England beat Wales 6-1 with six different players on the scoresheet to set up a Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final with Sweden. Read full article at source...
Wilkinson compared the rivalry with England to the one she has known during her career as a Canadian international when playing against the United States, but said England should write off Wales at their peril because her side have nothing to lose. “It would be detrimental for them to look past us, but that’s their...
Japan: Ichigo Nakakusu; Kippei Ishida, Dylan Riley, Shogo Nakano, Halatoa Vailea; Seungsin Lee, Naito Sato; Yota Kamimori, Mamoru Harada, Keijiro Tamefusa, Epineri Uluiviti, Warner Deans, Michael Leitch (capt), Jack Cornelsen, Faulua Makisi. Sin-bin: Makisi 28 Replacements: Hayate Era, Sena Kimura, Shuhei Takeuchi, Waisake Raratubua, Ben Gunter, Shinobu Fujiwara, Sam Greene, Kazema Ueda. Wales: Blair Murray;...
Wilkinson was full of praise for Seattle Reign’s Fishlock, 38, who inevitably produced Wales’ first memorable moment at a major finals, 19 years after her debut, also in Switzerland. “I don’t think you have many players anywhere in the world who are such servants to their nation,” Wilkinson said. “I mean she plays in Seattle....
Remaining fixtures (all times BST): France v Wales (9 July, 20:00) England v Wales & Netherlands v France (both 13 July, 20:00) England, who won the tournament in 2022, will advance if they beat tournament debutants Wales no matter the result in the Netherlands’ match with France. If the Lionesses fail to beat Wales, they...
Defending champions England face Euro 2017 winners the Netherlands and, following their 2-1 defeat by France on Saturday, they will be knocked out if they lose and France are not beaten by Wales. The Netherlands have won two of their last three meetings with England – but the Lionesses have never lost back-to-back matches under...
Wales’ Euro 2025 team bus has been involved in an accident on the way to their training session at Arena St Gallen ahead of their match against France. The Football Association of Wales says all players and staff who were on the bus were uninjured, though an ambulance was at the scene attending to the...
Wales boss Rhian Wilkinson says her side must learn lessons from their opening defeat. “I mean, like the very first question we get at the draw is what a group, right? And we have a hard group, there’s no getting away from that,” she said. “To concede a goal right before half is always painful....
Japan: Takuro Matsunaga; Kippei Ishida, Dylan Riley, Shogo Nakano, Malo Tuitama; Seungsin Lee, Shinobu Fujiwara; Yota Kamimori, Mamoru Harada, Shuhei Takeuchi, Epineri Uluiviti, Warner Deans, Michael Leitch (capt), Jack Cornelsen, Amato Fakatava. Replacements: Hayate Era, Sena Kimura, Keijiro Tamefusa, Waisake Raratubua, Ben Gunter, Shuntaro Kitamura, Ichigo Nakakusu, Halatoa Vailea. Wales: Blair Murray; Tom Rogers, Johnny...
France have never won a major trophy but they have an impressive group-stage record, progressing in each of their past eight major tournament appearances. And Laurent Bonadei’s team have form on their side. They are on an eight-game winning run and have only conceded two goals since February while they last tasted defeat in December...
Image source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, Alex Mann has been named in the Wales back row to face Japan on Saturday Summer tour first Test: Japan v Wales Venue: Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu Date: Saturday, 5 July Kick-off: 06:00 BST Coverage: Watch live on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer; listen live on BBC...
The Princess of Wales has spoken candidly about the life-changing long-term challenges of recovering after chemotherapy, as she visited a hospital in Essex. Catherine said during treatment “you put on a sort of brave face” but afterwards it can also feel “really difficult”. She told patients at the hospital about life after cancer treatment: “You’re...
FAW Sisters Rosheen Khan (right) and Eleeza Khan are Wales’ first Muslim female football referees When Wales sets foot on the global stage of the Women’s Euro 2025, so does the weight of their representation. As trailblazers and history makers, the likes of Jess Fishlock and Hannah Cain have inspired a new era of budding...
Getty Images Babies born to fathers over the age of 60 went up by 14.2% in 2024 compared to the year before, official figures show. Of 594,677 live births in England and Wales last year, 1,076 babies had dads over 60, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Total births in England in 2024...
The Archbishop of Wales has announced his retirement from the role with immediate effect. In a statement issued on Friday evening, Andrew John confirmed he would also be retiring as Bishop of Bangor on 31 August. His sudden retirement follows a turbulent period for his Bangor diocese, after the publication of the summaries of two...