women's football

Real Madrid have launch their first-ever women's team, which will compete in the Spanish top flight.

The club bought out Madrid side Tacon for €300,000 (£271,000) and have rebranded them as Real Madrid Femenino.

They are one of the last major European sides to launch a women's team and will face a fight for immediate success from Barcelona and Atletico Madrid who have far...

Arsenal have announced the signing of Australian international Steph Catley from Melbourne City.

The full-back is vice-captain of the Matildas and has played 82 times for her country.

The move to the Women's Super League will be Catley's first taste of European football having started her career at Melbourne Victory before stints in the United States with Portland Thorns FC...

Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema has been named the Football Writers' Association Women's Footballer of the Year.

The Dutch star had scored 16 goals in the Women's Super League before the season was cancelled in March, making her the competition's top scorer.

She also helped the Netherlands reach the 2019 World Cup final. Chelsea and Lionesses star Beth England was second in...

The Premier League has provided £1million towards coronavirus testing to ensure the new Women's Super League and Championship seasons can go ahead in September.

The current campaign was cancelled in March and there were fears the prohibitive cost of new safety measures to combat Covid-19 would jeopardize any potential restart.

But Premier League chief executive Richard...

Chief executive Richard Masters has confirmed he wants to see the Premier League take control of professional women's football in England, although now is not the right time.

Speaking to the influential Department for Culture, Media & Sport select committee, Masters said he would like to see the Women's Super League and Championship come under the Premier League umbrella from a '...

England stars Lucy Bronze and Alex Greenwood are hopeful of completing the domestic season in France after agreeing contract extensions at Lyon until the end of August.

Their original deals were due to expire in June but they will now be able to play in the Women's Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich on Saturday 22 August as well as the semis and final should they...

Tottenham have announced the retirement of captain Jenna Schillaci. The 36 year-old had spent 12 seasons at the North London club, helping them move up to the women's football pyramid to reach the Super League in 2019.

"It's been a decision I haven't taken lightly but I feel ready," she told BBC Sport . "I've lived my dream and turned professional with the club, something many years...

Arsenal will play their Women's Champions League quarter-final against Paris St Germain in San Sebastian, Spain, on Saturday 22 August after UEFA confirmed the dates for the remaining knockout matches.

Glasgow City will be in action 24 hours earlier when they face Wolfsburg also in San Sebastian on Friday 21 August.

The remaining last eight ties will be played in Bilbao -...

Australia and New Zealand survived a stronger than expected challenge from Colombia to be awarded the right to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Following the withdrawal of Brazil and Japan, the joint southern hemisphere bid was the clear favourite having scored highly in the technical reports.

But there was surprise support for Colombia from the Football Association and...

Chelsea have announced the signing of England youth international Niamh Charles from Liverpool.

The striker has signed a two-year contract deciding to move to the champions following Liverpool's relegation from the Women's Super League.

Charles admitted being part of a title-winning team was a key factor. “[Manager] Emma Hayes was a huge part of my decision to join,” Charles...