Statement year for women's sport: Record successes and England glory

Women's sports biggest moments in 2025: From Lionesses and Red Roses glory to India success and emergence of new stars! From the Red Roses celebrating Women's Rugby World Cup glory to the Lionesses successfully defending the Euros title, we look back at some of the biggest storylines from women's sport during a historic 2025 Image:We take a look back at some of the biggest stories from women's sport in 2025 Image:Arsenal lifted the Women's Champions League trophy for the first time in 18 years Image:Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson won silver and bronze respectively in Tokyo Image:Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson led the team to their third WNBA championship in four years (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Tuesday 23 December 2025 20:10, UK This year was set to be a big year for women's sports and it certainly lived up to those expectations with endless success from female athletes. From the Lionesses successfully defending their European title and the Red Roses reclaiming the Rugby World Cup trophy, to the Netball Super League's incredible growth and big WSL signings. Here are our picks of the top women's sports moments from 2025! Lionesses do it again In July we saw a very tense run from the Lionesses who worried fans at each round, but somehow went on to successfully defend their European title 1-1 (3-1 on penalties). Throughout the tournament we saw the impact that young star Michelle Agyemang, and Euro 2022 icon Chloe Kelly had when eventually brought on off the substitutes bench. Not only did we see Kelly shine yet again in the final this year, where she scored the winning penalty. But it also signified an official changing of the goalkeeping guard with Hannah Hampton, crucially saving two penalties during the shootout in the final. Then, as if Lionesses fans didn't already love Sarina Wiegman for the success she's brought, her love for Burna Boy warmed the hearts of many more when the Nigerian musician surprised the team at their homecoming parade. Red Roses break record for World Cup win A heart-breaking 34-31 loss in the 2021 Rugby World Cup for England after losing a player due to a red card, set up the perfect redemption story - finally winning it again, but this time on home soil. The Red Roses had won every game since their loss to New Zealand in the last RWC final, so it was very much expected that they would take the win this time. That they did, dismissing an impressive Canadian side 33-13 to show their dominance and win in front of a sold-out Twickenham crowd of 81,885 spectators - a world record for a women's rugby union game. Canada may have found the tryline first, but England quickly snapped back and pulled ahead with tries from Ellie Kildunne, Amy Cokayne, and Alex Matthews in the first half. The second half was much the same with another try from Matthews and Abbie Ward also scoring a try, while Zoe Harrison converted all but one. Cowboy...

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