Exclusive: Lionesses have the spirit of 1966 World Cup winners, says Sir Geoff Hurst July 28, 2022 England football hero Sir Geoff Hurst says he sees similarities between the Lionesses and his 1966 World Cup winners. Sarina Wiegman’s team could become the first senior England side to win major honours for more than half a century when they play Germany in the final of Women’s Euro 2022 on Sunday. The Wembley matchup [...]
Kit hits the fan: Retailers running out of England Women’s shirts ahead of Euros final July 28, 2022 Retailers are running out of England Women’s football shirts ahead of the Lionesses’ Euro final against Germany on Sunday. The official England online store, kit maker Nike’s website and a host of high street retailers had sold out of all but extra-small women’s home shirts, which are priced at £75, on Thursday. “We have seen [...]
EXCLUSIVE: 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst: ‘My own memory could fade. You expect it to happen’ July 27, 2022 Sir Geoff Hurst tells Frank Dalleres that seeing most of his 1966 World Cup winning team-mates suffer with dementia convinced him to preserve his memories in the form of a digital artwork that will help to raise money for two Alzheimer’s charities. Every morning Sir Geoff Hurst goes for an hour-long walk through the park [...]
From Premier Inn to Premier League: Outgoing Whitbread boss Alison Brittain is new football chair July 26, 2022 The Premier League has announce its new chair as the outgoing CEO of Premier Inn-owner Whitbread, Alison Brittain. The businesswoman was voted for “unanimously” by the football organisation board’s nomination’s committee as the successor to outgoing chair Gary Hoffman. She will take over from interim leader, Peter McCormick, in early 2023. Brittain, who announced her [...]
Women’s Euro 2022: England aiming to exorcise semi-final ghosts against Sweden July 24, 2022 England won’t just be facing Sweden when they take to a sold-out Bramall Lane in Sheffield for their Women’s Euro 2022 semi-final on Tuesday night. The Lionesses will also have to confront some ghosts of major tournaments past, having suffered a sequence of painful defeats in the last four. At the 2015 World Cup in [...]
Trafalgar Square to host England Women’s Euro 2022 semi-final screening for 5,000 fans July 21, 2022 Trafalgar Square is to host a huge screening party for England’s Women’s Euro 2022 semi-final next week. England reached the last four with a dramatic victory over Spain in extra-time last night. They will play Sweden or Belgium on Tuesday at 8pm in a match taking place at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. But Londoners will [...]
Why England have overtaken Spain as Women’s Euro 2022 favourites head of their quarter-final July 19, 2022 Just two weeks ago, on the eve of Women’s Euro 2022, Spain were widely regarded as the favourites and England had much to do to justify their pre-tournament hype. A fortnight later, as the two teams prepare to meet in the first quarter-final in Brighton on Wednesday evening, the tables have turned. While Spain have [...]
Ed Warner: Challenge for women’s football is to create year-round interest July 14, 2022 Tournament organisers are learning to do right by women’s sport. But there’s a way to go yet. An Old Trafford sell-out for England’s opening match in the current Euros was widely and rightly applauded. Sticking Belgium and Iceland into the Academy Stadium at Manchester City’s Etihad Campus feels crass. We’ll never know how many might [...]
Record kit sales, bumper crowds and rising TV figures as England gets Women’s Euro fever July 12, 2022 England is getting Women’s Euro 2022 fever after the Lionesses kick-started their campaign with a record-breaking 8-0 win over Norway on Tuesday night. The thrashing of the two-time European champions has raised hopes that hosts England could claim a first major title in the women’s game later this month. And patriotic football fans are throwing [...]
Women’s Euro 2022: Brits to spend £175m on food and beer when Lionesses play N. Ireland on Friday July 12, 2022 Following the Lionesses’ historic 8-0 victory against Norway, Brits are catching football fever and are likely to spend almost £175m when England play Northern Ireland on Friday. Supporters will soak up the atmosphere of the Women’s Euro 2022 with 4.7m expected to tune in, with England already through to the quarter finals and N. Ireland, [...]