The knee injury keeping players out of the FIFA Women's World Cup
This Is Why
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🗓️ 14 July 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Star players, including England's Beth Mead and captain Leah Williamson, are all suffering from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries that threaten their careers in the game.
And women are 3.5 times more likely to suffer this type of injury compared to their male counterparts.
On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard is joined by data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire and producer Maz Poynter who've been investigating why female players are more likely to sustain these injuries, and sports medicine specialist Dr Kate Jackson explains what teams and coaches are doing to try to prevent future injuries.
Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Interview producer: Alex Edden
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 1:00.5 | Hi, I'm Kimberly Leonard and this is the Sky News Daily. |
| 1:05.7 | As the women's FIFA World Cup kicks off, two of England's biggest stars, Beth Mead and Captain |
| 1:11.2 | Leah Williamson, won't be flying out to Australia and New Zealand with the rest of the team. |
| 1:16.2 | They're out of action because of ACL injuries. |
| 1:19.2 | And they're not the only ones. |
| 1:20.6 | Up to 30 players are expected to miss the tournament due to the same knee injury. |
| 1:25.6 | England defender Jess Carter was asked about it on her way to the tournament. |
| 1:30.1 | We just feel more could be done to support us, why there's so many injuries, how can we prevent it? |
| 1:35.5 | The question I sometimes ask is if this was happening to high-profile men's players, |
| 1:39.4 | would more work be going in to try and improve things, really? |
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