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England women move back up to fourth in Fifa world rankings

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Ellen White and Steph Houghton
Ellen White (right) scored a 90th-minute winner as England beat USA 1-0 in the SheBelieves Cup in New Jersey

England women have moved back up to fourth in the Fifa world rankings,external-link overtaking Canada to equal their best ever position.

Germany replace world champions USA as the number one team.

England came third at the SheBelieves Cup earlier in March after a 1-0 win over USA and defeat by European and Olympic champions Germany.

Northern Ireland rise four places to 55th, Wales move up one to 33rd and Scotland stay 21st.

It is the first time since March 2015 that USA have been replaced at the top of the table.

England Women will host Italy and Austria in April - their final home matches before the Euro 2017 finals this summer.

Fifa Women's World Rankings
1. Germany
2. USA
3. France
4. England
5. Canada
6. Japan
6. Sweden
8. Australia
9. Brazil
10. Korea DPR
21. Scotland
33. Wales
55. Northern Ireland

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  • Comment posted by We all laugh at the London stadium, at 11:05 24 Mar 2017

    Massive thank you to all of those that subsidise this sport for it participants.

  • Comment posted by D1710535505056, at 12:15 24 Mar 2017

    @31 They're up against next to no opposition in the main and get beaten by the top teams regularly. They've won nothing.

    Enough about the men's team, we're talking about the women here...

  • Comment posted by Knapman, at 22:00 24 Mar 2017

    Why open up the comments if you're going to delete the majority of them? Are all negative comments about women's football automatically deleted, even if it isn't sexist?

    There are negative comments all over the men's football articles too, many of them slating your writers/BBC personally. Why are they allowed? Seems like you're protecting women's football in particular for no reason.

  • Comment posted by J , at 22:40 24 Mar 2017

    Good show ladies, I'm overjoyed. That's why I come to the football page. (Btw, are we still allowed to call them 'ladies/lady'? I ask because there has been a move underfoot, for years, to purge that word & replace it with women/woman.)
    N.B. 64 out of 119 posts have been removed. This is what happens when a small, but moneyed 'elite' dictate to society at large; very unhealthy.

    ~CXXI

  • Comment posted by D1710918617973, at 11:12 24 Mar 2017

    Well done to the ladies

  • Comment posted by Terry, at 10:59 24 Mar 2017

    They need to get fitter. Look like sunday pub players in that respect compared to german team

  • Comment posted by User0951425659, at 12:11 24 Mar 2017

    @30. Posted by Supa_T on : "Credit to the team - I hope they continue to succeed"

    They're up against next to no opposition in the main and get beaten by the top teams regularly. They've won nothing. Keep it real. The "Lionesses" may be your thing but I suspect most sports fans really dont care. I'd sooner see a kick about down the rec to be honest but fair play to them for enjoying the game.

  • Comment posted by KentDave, at 11:58 24 Mar 2017

    What a complete waste of time and energy. I'd hate to be represented by this complete bunch of useless individuals who seem to have no idea about the game or how it should be played.

    But enough about the idiots trolling the HYS boards with their sexism and misogyny, let's applaud the ladies' football team who are genuinely world class and deserve the recognition the BBC offers them.

  • Comment posted by jacks raging colon , at 11:04 24 Mar 2017

    Do Iceland have a women's team?

  • Comment posted by U16663542, at 11:21 24 Mar 2017

    I must say that Women are Deffo playing without fear, unlike their male counterparts

  • Comment posted by U16557196, at 11:15 24 Mar 2017

    If only the men were as committed.

    They can't even be classed as number four in their continent.

  • Comment posted by User0112757513, at 18:50 24 Mar 2017

    Carry on the good work ladies.

  • Comment posted by J , at 13:37 25 Mar 2017

    Jolly good, ladies, lol.
    The moneymen, who control so much, have a well-known agenda. They've an abusive & intolerant relationship with society & are hell-bent on re-engineering it in their own image & likeness (kind of like God).
    Money can buy many things but it can only rent some people (not all), & the rent is always coming due. When the money is no longer a factor..then what? ;)

    ~CXXVII

  • Comment posted by D1710713860590, at 12:09 25 Mar 2017

    I am afraid the women's game will never attract an audience like the men's game. I for years watched my granddaughter play and I try to watch it when it is on TV but I just would not pay to go and watch a game.

  • Comment posted by D1710535505056, at 12:08 24 Mar 2017

    Credit to the team - I hope they continue to succeed. Ultimately however, more money will seep into and ruin the game. At the moment it still seems that most play for achievements rather than money (whilst still being able to earn a living). At the moment it's at that sweet spot where then can be some really positive role models for young women.

  • Comment posted by User0682819042, at 20:25 24 Mar 2017

    Its a good achievement for the womens game.

    However, calls for financial parity by the likes of Eni Aluko are ridiculous as currently womens football is a poor spectacle, and doesn't generate anywhere near the level of interest as the mens game.

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