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Turning Club Academies into Business Assets

To build a solid women’s football movement, the first step is to create territorial synergiesbetween clubs: developing talent, giving young girls the chance to play without prejudice orobstacles, and laying the foundations on which the game can grow. In Italy, this...

FC Bayern Secures New 15,000-Seat Home for Women’s Team

Sportpark Unterhaching. Photocredit: Imago Images/ Sven Simon. A Huge Upgrade for Bayern Women FC Bayern Women are moving from the Bayern Campus, which has a limited 2,500-seat capacity, to Unterhaching’s Sportpark, offering 15,000 seats. This new venue provides...

The Growing Divide in Women’s Football: New FIFPRO Report Reveals Two-Speed Player Workloads

The 15 high-usage players with the most workload led by Aitana Bonmati have an increasingly challenging schedule. Photocredit: Imago IMages/ foto2press. Uneven Match Access Across Leagues According to the Precarious Workload: Professional Women’s Football report,...

NWSL to Vote on New Salary Rule to Keep Stars Like Trinity Rodman

Trinity Rodman of Washington Spirit. (Photo: IMAGO) The move is driven largely by efforts to keep Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman, whose contract expires in December and who has drawn multimillion-dollar offers from Europe. How the New Mechanism Would Work...

Women’s Bundesliga Clubs Elect Their First League President After Forming Independent Association

Katharina Kiel es the first female president of the newly formed league association. Photocredit: Imago Images/ Eibner. The newly formed association, Women’s Bundesliga FBL e. V., will be headed by Katharina Kiel of Eintracht Frankfurt, who was unanimously selected as...

Women’s Bundesliga Clubs Break Away: New League Association Formed Without the DFB

Photocredit: Imago Images/ Zink. The press releases sent out discreetly by the Women’s Bundesliga teams early Thursday afternoon contained explosive news: the Frauen-Bundesliga FBL e.V. will be officially founded on December 10 at Frankfurt Arena, but initially...

Kang Women’s Institute Launches to Transform the Future of Women’s Soccer in the U.S.

The institute is being established through substantial investments from Michele Kang - billionaire business leader and owner of the Washington Spirit, London City Lionesses, and OL Lyon - whose growing influence has helped accelerate the professionalization of women’s...

How Top Clubs Are Monetizing the Women’s Game

Wendie Renard is one of the players who has been with OL the longest. (Photo: IMAGO) For years, women’s football was written off as a passing fad. That idea is now firmly obsolete. The women’s game has become both a significant force and a clear indicator of where the...

FIFA’s Player Impact Programme: How Women Footballers Are Driving Global Social Change

The three-month programme provides personalised coaching and expert support, allowing participants to design and execute their own community-focused projects. Each initiative is shaped by the players’ personal journeys, addressing causes such as expanding girls’...

KNVB and IMG Sign Global Media Rights Deal for Women’s Football

Photocredit: Imago Images/ Eibner. This partnership marks a turning point for Dutch women’s football, as IMG will take on the responsibility of representing and distributing media rights for the Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie, the Eurojackpot KNVB Cup (men’s), and the...

UK Submits Unopposed Bid to Host the 2035 FIFA Women’s World Cup

The four-nation proposal reflects a unified vision to elevate women’s football globally while delivering an inclusive, sustainable and culturally dynamic tournament. Imago. An Unprecedented Hosting Footprint Across the UK The bid proposes 22 stadiums as potential host...

Beyond the boom: How can clubs sustain growth in women’s football?

Over the last five years, women’s football has achieved almost everything its fans dreamt of for decades: full stadiums, valuable sponsorship deals and star players turning into household names. Yet, this growth has been unequally spread across leagues and clubs. And...