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Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Mary Fowler have all experienced ACL injuries

BySally FreedmanBBC Sport senior journalist
  • Published20 minutes ago

The Football Association and WSL Football have launched a major research project to better understand why anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur in women's football and identify ways to reduce them.

Funded by the FA, the PhD study with Imperial College London and sports knee surgeon Simon Ball will be led by researcher Hanna Lehtovirta and involve clubs across the Women's Super League and WSL2.