England soccer heroine Hannah Hampton has revealed how she was heartbroken at losing her grandfather ahead of the Women's European Championship.

England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton paid an emotional tribute to her late grandfather after revealing he passed away two days before the start of Euro 2025. Hampton was the hero of England’s shootout victory over Spain in Sunday’s final as she saved two penalties to set up Chloe Kelly to seal glory for the Lionesses.

ENGLAND hero Hannah Hampton has revealed that her grandfather passed away just two days before the start of Euro 2025. The goalkeeper saved two penalties to help the Lionesses to European glory

The remarkable journey of England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton from eye surgeries to being the star of two penalty shootouts for a European title-winning team was described as “a fairy tale” on Sunday.

The Lionesses are the first team to have three different matches go to extra time in a single edition of either the women's World Cup or European Championship. Remarkably, they triumphed at Euro 2025 despite leading for just four minutes and 52 seconds in the entire knockout stages of the tournament - including stoppage time.

Hannah Hampton and Chloe Kelly deliver dramatic penalty shootout victory - The Lionesses prevailed in a thrilling penalty shoot-out under Sarina Wiegman to defend their European title and gain revenge

Wiegman masterminded her third successive European Championship triumph with Sunday’s penalty shoot-out success over Spain to ensure England retained the trophy they won for the

Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton have not had easy journeys to Euro 2025 - now they are heralded as England's heroines.