Thomas Tuchel says he is "absolutely convinced" that England are on the right path under him, despite the Three Lions labouring to victory over Andorra on Saturday.
Arsenal come from behind to win 4-1 against Women's Super League newcomers London City Lionesses.
Olivia Smith scores a "debut goal for the ages" in her first appearance for Arsenal against London City Lionesses on match day 1 of the Women's Super League.
London City Lionesses announce world record signing of France international Grace Geyoro for £1.4m.
Park made her City debut at 16 and is a key player there London City close to signing Barcelona’s Lucía Corrales Manchester United are exploring a move to sign the England midfielder Jess Park from Manchester City before the Women’s Super League transfer window shuts on Thursday, the Guardian can reveal. Park has been with City for eight years. She made her debut as a 16-year-old in 2017, was part of the Lionesses squad that lifted the Euro 2025 title in Switzerland this summer and has been a key player for her club for several seasons. Park was part of the side that won the FA Cup in 2020 and played in 21 of her club’s 22 league games last term as they finished third. Continue reading...
More change for last season’s Championship winners, with 15 new players signed as Michele Kang’s big money project continues to take shape Guardian writers’ predicted position: 7th (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wrack’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 1st in the Championship Continue reading...
Lionesses’ third-choice goalkeeper on helping Hannah Hampton prepare for penalties and her stress-free NWSL life at Orlando Pride “We were like: ‘If Chloe scores this, we win, right? Wait a second – this is it!’” That is what went through Anna Moorhouse’s mind as she stood alongside her teammates while Chloe Kelly stepped up to take England’s decisive penalty in the Euro 2025 final. Suddenly it was “just running and pure emotion” for the goalkeeper and her fellow substitutes. Moorhouse was the third-fastest to reach Kelly in the ensuing sprint, after Esme Morgan and Maya Le Tissier. The delirious celebrations continued all the way to the Mall in London two days later but by Wednesday that week Moorhouse had landed back in Florida to rejoin Orlando Pride and play a National Women’s Soccer League fixture on Sunday. The 30-year-old says she slept for the whole of her transatlantic flight before receiving a joyous welcome from her teammates at the club, where she was soon signing a contract extension to stay with the defending NWSL champions until the end of 2027. Continue reading...
Former England manager Gareth Southgate reflects on his career in football after winning the PFA merit award.
Midfielder’s time at Man City has been turbulent but there is hope Everton can help him rediscover sense of joy on the pitch A figure toils alone at Bodymoor Heath. The light fades, but against the setting sun his silhouette is distinctive: the floppy hair, the hunched gait, the vast calves. Jack Grealish is working, honing and polishing, inventing, striving at the limits of technical excellence. He has inspired Aston Villa to promotion. He has helped them avoid relegation, establish themselves as a Premier League side. He is enormously popular. Even opposing fans admire his ability, warm to the sense he is still in some way the impish kid in the playground, revelling in his ability, having fun. That summer at the Euros he had become a cause célèbre, the figure behind whom the clamour for Gareth Southgate to release the handbrake rallied, the poster boy for the sort of pundit who wished England would just believe in talent. Continue reading...
New Manchester City midfielder Sydney Lohmann says she "can't imagine a better time than now" to play in English football - on the back of Lionesses' Euro 2025 victory.
After marvelling at Lionesses, Lions, Alcaraz and McIlroy, attention returns to English football and its cynicism The Community Shield marks beginnings and ends. Here come nine months of Premier League hopes and fears. Even if the eventual fate awaiting a team can become crystal clear as early as the opening weekend, there can be no backward glances. This means more, as the modern cliche goes. Many are happy to live by those words. Regrettably, club football’s return also means the sun setting on a brilliant summer of sport, the closing of an ever-narrower window. Only the truly afflicted are not glad of the respite. The close season, as it was previously termed, lowers the cortisol, regulates the serotonin levels until it’s time to go again. The Club World Cup was not too much of a diversion, despite Gianni Infantino’s best efforts and corralling of Donald Trump, a month of unlovable fare that desperately searched for authenticity via its blaring, high-contrast cocktail of celebrity and Saudi Arabian money. Continue reading...
As part of the documentary, Lionesses: History Makers, BBC Sport reviews the way England battled back against Italy to reach the Euro 2025 final.
England goalkeeper threw away Cata Coll’s water bottle Hampton made two penalty saves to help seal Euros title England’s goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has revealed how she threw the water bottle of Spain’s Cata Coll into the stands – ditching its tactical notes – as the Lionesses went on to complete a penalty shootout win in the European Championship final. Hampton had England’s insider information written on a piece of paper taped to her left arm and she made stops from Mariona Caldentey and Aitana Bonmatí before Chloe Kelly scored the decisive kick as the Lionesses retained the trophy. Continue reading...
Five of England's Euro 2025-winning squad are nominated for the Women's Ballon d'Or, with boss Sarina Wiegman among the coaching nominees.
