Young England forward celebrated her 18th birthday in a World Cup victory over North KoreaOn Sunday, in the searing Brittany heat, the Women’s Under-20 World Cup got under way and a young England side marked themselves as contenders in style.Facing North Korea, the two-time winners and defending champions, in their Group B opener, Mo Marley’s side ran out impressive 3-1 winners thanks to an Alessia Russo double and a Georgia Stanway goal. The pair thereby became the first England players to have scored at both Under-17 and Under-20 Women’s World Cup finals. Related: Manchester United women to face Liverpool in inaugural match Continue reading...
The Welsh FA has chosen Newport’s ground for a World Cup qualifier when a larger venue would have boosted the game’s profileThe Three Lions may have roared their way to a World Cup semi-final for the first time since 1990 but it was at the 2015 World Cup that their female counterparts went one better, retuning with bronze medals to the embrace of a new audience.Next summer the Lionesses should be back in World Cup action, this time as one of the favourites, but qualification is yet to be secured. While France, who are the hosts, Spain and Italy have already secured their passage, at the top of Group One things are less certain. Related: Russia’s World Cup was great...
The manager has recruited an experienced defence, mainly from Liverpool, with some exciting young talent further forward for their first season in the women’s ChampionshipThe new Manchester United manager, Casey Stoney, last week unveiled the 21 players she has assembled to lead the women’s team into their maiden season in the women’s Championship. Big-name players have been expected by fans since the founding of the team was announced. Yet while Stoney has brought in the experienced England internationals Siobhan Chamberlain and Alex Greenwood, the bulk of the squad – which has an average age of 21 – are young players with huge potential.Here is a look at the squad from back to front: Related: Casey Stoney: ‘There’s no bigger club...
Club’s withdrawal from the rebranded second tier for financial reasons raises questions about the FA’s application process and the financial criteria within itThe latest casualty of the FA’s restructuring of women’s football came at the weekend as Sheffield FC announced they would be withdrawing from the rebranded second tier, the Women’s Championship, less than a month after their application to remain there was successful.“Following a meeting of the directors, the club has taken the very difficult decision to withdraw from the FA Women’s Championship. The financial commitments necessary to compete at this level are proving now too onerous,” a Sheffield FC statement posted on their website read. Related: From Manchester United to Lewes, newcomers benefit from WSL revamp Is it...
While it is hardly a surprise that male footballers dominate boot marketing, the fact that a large amount of professional female players are wearing men’s or children’s boots surely isPretty much every day someone pops up on my Twitter timeline to let me know about market forces. It’s not inequality that pushes women’s sport into the shadows, it’s economics. Don’t take it personally!This month the conversation about sport’s gender pay gap spiked with the publication of Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes. There were no sportswomen on the list. While it’s interesting to know just how many Ferraris Neymar’s PSG contract could buy, or that it covers the wages of the top 1,693 female footballers in the world, the...