WOMEN IN CYPRUS, WARMING UP FOR CANADA

The Women's World Cup is a hundred days away and the English team is warming up at the Cyprus Cup. This is a final chance for our ladies to book a seat on the plane to Canada for this Summer's tournament.

Mark Sampson's squad arrived in Larnaca last week and played their first match against Finland today at midday winning 3-1. They then face Australia and Holland in their group.

They will then have one more match against a team from the other group; Scotland, Italy, South Korea or Canada.

Captain Gemma Bonner, from Liverpool, scored her first international goal against the Fins at U19 level and repeated the feat in last year's Cyprus Cup. Gemma relishes the prospect of playing in her first World Cup, which begins on June 9th, when her team takes on France in Moncton. They then have Mexico on the 13th at the same venue, rounding things off in the group on the 17th against Colombia in Montreal.

Best of luck to the team, who must be one of the favourites.