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Flora Snelson
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Writer and women’s football enthusiast
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Saracens move top of the PWR table, level on points with Gloucester Hartpury, after a one-sided 57-5 London derby win at Trailfinders.

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Premiership Women's Rugby: Saracens thrash Trailfinders
Saracens keep the heat on the top of the table as they run out 57-5 winners away at Trailfinders, scoring nine tries in a one-sided London derby.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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"If I was to never score another wonder goal ever for the rest of my career, that's absolutely fine by me."

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Marta Award: Brentford's Ashley Cheatley nominated with Marta and Vivianne Miedema
Brentford's Ashley Cheatley is on Fifa's shortlist for the annual Marta Award after scoring one of the best goals by women worldwide.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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No one stood to gain by protecting Mary from her fatal flaw, her refusal to be anyone but herself.

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To Earps is human
No one stood to gain by protecting Mary from her fatal flaw.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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When 50-year-old Jamie Cureton joined Kings Park Rangers earlier this month, he hadn't realised that a goal in the Eastern Counties League Division One North would 'complete' his already-impressive haul.

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Jamie Cureton: Kings Park Rangers striker scores in all 10 tiers of English football
Cureton gets his first goal for Kings Park Rangers, meaning he has now scored in all of the top 10 tiers of the English football pyramid.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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The #Lionesses have only played Brazil four times but yes, I managed to eke nine questions out of it.

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England vs Brazil quiz: How much do you know about the Lionesses rivalry with Brazil?
With England facing Brazil in Manchester on Saturday, we wanted to challenge you with this Lionesses quiz.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Why did the sumo wrestler cross the road?
Grand Sumo Tournament: Wrestlers charm Britain with Royal Albert Hall takeover
How sumo fever took over Kensington as the Grand Sumo Tournament came to the UK for the first time in more than three decades.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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February 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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I wondered if the journalist even knew who Barbra Banda was before he woke up on Tuesday morning, with 800 words undermining her achievement as BBC Women's Footballer of the Year filed by lunchtime.

Read it here > tinyurl.com/let-babs-thrive
A mock newspaper article, written by 'Troll', the Chief Sports Writer, with the headline "I didn't know this person's name when I woke up this morning and now I have a really strong opinion about them" and the sub-heading "journalist dips toe into women's sport in order to incite hatred for his readers' pleasure".
December 2, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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I have written about football clubs and what they’re supposed to say in difficult moments, inspired by Luton Town speaking out against racism, lately, and giving it some f—ing welly.

You can read it, and sign up for more of my stuff, by clicking here > tinyurl.com/enuff-of-enuff
Meme in which Drake, dressed as Luton Town, shuns ‘wheeling out the same lacklustre anti-racism statements time and again’ in favour of ‘saying it with feeling’.
November 12, 2024 at 6:20 PM