Zambia and Orlando Pride’ striker Barbra Banda was recently named as BBC’s Women’s Footballer of the Year award winner for her heroics in 2024. At the age of 24, she is already Africa’s all-time leading goal-scorer in Olympics history and scored 17 goals in 25 appearances for the NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) side in ...
Women’s football is on a rise, with viewership and fan engagement growing and reaching new heights. With initiatives like Nike’s new vertical swoosh, part of the ‘Together we Rise’ club kit collection that aims to uplift women’s football by making an all-gender collection, brands around the sport are continuously working to improve the women’s game. ...
Former Manchester City player Joey Barton has come under backlash for his recent comments regarding women in football. The recently sacked Bristol Rovers coach has gone viral for his insensitive and sexist views about what he believes to be wrong with modern-day football. In a recent tweet, Barton directed his anger at Georgia Hampson, the ...
With the end of the 2022/23 season fast approaching, the end-of-season award categories are also approaching and that includes the Women’s Football Awards. The popularity of the Women’s Football scene keeps increasing with every passing season and the players are also gearing up for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – that kick-starts in July. ...
The Women’s Football scene around the globe is probably at its peak at the current age and time. The beautiful game has arguably never been kinder to the ladies, with more inclusiveness as well as equality being encouraged in the sport over the last few decades. In an example of just how far equality in ...
The stock of women’s football has seen a meteoric rise in the past few years. Be it in terms of media attention, commercial value, financial investments etc, all of which have led to plenty of development within the women’s game. Aside from this progression, there has also been an advancement in how women are generally ...
The Premier League has dived into its fifth game week, and the table is slowly taking shape. Against all the odds, Arsenal sits at the top while Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur continue their chase to dethrone the Gunners once and for all. However, the Women’s Super League (WSL) season is yet to be underway. ...
Football celebrations have a knack for going viral, with the best example being Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Siu’, which is now essentially a cultural phenomenon. Such is the game’s influence that you can spot players from various sports invoking Leo Messi and pointing to the sky, while others may choose to bust out the ‘Robot’ and do ...
In 2001/02, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal was operating at the peak of their powers. A 24-year-old Thierry Henry along with Dennis Bergkamp in the front line while Patrick Vieira and majestic Robert Pires patrolling the midfield was a sight to behold by anyone who was a Premier League addict at the start of the new millennium. ...
The last two seasons have brought much success to Chelsea Women with trophies galore for Emma Hayes’ players. While the Blues picked up a domestic treble as well as a Champions League Runner’s Up medal during the 2020-21 campaign, the previous season saw them retain the Women’s Super League title and the FA Cup to ...
Ada Hegerberg became the winner of the inaugural Women’s Ballon d’Or in 2018. On the night, which marked her biggest achievement, the host of the ceremony mockingly asked Ada, ‘If she could twerk.’ This generated furious reactions from the footballing world and sports stars from all across the world condemned such an inhuman statement. But ...
