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Piteå IF feel the pinch as Swedish football’s outlier: ‘It’s an impossible puzzle’

Thirteen of the Damallsvenskan’s 14 teams are based in the south. For Piteå IF, rising costs are now the priority

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16

‘We wanted to break down barriers’: women’s teams finally join Football Manager

Sports Interactive has included the women’s game after its tireless effort of collating a comprehensive database

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

Guardian’s Football Weekly and Women’s Football Weekly land podcast double at FSA Awards

Declan Rice and Alessia Russo won player of the year awards while Sophie Downey was recognised in the writer of the year category

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025

Al-Hilal and the trouble with underdog stories at the Club World Cup

In today’s Football Daily: the ‘beautiful game’ at the Copa Gianni

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

An oral history of England’s Euro 2022 triumph: ‘It was an out-of-body experience’

Those who played and witnessed firsthand the Lionesses’ success at a rapturous Wembley share their memories

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

Eni Aluko, Ian Wright and a discussion on punditry that took a wrong turn

A wholly disappointing episode has drawn attention away from a legitimate conversation about media coverage

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025

Jordan Henderson? Tuchel gets to work with an eyebrow-raising England squad

In today’s Football Daily: Tommy T puts 26 names on a sheet of paper to get us all talking

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025

What is behind North Korea’s rise as a women’s football power?

Eastern Azaleas are chasing qualification for Olympic Games with team a representation of isolationist state’s might

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024

Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

James, Shaw and Terland go goal crazy at top of scoring charts, Clinton is thriving at Spurs and a huge game beckons at the bottom

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024

Women’s football no longer needs to prove itself, say self-starting reporters

Sophie Downey and Rachel O’Sullivan launched Girls on the Ball in 2012 and have built a following of tens of thousands.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023