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BBC News
2 days ago
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Switzerland's Bachmann to miss home Euros with ACL injury
Switzerland striker Ramona Bachmann will miss the upcoming Euros in her home country after suffering a serious knee injury in former Chelsea player, 34, has won 153 caps for her country - scoring 60 times - but will miss the tournament and faces a long spell Swiss football federation said the injury happened without contact from another player. Tests on Thursday showed an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture in her left knee."I am deeply saddened to miss the Euros, especially here in Switzerland," Bachmann said. Bachmann has played at two World Cups and two European Championships, with the Swiss opening their Euro 2025 campaign against Norway on 2 is to fund research into whether hormonal fluctuations during menstrual cycles could be contributing to the rise in ACL injuries in women's Ella Morris and teenage Wales defender Mayzee Davies will miss the tournament with similar injuries.
BBC News
06-06-2025
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Wales' Davies to miss Euro 2025 with knee injury
Teenage Wales defender Mayzee Davies will miss Euro 2025 after suffering a serious knee 18-year-old Manchester City player suffered a rupture to her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after falling awkwardly just four minutes into Wales' Nations League defeat in Denmark last will therefore be absent this summer as Wales play in their first women's major tournament. "She'll now return to the City Football Academy to begin her rehabilitation under the guidance of the club's medical team," a Manchester City statement said. "Everyone at Manchester City would like to wish Mayzee the very best in her recovery."Davies was winning her sixth cap in Odense having made her Wales debut against Kosovo in April 2024. There is some good news for Wales head coach Rhian Wilkinson, with defender Rhiannon Roberts and goalkeeper Olivia Clark both on course to be fit for the Euros after recent injury scares. Wales kick off their campaign against Netherlands in Lucerne on 5 July in the opening game of a tough group that also includes France and defending champions England.
BBC News
02-06-2025
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Ingle training return boosts Wales before Euros
Midfielder Sophie Ingle has taken a significant step towards winning her Euro 2025 fitness race after returning to Wales training following a serious knee head coach Rhian Wilkinson says she will not push or rush the 33-year-old, who is aiming to recover in time to play a part in Wales' debut at a women's major has not featured this season after injuring her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during Chelsea's pre-season win over Feyenoord last begin their campaign on 5 July against the Netherlands in Lucerne, before moving to St Gallen for their last two group games against France on 9 July and then England on 13 July. Wilkinson was also non-committal on the fitness of teenage Manchester City defender Mayzee Davies, who suffered a knee injury in the opening minutes of Friday's Nations League defeat in results are not expected until after Tuesday's game with Italy in Swansea, with Wilkinson saying: "Whenever you see a player go down like that you're concerned and our fingers are crossed for quick healing - but equally this is a young player and we'll do everything we can to make sure she's looked after." Wilkinson said assessment of Rhiannon Roberts is also "ongoing", with the 79-cap defender suffering a fitness issue on the eve of the 1-0 loss in Odense that confirmed the side's relegation from the top tier of the Nations the Wales boss said neither were being ruled out at this stage, with the squad for the Euros being named on 19 Wilkinson did say Ingle is "on track" to be part of that selection after the "milestone" of training with team-mates in a session before the game with Italy."It was great to see her back," said Wilkinson of the 141-cap former captain, who is also continuing rehabilitation at Chelsea despite announcing her departure from the Women's Super League (WSL) champions following the end of the season."Any injury is a lonely place to be... and one of the big gains is not just being back on the field with the ball, but being back with team-mates."She's done it with her club and now she's done it with her international team-mates."That milestone is such a boost and you could see it in her, it was a big moment."But with Wales' match with Italy their final fixture before they open their Euro 2025 campaign against Switzerland - and Ingle having not played a competitive match for so long - Wilkinson said she would remain cautious."She's in a great space and she doesn't feel like she's overextending herself, because when players in stressful situations try to rush back from major injuries that's when you can see reoccurrence," Wilkinson added that Ingle will be part of a training camp in Portugal in the tournament build-up,"That's why we want to do it properly. It's very obvious we want her with us in Switzerland, everything is tracking that way, but she will not be rushed or pushed," said Wilkinson."The most important thing is being able to play, not 90 minutes, but can she contribute?"She's aware there will be conversations coming up to the tournament and she's doing everything she needs to, to be coming to Switzerland with us."Fellow defender Lois Joel added: "Sophie's such a core part of our group, so well respected, so it's great to have her back in whatever capacity."It was great to see her smiling and kicking a ball – and she barely looks rusty."
BBC News
02-04-2025
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Euros preparation and celebrating team-mates
Uefa Women's Nations League: Wales v DenmarkVenue: Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Date: Friday, 4 April Kick-off: 19:15 BSTCoverage: Live on BBC One Wales, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, the BBC Sport website and app, plus live text commentaryHighlights: S4C and iPlayer, 21:50 GMT and later on demand. In her latest BBC Sport column, Olivia Clark discusses Wales' start to their Nations League campaign, the Euros being on the horizon, her team-mates Mayzee Davies and Hayley Ladd and her hopes for 2025 with new club Leicester City. We are back on camp after our opening Nations League games and everyone is in good Sweden game was a great one to be involved with, we were disappointed not to win, but their ranking doesn't lie and it was great to get a result against a top-tier nation.I think we produced a good performance and that came off the back of the Italy game where we were disappointed to lose we come into these games targeting six points. We don't feel out of place in Nations League we have players now who are playing in some of the biggest leagues in the world and I think that helps to give us belief as a squad that we can be competitive against have played a lot of top nations, like the USA and we've produced good performances but not got the results, but I think now the mindset change is that we believe we can compete with the Wilkinson has helped with that but there is also a balance that we have perspective about what we've done in the past. We tend to always be better in the second game in the Nations League as are definitely becoming more comfortable with the ball. In one of our previous best draws, against England at St Mary's Stadium, which was before my time, England had a lot of we are more comfortable and against Sweden I didn't really have a clear cut chance to save. We aren't just holding on for a point. We are competitive and we are trying to win games. Big performances in big games There were two momentous performances in the last camp, with Mayzee Davies winning her first start and Hayley Ladd winning her 100th was great, she came in and did so well and she's a great character to have around as well, she takes everything in her stride.I asked her if she was ok and she was like "yeah", chilled as anything and she played like she's been around for years and you can tell she's been training with Man City's first made her 100th appearance for Wales on the last camp and what an honour for her, a special player and as a player is unbelievable, she's so underrated and under appreciated in the whole of the women's game, as her team-mates, we know how good she don't talk about her as much as they should but she probably likes it like that, as she is so low one of our greatest assets. She was unbelievable in midfield and when she plays in our defence it's great for me as a a person she is probably one of the loveliest people you will ever meet and I get on with her really well. She's always interested in other people, she's great at guiding the younger players and she also has this calmness about her. But when something needs to be said? Hayley will say it. She's so respected by all of us. Denmark a tough test but ideal Euros preparation We prepare now for what we know will be two tough games, starting with Denmark in Cardiff on will be hard, we know that. The last time they played us in Wales in the Nations League in 2023 they won 5-1, but that seems a while ago now, we've progressed a lot since then and we played a lot better in Denmark in the away tie.I don't expect the game to go like it did on that night when we lost 5-1, we know Denmark are a good side, but we feel that we are a good side and we have really developed how we play with the ball and in is ideal preparation for Euro 2025. The Euros is becoming very real now, it's over four months since we qualified and it has absolutely flown by, it feels like yesterday.I think I watch the video of us qualifying for the Euros most FAW did a montage to Adwaith's song, Fel i Fod and that has become a mainstay on my playlist, I probably listen to that song every day as well, it has become the soundtrack to our emotions come flooding back so quickly. It's pretty surreal that Switzerland will come around so quickly. This is the last camp before our domestic season ends and then we will have just one more camp before the Euros begin. Feeling very settled at my club In terms of my club football, I am really enjoying my time with Leicester City so far, everything has been absolutely spot-on and the only thing missing for me at the moment is game time, everything else is spot is such a good club to be at, I wake up in the mornings excited to go to training and I come home and feel productive. People don't see that, they just look at the teamsheet and say 'you didn't play' but there is a lot more to it than that, especially if you are a goalkeeper.I feel in a really good place at the minute. I was happy with my performances for Wales on the last have to be so patient and wait for your chance. It happened to me at Bristol City, I got loaned out to Watford but ended up playing seven WSL (Women's Super League) games in a can't predict what is going to happen. But hopefully the game time will come.
