Chelsea's Sam Kerr confirms she will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season
Australia striker to leave after six and a half yearsKerr is Chelsea's all-time leading WSL goalscorerSam Kerr will leave Chelsea this summer when...
‘We have a clear vision': Eintracht move closer to bringing glory days back to Frankfurt
Under the knowledgeable guidance of Babett Peter, the Frauen-Bundesliga club have their country's big two, and the Champions League, in their...
Personalised chopsticks and underwater treadmills: Manchester City Women find new ways to win
Captain Alex Greenwood said ‘nothing comes close' to club's £10m facility built specifically for women's teamWhether it is the chopsticks in the...
History makers Brighton are shaking up old order and not hiding ambition
Seagulls are in their first Women's FA Cup final but their coach, Dario Vidosic, is determined to keep aiming higherAs Brighton's old song goes,...
Arsenal edge closer to title and ‘spygate' overshadows playoffs – Football Weekly podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Robyn Cowen and Philippe Auclair to discuss all the weekend's footballRate, review, share on Apple...
Reading announce Louisiana football partnership
Reading Football Club are delighted to announce American side Louisiana Fire SC as an Affiliate Club.
A large youth football project in New...
Manchester City's Khadija Shaw stuns Chelsea in dramatic FA Cup semi-final
Khadija Shaw showed Manchester City what they are giving up and Chelsea what they are potentially getting in emphatic style at Stamford Bridge,...
Brighton's Fran Kirby: ‘Instead of running around like a headless chicken, I stand and assess'
Former Chelsea forward is thriving on the south coast and targeting victory over Liverpool in the Women's FA CupFran Kirby knows what she brings....
European reaction, playoffs spy row, Premier League news and more – football live
⚽ All the latest news and previews going into a big weekend⚽ Premier League preview | Fixtures | Tables | And mail YaraThe 2025-26 season may be...
Former manager Matt Beard ‘bullied' by Burnley, family tells pre-inquest hearing
Beard died in September 2025 aged 47Burnley exit was ‘catalyst for decline in mental health'A pre-inquest hearing regarding the former Liverpool...
Reading Women 3-5 AFC Portchester Ladies: Match Report
AFC Portchester scored five, including a hat-trick from Kim Fuller, to end Reading Women's great run of form in a 5-3 thriller – if not a little...
Khadija Shaw to leave Manchester City with Chelsea favourites to seal deal
Jamaica striker decides to go when contract ends in JuneCity could not match other offers to the 29-year-oldKhadija “Bunny” Shaw has decided to...
Knaak's tears, Jeglertz's calm, Shaw's goals: the story of Manchester City's WSL title triumph
After 10 years without a Women's Super League title, City are champions once more – here's how they did itThe sight of Rebecca Knaak fighting back...
Manchester City's WSL title winners 2025-26: player-by-player ratings
Alex Greenwood has won the first WSL title of her career and Khadija Shaw has been the league's standout playerAyaka Yamashita This has been a...
FA and US Soccer seek more control from Fifa over Women's World Cups
Federations have concerns over men's World Cup modelFA works with Uefa to freeze ticket prices for Euro 2028The Football Association and US Soccer...
Playing for Bayern's women and scouting for the men. I hope my path breaks barriers
It was an honour to be asked to help find talent for the men's team and I am enjoying and benefiting from the responsibilityThe buzz after I...
North Korean women's football club headed to Seoul in rare trip across the border
Visit will be the first time a North Korean women's football team has competed on southern soil since the 2014 Incheon Asian GamesA North Korean...
Manchester City on verge of WSL title after Knaak's last-gasp winner sinks Liverpool
Manchester City's Rebecca Knaak scored a stoppage-time winner to give her side a nervy 1-0 home victory over Liverpool and put one hand on the...
Arsenal ponder fine margins after OL Lyonnes defeat but Gunners are not in decline | Tom Garry
Tight decisions and Arsenal's fragility from set pieces saw French side through to Women's Champions League finalFine margins defined this football...
Manchester City v Liverpool: Women's Super League – live
⚽ Women's Super League updates, 12pm BST kick-off⚽ Get in touch: email Emillia and follow us on BlueskyHello, good morning and welcome to coverage...
Jule Brand shatters Arsenal with late winner sending OL Lyonnes into WCL final
Jule Brand's late winner settled an absorbing semi-final to end Arsenal's defence of their Women's Champions League title and sent OL Lyonnes...
Reading Women 2-1 Oxford City Women: Match Report
Reading Women secured their third league win on the bounce with a 2-1 victory over Oxford City at Arbour Park, Slough on Thursday evening....
Royals fans to present Player of the Season awards
Royals fans to present awards.
Reading supporters Bryan Dennis and Elsie Noakes are to present the Supporters Trust at Reading Player of the...
Lifeline for Leicester Getting A Last Chance for Survival
Embed from Getty Images The Leicester women team will finish at the bottom of the WSL this season. Their last two fixtures can’t change that....
Charlton, Birmingham and Palace braced for WSL2 finale with promotion on the line
Three teams vie for two promotion spots on Saturday, with Charlton and Birmingham going head-to-headThree teams, two automatic promotion spots and...
‘You have to laugh or you'd cry': how fixture list chaos blights women's football
Stadium sharing, broadcast picks and fun runs can all cause turmoil in upper echelons of women's game, while clubs worry attendances may fall as a...
Is this the end for Canberra United? A-League Women club face grievous demise | Samantha Lewis
It has been a painful few years for Australia's trailblazing women's team, while overseas football clubs just like theirs are funded and...
NWSL says it will keep spring-to-fall schedule through 2030 season
League board postpones vote on calendar switchPlayers said infrastructure wasn't suited for fall-to-springThe National Women's Soccer League has...
‘I've given all I can': Chelsea's Millie Bright announces retirement with immediate effect
Bright won eight Women's Super League titles at ChelseaDefender retired from England duty in 2025 with 88 capsMillie Bright has announced her...
Afghanistan women's refugee players allowed to compete as official national team
Fifa will not require squad to get approval of TalibanAfghan Women United was formed after 2021 takeoverFifa has given permission for Afghan Women...
Brighton plan Europe's first purpose-built women's football stadium
10,000-capacity venue will sit next to Amex Stadium‘This is the kind of progress we have dreamed about'Brighton's plans to build Europe's first...
‘We are not happy': Chiamaka Nnadozie on Wafcon debacle, boomboxes and Brighton
The Brighton and Nigeria goalkeeper is highly critical of the decision to push back Wafcon, but still has hope for the future of the women's game...
Guardian Sport and Jonathan Liew win top prizes at SJA Awards
The Guardian named as sports publisher of the yearJonathan Liew wins columnist of the year for fifth timeGuardian Sport won two top prizes at the...
Reading Women 8-0 Fleet Town Women: Match Report
Hat-tricks from Tia Johnson and Nat Cowell helped Reading Women romp home 8-0 winners over Fleet Town at Arbour Park, Slough on Sunday. Goals from...
WSL roundup: Sonia Bompastor calls for technology after Sam Kerr's hat-trick denied
Chelsea coach makes demand after officials miss ball crossing lineManchester United draw at Spurs to endanger Europe hopesSonia Bompastor, the...
Matchday Info: Boro Women V West Bromwich Albion Women
FixturesMiddlesbrough Vs. West Bromwich Albion - Sun, Apr 26 2026, 14:00Boro Women return to Stockton Town this Sunday for their season...
Tracey Neville's next big step: creating ‘a future in sport' at Stockport County
‘You can't build a mountain in one day,' says former England netball coach who is embracing ‘starting from scratch' in women's football“Every job...
Maidenhead United eye cup final spot in crucial clash with AFC Portchester
Maidenhead United’s Molly McKeever in action against Reading. Photo: Darren Woolley -- Maidenhead United Women will travel to Southern Region...
Leaving present? Eva Olid takes Hearts Women within sight of historic title
Spanish manager has led Edinburgh side to top of Scottish Premier League and a showdown with Rangers loomsHearts have an opportunity to move one...
The Matildas factory: Melbourne City's historic treble push rooted in youth development | Joey Lynch
A policy of signing some of the best young talent from around the country and turning them into international calibre players is reaping rewardsAt...
Project ACL: NWSL joins WSL in initiative aimed at expanding injury research
Effort takes holistic approach to high ACL injury ratesFifpro first launched project in England in 2024The National Women's Soccer League is...
European Championship qualifying may switch to Nations League-style format
Men's tournament could follow Women's World Cup methodNew format would likely come in after Euro 2028An adapted version of the Nations League...
‘Not just for us' – Chelsea Women to play all WSL games at Stamford Bridge from next season
Champions to leave Kingsmeadow at end of campaign‘It's for every player to have worn shirt,' says open letterChelsea Women have announced that...
‘Unwanted from day one': Dijon Women fight on despite feeling abandoned by club
Players have hit out at ‘confused and careless' management off the pitch, despite their success on itDijon are punching above their weight for yet...
Russo fires England to four wins from four – Women's Football Weekly podcast
Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Emma Sanders and Marva Kreel to discuss England and the home nations' international games and preview the...
Reading Women 5-0 Woodley United Ladies: Match Report
Tia Johnson's first-half hat-trick helped Reading Women continue their good run of league form, with a resounding 5-0 victory over Woodley United...
Iceland v England: Women's World Cup 2027 qualifier – live
⚽️ World Cup 2027 qualifying news, 5.30pm BST kick-off⚽️ England face landmark 500th game | Mail XaymacaHello and welcome to minute-by-minute...
Iran footballers granted asylum in Australia vow to continue chasing sporting dream
Former Iranian women's team players ‘overwhelmed' by supportRamezanisadeh and Pasandideh have trained with Brisbane RoarThe two members of the Iran...
England v Spain: Women's World Cup 2027 qualifying – live
⚽ Updates from the Group A3 qualifier; kick-off 7pm BST⚽ Moving the Goalposts | Follow on Bluesky | Mail SimonHello! Gird thy loins, world – it's a...
Hemp leads England past Spain to remain top of Women's World Cup qualifier group
England 1-0 SpainLionesses win first meeting between sides since Euro 2025 finalEngland gave their chances of automatic qualification for 2027's...
US Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker leaves for role with Saudi Arabia
Crocker hired Emma Hayes and Mauricio PochettinoSporting director duties to be split in the meantimeUS Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker will...
‘I could wipe the floor with you, man': the exhibition on female football fans' experiences
Prof Stacey Pope's showcase highlights how women have always been required to defend and justify their fandom“You can be the thickest bloke and you...
Iran releases assets of women's football team captain in Australia asylum drama
Zahra Ghanbari had been on list of ‘traitors' whose assets were frozenLatest move taken ‘following her change in behaviour'Iran's judiciary said on...
Unequal game: Levy paid more last season than entire Spurs women's team and staff
Former executive chairman received £5.76mPay exceeded combined wage bill of women's teamDaniel Levy, the former executive chairman of Tottenham,...
Spain much-changed but DNA will test England in first clash since Euro 2025 final
The reigning world champions have a new coach and some new faces since losing the Euro 2025 final to Sarina Wiegman's LionessesEight-and-a-half...
AFC Portchester 1-1 Reading Women: Match Report
Reading Women put in one of their performances of the season to pick up a valuable point yesterday, with a 1-1 draw against title-chasing AFC...
Owners treat many WSL clubs as ‘an afterthought', Angel City's co-founder says
Kara Nortman talks Monarch Collective's sports ownership portfolio and potential investment in EnglandMany Women's Super League clubs are treated...
Wasted weekend takes wind out of WSL's sails … and get ready for more
With the season reaching its climax and weather improving, it's ideal for attracting fans, but the fixture list is blankMomentum can be extremely...
Lavelle and Heaps score as USA women ease past Japan to open friendly series
Lavelle scores on landmark 100th US startHeaps adds winner after sweeping counterEmma Hayes' side make it 10 straight winsRose Lavelle celebrated...
Australia v Malawi: Fifa Series women's international football friendly – live
Updates as Matildas play Scorchers in KenyaKick-off at Nyayo National Stadium is 2pm local/9pm AESTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an emailG'day...
Women's football in England at risk without WSL academy teams in third tier, FA claims
Game could be held back without radical change, it saysIt wants more competitive games for young playersSue Day, the Football Association's...
Maidenhead United Women 1-0 Reading Women: Match Report
Reading Women suffered another narrow cup defeat in their Combined Counties Cup quarter-final tie at Maidenhead United on Wednesday night, with the...
‘Absolute disgrace': FA's plan to restructure Women's National League criticised
WSL academy teams would play in third tierPrevious FA expansion plan was withdrawn last yearPlans to include four Women's Super League academy...
Women's Super League academy teams to play in third tier under new FA proposals
Four youth sides picked could not be promotedPlans involve mid-season split and up to £1m investmentMajor structural changes to the Women's...
Brighton stun Arsenal in FA Cup as WSL 2 title race heats up – Women's Football Weekly podcast
Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Tom Garry and Anne-Marie Batson to review the FA Cup quarter-finals and assess a dramatic run-in at both...
Keira Barry gets first England call-up and Niamh Charles joins Wiegman's squad
Bay FC forward Barry in for injured Freya GodfreyLionesses face Spain and Iceland in qualifiers The Bay FC forward Keira Barry has received her...
‘Something you only see in films': Czech case yet another example of sexual abuse crisis
Petr Vlachovsky's non-contact sexual abuse has had long-term effects and could finally be the catalyst for safeguarding policy change for women and...
Can the USMNT and USWNT become ‘America's favorite sports teams'? Their CEO thinks so
JT Batson is hopeful the influx of funds and interest around the home World Cup will have a transformative effect on American soccerUS Soccer chief...
Haley and Hayes fire Brighton to shock FA Cup quarter-final win at Arsenal
Brighton two wins away from first major trophyCharlton and Liverpool play in second quarter-finalArsenal made a surprise exit at the quarter-final...
Sam Kerr set for Chelsea exit after reportedly signing with US club Denver Summit
Striker expected to return to NWSL and join ambitious new club Australian pours doubt on transfer with cryptic social media postMatildas captain...
Barcelona hit six past Real Madrid again to set up WCL semi-final with Bayern Munich
Barcelona 6-0 Real Madrid (agg 12-2)Graham Hansen brace in front of capacity crowdA sold-out Camp Nou was treated to a memorable performance from...
Tottenham head coach Roberto De Zerbi apologises for past comments on Mason Greenwood
‘I didn't meant to take a stance,' says Spurs head coachFan groups had opposed De Zerbi's appointmentThe new Tottenham head coach, Roberto De...
Matildas stars return to squad for friendlies as Joe Montemurro builds to 2027 World Cup
Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord named as Mary Fowler rests after Asian CupAustralia to play 153rd-ranked Malawi followed by India or KenyaMatildas coach...
Late double takes Bayern past Manchester United into Women's Champions League semi-finals
Manchester United's Women's Champions League journey ended in Germany as Bayern Munich struck with two late goals to propel themselves into the...
Sophia Wilson, Tierna Davidson return to USWNT for friendlies against Japan
Wilson hasn't played for US since 2024 due to pregnancyDavidson makes return after ACL injury last yearUS play Japan on 11, 14 and 17 AprilSophia...
Chelsea break English football record with £262.4m pre-tax loss for 2024-25 season
Blues surpass Manchester City's £197.5m loss in 2010-11Club compliant with PSR rules for three years to 2024-25Chelsea on Wednesday reported a...
Manchester United wage bill revealed as half that of WSL rivals Arsenal last season
Skinner's side spent £5.88m while Arsenal spent £11.3mUnited face Bayern in Champions League on WednesdayManchester United's wage bill was about...
Interpol arrest warrant requested in Congo-Brazzaville for Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas
Football federation president on the run with wife and sonConviction in absentia of wide-ranging corruption chargesAuthorities in Congo-Brazzaville...
Badshot Lea Ladies 0-7 Reading Women: Match Report
Reading Women returned to winning ways in some style after a second-half demolition saw them run out 7-0 winners against Badshot Lea at the...
Why your moon photos look so bad (and how to fix it): the best Australian photos of March - video
From tips to capture a perfect blood moon to a frantic run through Sydney airport in pursuit of the shot of the day, these are the stories behind...
Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be implemented
Pregnancy, contraception and menopause to be coveredGroundbreaking changes an ‘incredibly welcome' stepFemale athletes are to benefit from a major...
Lionesses star Missy Bo Kearns announces ‘we’ve lost our baby’ in heartbreaking statement
Missy Bo Kearns currently plays for Aston Villa (Picture: Getty)
Aston Villa midfielder Missy Bo Kearns has revealed that she and her partner,...
Denver Summit smash NWSL attendance record with 63,004 fans at Mile High Stadium
Summit set NWSL record with 63,004 spectatorsExpansion side draw 0-0 with Washington SpiritThe expansion Denver Summit's match against the...
Super League at 30: how the sport has changed for matchgoing fans
A lot has changed since 1996 – summer matches, bigger crowds, more foreign players, a salary cap, skin-tight jerseys and female referees – but some...
Arsenal v Tottenham: Women's Super League – live
⚽ WSL updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-off in the derby⚽ Katja Snoeijs interview | Sign up to Moving the GoalpostsArsenal and Spurs are separated...
Miedema propels Manchester City closer to WSL title with derby stroll against United
The latest leg of Manchester City's victory lap took them to Old Trafford and they did not simply show Manchester United why they are going to...
England reaction, Scotland buildup and derby day in WSL – matchday live
⚽ News, discussion and buildup before day's football action⚽ Get in touch! Email us here with your thoughtsRight, who's ready for four hours of...
WSL derby weekend is here but glut of games could have diluting effect
Organisers take advantage of no Premier League football but staggering games across season may draw greater focusDerby weekend has arrived in the...