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She Kicks, issue 26, February 2015 pp.4–8
Germany regain the top of the FIFA world rankings from the United States for the first time in seven years, with France reaching a best-ever third and England sixth. Nadine Kessler and Ralf Kellermann complete a Wolfsburg double at the FIFA awards, while Stephanie Roche finishes second in the Puskas vote with 33 per cent of 3.3 million ballots. Julie Fleeting returns to a Scotland training camp after time out for the birth of her daughters. World Cup prize money doubles to $2m for the winners, and elite players abandon their legal action against artificial turf. Toni Duggan and Leah Williamson take the England player awards, Carlton Fairweather is appointed at Sunderland, and Sarah Samir becomes the first woman to referee an Egyptian men’s league match.