• Left-back talks of cross-sport solidarity between female athletes • Stokes pays tribute to Nicola Adams after boxer’s retirement
With a sold-out Wembley helping a stellar year of women’s sport draw to a close, England’s left-back Demi Stokes has spoken of the cross-sport solidarity between female athletes.
“You want to see people succeed and I think as a woman it is not easy,” said Stokes, as the Lionesses prepare to play
Germany in front of a potential 90,000 fans on Saturday. “You have got to balance other things. People want kids, people have kids, so they are balancing all types of things.