Clemson University’s Lauren Harkes chanced her arm at various sports before it became clear that soccer had always been the outstanding candidate. In her family, the game’s significance is such that it probably deserves its own place at the dinner…
In a faraway setting at a young age, natural challenges and the odd extraordinary obstacle similarly failed to throw American defender Shaquell Moore off course. After a La Liga introduction with Levante, full international caps have arrived this year, and…
Poise, devastating accuracy and a self-imposed responsibility to please the crowd are some of the reasons why Seattle Reign’s Nahomi Kawasumi is so admired and undoubtedly, so feared. There are few if any in the game who can appear more…
Tim Flowers had been the lionhearted last line of defence as Blackburn Rovers’ 1994/95 cast rode off into the sunset towards immortality. Although Messrs Hendry, Sherwood, Shearer and company were his famous comrades back then, wherever the former England international…
An attacking midfield talent in Sweden’s top tier, Elena Sadiku lifted two Damallsvenskan titles in her early career before an overwhelming succession of surgeries and a very real threat to the everyday basics she had once taken for granted. Six…