Bend It Like Beckham: the film that ignited a love for football in so many women and girls

When this unassuming comedy came out in 2002, women's football wasn't even a professional sport in the UK or Australia. It's worth revisiting as the Women's World Cup approaches.

Where are the Bend It Like Beckham cast now?

They kick-started some impressive careers playing football-mad teens on Bend It Like Beckham, alongside a string of well-established stars.

But while some of the cast have scored some major work goals since, others have battled personal issues including a highly-publicised drink problem and mental health struggles.

Gurinder Chadha's comedy about a British Asian girl who defies her parents' traditional values to play football for a local team is as predictable as England's early World Cup demise - but sweet and funny, too. Parminder Nagra makes an ace heroine, running rings around her co-star, Keira Knightley.