women's football news
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
17 Mar 2020
Football's European governing body UEFA has postponed its flagship national team competition, Euro 2020, by
30 Dec 2019
Former UK Sport chair, Baroness Sue Campbell, has received a damehood in this year's New
16 Dec 2019
Four nations have submitted bids for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 – the latest
05 Sep 2019
Banking giant Barclays has pledged to support the growth of women's football by helping to
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02 Aug 2019
The success of the recent Women's World cup – and the resulting increase in interest
04 Jul 2019
With the plaudits rolling in for the quality of football at the FIFA Women's World
05 Jun 2019
FIFA and the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, AFD) have signed a landmark
06 Aug 2018
Plans have been unveiled to build the UK’s first dedicated women’s football stadium at Sheffield
11 Jun 2018
A number of sportspeople have been recognised for their work in this year's Queen's Birthday
17 Jul 2017
Eight university campuses will become home to High Performance Centres built specifically for women’s football
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20 Mar 2017
In an attempt to keep up the momentum with its women’s football strategy, the Football
08 Dec 2016
A large proportion of schools in England are not giving girls the opportunity to play
04 Jan 2016
More than 40 men and women involved in sport were recognised on the New Year
17 Sep 2014
Nottingham has been crowned as Sport England‘s City of Football, edging out bids from Manchester
25 Nov 2013
The Football Association (FA) and Sport England have joined forces with the Premier League and
17 Jul 2013
Plans to honour the late Sir Bobby Robson with a national football day have been
29 Oct 2012
The Football Association (FA) has launched plans to transform the future of women's football in
26 Jul 2012
Image: The UK sector is "ready" for the Games The UK tourism industry is "ready"
15 Feb 2012
US-based Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), one of the few professional competitions for women's football, has
23 Jun 2011
William Hill has announced that it will award £73,000 to the Women's Sports and Fitness
21 Jun 2011
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced that Team GB is to field both men's
12 May 2011
Zambian international footballer Kalusha Bwalya has lead the inaugural meeting of the FIFA Task Force
15 Feb 2011
Cardiff's Millennium Stadium is to host the first event of the Olympic Games, according to
01 Dec 2010
England women's footballer Sue Smith has helped officially launch a new £3.7m sports hall at
14 Jun 2010
A number of leisure industry representatives are among the list of people that have been
17 Dec 2009
England manager Fabio Capello has officially launched Barnet Football Club's (BFC) new 44-acre (17.8-hectare) training
28 Sep 2009
Aberystwyth Town Ladies Football Club and Llanidloes Town Ladies Football Club have taken part in
18 Aug 2009
Scotland's first regional football centre has opened to the public in Toryglen, Glasgow. The £15.7m
05 Jun 2009
The National Women's Football Academy has been launched at Stirling University - Scotland's University for
06 Feb 2009
The University of Stirling is to become Scotland's new national University for Sporting Excellence following
25 Jul 2008
A new independent body has been established to tackle a range of issues in women's
25 Jul 2006
A report from the Commons culture, media and sport select committee is to be published
10 Jan 2002
The Football Foundation has awarded £4m to grass roots and community football projects across the
15 Aug 2001
The training specialist SAQ International has announced it is to sponsor leading women's football team,
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