaster and move into 1st place on goal difference. Meanwhile Villa stun Durham and the Lionesses fight out a 3-2 victory over Watford; while the Bees are unable to grab their first win going down 2-1 to Oxford United. Full

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Rugby League Round up 17 May 2015

This weekend saw Selby Warriors at home to Brighouse. The home side emerged with a 34-10 win, Gemma Huddlestone led the way with a hat-rick of tries, Meg Summers scored once for Selby and Yaz Copeland crossed for two tries and was on target with 5 goals. There was a close game at Bradford Thunderbirds

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England take 2015 Netball Europe crown

England took the 2015 Netball Europe trophy this afternoon but were made to work for their win following a spirited display from the host nation. Northern Ireland took a surprising early lead at the end of the first quarter but were eventually outclassed as England triumphed 64-22 to regain the title they last held in 2012.

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Win over Everton keeps Yeovil in third

An away win for the Lady Glovers keeps them in third place in WSL 2, just three points behind both Reading Women and Doncaster Rovers Belles It may not have been the prettiest of wins but Stephanie Williams believes the narrow victory over Everton demonstrated Yeovil Town’s battling qualities. Helen Bleazard’s second-half goal was all

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