43 h. ago Barcelona’s Bonmatí braced for ‘good rivalry’ of Chelsea showdown in WCL

Barcelona face Chelsea in semi-final first leg on Sunday‘This is the moment of the season we enjoy – big games’Aitana Bonmatí says Barcelona have a “good rivalry, no bad things” with Chelsea as the Spanish holders prepare to meet the English club in their Women’s Champions League semi-final for the third consecutive season.The 2023 and 2024 Ballon d’Or winner, whose team are chasing a fourth European title in five seasons, had high praise for Chelsea, despite the Women’s Super League club having never knocked Barcelona out of the competition. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Arsenal v Lyon: five key factors in the Women’s Champions League semi

Joe Montemurro and Renée Slegers are reunited but can they find a way to stop each other’s array of attacking talent?The former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro, who left the club at the end of the 2020-21 season, returns to the Emirates Stadium when Arsenal host the eight-time European champions Lyon on Saturday in their Champions League semi-final first leg. Montemurro, who led Arsenal to a first Women’s Super League title in seven years in 2019, was previously back in N5 in 2023, where his Juventus team lost 1-0 in the Champions League. Arsenal look very different, on and off the pitch, to the club he left. They upped their investment in and commitment to the women’s side after a review towards the end of Montemurro’s tenure, but a face familiar to him sits in the home dugout. While with Arsenal Montemurro was paired with Renée Slegers on the Uefa coach mentor programme in the early stages of the former Netherlands international’s coaching journey. Montemurro describes her as “a pe...

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1 week ago Made In Chelsea star admits fears for young family over 'tough' dementia news

Made In Chelsea star Gareth Locke-Locke has opened up about his fears of his young family after discovering that he has a 50 percent chance of being diagnosed with dementia

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1 week ago Free packet of Barclays Women's Super League official trading cards from Panini

Football fans and collectors, get ready!

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2 w. ago US and UK World Cup bid success boosts hosts but does little for global game | Tom Garry

Tournaments in 2031 and 2035 are likely to be great events but will be hosted by those who need them the leastThere is an abundance of reasons why staging the 2031 and 2035 Women’s World Cups in the United States and UK respectively offers cause for delight. The countries have well-established and emotionally invested fanbases, a genuine buy-in to the women’s game and huge, modern stadiums to choose from. These two summer parties will surely eclipse anything women’s sport has seen and the countries, having invested in the women’s game more than any others in modern times, have frankly earned this.Yet the news that the US and UK are bidding unopposed to host these tournaments is also sad for the women’s game from a global perspective. The US’s NWSL and England’s Women’s Super League are the two most-watched women’s leagues in the world with the largest average attendances and the most professionalised facilities for players and therefore, while many will agree that means they deserve...

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3 w. ago Chelsea face tough test in Women's Super League with quadruple still alive

Chelsea and Manchester City both retrain their focus on league action, with the former still in the hunt for a memorable quadruple ahead of matches in the FA Cup and the Champions League

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3 w. ago Chelsea maintain unbeaten WSL status as Arsenal claim Liverpool revenge

Erin Cuthbert's stoppage time winner sealed all three points for the league leaders as they maintained their unbeaten record and inched closer to the Women's Super League title

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4 w. ago Hibs 0 Rangers Women 5 LIVE reaction as Jo Potter lauds 'super important' first trophy

The Light Blues bagged their third Sky Sports Cup on the bounce with a handsome win in North Lanarkshire

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