39 m. ago Iconic Brazilian coach Dilma Mendes: ‘Police would arrest me for playing football’

The 59-year-old developed the career of Formiga and now the pair are dreaming big for Brazil women’s seven-a-side teamDilma Mendes’s contribution to football has been significant. She is the coach responsible for identifying and honing the talent of Formiga, one of Brazil’s most emblematic female footballers. Mendes trained the player from the age of nine until her professional career began at 16. Now, more than 30 years later, they are working together again, to bring the Football 7 World Championship title to Brazil. The international tournament takes place in Curitiba, in the south of Brazil, from 21-24 August.Mendes, twice voted the best women’s seven-a-side coach in the world, has called up the 47-year-old Formiga to lead the fight for a second world title, and Formiga’s wife, the former player Érica de Jesus, will be assistant coach. Mendes’s career with the national seven-a-side outfit began in 2019, when she was hired to develop a new team, and she searched all corners of Br...

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25 h. ago Female footballer who quit the game to join OnlyFans after being caught inhaling balloons

Madeleine Wright, 26, has signed for Chatham Town Women - who currently play in the National League which is the third tier of women's football in the UK.

Sport

50 h. ago Alisha Lehmann joins shock new club where she can be 'expressive' after Juventus exit

Alisha Lehmann has made a surprising move from Juventus as the world’s most followed female footballer on Instagram joins fellow Italian side Como

Events

9 d. ago Gianni Infantino responds after female referee receives death threats

The Fifa president gave his support to referee Katia Itzel Garcia after she received abuse and death threats last week

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3 w. ago English football must fix major issue or risk alienating and losing female referees

There are just 2,146 female referees across the country and all of them struggle to get their hands on kit which was not initially designed for men, an issue that needs to be fixed to encourage more women to get into officiating

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3 w. ago Meet Gen Z's female David Beckham: How Swiss footballer Alisha Lehmann became the world's sexiest footballer

Alisha Lehmann has become the female David Beckham with lucrative brand deals, underwear campaigns and romances with fellow footballers.

Politics

3 w. ago 'It's great to see more inclusion in women's football kit but more needs to be done'

Women's football has come a long way in recent years, yet some women are still having to wear men's kit to play in. We speak to female footballer Tara Kirk on what it means to her

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