WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - With the Women’s World Cup only a few days away, among the injured gamers on England’s nationwide soccer workforce had been handled like royalty at Wimbledon on Saturday.

Fran Kirby, Beth Mead and Leah Williamson had been all within the Royal Box on Centre Court to look at some tennis on Day 6 - the standard day when sports greats are invited to the All England Club. All three received the Women’s European Championship final 12 months however will miss this 12 months’s World Cup match in Australia and New Zealand due to accidents.

Another member of final 12 months’s profitable soccer workforce, Jill Scott, was additionally within the Royal Box. She retired from the game a couple of months after England beat Germany 2-1 within the closing at Wembley Stadium.

Plenty of tennis greats had been among the many company Saturday, together with Billie Jean King, Rosie Casals, Stefan Edberg and Sue Barker. But athletes and former greats from different sports had been there as nicely, like gymnasts, subject hockey gamers and rugby gamers.

Olympic nice Steve Redgrave, a British rower who received gold medals at 5 straight Olympics, was additionally readily available.

The Royal Box isn't just for royalty, however Kate, the Princess of Wales, did make her first look at this 12 months’s match on Tuesday. She sat subsequent to Roger Federer on a day the now-retired eight-time Wimbledon champion was feted on Centre Court.

David Beckham, a former England soccer nice and the husband of former Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham, sat within the Royal Box along with his mom on Wednesday.

Another former England soccer nice, Gary Lineker, was within the field Saturday. Lineker received the Golden Boot as the highest scorer on the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and now works for the BBC.

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