Kiko Seike's sixth minute goal for Brighton is enough to beat London City Lionesses 1-0.

BBC Sport hears from inside the England setup about how artificial intelligence is powering plans for next summer's World Cup.

Faye Carruthers is joined by Emily Keogh and Ayisha Gulati to review England’s wins over China and Ghana. Plus, Suzy Wrack joins Faye to speak to the new Newcastle head coach, Tanya Oxtoby, about her return to club management. On today’s pod: the Lionesses close out 2025 in style. England hit eight past China at Wembley, with Georgia Stanway scoring a hat-trick, before following up with a controlled win over Ghana on the south coast. The panel look at a clinical attacking display, Lucia Kendall’s dream homecoming and what Sarina Wiegman will take from facing two very different opponents. Also, the panel reflects on a remarkable year for England, 17 games, 12 wins and back-to-back European titles, and considers what comes next as World Cup qualifying begins in March, with Ukraine, Iceland and Spain awaiting in the group. Continue reading...

England cap off a successful 2025 with two resounding victories over China and Ghana at home - so what shape are they in for World Cup qualification?

Plus: domestic duopolies, when kick-ins replaced throw-ins and the last striped team to win the English top flight Mail us with your questions and answers “Marc Guiu became Chelsea’s youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer against Ajax, only to have the record snatched away from him by Estêvão 30 minutes later. What other examples of rapidly lost records are there in the world of football? What’s the record for the shortest-held record?” asks Matt Prior. Given the predilection of those involved in football to flaunt their wad, transfer records are fertile ground for this kind of question. The first example that comes to mind is in the summer of 1995, when the British transfer record was broken twice. First Arsenal paid £7.5m for Inter’s Dennis Bergkamp; 15 days later, Liverpool bought Stan Collymore from Nottingham Forest for £8.5m. £515,000 David Mills (Middlesbrough to West Brom, January) £1m Trevor Francis (Birmingham to Nottm Forest, February) £1.45m Steve Daley (Wolves to Man City, September) £1.5m Andy Gray (Aston Villa to Wolves, September) £900,000 Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave to Chelsea, January) £1m Olivia Smith (Liverpool to Arsenal, July) £1.1m Lizbeth Ovalle (Tigres to Orlando Pride, August) £1.43m Grace Geyoro (PSG to London City Lionesses, September) Continue reading...

Honours follow Lionesses’ Euro 2025 triumph Lucy Bronze in World XI for the eighth time Six England players have been named in the Fifpro women’s World XI after the team won the European Championship this year. The captain, Leah Williamson, the goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, the defender Lucy Bronze and the forwards Chloe Kelly and Alessia Russo make the list after aiding the team to the historic win against Spain. Millie Bright, the sixth England star to make the list, was not part of the tournament and has since retired. The centre-back captained Chelsea to the domestic treble last season but hung up her international boots last month. Continue reading...

One of the constant refrains throughout England's triumphant run at Euro 2025 – and indeed most women's football matches in recent years – has been how important the success of the Lionesses has been for the growth of the game. But what has been the impact?

Arsenal say 19-year-old will not play again this season ‘Recovery starts now, I will be back stronger than before’ The England forward Michelle Agyemang has promised to come back “stronger than before” after confirming that she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament during the Lionesses’ 3-0 victory over Australia on Tuesday. Agyemang revealed the results of her scan on her social media. “Disappointed that results show a torn ACL,” she wrote. “I am so grateful for all the kind words and the support from everyone. Recovery starts now, I will be back stronger than before. In all things I give thanks to the Most High God, this test will surely turn into a testimony.” Continue reading...

London City Lionesses players including Danielle van de Donk, Jana Fernandez and Kosovare Asllani share their confessions about their team-mates in Confession Cam.

Lionesses had mixed fortunes in friendly double-header that highlighted some areas where they need to improve England’s first camp of the year was one of new beginnings as Sarina Wiegman’s side returned for the first time since winning a second successive European Championship. Defeat to Brazil and victory over Australia provided plenty of learnings about how the Lionesses are looking at the start of a new international cycle as preparation for the 2027 World Cup gets under way: Continue reading...

⚽️ Updates from the 7pm GMT kick-off, 6am AEDT ⚽️ Read the latest Moving the Goalposts | Mail Yara Let’s crunch some numbers and take a look at the match stats: England’s last clean sheet was during the Euro 2025 group stages – their second match of the tournament. Since then they have conceded Wales, Sweden, Italy, Spain and Brazil. England have lost four of their 14 matches in all competitions in 2025 (W7 D3), last suffering more defeats in a single calendar year in 2019 under Phil Neville (7). After losing to Brazil, England will be aiming to avoid losing back-to-back matches for the first time under Sarina Wiegman – the Lionesses last lost two in a row in their final two matches prior to the Dutchwoman’s appointment, in April 2021 (v France and Canada). England have scored in each of their last 15 games in all competitions, since a 0-0 draw with USA in November 2024 – the Lionesses could score in 16 consecutive matches for the first time ever. Sam Kerr has been directly involved in each of Australia’s last three goals against England (2 goals, 1 assist) – the Chelsea striker is the Matilda’s all-time leading scorer (69). Kyra Cooney-Cross created the most chances of any player against Wales; three of the four she created were for shots taken by Caitlin Foord, including the winning goal. Continue reading...

Lionesses goalkeeper Khiara Keating explains the "very special" feeling of making her England debut in their 2-1 defeat against Brazil.

England Women 1-2 Brazil Stanway 52pen; Bia Zaneratto 10, Dudinha 18 England were caught out against Brazil at the Etihad Stadium, Georgia Stanway’s penalty not enough to cancel out first-half goals from Bia Zaneratto and Dudinha, but it was far from a performance to worry about. Shortly after taking a two-goal lead, the visiting team were down to 10, Angelina receiving a straight red for bringing down Ella Toone, but despite a gutsy and fiery battle to the end, Sarina Wiegman’s side couldn’t find the equalising goal. Continue reading...

With England facing Brazil in Manchester on Saturday, we wanted to challenge you with this Lionesses quiz.