BBC ‘fully committed to women’s football’ despite cancelling flagship highlights show

The Women’s Football Show has been discontinued for the new Women’s Super League season, disappointing and surprising some insiders

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Dario Vidosic to step down as Brighton manager and is leading Angel City candidate

The Brighton manager, Dario Vidosic, is to leave the Women’s Super League club a little over a week before the start of the new season

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Dario Vidosic to step down as Brighton manager and is leading Angel City candidate

The Brighton manager, Dario Vidosic, is to leave the Women’s Super League club a little over a week before the start of the new season

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Women’s Super League 2026-27 preview No 3: Birmingham City

Returning to the top flight after four seasons, Amy Merricks’ side have added WSL experience in a bid to consolidate

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Aston Villa’s Rachel Daly: ‘It’s given me more of a focus: club football is my one job’

The former England striker tells Tom Garry why she retired from the Lionesses, and discusses being a role model and taking on Chelsea in the WSL

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Maracanã to host opening game and final at next year’s Women’s World Cup

Fifa has released the schedule for next year’s Women’s World Cup in Brazil with the opening game and final set to played in Rio de Janeiro’s iconic stadium

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Women’s Super League finances: club-by-club breakdown and verdict

Detailed accounts highlight the growing financial might of the elite clubs, and the challenges that the rest of the WSL face

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WSL’s ‘big two’: Arsenal and Chelsea record more revenue than rest of league combined | Tom Garry

Two clubs were far ahead in wages and turnover, but London City Lionesses could be the new force after big transfer moves

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London City Lionesses’ Mapi León: ‘It is a club created for women. It is beautiful and exciting’

Spain defender talks to Tom Garry about swapping Barcelona for Bromley, embracing the contrasting style of the WSL – and her newfound love for beans and crumpets

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‘It’s a nice hobby’: Manchester United’s Janina Leitzig on goalkeeping and gardening

Former Leicester player’s focus has moved from runner beans to running drills as the season approaches, she tells Tom Garry

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Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football

* Uefa, Concacaf and AFC working together on system * Fifa has ignored calls for an independent review Gianni Infantino’s opponents are working together to produce a new framework for running world football to replace what they regard as a system of patronage that Fifa has adopted since he replaced Sepp Blatter as president 10 years ago. Repeated calls from Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation for an independent review of Fifa’s governance have been ignored by Infantino since this plan to sell off 21% of the World Cup was made public a fortnight ago, and the rebels are now understood to have taken matters into their own hands. Continue reading...

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Chelsea face Real Sociedad in WCL third qualifying round with riches at stake

Chelsea will face Real Sociedad in the Women’s Champions League’s third qualifying round, needing a victory over two legs to earn a place in the main league phase of the competition

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Jordan Nobbs ready to wrap wishlist with Newcastle WSL dream: ‘It would be job done’

The former England midfielder is determined to help women’s football to thrive in the north-east, with Newcastle having made several ambitious signings this summer

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Manchester United set to appoint former Hearts manager Eva Olid as new head coach

Manchester United are closing in on their new head coach after the departure of Marc Skinner

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Marc Skinner may have been a Marmite manager but Manchester United’s budget was spread thin | Tom Garry

He divided opinion but made the most of a small budget – his successor must work with youngsters not big signings

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Aston Villa set to sign Emily Ramsey as Millie Turner joins Birmingham

Aston Villa have a deal in place to sign the former Everton goalkeeper Emily Ramsey on a free transfer

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Manchester United close to agreeing club-record sale of Melvine Malard to Chelsea

Chelsea are closing in on a deal to sign the France forward Melvine Malard from Manchester United

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Inquest into Maddy Cusack’s death adjourned again after new documents lodged

An inquest into the death of the Sheffield United midfielder Maddy Cusack has been adjourned again, nearly three years after her she died on 20 September 2023, aged 27

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Inquest into Maddy Cusack’s death adjourned again after new documents lodged

An inquest into the death of the Sheffield United midfielder Maddy Cusack has been adjourned again, nearly three years after her she died on 20 September 2023, aged 27

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Maddy Cusack did not want Sheffield United to know about talks with club’s former chaplain, inquest told

Dr Delroy Hall said Maddy Cusack, who was found dead at her home in September 2023, struggled to juggle her football and marketing careers

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Maddy Cusack and players were let down by Sheffield United, inquest told

The former general manager said players ‘deserved better’ while former coach Jonathan Morgan said he did not raise concerns with HR

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Jonathan Morgan labelled Maddy Cusack ‘generally a liar’ in FA investigation, inquest hears

Maddy Cusack’s former manager Jonathan Morgan labelled her as ‘generally a liar’ during an FA investigation into her death, an inquest has heard

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Concerns raised about Jonathan Morgan prior to Maddy Cusack’s death, inquest told

Nina Wilson has told an inquest that she had tried to escalate concerns about the manager Jonathan Morgan prior to her teammate Maddy Cusack’s death

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Maddy Cusack was fearful of reporting her concerns, mother tells inquest

Deborah Cusack told the coroner ‘Maddy felt she couldn’t speak to the hierarchy’ at Sheffield Utd

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Record-breaker Layla Drury signs first professional deal with Manchester United

Manchester United Women’s youngest ever player, Layla Drury, is set to become the youngest player to sign a professional contract with the WSL club

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Former physio tells Maddy Cusack inquest Sheffield United were struggling to support women’s team

Sheffield United did not have sufficient resources in place during the summer of 2023 to look after their women’s team players, their former physio has told an inquest into the death of Maddy Cusack

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Forest Green Rovers scrap women’s team to ‘concentrate resources’ on men’s side

Forest Green Rovers have disbanded their women’s team for the 2026-27 season in an effort to return their men’s team to the EFL

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Maddy Cusack’s eating habits changed after manager’s comment, girlfriend tells inquest

The girlfriend of Maddy Cusack fought off tears as she told an inquest the late Sheffield United player felt being left out of the team was a ‘personal attack’

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