The Blues’ manager has no illusions about her team’s task in Champions League semi-final but looks to Tottenham’s men, and Arsenal’s quadruple-winning women’s side, for inspiration“It was like we were climbing against gravity in that game and I was jus…
Lucy Bronze’s Lyon play Chelsea in a Champions League semi-final on Sunday but the full-back, who could win four trophies, is already preparing for her summer with EnglandLucy Bronze sent a message to her Lyon teammates last weekend: “If you want to wa…
• Casey Stoney’s team beat Aston Villa 5-0• Promotion to top flight achieved in club’s first seasonManchester United have earned promotion to the Women’s Super League in their maiden season after beating Aston Villa 5-0.Goals from Millie Turner, Alex G…
Despite new commercial deals being struck, Women’s Super League clubs are struggling to be profitableWomen’s football has a feelgood glow to it. There is a buzz as the World Cup approaches, record league attendances are being set across Europe, and, fr…
The Hammers’ captain would love to meet her old side at Wembley in May but first comes the semi-final with ReadingWest Ham have had a rollercoaster season, from piecing together a team in a matter of weeks and launching themselves into the top tier to …
Gone are the hand-me-downs and adapted men’s kits – women have been calling the shots before this summer’s World Cup“When we work with the men, they say a tight fit made them feel like a superhero, but for women it’s different. They want to feel comfor…
Gone are the hand-me-downs and adapted men’s kits – women have been calling the shots before this summer’s World Cup“When we work with the men, they say a tight fit made them feel like a superhero, but for women it’s different. They want to feel comfor…
• Forward cautions against rush to move into giant stadiums• Phil Neville’s side out to atone for Canada loss against SpainNikita Parris tempered Phil Neville’s midweek cry for clubs to open their main stadiums to their women’s teams by calling for wom…
• Huge crowds in Madrid and Turin have shown way forward• Sue Campbell: ‘Women’s game growing at incredible speed’Women’s Super League clubs are making plans to hold matches in main club stadiums after Atlético Madrid and Juventus drew record crowds of…
• PSG 2-1 Chelsea • Chelsea win 3-2 on aggregate to set up tie with holders LyonMaren Mjelde’s injury-time goal against Paris Saint-Germain spared the blushes of Chelsea keeper Ann-Katrin Berger and handed the Blues a Champions League semi-final agains…
While Italian and Spanish clubs draw huge attendances, British clubs need to throw off the shackles and get people excitedJuventus women welcomed a sellout crowd of 39,000 to the Allianz stadium to watch them take on their title rivals Fiorentina on Su…
The 60,739 gate for Atlético Madrid’s match with Barcelona showed that, if you build it, fans of women’s football will comeWhen 60,739 fans filed into the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday to watch Atlético Madrid take on their title rivals Barcelona, a 99…
Arsenal’s striker on a sporting childhood, Netherlands’ World Cup hopes and why her club deserve to win the WSLArsenal, decimated by injuries that have left a stellar seven-a-side team in the stands lately, are struggling to maintain their early-season…
In an exclusive interview, the Barcelona forward talks about the tournament and her responsibility for the next generation‘When I look back to being a 10-year-old girl I never could have dreamt of having this pathway. I feel very fortunate and proud, b…
Decision not to take Beth England or Aoife Mannion to SheBelieves Cup could prove crucial in the World Cup dress-rehearsal Friendly tournaments do not always inspire but the SheBelieves Cup has gone beyond the standard fare. Now in its fourth year, the…
Spain’s record scorer on revolutionising football in her home city and her petition to get female players on computer gamesTowards the end of 2018 Vero Boquete, Spain’s all-time leading goalscorer who has won a Champions League and domestic titles in t…
Full-time officials for Women’s Super League and a fast-track pathway for female referees are among the ideasConsider these three incidents: the Chelsea midfielder Drew Spence cynically scything down Arsenal’s Kim Little, breaking one of Little’s legs,…
Blues new manager has had a whirlwind 12 months, with the lure of being his own man at Finch Farm proving too much to keep him at Manchester UnitedEverton’s manager, Willie Kirk, has had a rocket-fuelled 12 months. “If I look at where I was at the star…
