At 17 Fran Kirby quit club football with depression, a delayed reaction to the death of her mother three years earlier. But she rediscovered the joy of playing for fun, with a parks team, and returned to the game. That was three years ago. Here she provided a badly needed spark for this nervous England team capping her performance with the goal that set the Lionesses on the way to their first win of this Women’s World Cup.Her mum would have been so proud. With veteran Karen Carney adding a second England could survive a late scare when Mexico scored and are now virtually assured of progressing to the knock-out stages. The pressure to get a result had increased before kick-off when Colombia...
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