4 h. ago Chelsea vs Man City LIVE: Changes for both teams ahead of crucial Women’s Champions League clash

Chelsea trail 2-0 on aggregate heading into the return leg at Stamford Bridge

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6 h. ago Chelsea vs Man City LIVE: Changes expected for both teams ahead of crucial Women’s Champions League clash

Sonia Bompastor’s side trail 2-0 on aggregate after defeat at Joie Stadium

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32 h. ago No one can agree on perfect toast colour but some say 'it's not a debate'

Chelsea FC and Manchester City's women's teams have shared their thoughts on the perfect slice of toast - with some saying they would give a certain shade to those they don't like

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34 h. ago Afghanistan women players fight to compete in World Cup qualifying after fleeing Taliban rule

Afghanistan’s women’s football team fled from their country after the Taliban takeover of 2021

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39 h. ago Mariona Caldentey: ‘One day we’ll realise what we achieved, all we did for change to come’

Arsenal’s Spanish forward on fighting to win support for women’s football, leaving a successful Barcelona team and the stress of winning the World CupWhen Mariona Caldentey was a student, reading sports science at university, she could see the Camp Nou scoreboard from her bedroom window on the top floor of 63 Travessera de les Corts. On the nights when she and her flatmates didn’t stroll across to the stadium, they would hear goals before they saw them on TV. They played too, becoming league champions, but never imagined themselves over there. “Our reality was Astroturf pitches with no stands,” she recalls.Yet in April 2022, eight years on, 91,648 people came to watch them, breaking Barcelona’s own world record set a fortnight before. “It all happened so quick; one day we’ll realise what we achieved, all we did for change to come,” she says. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Fifa close on recognising Afghanistan women’s team but players say it is too late

Team closer to representing country four years after exilePlayers express frustration at Fifa’s slow progressFifa has cleared the way for the exiled Afghanistan women’s national team to represent the country but has been criticised for moving too slowly, four years after players fled the country when the Taliban returned to power.Football’s global governing body said it was committed to supporting players outside Afghanistan and would organise training camps, provide staff (including qualified coaches and technical and medical staff) and coordinate friendly matches. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Fifa closes on recognising Afghanistan women’s team but players say it is too late

Team closer to representing country four years after exilePlayers express frustration at Fifa’s slow progressFifa has cleared the way for the exiled Afghanistan women’s national team to represent the country but has been criticised for moving too slowly, four years after players fled the country when the Taliban returned to power.Football’s global governing body said it was committed to supporting players outside Afghanistan and would organise training camps, provide staff (including qualified coaches and technical and medical staff) and coordinate friendly matches. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Probe finds ‘credible evidence’ of harassment by suspended Reform MP

Barrister makes findings against Rupert Lowe and male members of his team following complaints by women

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5 d. ago Jake Paul announces engagement to stunning girlfriend Jutta Leerdam

Paul was recently seen with the speed-skating sensation as she and her Dutch teammates won gold in the women's team sprint at the 2025 World Championships in Hamar, Norway.

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5 d. ago Buzzer beaten! Only a handful perfect NCAA brackets remain after first two days of games

Fewer than 1% of NCAA Tournament brackets were still perfect after Thursday’s 16-game slate

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5 d. ago Heather Knight follows Jon Lewis out of England door in wake of Ashes rout

Knight leaves role as women’s captain after nine yearsThe 34-year-old guided team to 2017 World Cup gloryHeather Knight has left her role as England captain after almost nine years.The 34-year-old skippered England 199 times since 2016 and guided the team to World Cup glory in 2017 alongside two other finals. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Fewer than 1% of March Madness brackets remain perfect after first day of games

Fewer than 1% of NCAA Tournament brackets were still perfect after Thursday’s 16-game slate

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6 d. ago Tiny McNeese and viral manager stun Clemson in first March Madness upset

No 12 McNeese hold off No 5 seed Clemson in winNo 4 Purdue survive No 13 High Point’s upset bidCheat sheet: highlights and how to win your bracketMcNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager gave March Madness its first bracket buster.The 12th-seeded Cowboys used a stifling first half to open a 24-point lead, and then held off late-charging No 5 seed Clemson for the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory, a 69-67 win in the opening round of the East Region on Thursday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Scotland reward form over legacy as team named for Women's Six Nations opener against Wales

Debutant selected among starting XV for curtain-raiser

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7 d. ago March Madness: The teams, dates and favorites for the 2025 NCAA tournament

Fans across the US are gearing up for the annual event. Here are all the details

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7 d. ago World Sevens Football: who will be taking part and how will it work?

Organisers of the new $1m seven-a-side series say new format will have ‘lots of freedom of expression’ Following the announcement of a new, lucrative women’s seven-a-side series – called World Sevens Football and offering the winning team a cash prize that rivals that of the Women’s Champions League – what else do we know about this new event? Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Skipping this year's March Madness brackets? It's not just you

As the annual NCAA tournament kicks off, some Americans are skipping March Madness — or at least they aren't trying to predict who'll win

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7 d. ago March Madness 2025 predictions: which of the No 1 seeds are in for a shock?

Who are the players to watch? Will injuries cost Duke? Our writers pick the winners, sleepers and upsets in both NCAA Tournament bracketsPJ Haggerty, a 6ft 3in redshirt sophomore guard, is already on his third college team, Memphis, after brief stints at Tulsa and TCU. Haggerty was third in Division I in scoring this year, averaging 21.8 points per game, and he scored 83 points in three games to boost the No 5-seeded Tigers to the American Athletic Conference title. DC Continue reading...

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7 d. ago March Madness offers same perks for South Carolina and Columbia. That includes new money for women

The Columbia women’s basketball team plays in an intimate 2,700-set gym nestled in Manhattan that is nowhere to be found on the national sports landscape

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7 d. ago Women's teams in the NCAA Tournament getting individual revenue share for 1st time. What's a 'unit'?

Women's teams in the NCAA Tournament for the first time will be getting an individual share of the March Madness revenue pie

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