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EA Sports' 'FIFA 16' to feature female footballers for the first time

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EA Sports announces that videogame FIFA 16 will have women's international teams featured for the first time in its history.

EA Sports has announced that videogame FIFA 16 will feature international women's teams for the first time in its history.

Eleven national teams will be included in the new version of the popular game, including England and their captain Steph Houghton, who plays for Manchester City.

"To be one of the first female players included is something we'll always be able to look back on," BBC Sport quotes Houghton as saying. "Hopefully it will help raise the profile of the women's game even further."

Only men's teams have been included in the videogame since its launch in 1993.

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