Lauren Hemp, who has recovered from an injury, has made his debut for England since joining the squad for the first time since 2025. Lauren James is not.
Hemp, 25, was a key player for Manchester City’s victories over Everton and Manchester United despite missing two months with an ankle injury.
Meanwhile, James, 24, made a substitute appearance for Chelsea’s 6-0 victory over St. Polten last week and their 1-1 draw against Liverpool on Sunday.
After suffering an ankle in the Euro 2025 final victory over Spain, which caused a four-month absence, she has not yet started a game this season.
For the friendlies against China and Ghana on November 29 and December, respectively, Lionesses manager Sarina Wiegman has selected a 25-player squad.
Uncapped West Ham defender Anouk Denton was named in the squad last month, and London City Lionesses forward Freya Godfrey has received her first senior call-up after excelling in the Women’s Super League this season.
Grace Clinton, a “small injury,” made her return from the friendly win over Australia and the defeat by Brazil in October.
Despite starting for the Washington Spirit against Portland Thorns on Saturday, Gotham FC defender Jess Carter has had time to recover from the NWSL play-offs. However, Washington Spirit center-back Esme Morgan is still a part of the team.
Hannah Hampton, the best goalkeeper at Chelsea’s Ballon d’Or awards, has a thigh injury and misses out.
After former England teammate Mary Earps criticised Hampton in her autobiography, the 24-year-old has been in the news.
Michelle Agyemang, 19, is missing from the squad after her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was injured in last month’s 3-0 win over Australia.
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England squad in its entirety
Goalkeepers: Sophie Baggaley (Brighton), Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride), and Khiara Keating (Manchester City).
Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal), Niamh Charles (Chelsea), Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United), Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit), Taylor Hinds (Arsenal), Grace Fisk (Liverpool), and Anouk Denton (West Ham).
Chelsea, Chelsea, Laura Blindkilde Brown, Missy Bo Kearns, Aston Villa, and Lucia Kendell are the midfielders who are Grace Clinton (Manchester City), Ella Toone (Manchester United), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), and Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City).
Adam Peaty’s mum Caroline has ‘liked’ an emotional comment as the row continues to rage between her and her Olympian son, ahead of his marriage to Holly Ramsay
Adam Peaty’s mum, Caroline, has fuelled the flames of the bitter feud with her son Adam after liking a brutal comment on her Instagram. Over the past few weeks, the GB star has fallen out with his family so badly that he has uninvited them from his wedding with Holly Ramsay next month.
The Olympian and Strictly star will walk down the aisle with chef Gordon Ramsay’s daughter this Christmas, but only his sister will be in attendance. The bitter feud became public knowledge last week when Peaty’s mum was uninvited from Holly’s plush hen do at Soho Farmhouse, but tensions have reportedly been simmering since the couple got engaged last September.
As the row continues to rage, Caroline has liked a series of comments on Instagram, which indicate that the rift isn’t close to being healed. Caroline uploaded a post which said: “I feel everything too deeply. And sometimes, I wish I didn’t. I care until it hurts, forgive before I should, and carry guilt for storms I didn’t cause. I overthink every silence, apologise for taking up space, and love people who never look back.
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“I lose sleep replaying moments, wondering if I said too much, or if I wasn’t enough. And deep down, I fear I’ll always love harder than I’ll ever be loved back.”
Underneath, she liked a comment which said: “I like respect and it’s a foreign word for some of those I happen to be in contact with so I tend to ride on the crest of a wave and stay there, which means I try to avoid all of the depths of life. Don’t get me wrong, I’m nice but to a point.”
She also liked another, which commented: “Stay strong and always be there for your son. Your love is unconditional, he knows that x.” But others were divided, with one poster writing: “It’s none of my business but if what I’m reading online is correct then you’re taking the wrong route. Airing your dirty laundry in public (no matter how much you are hurting) will never end well for you. Remain dignified, let him make his mistake, and be there when it goes wrong, because it definitely will.”
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Caroline, 59, told the paper: “‘I know it’s the end. But please, the message I want Adam to hear is no matter what happens in the future, please know I love you, your dad loves you, you can come home and talk to me at any point.
“There’s nothing you’ve done that I would not forgive. I love you so much. I hope your marriage is a good one, I don’t wish any ill on you and I want you and Holly to have a long and happy marriage, like your dad and me. The reason I’m speaking out is I want all this to end.”
She added: “He’s in Gordon’s clutches. I can’t help but feel like they are pulling him away from me. Their family is very insular.” The row erupted after Caroline wasn’t invited to Holly’s hen-do at exclusive Soho Farmhouse, in Oxfordshire, which was attended by her mum Tana, Victoria Beckham, her sisters Megan and Tilly, as well as Adam’s sister Bethany. Instead, she stayed at home looking after Adam’s son George, five, the little boy he had with his previous partner, artist Eirianedd Munro.
After Holly shared photos on social media, Caroline’s sister Louise Williams, took to Instagram to air her grievance. Her post stated: “@hollyramsayy I’m so glad that you had a great hen do. As a bride, you deserve that. However, as a person you were divisive and hurtful towards a woman who I have loved and continue to love deeply.” It ended: “You have inflicted a hurt on my sister that will take a very long time to heal if ever.”
Tensions reportedly started to simmer after extended members of the Peaty family weren’t invited to the engagement party. Caroline sent a text to Holly, adding: “I told her, ‘You know how important family is to you, as it is to me. My sisters are not coming to the party, they have been there all through Adam’s life…’.
She added: “But Adam didn’t take kindly to me sending that message.” Tensions then increased and Adam Peaty’s dad Mark didn’t attend the stag after Caroline was univited from the wedding.
She had clashed with Adam over her outfit choice as she wanted to wear a cream outfit to the big day. He had offered to pay for four outfits to wear across the day, but rejected that specific choice, saying that only Holly should wear white.
The relationship became even more inflamed after Adam Peaty was met by five police officers at the airport after returning from his stag do, reportedly because of fears he might be assaulted.
It is alleged he had been receiving threatening messages from his brother, builder James, 34, who was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of harassment and questioned by police for two days before being released on conditional bail.
A source close to Adam and Holly said: “This feud is heartbreaking from both sides. But the reality is Adam sees his mum, Caroline, to be enabling his brother’s actions rather than pushing him to deal with his demons.”
Carlos Alcaraz, who injured himself while missing Spain’s Davis Cup Finals team, claims to be “heartbroken.”
World No. 22 Alcaraz, 22, claims he has been told to avoid competing because of swelling in his right hamstring after being defeated by Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals on Sunday.
On Thursday in Bologna, Italy, Spain will face the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarter-finals.
Spaniard Alcaraz, who won six Grand Slams this year, claimed playing for his country was the “greatest thing there is,” adding, “I’m going home heartbroken.”
Italy’s top-ranked teammate Lorenzo Musetti and world-ranked Sinner, who is the four-time Slam champion, are both missing, leaving only the top-10 players at the eight-team finals, including world number three Alexander Zverev, who is the world number three.
Alcaraz lost to 24-year-old Sinner in the 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 final defeat in Turin, according to the Spanish tennis federation, who claimed the Spaniard had experienced “physical discomfort” in the back of his thigh during the first set.
Alcaraz traveled to Spain’s training camp on Monday, but medical tests revealed a “significant muscle strain with marked oedema” in his hamstring.
Carlos Alcaraz, who injured himself while missing Spain’s Davis Cup Finals team, claims to be “heartbroken.”
World No. 22 Alcaraz, 22, claims he has been told to avoid competing because of swelling in his right hamstring after being defeated by Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals on Sunday.
On Thursday in Bologna, Italy, Spain will face the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarter-finals.
Spaniard Alcaraz, who won six Grand Slams this year, claimed playing for his country was the “greatest thing there is,” adding, “I’m going home heartbroken.”
Italy’s top-ranked teammate Lorenzo Musetti and world-ranked Sinner, who is the four-time Slam champion, are both missing, leaving only the top-10 players at the eight-team finals, including world number three Alexander Zverev, who is the world number three.
Alcaraz lost to 24-year-old Sinner in the 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 final defeat in Turin, according to the Spanish tennis federation, who claimed the Spaniard had experienced “physical discomfort” in the back of his thigh during the first set.
Alcaraz traveled to Spain’s training camp on Monday, but medical tests revealed a “significant muscle strain with marked oedema” in his hamstring.
Carlos Alcaraz says he is “heartbroken” after withdrawing from Spain’s Davis Cup Finals team because of injury.
World number one Alcaraz, 22, who was beaten by Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals on Sunday, says he has been advised not to compete because of swelling in his right hamstring.
Spain face the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in Bologna, Italy on Thursday.
Spaniard Alcaraz, who won the French and US Open titles this year to take his career Grand Slam tally to six, wrote on Instagram that playing for his country was the “greatest thing there is”, adding: “I’m going home heartbroken..”.
World number two Sinner – the four-time Slam winner – and team-mate Lorenzo Musetti are both missing from Italy’s team, leaving Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the world number three, as the only top-10 ranked player at the eight-team finals.
The Spanish tennis federation said Alcaraz felt “physical discomfort” in the back of his thigh during the first set of his 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 final defeat in Turin by 24-year-old Sinner.
Alcaraz travelled to Spain’s training camp on Monday but medical tests revealed “significant muscle strain with marked oedema” in his hamstring.
Sophie Hurcom, BBC Sport England and Jack Killah, BBC Radio Somerset
Football is littered with fathers and sons who have pulled on the same shirts for the same clubs during their playing careers, or sons who have played under their manager fathers professionally.
But how many father-son duos can claim to have managed a team together?
It is what helps make Craig and his son Scott Laird, co-managers of ninth-tier outfit Street FC, unique.
The pair were appointed last month by the Western League Premier Division side following the departure of former manager Ben Watson.
“For Scott and I to be able to do this is fantastic, it’s a dream come true,” Craig told BBC Radio Somerset.
Former Preston and Stevenage left-back Scott has been at the club for the past 18 months as a player and assistant manager under Watson.
And when Watson left earlier in the autumn, Scott knew just the person to bring in to work alongside him in the dugout.
“We wanted someone to come in who believed [in] what we were doing, understood how we wanted to play, the same philosophy, the same mindset and this man [his father] was the only guy who could offer what we wanted,” Scott, 37, said.
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Football is very much in the Laird family.
Craig began his career working at Plymouth Argyle and has managed non-league clubs including Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater Town.
Scott, one of four brothers, had a prolific career across the EFL, most notably with Preston, who he won promotion to the Championship with in 2015.
His brothers Callum and Jamie have played at non-league level, while another brother, also called Craig, has played at university level in the United States.
Craig Sr and Scott are early into their managerial tenure together – with one win, one draw and one loss from the past three league games – but they are working in “sync”.
“I’m sure we’ll have some disagreements,” Scott said. “At the moment, we do see the game the same way, we try to recruit the same players we believe in – we’re having to do it at the moment to bring a few players in.
For Craig, the job is a chance for a role reversal to learn from his son as well.
“Probably growing up Scott listened to me, how I felt football should be played and that’s probably embedded itself in him,” Craig said.
“He’s gone off and had other experiences which he now brings and I can learn from as well.”
As for Scott, the poignancy of starting his journey into football management alongside his father is not lost on him.
“He was [there] at the start of my career, now at the end of my playing career and start of my coaching career – it’s a nice full circle moment to come round,” Scott said.
