Beth Mead calls for wide-ranging study into prevalence of ACL injuries

The Arsenal striker was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022.

PROBE: Beth Mead has called for a wide-ranging study into the prevalence of ACL injuries in the women’s game (David Davies/PA)

Beth Mead hopes the anterior cruciate ligament injuries she and her partner Vivianne Miedema have suffered can be the “kick up the a***” the women’s game needs to look at the frequency of such injuries more closely.

Mead was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022 on Wednesday evening after top-scoring in the England women’s team’s Euros success in the summer.