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5 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Garry |Suzanne Wrack
The Women’s World Cup will expand to 48 teams from the 2031 tournament onwards after the proposal was approved by Fifa Council on Friday, the Guardian understands. The UK is set to host the event in 2035 and that tournament will now involve 12 groups of four teams and more than 100 matches, with the format mirroring the newly expanded men’s World Cup.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Faye Carruthers |Suzanne Wrack |Emily Keogh |Sophie Downey |Silas Gray
On this week’s Guardian Women’s Football Weekly: Chelsea are crowned WSL champions for a record sixth season in a row. With games to spare, can Sonia Bompastor’s side complete an unbeaten domestic campaign? Elsewhere, Arsenal’s back-to-back defeats against Aston Villa and Brighton raise questions about their defensive frailties, while Manchester United and Manchester City play out a dramatic derby with European football on the line.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Suzanne Wrack
Mark Bullingham, the chief executive of the Football Association, has written to London grassroots football club Goal Diggers FC explaining the governing body’s decision to ban transgender women from women’s football “was not an ideological judgment, but a difficult decision” based on legal advice that a “change in policy was necessary” following the supreme court ruling which said the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Sarah Rendell |Suzanne Wrack |Emillia Hawkins |Tom Garry
1Liverpool in danger of sliding awayLiverpool’s interim manager, Amber Whiteley, said last month that it was important the club held on to fifth place in the Women’s Super League. They are now sixth after a 2-0 loss to Everton in Sunday’s Merseyside derby at Anfield, which also means they have still only ever won once at the stadium.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Suzanne Wrack
Manchester United fought back from two goals down and Melvine Malard scored the crucial equaliser in a draw with Manchester City that confirmed their place in Europe next season at the expense of their local rivals. In front of more than 38,000 fans at Old Trafford, Marc Skinner’s side were made to work hard for their place in next year’s Champions League, with goals from Laia Aleixandri and Rebecca Knaak having given City a two-goal lead.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Suzanne Wrack
The former England international Eni Aluko’s appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour prompted lines to be drawn between her and fellow pundit Ian Wright. “There’s a finite amount of opportunities and I think that men need to be aware of that,” said Aluko, when asked whether it was wrong that Wright was covering women’s football.
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Suzanne Wrack
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Suzanne Wrack
The Montemurro-Slegers connectionThe former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro, who left the club at the end of the 2020-21 season, returns to the Emirates Stadium when Arsenal host the eight-time European champions Lyon on Saturday in their Champions League semi-final first leg. Montemurro, who led Arsenal to a first Women’s Super League title in seven years in 2019, was previously back in N5 in 2023, where his Juventus team lost 1-0 in the Champions League.
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4 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Suzanne Wrack
Two goals from Caitlin Foord and one apiece from Stina Blackstenius, Beth Mead and Victoria Pelova ensured Arsenal earned a 5-1 win over Leicester and moved within three points of the league leaders, Chelsea, albeit having played a game more. Renée Slegers’s side may have been firm favourites going into the game against the team in 10th place in the WSL, but things have not been entirely smooth despite their formidable form.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Suzanne Wrack
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