Women's World Cup

The first Women’s Club World Cup will take place in January and February of 2026, FIFA has confirmed. A 16-team tournament will take place every four years with the first edition set to take place in 20 months’ time in a host country that has not yet been announced. The scheduling will see the competition played during the domestic season in European leagues and between the group stage and knockout rounds of the Champions League. North America’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season typically starts in March. The decision was made at a meeting of the FIFA Council...

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Brazil’s bid to stage the 2027 Women’s World Cup has been rated higher than the rival joint-bid from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (BNG) in a new FIFA report evaluating the options. Football’s world governing body delivered the assessment as part of a World Cup bid evaluation report published on Tuesday. Brazil scored higher on a number of key technical scores, including stadiums, accommodation, fan zones and transport infrastructure. A summary from the report said: “The Brazilian Football Association and the Brazilian government have shown support for the bid...

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This leaves only two remaining bids for the voters to choose from: one from Brazil, and a joint bid from Belgium/Germany/Netherlands.

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On Wednesday, USWNT captain Lindsey Horan and Alex Morgan delivered a prepared statement to reporters addressing last week’s resurfacing of USWNT midfielder Korbin Albert’s social media activity. “We just want to address the disappointing situation regarding Korbin that has unfolded over this past week. We’ve worked extremely hard to uphold the integrity of this national team through all of the generations, and we are extremely, extremely sad that this standard was not upheld,” Horan began. “Our fans and our supporters feel like this is a team that they can rally behind, and it’s...

Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum is in a stable condition after appearing to collapse during Sunday’s Continental Cup final against Chelsea. The Norway international appeared to go down off the ball in second-half stoppage time at Molineux before medical staff entered the field of play to treat her. Play was stopped for seven minutes while the 24-year-old was attended to before she left the field on a stretcher while receiving oxygen. Arsenal confirmed a short time later that Maanum was “conscious, talking and in a stable condition”. The club also confirmed that she would...

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The Mexico match will honor the 25th anniversary of USWNT's 1999 Women's World Cup victory.

The German national team is ending its long-standing partnership with Adidas and has signed a deal that will see Nike make its kits from 2027. Adidas last signed an eight-year contract with the Germany Football Federation (DFB) in 2018, meaning the men’s 2026 men’s World Cup will be one of the last occasions the German team’s kit is manufactured by the country’s most famous sportswear company. During Adidas’ partnership with Germany, which has spanned more than seven decades, the team has won four men’s World Cups, three men’s Euros, two women’s World Cups and...

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The USWNT has dropped to No. 4 in the latest FIFA rankings released on Friday, marking the first time the program has fallen out of the top three since the establishment of the rankings in 2003. In its announcement, FIFA said the USWNT drop is thanks to the team’s 2-0 loss to Mexico in the group stage of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, though the team later went on to win the tournament. Spain retained the top spot in the rankings, with England moving up two spots to No. 2, France staying at No. 3, and the U.S. dropping two spots to fourth. 🇪🇸: 🥇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: 🥈🇫🇷:...

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