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Rachel Steinberg

Rachel Steinberg is a sports reporter for PA Media. In this role, Rachel has covered men's and women's football, Olympic sport and was PA's correspondent in Australia for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Rachel is particularly interested in women's sport, and in 2022 was awarded the NCTJ Sports Journalist of the Year award, for which she was also nominated in 2021. Rachel's career began at Sportsbeat, where she was the women's sport editor.

<p>Leah Williamson suffered an ACL injury last year which ruled the England captain out of the World Cup </p>

WSL clubs to be studied in three-year research into ACL injury crisis

Crystal Palace captain Everett says promotion comes as a bit of a surprise (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Aimee Everett admits Palace’s impending promotion has left squad ‘shocked’

<p>Athletes dive and swim in the Seine river from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women’s triathlon test </p>

Athletes set to receive vaccines before swimming in Paris for Olympics

Hitzlsperger predicts German players will steer clear of politics (Peter Byrne/PA)

I don’t expect political statements from Germany team – Thomas Hitzlsperger