England’s Lucy Bronze nominated for Women’s World Cup Golden Ball award

Posted Jul 4, 2015
England’s Lucy Bronze has been nominated for the Golden Ball award at the Women’s World Cup. Bronze, who scored the winner against Canada in the quarter-final, will go up against Germany’s Celia Sasic, the tournament’s leading scorer, Japan’s Saori Ariyoshi and Aya Miyama, France’s Amandine Henry and the Americans Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Julie Johnson for the tournament’s top individual honour. (The Guardian)

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