Manchester City 0-1 Real MadridClaudia Zornoza gives Spaniards 2-1 aggregate winManchester City crashed out of Champions League qualifying after a 1-0 home defeat to newcomers Real Madrid after a 1-1 away draw ensured they were knocked out by a Spanish…
WSL should keep staging games at men’s stadiums despite small crowds | Suzanne Wrack
Four of the opening weekend’s matches took place at clubs’ main stadiums with several factors affecting the low turnoutIt would be easy to conclude that the low attendances in men’s stadiums on the opening weekend of the Women’s Super League season mea…
Arsenal win WSL thriller against Chelsea thanks to Beth Mead double
Arsenal ended a wait of nearly three years for a league win against Chelsea in a thrilling 3-2 defeat of their London rivals at the Emirates Stadium.The Women’s Super League record goalscorer Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring in style and Beth Mead a…
Manchester United up and running thanks to opening win over Reading
Manchester United ushered in the new Women’s Super League season and manager Marc Skinner’s tenure with a 2-0 victory over Reading in Leigh.Goals from forward Kirsty Hanson and left-back Ona Batlle gave a crowd heaving with anticipation and nerves some…
Women’s Super League 2021-22 previews No 11: Tottenham
Rehanne Skinner hopes her programme of change at Spurs pays off and a newly sharpened attack may well prove pivotalLast season Chioma Ubogagu helped Real Madrid women qualify for the Champions League for the first time but now the sometime England stri…
Arsenal Women close to signing US World Cup winner Tobin Heath
Heath was at Manchester United last seasonForward, who has 177 caps, is an Arsenal fanArsenal are close to signing Tobin Heath after the USA international left Manchester United at the end of her one-year deal. The 33-year-old forward is in line to bec…
Women’s Super League previews 2021-22 No 1: Arsenal
New manager, new players, new outlook: Jonas Eidevall has replaced Joe Montemurro at a club targeting the topJoe Montemurro’s Arsenal painted themselves into a corner by racking up four defeats and two draws by mid-February last season. A single loss i…
Khalida Popal: ‘The Afghanistan women’s team was built to fight Taliban ideology’
The former national football team captain is calling on sport’s governing bodies to ensure female athletes in Afghanistan are safe“My power is my voice but international governments have real power,” says Khalida Popal, the former Afghanistan women’s t…
Manchester City and England defender Lucy Bronze undergoes knee surgery
• The 29-year-old will return to training ‘in the near future’• Bronze played all four games for Great Britain at OlympicsManchester City have announced that the England defender Lucy Bronze has undergone knee surgery. Related: Jürgen Klopp urges Liver…
Canada win Olympic title after Julia Grosso sinks Sweden in shootout
Sweden 1-1 Canada (Canada win 3-2 on penalties)Christine Sinclair wins first major tournament at 38The all-time international record goalscorer Christine Sinclair praised Bev Priestman for “changing the attitude of the team” and said they were “claimin…