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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack

WSL frustrated in attempts to broadcast games during 3pm Saturday blackout

Chelsea won the Women’s Super League at the end of the 2023-24 season
Chelsea won the Women’s Super League at the end of the 2023-24 season. Photograph: Naomi Baker/The FA/Getty Images

The Women’s Super League has been frustrated in attempts to play and broadcast games during the 3pm Saturday blackout, the executive who oversees the top two divisions of women’s football in England has revealed.

Nikki Doucet, the chief executive of Women’s Professional Leagues Limited, which runs the WSL and Championship, said inquiries had been made about ending the ­blackout, which was introduced in the 1960s to protect attendances.

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