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Germany progress to WEURO2025 semi-final after dramatic defeat of France

By Emmanuel Faith (19/07/2025) Above: German hero of the evening Ann Katrin-Berger. Photo: UEFA on X. After going down to 10 players inside the opening twenty minutes, few would have imagined Germany would even get to half-time without being at least a goal or two down. However, they defied the odds and managed over 100Continue reading “Germany progress to WEURO2025 semi-final after dramatic defeat of France”

Women’s Euros Group D: England v Wales, Netherlands v France

By Hannah Chadwick (14/07/2025) Above: England’s bench celebrate their win. Photo: Girls on the Ball. England 6-1 Wales Team news and context: Sarina Wiegman named an unchanged starting 11 from England’s win over the Netherlands. For Wales, Olivia Clark returned between the sticks after losing out for the France game. Ahead of the game, bothContinue reading “Women’s Euros Group D: England v Wales, Netherlands v France”

Women’s Euros Group D: England v Netherlands, Wales v France

By Catherine MacKenzie (08/07/2025) Above: England celebrate with Ella Toone. Photo: Lionesses on X. England 4 – 0 Netherlands Team news and context: The most storied fixture in the competition, England’s Lionesses faced the Dutch OranjeLeeuwinnen (Orange Lionesses) under a cloud of heavy media scrutiny and fan pressure. After losing their first game to FranceContinue reading “Women’s Euros Group D: England v Netherlands, Wales v France”

Women’s Euros Group D: Cymru v Netherlands, France v England

By Hannah Chadwick (05/07/2025) Above: Vivianne Miedema celebrates reaching 100 goals. Photo: Just Women’s Sports on X. Wales 0 – 3 Netherlands Team news and context: Cymru are making their major tournament debut while the Netherlands are looking to add more silverware to their collection after winning the competition in 2017. Since the first meetingContinue reading “Women’s Euros Group D: Cymru v Netherlands, France v England”

Pre-Euros Friendlies: What Have We Learned?

By Catherine MacKenzie and Alyce Collett (29/6/2025) Above: the UEFA Women’s Euros trophy. Photo: UEFA. Ahead of the UEFA Women’s Euros kicking off this week, the 16 countries involved have been using friendlies to assess where they are heading into the competition. Looking at the likely title contenders, what have we learned from the games?Continue reading “Pre-Euros Friendlies: What Have We Learned?”

Euros Preview: France

by Jean-Pierre Thiesset (28/6/25) Above: The France national team who will take on Switzerland. Photo: equipedefrancef. Les Bleues, ranked second in Europe and 11th in the world go into the tournament with high hopes. Squad Goalkeepers: Justine Lerond (Montpellier, France), Constance Picaud, (Fleury, France), Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, (Juventus, Italy). Defenders: Selma Bacha, (OL Lyonnes, France), LouContinue reading “Euros Preview: France”

Poor crowds for Olympics in France don’t come as a surprise

by Jean-Pierre Thiesset (9/8/24) Above: A full Stade Velodrome in Marseille – not something that the venue has been close to being during the women’s football event at the Olympic Games. Photo: Inside The Games. A total of just over 26,000 fans watched the Olympic Games women’s football semi-finals in stadiums that together had aContinue reading “Poor crowds for Olympics in France don’t come as a surprise”

The View from France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset résume la 15ème journée de D1 Arkema. 16/2/24 Ci-dessus : Ellie Carpenter, Olympique Lyonnais. Photo : Jean-Pierre Thiesset, Impetus71. Reims 0-3 Montpellier Domination des joueuses de Montpellier dans les 10 premières minutes qui se créé des occasions et 2 corners sans toutefois concrétiser. Bon débordement sur la droite et bon centre de Marie Levasseur à la 11ème minute mais qui passe devant les buts de ReimsContinue reading “The View from France”

The view from France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset résume la 14ème journée de D1 Arkema. 6/2/24 Ci-dessus : Les OL ANG’ELLES, Fan club des féminines de Lyon, célébrant le 300ème but d’Eugénie Le Sommer. Photo : Jean-Pierre Thiesset, Impetus. Fleury 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Après une grosse occasion pour chaque équipe, à la fin du premier quart d’heure pour le Paris SG et 5 minutes plus tard pour Fleury, c’est Fleury quiContinue reading “The view from France”