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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

Hannah Hampton aims to live up to Mary Earps’ legacy as England No 1

Hannah Hampton at the press conference at St George's Park
Hannah Hampton said of Mary Earps: ‘I congratulated her on a very successful international career and I think that’s all I really can do.’ Photograph: Molly Darlington/Getty Images

Hannah Hampton has vowed to try to live up to Mary Earps’s legacy after being confirmed as England’s first-choice goalkeeper for Women’s Euro 2025.

After Earps’s shock retirement from international football last month, the England head coach, Sarina Wiegman, confirmed that her first choice was Hampton, who had started the Lionesses’ three previous games and has been selected five times in a row in the buildup to July’s tournament in Switzerland.

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