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Balogun's journey to England debut after cancer diagnosis

BBC Sport · May 21, 2026, 1:10 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Bristol Bears' Christiana Balogun on how it felt to make her England debut this spring, four years after being diagnosed with cancer.

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