The year of the women's-sports bar
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Metro
6 hours ago
- Metro
Chloe Kelly's proud husband joins sweet tributes after Women's Euros win
The Lionesses have been met with an outpouring of love and appreciation from their nearest and dearest following England's victory at the Women's Euros 2025 Final. After remaining at loggerheads with old rivals Spain for much of the match, the squad finally brought football home with a 3-1 win during penalty shootouts. This was second time lucky for the Lionesses, who were previously beaten by Spain during the 2023 World Cup. Things got off to a shaky start with a missed kick from Beth Mead, but England managed to forge ahead thanks to some sterling work from goalkeeper Hannah Hampton. This gave woman of the match Chloe Kelly the chance to catch up, scoring the winning spot-kick. As the country celebrates, the Lionesses' partners have joined the nation in sharing their pride. Woman of the hour Chloe is married to groundsman and greenkeeper Scott Moore, having reportedly met while she was playing for Everton and married in 2024 after five years of dating. Scott's Instagram account is private, but Chloe reposted his pride-filled Instagram tribute to her own Story after the match ended. 'Speechless once again,' he wrote in the accompanying text, along with two silver heart emojis. 'I'm so grateful to have you by my side,' Chloe added below Scott's picture and words. Women's England Captain Leah Williamson's biggest cheerleader was partner Elle Smith. The former Miss USA winner showed her support in a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan 'Live, Laugh, Leah.' Although the pair have never confirmed that they are dating, they appeared to 'soft launch' their relationship this year in a series of loved-up social media posts. Leah's supportive partner previously showcased her pride after a match back in May, sharing a black-and-white selfie in which Elle wrapped her arms around Leah from behind. Ashley Hodson, partner of Lauren Hemp, celebrated the team's win by sharing an Instagram Story and a series of pictures to her account. 'Champions babyyy! So proud 🫶🏴🏆', she wrote in the caption to her post. In these pictures, she and Lauren could be seen standing side by side, with a grinning Ashley holding up the freshly won medal. Meanwhile, in her Instagram Stories, Ashley described Lauren as her 'inspo,' sharing a picture of Lauren holding the trophy aloft. Another image also depicted Lauren mid-celebration, roaring in victory in the wake of the team's win. Lauren has been dating Sheffield United midfielder Hodson since 2023. At the end of a Heineken-filled day, Joe Bunney, boyfriend of Ella Toone (and footballer for Stalybridge Celtic), shared footage from her joyous victory celebration. 'Words don't describe how proud I am of you,' he wrote in one Instagram Story. In the next, he shared a selfie with Ella, writing 'BACK 2 BACK' in the caption, along with two trophy emojis and two red hearts. Vivianne Miedema, the girlfriend of Beth Mead, shared a selfie with partner Beth and Australian footballer Steph Catley. 'Proud proud' the Dutch footballer wrote in the accompanying caption to her Instagram Stories post. She then echoed the sentiment in a post to her main Instagram feed, sharing a snap of Beth sitting on her lap in the wake of the match. More Trending '🥹 proud of you,' she wrote in the accompanying caption. In the comments below, Beth responded: 'Love you ❤️' The football power couple first met while playing for Arsenal and have been together ever since. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Chloe Kelly sends pointed message to her doubters after England's Women's Euro 2025 triumph MORE: Spain manager and star player emotionally speak out on 'cruel' England loss MORE: Ian Wright names 'major favourite' for 2027 Women's World Cup after England win Euros
Economist
4 days ago
- Economist
The year of the women's-sports bar
THE HUM is nothing unusual. Talking heads on the televisions comment on the last play of the game and fans woot when the players hit big shots. But there are signs that it's not your normal sports bar. The menu features both bulgogi beef tacos and 'Girl Dinner', a charcuterie board with dried apricots and olives. Instead of Heineken and tequila sodas the drink offerings include the 'Sporty Spice Margarita', the '9-to-5' espresso martini and the 'Red Card', a chilled fireball shot. The clientele is conspicuously lacking in Y chromosomes. So are the athletes on the screens. This is Jolene Jolene, a women's-sports bar.
Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Germany star sent off for brutally pulling player's hair at Euro 2025 in bizarre incident that saw her give away a penalty
A Germany star was sent off for pulling an opponent's hair during their country's Euro 2025 quarter-final against France on Saturday night. Defender Kathrin Hendrich was shown a straight red card for the offence, for which she also gave away a penalty in the 13th minute of the match at St. Jakob Park in Basel, Switzerland. After Hendrich, 33, was dismissed, the resulting spot-kick was converted by Grace Geyoro to give France the lead. However, Germany struck back just over ten minutes later when Sjoeke Nusken popped up with a leveller against the run of play. The French then had two goals disallowed for offside either side of the half-time interval as Germany valiantly clung on despite being a player down. The winner of the match will face world champions Spain, with Sarina Wiegman 's Lionesses potentially waiting in the final - should they beat Italy - following their penalty shootout heroics against Sweden on Thursday. The incident that saw Hendrich sent off mirrors a similar occurrence of what happened in the Club World Cup final last Sunday - when PSG's Joao Neves was sent off for pulling the hair of Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella. That saw referee Alireza Faghani send Neves off after he was deemed to have committed violent conduct. Reacting to the incident on social media, fans were quick to bemoan Neves' actions. One user wrote: 'Absolute headloss from Joao Neves. Completely unnecessary red card.' A second chimed in: 'Joao Neves was shown a straight red for his behaviour! Shameful act on the football pitch!' Another user stated: 'Joao Neves red card, Cucurella should never cut his hair'. It marked a fractured and ugly end to a tournament that has not been short on controversy during its newly-expanded format. Players and managers have consistently complained about having to play in soaring summer temperatures of well over 30C in the United States. He pulled Marc Cucurella's hair in an off-the-ball incident that left the Chelsea player in a heap Meanwhile, FIFA has had to deal with the ignominy of seeing some stadiums half-empty during games due to their deployment of dynamic pricing. That policy - along with the decision to play next year's World Cup in the North American summer - present big issues for football's governing body to solve ahead of the World Cup getting under way in 12 months' time.
