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A wide-ranging round-up of women’s football news from across the game as 2023 draws to a close. Former Lionesses Jodie Taylor, Abbie McManus and Natasha Dowie confirm retirement, while Canada great Christine Sinclair announces her international send-off after a world-record 190 goals. Mary Earps collects the Lionesses’ Player of the Year award, and Jill Scott, Anita Asante and Ellen White are inducted into the Barclays WSL Hall of Fame. Elsewhere, English football’s clubs vote to form a new club-owned governing body (NewCo) to run the professional women’s game from 2024-25, Emma Hayes confirms she will leave Chelsea for the USWNT job, and briefs cover everything from Saudi broadcast rights to a Brighton fan’s assistance-dog season ticket and a Civil Service five-a-side trophy.