Olivia Smith makes history as women’s football’s first £1 million signing
Olivia Smith has become the highest transfer fee in women’s football’s after Arsenal agreed a world-record deal worth £1 million to bring the 20‑year‑old Canadian forward from Liverpool. The move marks the first seven-figure fee in the women’s game (£s) — a landmark moment for the sport’s financial evolution. Born in North York, Ontario, Smith rose […]
WSL shake-up: league to expand to 14 teams from 2026–27 season
The Women’s Super League is poised for a significant overhaul, with plans unanimously approved by WSL clubs to expand from 12 to 14 teams in the 2026–27 season. During a shareholder meeting involving both WSL and WSL2 clubs (formerly the Women’s Championship), the proposal also secured backing to make WSL2 fully professional from 2025–26. Key […]
Alessia Russo wins 2025 FWA Footballer of the Year
Arsenal and England striker Alessia Russo has been named the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Women’s Footballer of the Year for the 2024/25 season. Russo topped the nationwide poll of football journalists, becoming only the second Arsenal player to earn the honour since the award’s inception in 2018. The first, Vivianne Miedema in 2020. Final Voting […]
The WSL’s Top 4 Lockout: Good for Growth or a Glass Ceiling?
Chelsea, Arsenal, City, and United dominate the WSL again – is this the natural order, or a structural flaw in women’s football? In the seven seasons since the Women’s Super League turned professional, no team outside Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, or Manchester United has ever finished in the top three. Not once. And as the […]
WSL revenues rocket: Set to hit £75m in 2025
A 1,150% surge in five years. How the Women’s Super League became one of the UK’s fastest-growing sports on the planet – and why this is just the warm-up. In 2021, the Women’s Super League (WSL) pulled in a modest £6 million in total revenue. Fast forward to 2025, and that number has rocketed to […]
Liverpool stunned Manchester United at Anfield to dent their rivals’ slim Women’s Super League title hopes.
Olivia Smith’s brilliant solo goal shocked the visitors, who had dominated possession, before Fuka Nagano added a quickfire second for the hosts on the stroke of half-time. United, who had won seven straight league games, struggled to recover and Liverpool came out after the break with more purpose, buoyed by the home crowd. They were […]
Barclays Women’s Super League viewing hours have increased by almost “four fold” from last season
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WSL roundup: Manchester United sink Brighton as Liverpool rescue Spurs draw | Women’s Super League
In partnership with UBS, we hosted a get-together and series of talks in New York City called “House of Craft.” The event featured a who’s who of watch-world luminaries, including industry legend Jean-Claude Biver, actor Keegan Allen, author Alton Brown, AP CEO of the Americas Ginny Wright, actor Daniel Dae Kim, journalist Jay Fielden, independent […]
Conditions hurt Arsenal as Wright says pitch a ‘disgrace’
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