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The Guardian // Sport // Football

WSL hoping to turn Lionesses fever at Euros into huge boost for domestic game

Saturday 26th July 2025, 11:00AM

The chief of WSL Football, Nikki Doucet, is dreaming of a ‘massive moment’ for the sport if England beat Spain Kitted out in an “Everyone is Watching the Lionesses” T-shirt before boarding a flight to Basel, the WSL Football chief executive, Nikki Doucet, describes England’s extraordinary progress to a third successive major final as another “ignition moment” for the sport, but the international game has long since been on fire.While not everyone has been watching in an increasingly fractured television landscape, ITV’s peak audience of 10.2 million for England’s dramatic semi-final win over Italy on Tuesday was its biggest of the year, and with live coverage of Sunday’s final against Spain shared with the BBC, more broadcast records could tumble. Continue reading...

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