Thursday 20 October 2016 18:13, UK
England Women have suffered a blow ahead of their friendly against France on Friday after Chelsea's Gilly Flaherty withdrew due to injury.
Centre-back Flaherty has a hamstring problem and will also miss the friendly in Spain on Tuesday, although head coach Mark Sampson has decided not to call up a replacement.
The Lionesses play France, who are third in the FIFA world rankings, at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, before travelling to Guadalajara to face Spain.
England have not beaten France since 1974. The two sides last met in the group stages of the 2015 World Cup with the French winning 1-0.
Sampson's side are beginning their preparations for the Euro 2017 tournament in the Netherlands after going unbeaten through qualifying to finish top of their group.
