Let’s talk about periods: how research and apps help female footballers

Beth England says ‘understanding the way my cycle works is huge’. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images/Reuters

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Periods – almost 50% of the population experience them and yet, both in normal life and elite level sport, they have traditionally been something you don’t talk about out loud.