Charlotte Harpur

Emma Hayes claims Kadeisha Buchanan’s sending off in Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final loss to Barcelona was “the worst decision in UEFA Women’s Champions League history”. Buchanan was shown a second yellow card by referee Iuliana Demetrescu after 59 minutes at Stamford Bridge as she was penalised for a foul on Patri Guijarro. The Canada defender appeared to initially win the ball before catching the back of Guijarro’s knee with her trailing leg. The tie was poised at 1-1 before Buchanan’s dismissal after Aitana Bonmati’s first-half strike...

There will always be a blank on Hayes' Chelsea record - she will have to find a way to win the really big games in charge of the USWNT

FIFPro, the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), Nike, and Leeds Beckett University have joined forces to launch a research project aimed at reducing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in women’s football. An ACL injury is a tear or sprain of the anterior cruciate ligament — one of the strong bands of tissue that help connect your thigh bone to your shinbone. ACL injuries pose a significant risk to female footballers, with statistics showing that women are two to six times more likely to suffer from such injuries compared to men. Additionally, about two-thirds of ACL...

Former Paris-Saint Germain women’s head coach Didier Olle-Nicolle has been cleared of any charges of sexual assault after the French courts dismissed the case. The complaint lodged by former PSG and now Lyon striker Kadidiatou Diani has also been dismissed by the public prosecutor of Versailles for failing to constitute an offence. Diani filed the complaint in June 2023 and referred to two incidents that took place in August 2021. Diani was coached by Olle-Nicolle during the 2021-22 season while she was at PSG. Le Parisien reported that Diani, 28, alleged that on August 19, 2021, the...

Chelsea defender Maren Mjelde will leave the club at the end of this season. Mjelde joined Chelsea in 2017 from Norwegian side Avaldsnes IL and has won every domestic honour available, including five Women’s Super League titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups. The 34-year-old has, though, struggled with injuries over the past few seasons and has made seven or fewer WSL appearances in the last three campaigns. She has not featured in the league since December, with other players selected ahead of her. “When I first came to Chelsea, I hadn’t won anything in my career,” Mjelde said.

Naz has overcome lack of opportunity and a serious knee injury to play in Sunday's FA Cup final for Tottenham

Spurs can be proud of a season in which they showed real progress against sides with much bigger budgets

Aggie Beever-Jones has received her first senior England call up and Millie Bright returns to the squad following a five-month injury absence for the Lionesses’ Euro 2025 qualifiers against France. Sarina Wiegman has named a 24-player for the two fixtures plus four standby players. Manchester United defender Maya Le Tissier, Liverpool midfielder Missy Bo Kearns, Tottenham Hotspur forward Jess Naz and Southampton goalkeeper Kayla Rendell are the players on the standby list. Beever-Jones, 20, has enjoyed a breakthrough campaign at Chelsea following last season’s loan spell at...

Emma Hayes will face no disciplinary action from UEFA for her comments about the refereeing performance during Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final loss to Barcelona. The Chelsea manager called Kadeisha Buchanan’s sending off in the second leg “the worst decision in UEFA Women’s Champions League history”. Buchanan was shown a second yellow card by referee Iuliana Demetrescu after 59 minutes at Stamford Bridge as she was penalised for a foul on Patri Guijarro. The Canada defender appeared to initially win the ball before catching the back of Guijarro’s knee with her trailing...

Chelsea are set to sign 19-year-old Barcelona midfielder Julia Bartel. The teenager, whose contract expires this summer, started and played 90 minutes for Barcelona’s first team in their 4-2 win over Levante, four days after their 1-0 home Champions League semi-final defeat to Chelsea which they went onto win 2-1 on aggregate. Although Bartel has been part of the first-team set-up, she has been a mainstay for Barcelona reserves, who play in Spain’s second tier. Having made 22 appearances and scoring four goals, Bartel helped guide her side to back-to-back league titles this season. The...