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Women’s Rugby League Round Up – 21 June 2015

This weekend Selby Warriors were at home to Featherstone Rovers and it was the travelling side who had the edge to grab a 34-10 win. Featherstone’s Emma Dobson-Slowe led the way with two tries to her name and there were further tries for; Hannah Barstow, Jasmine Roley, Sinead Peach and Katie Cooper-Birkenhead. Birkenhead added further

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FIFA Women’s World Cup : Results : Last Sixteen

FIFA Women’s World Cup : Results : Last Sixteen Game 44: Canada 1-0 Switzerland (Belanger 52′) Game 43: Norway 1-2 England (Gulbrandsen 54′) (Houghton 61′, Bronze 76′) Game 42: Japan 2-1Netherlands (Japan: Ariyoshi 10′, Sakaguchi 78′) (Netherlands: Van ven Ven 90’+2′) Game 41: Brazil 0-1 Australia (Simon 80′) Game 40: France 3-0 Korea Rep (Delie 4′, 48′,

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Great Britain secure Olympic berth and place in World League Final

Great Britain secure place at Rio Olympics with World League Semi-Final win over Germany Lily Owsley’s first half strike enough to settle tense encounter Goal is Owsley’s first in the competition Susie Gilbert wins 50th Great Britain cap Great Britain’s next match is the final against China tomorrow at 18:00 UK time Great Britain booked

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Onto the last 16

The Women’s World Cup First Stage is over and we say goodbye to the Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Nigeria, Spain, Mexico, Thailand and Costa Rica – all of them have added value to the tournament and shown that increasing the number of teams to 24 was the right thing to do. Many people will be surprised

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Chapman names 17-player team for 2nd France International

England Women’s Rugby League coach Chris Chapman has named his 17-player team for their second international against France in Biganos, Saturday June 20 (6.30pm). The team won the first of two tests against their French counterparts, on Wednesday 17 June, by 24-4 and will be hoping for more success tonight. England Women: Charlotte Booth (Bradford Thunderbirds) Samantha Simpson

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Michael Jamieson opens state-of-the-art London 2012 Legacy Pool

Olympic medalist Michael Jamieson today officially opened the newly-refurbished £1.6million London 2012 Legacy Pool at the University of Bath. The University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, who famously won 200m breaststroke silver at the London Olympic Games, was shown a commemorative plaque by Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley before ceremonially cutting ribbons of blue and

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