England legend Rachel Yankey is backing Play Their Way’s child-first coaching approach as the best way to keep girls physically active into adulthood. The Lioness who won 129 caps for England in a glittering career for club and country was speaking at a girls football session run by Oxford United Foundation on the morning of […]
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England beat the Netherlands 4-0 as they recovered from a first-game defeat to France at UEFA Women’s EURO in some style. Alessia Russo should have hit the target from one of many Lauren Hemp crosses but she did help set up the opener midway through the first half. Picked out by Hannah Hampton’s defence-splitting long
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Durham Women have signed goalkeeper Cat Sheppard from Sporting Lisbon with whom she had played the last two years in the Portuguese top flight. New York-born Sheppard was the 2022 America East Championship Most Outstanding Player, after which she joined Portuguese outfit Clube de Albergaria in 2023, featuring 24 times for the Campeonato Nacional Feminino
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Manchester City have signed current Germany international Sydney Lohmann on the back of nine trophy-laden years at Bayern Munich. The midfielder has 39 caps and six goals for her country, won a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics and also finished third in the UEFA Women’s Nations League that year, while at EURO 2022 she
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Everton Women have signed Japan international full-back Hikaru Kitagawa from Swedish club BK Häcken. Kitagawa helped Japan win the 2025 SheBelieves Cup with two assists against Australia and was in the squad for the 2024 Olympics. Kitagawa told evertontv: “Before I signed, I had a chat with Honoka [Hayashi] and she told me about the
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Newcastle United have signed defender Jemma Purfield following her departure from Southampton FC Women. The Saints’ captain made 41 appearances over two seasons with them and has appeared in the top tier for Leicester City, Bristol City and Liverpool in revent years. Purfield told newcastleunited.com: “I’m really happy to get the move done. The ambition
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SHE’S ELECTRIC is an ambitious new play by award-winning playwright Chloe Todd Fordham, produced by Brighton-based Hydrocracker Theatre Company. ‘The play will celebrate the excitement around women’s football today and show the unbreakable bare-faced determination of women to defy all expectations and show what they can do.’ ‘It will be a deep dive into the
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Germany and Sweden will meet in a UEFA Women’s EURO Group C decider on Saturday with both already through after back-to-back wins. Group C Germany 2-1 Denmark Poland 0-3 Sweden Germany had to come from behind to defeat Denmark 2-1 in a match of three crucial VAR checks. Klara Buhl had the ball in the
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London City Lionesses have signed former England U-23 international defender Poppy Pattinson from Brighton & Hove Albion. The left-back clocked up over 40 caps for the Young Lionesses age-groups, made more than 50 appearances for Brighton and has also previously played in the top flight for Bristol City and Everton. “We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome
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The Preliminary and first qualifying rounds of the 2025-26 Adobe Women’s FA Cup will be drawn on Monday 4 August. A week prior to that, on Monday 28 July, the list of clubs accepted into the competition will be announced, along with exemptions and figures for the 2025-26 Prize Fund. Kick off is on Sunday
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