Stories By Sophie Lawson
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
/ 3 years agoThere are more questions than answers for the Netherlands right now
With three matches already in the books in Group F, the group-deciding clash between the Netherlands and Brazil on Saturday should...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
/ 3 years agoProgress, finally: Australia earns first win of 2021 in Olympic opener
There has been plenty of criticism levied at Tony Gustavsson’s Australia squad this year, with the Matildas guilty of giving up...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
/ 3 years agoTokyo Olympics preview: One player to watch from each team
With a condensed schedule in an unfriendly climate, Olympic success will depend on certain variables for the nations who go deep...
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Analysis
/ 3 years agoWinning games in style: Spain’s path toward their first senior trophy
A decade ago, Spanish men’s football was the envy of all around the world, the national team were part-way through their...
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Analysis
/ 3 years agoTime constraints meant Team GB’s Olympic roster was always going to especially English
England’s FA had a growing problem heading into 2021: they didn’t have a coach to lead England — or Team GB...
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Analysis
/ 3 years agoIt wasn’t pretty, but Chelsea’s draw with Manchester City was worthy of its title-deciding implications
A match aptly described by Chelsea manager Emma Hayes as “uncomfortable” has all but sealed another FA Women’s Super League title...
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Analysis
/ 3 years agoA new era begins as Lyon’s UEFA Women’s Champions League stronghold ends
After five successive UEFA Women’s Champions League titles, Olympique Lyonnais are out of the competition after a quarterfinal defeat by Paris...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
/ 4 years agoWhat’s next for Phil Neville and England? A pressing question at an awkward time
Twenty-six months after his appointment as England women’s national team head coach, Phil Neville found himself at a crossroads in the...
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Analysis
/ 5 years agoWhen will Spain begin to prosper at the senior level?
Spain head coach Jorge Vilda doesn’t expect his team to progress. That is, at least, what he tells the media as...
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/ 5 years agoEngland make their case as USWNT’s new, true rivals
Having contested the first official Women’s World Cup final against Norway in 1991, the United States set a new world rivalry...
