The players’ lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) will continue following the CSA’s refusal to enter into negotiations. The gender discrimination case has been brought before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal on the grounds that the FIFA would never hold the men’s tournament on artificial pitches, in fact since 1930 the men’s
Mark Sampson has selected his 23-player squad for England Women’s historic match against Germany at Wembley Stadium connected by EE next week. Karen Carney is in line to make her 100th international appearance. The Birmingham City captain made her England debut against Italy in 2005 and has scored 23 times for the Lionesses. Eight of
The Awards season is in full swing and the nominees have now been announced for the 2014 BT Sport Action Woman Award. This award, voted by the British public, comes at the end of another fantastic year for Women’s sport. It will be fascinating to see who will succeed last year’s winner, Downhill Mountain Biking
To date 55,000 tickets have been sold for the England vs Germany game on 23 November at Wembley. According to the FA that is 22,000 tickets sold since last Monday. However, because long standing engineering works are due to take place on that day, meaning that the Metropolitan Line will be closed as well as
A flagship programme to encourage more women and girls to play football has exceeded its annual target for participants. Since the two-year FA scheme was launched in October 2013, 20,992 girls and young women (between the ages of 14 and 25) have taken part in the football sessions, which run for 30 weeks of the
The nominations for this year’s FA Women’s Football Awards have been announced ahead of next month’s event and they include several members of the England squad. Birmingham City’s Karen Carney, Notts County’s Jess Clarke and Chelsea’s Ji So Yun have been nominated for FA WSL 1 players’ player of the year, which will be awarded
England won all of their ten qualifiers on the road to the World Cup, they scored 52 goals and conceded only one. England’s perfect campaign ended with a 10-0 rout of Montenegro – their biggest win since October 2005. Now preparations are underway for the big event in Canada. Less than a month away from
FA Director Kelly Simmons believes the women’s game is on the verge of a boom in this country. Simmons, who oversees the development of women’s football in this country, says next month’s groundbreaking match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium, and the 2015 World Cup in Canada could be defining moments. And she feels
England Women have sold more than 33,000 tickets for their historic match against Germany at Wembley Stadium. The match will have the biggest crowd for an England Women’s international to date, surpassing the previous record of 29,092 which was recorded when England played Finland at the Etihad Stadium in 2005, as part of the European
England Women showed their support for Breast Cancer Care’s #Pink Fridays during a training exercise at St.George’s Park earlier today. Three Lions captain Steph Houghton said: “The whole team is really proud to support Pink Friday and the fantastic work that Breast Cancer Care does. It’s a fun way to get behind the charity and help raise
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