8 h. ago Starting XI: Everything you need to know ahead of return of Premier League action

The international break is over and the Premier League returns on Saturday with key storylines at the top and bottom of the league

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5 d. ago Chelsea draw with winless Liverpool to slip behind in WSL title battle

The result leaves the champions three points behind leaders Manchester City at the top of the Women’s Super League

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7 d. ago Manchester City v Manchester United: Women’s Super League – live

⚽ Manchester derby updates from the Etihad (1.30pm GMT)⚽ Jess Park has switched sides | Email Billy with your thoughtsLauren Hemp has been speaking to City’s media channels pre-match:United are a quality side. We’ve got so much respect for them. They’ve done well this season. I think today will come down to who wants it the most and hopefully we can bring as much quality as we can. In the tough moments we’ve got all the fans behind us and it’s so special it being at home. We’re in this together and so hopefully we’ll get the job done. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago World Cup qualifying news, Potter’s big Sweden bow and more – matchday live

⚽ News, discussion and buildup before the day’s action⚽ Read Football Daily | And you can mail matchday liveThere’s also Women’s Super League action on the cards today in the form of the Manchester derby. City are top of the table going into Andrée Jeglertz’s first derby as manager, while Jess Park and Grace Clinton will be reunited after swapping clubs in September. For more talking points on the match, best to read Sophie Downey’s preview:How are Scotland fans feeling about this evening? It would be a serious worry if it was all boundless positivity and optimism. Finger crossed, though, they should be OK. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Howard Webb due in court as PGMOL accused of 'ruining' woman referee's career

Ex-Premier League referee Howard Webb will appear in court next week as a case brought against the PGMOL by former Women's Super League (WSL) official Lisa Benn is heard

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9 d. ago After the glory of Euro 2025, what happened next for Switzerland?

While there are promising signs of Swiss growth, there is some way to go to cement lasting legacy for the tournamentSwitzerland were the toast of the continent this summer as hosts of the Women’s European Championship. The national team reached the quarter-finals for the first time and a total of 623,088 were in attendance at the 31 matches, a tournament record. The hope within Switzerland was for a boost at club level similar to what England experienced three years previously. Those heights have not been reached, but there has been a definite bump.According to Switzerland’s football association, their Women’s Super League has enjoyed a 62% increase in attendances this season, with an average attendance of 787. While that does not compare with the huge spike England’s Women’s Super League had after Euro 2022 – an average attendance increase of 172% the following season – it is still encouraging.This is an extract from our free email about women’s football, Moving the Goalposts. To g...

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9 d. ago Aston Villa’s Natalia Arroyo: ‘There was probably a little coach inside me when I was playing’

The Spaniard talks about her move to coaching, Barcelona and the injuries that ended her career earlyA 22-year-old Natalia Arroyo stood alone in what she describes as a “sad shower” and gutturally cried. It was the moment she knew her playing career had ended. The Spaniard had lain on the grass shortly beforehand, her anterior cruciate ligament torn again. It was “super emotional”, she says, but she was done.Arroyo, speaking at the expanded training base of an Aston Villa side who last Saturday secured a notable win at Manchester United, joined Barcelona at the age of nine, though at the time there was no real relationship with the main club. She graduated to the B team, captained that side and was one of three 16-year-olds to force their way into the senior set-up. That experience has taught her how to integrate players. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Arsenal take ‘big hit’ as Viggósdóttir caps WCL comeback for Bayern late on

Arsenal needed a performance and a result against a European powerhouse, their form in the Women’s Super League letting them down, but Renée Slegers’s side collapsed, relinquishing a 2-0 advantage and all three points to Bayern Munich far too easily to plunge their Champions League defence into tricky waters.Slegers called the defeat a “big hit”. “We’re not happy, it’s not good enough, we can’t concede three goals so late in a game against Bayern when we have a 2-0 lead,” she said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago WSL roundup: Manchester City go top, Liverpool and West Ham stay winless

City overtake Chelsea with a 2-1 win against EvertonWest Ham fail to beat Leicester to keep them bottomFor a while the mood was buoyant in Dagenham as West Ham fans felt their early season woes were finally lifting. Leading Leicester with four minutes to play, news filtered through that Liverpool had conceded a 93rd-minute equaliser to share the points with Brighton in a 1-1 draw. It meant that three points would lift the Hammers off the bottom of the Women’s Super League for the first time this season.Rehanne Skinner’s and Gareth Taylor’s teams have been in lockstep and they somehow contrived to mirror each other once again. As their relegation rivals had done minutes earlier, the Hammers’ conceded in the 97th minute to burst their supporters’ bubble and drop two points in a 1-1 draw, ensuring the parity between the two continued. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London City Lionesses vs Tottenham Hotspur: Women's Super League stats & head

London City Lionesses vs Tottenham Hotspur: Women's Super League stats & head-to-head  BBC

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1 week ago Alessia Russo earns draw with Chelsea but Arsenal rue controversial calls

The boos rang out at the Emirates Stadium as the officials exited the pitch at the final whistle, the result of two disallowed Arsenal goals – one for handball and one for offside – the second of which would surely have turned a 1-1 draw into a 2-1 home win if it had stood. Alessia Russo’s late equaliser did at least keep alive the Gunners’ slim hopes of remaining in the title race, the gap between them and Chelsea, the league leaders, remaining at five points.Renée Slegers had warned that her team would “have to be ready from the get go” against defending Women’s Super League champions, but the message had not stuck. It was Chelsea that stepped on to the pitch with an almost unplayable intensity coursing through them and the Gunners couldn’t cope. The Chelsea press was exceptional, with the players alert to every move, heads up, ready to stifle the home side from stringing passes together over and over again. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Alessia Russo earns draw with Chelsea but Arsenal rue controversial decisions

The boos rang out at the Emirates Stadium as the officials exited the pitch at the final whistle, the result of two disallowed Arsenal goals the second of which would surely have turned a 1-1 draw into a 2-1 home win if it had stood. Alessia Russo’s late equaliser did at least keep alive the Gunners’ slim hopes of remaining in the title race, the gap between them and Chelsea, the league leaders, remaining at five points, but the question has to be asked: why aren’t we providing the referees with the technological support to ensure they can get big decisions right through video assistant referees (VAR)?Renée Slegers had warned that her team would “have to be ready from the get go” against the defending Women’s Super League champions, but the message had not stuck. It was Chelsea that stepped on to the pitch with an almost unplayable intensity coursing through them and the Gunners could not cope. The Chelsea press was exceptional in the first 20 minutes, with the players alert to ever...

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2 w. ago WSL talking points: London City look promising despite loss and Liverpool vow to fight on

Brighton still find goals despite Agyemang blow, West Ham eye an upturn and Everton leave it late to levelIf Jocelyn Prêcheur needed an example of how far his London City Lionesses team have come in a few weeks, it was Saturday’s encounter against Chelsea. It ended in a 2-0 defeat to the champions but his side impressed at Stamford Bridge and asked several questions of their opponents. London City controlled 43% of possession – perhaps more than expected – and managed the same number of shots on target (three), with Isobel Goodwin providing a particular threat running in behind. “When we compare it to September when we played other top-four opposition, it was really good,” Prêcheur said. “What I like is that we start to see a team – [that] was my biggest challenge. We saw a team that defended and attacked together. We still need to improve.” SDMatch report: Chelsea 2-0 London City LionessesSpurs’ rally against Liverpool reveals Ho’s and Taylor’s tasks Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Irish Arsenal star DITCHES the poppy from her kit and joins James McClean in protest

Arsenal star Katie McCabe opted against wearing a poppy during the club's 4-1 victory over Leicester as Women's Super League club's began Remembrance Day commemorations.

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2 w. ago Liverpool star rushed to hospital after suffering horror neck injury

Liverpool Women's Super League clash with Tottenham was stopped for more than 10 minutes after Mia Enderby suffered a suspected neck injury and was taken to hospital

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2 w. ago Arsenal see off Leicester as Man Utd win thriller against Brighton

Arsenal see off Leicester as Man Utd win thriller against Brighton - Women's Super League round-up  Sky Sports

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2 w. ago Tottenham rally against Liverpool reveals Ho’s and Taylor’s WSL tasks

Bethany England gives Tottenham a 2-1 win that shows one new manager has made a quicker impression than the otherTottenham compounded Liverpool’s woes with a 2-1 victory at Brisbane Road on Sunday, continuing Gareth Taylor’s side’s search for their first points of the season. It was an illustration of the parallels and contrasts between two teams who are, in a multitude of ways, on relatively similar trajectories in the Women’s Super League but who are equally experiencing contrasting fortunes in the opening stages of this season.With this win, Spurs consolidated their fine start to life under Martin Ho to remain fourth, while Liverpool are rooted in the danger zone. The disparity between the two is underlined by the data – Tottenham are the team who have outperformed their expected points by the biggest margin this season; Liverpool are the ones who have underperformed the most. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wolves sack Pereira, buildup to Celtic and Rangers and two Premier League games – matchday live

⚽ News, previews and discussion before the day’s action⚽ Fixtures | Premier League table | Email matchday liveHannah Hampton was the focus of much of what came out of the first look at Earps’ autobiography but she responded well with a clean sheet in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over London City Lionesses. Afterwards Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor defended Hampton and criticised Earps for a lack of respect.“I think Hannah is fine,” Bompastor said. “It’s tough because Hannah is an athlete but also a person and it is never nice to hear these comments. The only thing I want to say about Hannah is that, since I joined Chelsea, she has grown so much. She’s such a professional athlete and also a good person. We have a really good relationship together and I want to show her my support in this situation.”The press conference where I’d called out Nike for failing to put on sale replica Lionesses goalkeeper shirts had exploded, triggering headlines and thought pieces and interview requests from n...

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2 w. ago Burnley v Arsenal, Nottingham Forest v Manchester United, and more: football – live

⚽ Updates from 3pm GMT kick-offs around the grounds⚽ Live scoreboard | Sign up to Football Daily | Email BillySophie Downey was at Stamford Bridge this lunchtime to watch Sam Kerr seal the points for Chelsea against London City Lionesses:Early full-time results Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sonia Bompastor: We needed to be smart against London City | News | Official Site

Sonia Bompastor: We needed to be smart against London City | News | Official Site  Chelsea Football Club

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