Lucy Bronze: Chelsea close in on England defender following expiration of Barcelona contract | Football News

Chelsea Women are closing in on a deal for England right-back Lucy Bronze following the expiry of her Barcelona contract. Bronze departed Barca in June having helped them win a second consecutive Champions League title. Chelsea are also close to signing midfielder Julia Bartel from the Liga F winners. More to follow… This is a…

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Lucy Bronze: England Women not happy with performances at Women’s World Cup so far

Defender Lucy Bronze admitted England “are not happy” with their World Cup performances so far but vowed the Lionesses will step up in Saturday’s quarter-final against Colombia. The European champions swept past China in their final group game, but that match remains an outlier in a tournament that has otherwise seen the Lionesses score just…

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Shadow sports minister Lucy Powell calls for misogyny to be classified as hate crime

Shadow sports minister Lucy Powell has told Sky Sports News there needs to be a change in the law for misogyny to be classified as a hate crime so that it is treated as seriously as racism and homophobia. Misogyny and sexism are not treated as hate crimes under UK law, meaning they are investigated…

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Lucy Bronze: Barcelona and England defender undergoes knee operation

England defender Lucy Bronze will miss ‘a couple of weeks’ after undergoing knee surgery and has been ruled out of Barcelona’s Champions League semi-final return leg on Thursday. The full-back went down clutching her knee in the 65th minute of Barca’s first leg meeting with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, receiving medical attention on…

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