Tag: Women’s football in the United Kingdom

It’s not the same team ad we saw last summer. There were no big launch videos or shout-outs from celebrities. It was clean and simple, which is what we have come to expect from England under Sarina Wegman. Wiegman has been direct, articulate and consistent throughout her tenure, and this has bled her in the way she picks her England team too. Sometimes tenacious and always meticulous, most of the 23 names that made the Women’s World Cup squad were all foolproof, especially as a string of injuries made selection…

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European clubs stand firm on their players’ release date for national training camps ahead of this summer’s Women’s World Cup, although national teams – including England – are trying to call up players earlier than FIFA and the European Club Association (ECA). . ) recommended start date. Last week, FIFA and the ECA announced that a compromise had been reached meaning players could be released to national teams between the non-mandatory time frame of June 23 and June 29, less than four weeks before the tournament kicks off on July…

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FIFA and the European Club Association (ECA) have reached an agreement on when players can leave their club teams to prepare for this summer’s Women’s World Cup. Tensions between clubs and country threatened to derail the plans of the national teams competing in the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The original date of July 10 – 10 days before the start of the tournament – had been pushed Fears On player welfare and injury risk with a tight schedule. But while this remains the mandatory release date, a compromise…

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