Optus Sport has announced it has secured the exclusive rights to transmit the Barclays FA Women’s Super League for the next three years in Australia, beginning on Sunday 17 November. The deal will see Optus Sport broadcast approximately 50 live matches a full season and around 40 fixtures of the underway 2019/20 season. Optus Sport
The draw for the second round of the Women’s FA Cup was made this afternoon. The draw was conducted live on talkSPORT2 by Marzena Bogdanowicz, The FA’s Head of Commercial and Marketing for women’s football, and talkSPORT presenter Faye Carruthers. The second round is scheduled for Sunday 1 December. This season’s Women’s FA Cup Final
The Lionesses’ summer success at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup has helped a growth in participation across all levels of the women’s game. Latest figures from The Football Association [The FA] reveal more than 2.63 million women aged 16 and over in England now play football. Since the tournament in France there are over
FA launches new Shooting Stars initiative inspired by Disney storytelling to get the nation’s girls physically active The FA’s Shooting Stars initiative was launched yesterday in 1,200 primary schools across England to inspire girls to get active and learn the fundamentals of football. The initiative, inspired by Disney storytelling and produced in collaboration with the
The draw for the Women’s FA Cup first round proper was made on Monday evening. Southampton FC Women powered to an 11-0 win over Poole Town in the third round qualifying on Sunday and they have been rewarded with a trip to Chesham United. AFC Basildon won a ten-goal thriller at Cambridge City at the
Captain Sarah Kempson (Littlehampton) scored a last-minute screamer to send Team GB into tomorrow’s women’s beach soccer gold medal match against Spain at the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. It was a scintillating first period for both teams and for the first time at the World Beach Games, Team GB found themselves
A late winner from goalkeeper Hannah Haughton clinched an opening game win for Team GB’s women’s beach soccer team as the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, got underway yesterday. Southampton based Haughton struck just two minutes from time in the third and final period to give Team GB a 5-4 victory over
Beach soccer’s Gemma Hillier has been selected as Team GB’s athlete representative for tonight’s Opening Ceremony at the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. Gosport born Hillier played for Portsmouth for 18 years and was the first female player in the UK to be nominated in a men’s hall of fame before falling
Here are the stats from Opta ahead of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League fixtures this weekend. Manchester City v Birmingham City Manchester City have lost just one of their last nine WSL encounters with Birmingham City (W5 D3), losing 2-0 away from home in February 2018. Since winning on their first WSL visit to Manchester
Global fashion brand Esprit has become Official Branded Apparel Partner of UEFA Women’s Football to reinforce strength of women’s game. Esprit, the global fashion brand, has added its support to the women’s football movement by becoming Official Branded Apparel Partner of UEFA Women’s Football. The deal follows similarly groundbreaking partnerships with Nike, the global sports
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