Tristan McConnell
The Lionesses lost, but they have inspired a generation of girls
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Sue Anstiss
It’s time to shake off the ingrained idea that sport is a male domain
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Lucy Bronze and Ona Batlle held each other. One in defeat and one in victory. But in that moment they were not rivals or adversaries, just Lucy and Ona: friends, soulmates, former Manchester residents, and in very short order teammates at Barcelona.
And as both sets of players embraced after last Sunday’s draining final, there was more than a degree of the familiar between them. Bronze has been joined by Keira