General Article England win Euro 2022: how women’s football beat the sceptics to breathe new life into the game

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England win Euro 2022: how women’s football beat the sceptics to breathe new life into the game

John Williams, University of Leicester

England’s women have won the European football championship, bringing a major international trophy home for the first time since the men’s team won the World Cup in 1966, more than a lifetime ago for many of the fans who crowded into Wembley Stadium for the match. They beat Germany, English football’s bitterest rival by two goals to one, in a tense and hard-fo...

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