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English Women’s Golden Sporting Summer Masks Rising Costs
England's players, The Lionesses, celebrate winning the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final football match between England and Spain in Basel, Switzerland on July 27, 2025.
Photographer: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesThe last few months have been big for English women’s sports. The Lionesses — the England women’s football team — retained the UEFA Women’s European Championship over the summer, while England’s Red Roses won the Women’s Rugby World Cup over the weekend.
But as audiences have grown, and the games have become more professionalized, costs have gone up for women’s clubs too.