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Minimum wage introduced for the top tiers of English women’s football

WSL Football has announced the introduction of a minimum salary for players in the top two tiers of English women’s football for the first time in the forthcoming season.

The body that oversees the...

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Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs drawn together in new-look Continental League Cup

Last season's winners Chelsea have been drawn in the same group as losing finalists Arsenal as well as Tottenham and London City Lionesses in a redesigned Continental Tyres League Cup format.

There will now be six groups instead of four for this year's competition, with only the group winners guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals alongside the two best runners-up.

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England star Daly signs new Houston Dash contract

Rachel Daly has signed a new three-year contract at National Women's Soccer League side Houston Dash.

The England star recently helped the club to victory in the NWSL Challenge Cup , winning both the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards.

Having already spent five years at the club, Daly was delighted to extend her stay. "It's a club I want to be a part of. I hold this...

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Lionesses to play Germany in first game for seven months

England will play a friendly in Germany on 27 October, their first match since the SheBelieves Cup in March.

The last time the two sides met, Germany won 2-1 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 77,768. However, coronavirus restrictions mean the game in Wiesbaden will be behind closed doors.

England head coach Phil Neville said: "I know the players are so hungry to pull on an...

Confusion over crowds at Women’s Super League matches

Authorities are preparing to let fans in to West Ham's Women's Super League fixture against Arsenal on 13 September but plans to allow a crowd in at champions Chelsea's trip to Manchester United on the opening weekend of the season have been scrapped.

Up to 1,000 spectators will be permitted at West Ham's Dagenham & Redbridge home, according to The Times. Concerns over local...

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Powerful Paris prove too strong for an Arsenal side lacking "big-game" preparation

Arsenal head coach Joe Montemurro bemoaned his side's lack of competitive match practice ahead of their Women's Champions League quarter-final defeat to Paris St.Germain.

"Big-game intensities, big-game scenarios and big-game physicality, they can only be replicated in big games. We haven't had any. That's the truth, but it's not an excuse," said Montemurro.

The match in...

'We could have done better': Glasgow City lament 9-1 Champions League defeat

Glasgow City manager Laura Montgomery showed some typical understatement in assessing her team's performance in their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Wolfsburg.

"There are many things we could have done better," she said. Having gone into the break 4-0 down before eventually succumbing 9-1, she's not wrong.

When the draw was made last year, Glasgow could have...

Transatlantic transfers: who is coming from America to the WSL?

With the new Women's National Soccer League season in the USA not starting until April 2021, a number of high-profile stars are looking for Women's Super League clubs to join on loan until the new year.

Women's Sport Daily looks at some of the biggest deals to go through so far and some of the players who could yet cross the Atlantic for the start of the new WSL season.

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Women's Super League Round-Up: Reading & West Ham

With clubs back in training and the new season approaching, Women's Sport Daily rounds up the latest news from the Women's Super League:

Reading

Reading have signed experienced keeper Erin Nayler from Bordeaux on an undisclosed contract.

The New Zealand international represented her country at the 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Cup.

Reading open their WSL campaign...

WSL News: Birmingham City appoint Carla Ward as manager

Birmingham City have announced the arrival of former Sheffield United manager Carla Ward as their new head coach.

Ward left the Blades last month having led them to a second-placed finish in the Women's Championship. Birmingham finished 11th in the Women's Super League, avoiding relegation on a points-per-game basis.

"This is a massive opportunity, Blues are a massive club...

Crowds could return from start of Women's Super League season

Fans could be allowed in to Women's Super League matches from the opening weekend of the season after the government announced pilot schemes to let socially distanced spectators into grounds can resume from this weekend.

Although clubs will not officially be able to reopen for supporters until October, Women's Sports Daily understands the WSL is being considered as one of the test...

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