Ben Gilby brings you all the events from this week’s A-League Women press conferences. He hears from newly announced signings at Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United, Newcastle Jets, and Wellington Phoenix, plus Canberra United’s latest media day and Adelaide United’s joint training session. There’s also the details on the full season fixture announcement and the settingContinue reading “Australian and NZ Round-up”
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First-Ever CAF Champions League Gets Underway
By Esther Owusua Appiah-Fei Above: Fatumata celebrates her goal for Wadi Degla. Photo: CAF Women History was made in world football on Friday, November 5, when the inaugural edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League kicked off. Although the AS Mande players were tall and athletic, it wasn’t enough to make the ladies of WadiContinue reading “First-Ever CAF Champions League Gets Underway”
The View From France
Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the seventh round of D1 Arkema. Above: Fleury celebrate. Photo: @FCF91_feminines Fleury won 1-0 at home against Reims. In a game between two teams who are fighting to get to fourth place. The game was marginally dominated by Reims (58% of possession for Reims), but Fleury were more efficient and could evenContinue reading “The View From France”
The Swedish Scene
Ben Gilby rounds up the news from Sweden over the past fortnight. Above: Sweden’s squad pictured during the penalty shoot-out at the Olympic Final against Canada. Photo: Getty Images Sweden announced a 25-player squad for their forthcoming World Cup qualifying ties away to the Republic of Ireland and a friendly in Scotland on Tuesday. TheContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
News From Northern Ireland
The Irish FA provide us with all the news from the national squad selection for forthcoming games with England and Austria, plus all the news from the Irish FA Women’s Challenge Cup Final. Above: Northern Ireland squad Photo: via Irish FA Northern Ireland senior women’s team manager Kenny Shiels has made a couple of changesContinue reading “News From Northern Ireland”
The View From France
Impetus’ French editor Jean-Pierre Thiesset rounds up all of the action from the sixth week of France’s D1 Arkema, including his exclusive photos from Olympique Lyonnais’ game with Montpellier. Above: Lyon’s Ellie Carpenter holds off her Matildas team mate Mary Fowler in her team’s clash with Montpellier. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Reims won 5-2Continue reading “The View From France”
Australian Football Round-Up
Ben Gilby rounds up a busy week in the game Down Under. We hear from Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson on the announcement of the Australia squad to take on Brazil. Elsewhere, the ramifications of Lisa De Vanna’s allegations roll on. The key people at Wellington Phoenix who announce their coaching team and first playerContinue reading “Australian Football Round-Up”
The Swedish Scene
Ben Gilby rounds up a busy week of Champions League, Damallsvenskan and Elitettan action plus some transfer news from Sweden. Above: Hammarby’s Stockholm derby with AIK attracted a record Damallsvenskan crowd of 18,537. Photo: @_OBOSDamallsv UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWS: BK Häcken travelled to Bayern Munich for their second successive devilishly tough Champions League GroupContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Catching Up With The Terriers
By Oliver Eaton Above: Aerial action from Huddersfield Town’s away win at Sheffield FC in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier. Photo: Jessica Hornby. Huddersfield Town Women recently rose to third in the FA Women’s National League North following a convincing 3-1 win against West Bromwich Albion Women. This victory also marked an endContinue reading “Catching Up With The Terriers”
The Swedish Scene
With Champions League action as well as the latest round of matches in the Damallsvenskan and Elitettan, Ben Gilby rounds-up the events of the past week with drama at the top of both divisions. Above: Action from BK Häcken’s midweek UEFA Women’s Champions League game with Olympique Lyonnais. Photo: Gunnar Hoffsten/Getty Images. UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
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