But when Sarina Wiegman arrived as England women’s head coach in September 2021, she installed Earps as her No.1 and she has stayed there since. Earps’ achievements in recent years are even more impressive when you consider she was seriously considering walking away from the sport less than three years ago . When collecting her award, Earps said: “First of all, I want to say how humbled I am to be on such a list of incredible athletes. “They have been with me through the really, really not so great times and the last two years have been absolutely unbelievable. “Again, thank you so much to my team-mates and my coaches because I wouldn’t be here without you all.

Source: BBC December 20, 2023 06:27 UTC