{"id":19184,"date":"2022-07-27T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=65189"},"modified":"2022-07-28T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T10:50:17","slug":"the-lionesses-arent-the-only-football-team-named-after-the-female-of-the-species","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/the-lionesses-arent-the-only-football-team-named-after-the-female-of-the-species\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lionesses aren\u2019t the only football team named after the female of the species"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Paul McGuinness\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 27 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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With England\u2019s Lionesses roaring into the final of the Euros at Wembley Stadium, London on Sunday evening, we took a look around the world to see which other women\u2019s teams are nicknamed after animals.<\/p>\n

Head coach Sarina Wiegman\u2019s Lionesses may be purring in the Euros, but they aren\u2019t even the only lionesses in the women\u2019s game: Singapore\u2019s women\u2019s team are also the Lionesses; Cameroon\u2019s women are known as the Indomitable Lionesses; Macedonia\u2019s team are the Red Lions; Tajikistan has the Red Lion; Morocco\u2019s team are the Atlas Lions, while the Dutch team is nicknamed the Oranje Leeuwinnen, or Orange Lionesses.<\/p>\n

Which women\u2019s football teams are nicknamed after animals?<\/h2>\n
Botswana<\/strong> \u2013 The Zebras<\/a><\/p>\n
Brazil<\/strong> \u2013 As Canarinhas, or the Female Canaries<\/p>\n
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