FIFA has today announced the names of the players on the shortlists and the final decision will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men's and women's national teams (they may not vote for players from the national team they coach or play for). The lists of 23 male and ten female candidates [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday I went to the London FA Female Football Forum at White Hart Lane. It was a great opportunity to hear more about the progression of the Women's game and to meet the others who had gone to the event. I admit feeling a little bit of pressure as they said they all want to [...] Click to continue reading...

The FA has announced today an 8 club Women's Super League commencing in 2011, originally this was for 2010 but due to financial uncertainty following UK television broadcasters Setanta collapse, it has been delayed a year. The FA hopes this will stop England players leaving for America and FA Chairman Lord Triesman said "The launch of [. Click to continue reading...

Initially I said the problem with the lack of interest in the sport lies with society and not women's football itself. Well, I changed my mind (woman's prerogative). We need to stop pointing the finger at men, and perceived unfairness in society, ladies. You know the saying- trying to change someone else will see you beating your head into a brick wall. Click to continue reading...

The world might be football mad and in England we have the most high profile and richest professional men's league in the world, but when it comes to the women's game the level of interest and support remain frustratingly small. While Capello's men play at the shiny new Wembley, England's women have yet to play [. Click to continue reading...

Germany's women football team successfully defended their European championship crown by humbling England 6-2 in the final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 tournament in Helsinki earlier today. With today's victory the German women are now unbeaten at European Championships since 1993 with 26 consecutive wins. Click to continue reading...

In just a few hours time our England's women football team will battle Germany in the final of the European Championships in Finland (live on BBC2 at 5pm) Now Womens football is not taken as seriously over here as it is in the USA, Sweden or Germany. It is because of our stupid machismo. But the girls have done us [. Click to continue reading...

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Ok, Marta throwing a baseball at a LA Dodgers game is pretty random. They should've included a bonus round with Mickey Mouse Beckham as he elegantly manhandles a Javelin. What a spectacle that would've been.

On a more serious note, Pele will officially announce Marta as a Santos player in the squad's attempt to win the first ever female edition of the Libertadores Cup on October 4th.

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Vietnam will host the AFC U-14 women's Football Festival from June 17 through 30.

The event will attract eight members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) including Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and host Viet Nam.

This year, the Ha Noi women's football club will represent Viet Nam in the event.

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AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 Qualifiers will be the tournament to forget as the Singapore Under-19 Women team notched just two goals and conceded sixty-two goals in 5 games!I'm not really suprised with the huge scoreline considering that our women football team are really weak to compete even at ASEAN level. Click to continue reading...

AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 Qualifiers KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar showed no mercy to Singapore and racked up an 11-0 win even as Thailand whipped the Philippines 8-0 in the AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 qualifiers on Wednesday. For the Myanmarese girls, Hla Yin Win scored five goals (14, 18, 25, 50, 65) and Ngwe Awe Tar Yar [. Click to continue reading...

SIngapore finished the tournament sitting root bottom of the table after they suffered another heavy defeats at the hand of the Aussie.Australia got away with a 6-0 scoreline. Whereas in Group A played yesterday,Myanmar down Laos 7-0 and qualify for the semi-final and will face Australia.Vietnam also secure their place in the last four as group [. Click to continue reading...

Group A Vietnam 3-1 Myanmar Laos 1-0 Indonesia Vietnam 4-0 Indonesia Myanmmar 7-0 Malaysia Group B Australia 2-0 Thailand Singapore 1-3 Philippines Thailand 6-0 Singapore Australia 7-0 Philippines REMAINING FIXTURES Oct 12: Group A – Myanmar vs Laos, Malaysia vs Vietnam Oct 13: Group B – Thailand vs Philippines, Singapore vs Australia Oct 14: Group A – Laos vs Malaysia, Indonesia vs Myanmar Oct 16: Group A – Malaysia [. Click to continue reading...

Japan's Women Football team celebrates 2-0 win over China to play in semifinals round during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The game was played August 15 at the Qinhuangdao Stadium in Qinhuangdao, China. Canada unfortunately lost to the United States. Image courtesy of Newscom. Technorati Tags: summer olympics,beijing olympic soccer,olympic soccer games,olympic football Share This Click to continue reading...

Here are the fixture: 9 Oct:Philippines vs Singapore 11 Oct:Singapore vs Thailand 13 Oct:Singapore vs Australia Click to continue reading...

"With the greatest respect to women, football is the most beautiful thing in the world" - Slaven Bilic Click to continue reading...

These girls have amazing skills, skills i'd love to have! I've seen a few women football matches, albeit not the whole 90 min, but just 15-20 minutes, but i've been very impressed. One aspect which i've really been impressed with is their shooting. I've had this mentallity before that women players can't shoot for nuts, but after watching the Germans, i must confess, i wouldn't wanna be hit by their shots. Click to continue reading...

Today, at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the women's National Teams of Brazil and USA had a great game, which Brazil won by a 5-0 score, and with the result, won the Gold Medal on the 2007 Pan American Games. Marta again was the name of the game, scoring two goals and making several [...] Click to continue reading...

Yesterday we had the semi-finals of the women's football on the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil won Mexico by a 2-0 score, and the United States won over Canada by a 2-1 score. The finals will be next Thursday, on Maracanã Stadium. Which team is the most likely to win the gold [...] Click to continue reading...

On its first more challenging match of the 2007 Pan American Games, the Women's Brazil National Team managed to get a good victory against Canada, by a 7-0 score goals by Daniela Alves, Cristiane and Marta, with no less than five by herself. With the result, Brazil ends the group phase of the tournament in [...] Click to continue reading...

It was just like an enhanced training session, when today, Women's Brazil National Team won its match against Ecuador during the group phase of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, with a 10-0 final result. Marta and Cristiane were among the best in the field, scoring four goals each. Pretinha and Daniela [...] Click to continue reading...

On its second game of the 2007 Pan American Games, the Women's Brazil National Team had another victory last Saturday, against Jamaica by a 5-0 score. The girls are really showing a great game so far, and alongside the US team, they are one of the favourites to the gold medal. The attendance was better [...] Click to continue reading...

The Women's Brazil National Team had a good 4-0 victory against Uruguay yesterday, on their debut on the 2007 Panamerican Games being played on Rio de Janeiro. Daniela Alves (two), Cristiane and Rosana scored the goals. With the result, Brazil has the lead on its group, which has also Jamaica, Ecuador and Canada. It was a [...] Click to continue reading...