August 5 – West Ham have signed a women’s team exclusive partnership with Modibodi, which will see the sanitary brand become the side’s back of shorts sponsor and Period-Proof Underwear Partner – a first-of-its-kind deal for the WSL.
June 26 – UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 is on course to deliver a watershed moment for the commercial side of the women’s game, with new research from Ampere Analysis projecting a minimum of €32.5 million in sponsorship revenue – more than double the €15.3 million generated in 2022.
June 26 – As the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 approaches, newly released research from Lidl GB has exposed a glaring blind spot in women’s sports: nutrition.
June 26 – Luis Rubiales’ spectacular fall from grace hit another low on Wednesday as a Spanish court upheld his sexual assault conviction for forcibly kissing Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.
June 17 – English women’s football is set for a significant shake-up as the Women’s Super League (WSL) prepares to expand to 14 teams from the 2026/27 season and introduce a new relegation-promotion playoff.
June 10 – Any lingering doubts about women’s football’s growth have been emphatically dispelled as the English Women’s Super League (WSL) announced club revenues rose by a record-breaking 34% during the 2023-24 season.
May 29 – Fox is putting women’s football front and centre on American television like never before, after the broadcaster announced that 19 matches from UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 will air on the main Fox broadcast channel. This isn‘t just news – it‘s a statement.
May 20 – American businesswoman Michele Kang, owner of the perennial French champions Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, has announced the team will be renamed OL Lyonnes.
May 20 – Serial entrepreneur and husband to tennis great Serena Williams, Alexis Ohanian, recently acquired an 8-10% stake in Chelsea Women worth an estimated £20 million. The Reddit founder believes the Blues will become a “billion-dollar franchise.”
May 15 – Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined the ownership group of Chelsea Women, confirming a £20 million investment that secures him a 10% stake in the reigning Women’s Super League champions.
May 15 – Angel City FC defender Savy King is recovering in hospital following emergency surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after collapsing on the field during last Friday’s US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) match against the Utah Royals.
May 15 – Former San Diego Wave FC and United States International star Alex Morgan has taken her commitment to the club to a new level, joining as a minority investor in the organisation she helped establish as a player just three years ago.
May 13 – The UEFA Women’s European Championship, scheduled to take place in Switzerland this summer, is shaping up to be one of the most impactful tournaments in the history of the women’s game according to a recently published report by Europe’s governing body.
April 24 – As excitement builds ahead of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 in Switzerland, head coaches and key operational staff from all 16 participating nations gathered this week in Nyon for a finalists’ workshop focused on delivering the competition’s logistical and technical framework.
April 8 – The Northern Super League, Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league, will make its debut on U.S. screens this month through a landmark multi-year media partnership with ESPN, significantly expanding its international reach ahead of its inaugural season.