World Sevens is back after its success in Europe, this time with more at stake as it takes a trip across the pond.

The Ballon d'Or Féminin is awarded based on a player's overall performance, including individual skill, team achievements, and fair play. A panel of 50 journalists from the top 50 women's football nations, as ranked by FIFA, vote for their top 10 players from a 30-player shortlist. The points system awards 15 points for first place, 12 for second, and so on down to 1 point for tenth place. 

The Ballon d'Or Féminin is awarded based on a player's overall performance, including individual skill, team achievements, and fair play. A panel of 50 journalists from the top 50 women's football nations, as ranked by FIFA, vote for their top 10 players from a 30-player shortlist. The points system awards 15 points for first place, 12 for second, and so on down to 1 point for tenth place. The women's award started in 2018, with Ada Hegerberg as the first winner. Aitana Bonmati was the most recent winner for the second time. The voting has a Spanish/ Barcelona bias.

Chelsea has become the first Premier League and WSL team to partner with Cadbury to provide British Sign Language interpreters on-screen at all home games this season.

The award is given to the best manager in the world based on individual and team achievements, as well as exhibiting class and fair play. The coach’s success is leading their team to victories, trophies and overall positive results throughout the season. The coach’s impact on their team's performance includes tactical decisions, player development, and leadership qualities. 

The award is named after Lev Yashin, the first and only goalkeeper to win a Ballon d'Or, a feat no other goalkeeper has yet accomplished. He was known for his athleticism, positioning, imposing presence in goal, and acrobatic reflex saves. He was also deputy chairman of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. On the men’s side, it was created in 2019. It is awarded to the best goalkeeper. Voting for this award is performed by journalists based on a shortlist of 10. It is an award based on three main criteria: Individual performances, decisive and impressive character, team performances and achievements and class and fair play.

Like many this year, this is a new award for the women’s side.

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Men banned the women's game because they were too scared it was getting more popular then the men's.  Before the FA ban in 1921, women's football in England was gaining significant popularity, attracting crowds of over 50,000.

Six months before the Euros, it looked like Chloe Kelly would not make the squad. She was barely playing for Manchester City, and a sour relationship with the manager meant she was not selected for international duty.

The race for the 2025 Ballon d’Or Féminin is heating up—and this year, it’s shaping into a battle of Europe. With the Euros playing a pivotal role in shaping perceptions and performances, and the power rankings dominated by players from Spain and England, the question now isn’t just who’s been good—it’s who’s been unignorable.

After Mary Earps retired, fans told Hampton she was not good enough and they did not want her in goal. Online bullying and hate were astronomical, but she proved them all wrong. She did her talking on the pitch, proving to them that she had every right to be given that number one shirt.

Michelle Agyemang, saviour of the nation.

Gemma Grainger is the first manager at the Euros to guide her team into the quarter-finals, thanks to two own goals, but still.

This morning we heard the tragic news of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre passing away in a car accident a few weeks after he got married. While his loved ones are in my thoughts. I wanted to talk to you about his legacy in women's football.

While we head into a Euro likely to beat ticket sales and attendance, let's look at the top historical memories from Euros.

Hannah Hampton was dropped from the England squad in late 2022 due to reported attitude and behaviour issues. She was recalled in March 2023, and manager Sarina Wiegmaof confirmed that everything had been sorted out.

Former Liverpool and Chelsea women's manager Matt Beard has been named head coach of Burnley women in the third tier.

2025 is the year of the infrastructural upgrade in women's football, from toilets to breastfeeding rooms and stadiums across Europe, at the highest level.

Let's look at the EUROS fact file history of the most and the tops in each category. Hopefully, you can see the key pattern throughout the piece.

As the transfer window just opened, let's talk about some crazy and amazing free transfers we have seen in the women's game in recent years around Europe.

Women’s football is set to reach 800 million fans and become a top-five global sport by 2030.

Claudia Pina is the super-sub for both Spain and Barcelona.

Melanie Leuoplz, a footballer and mother, has announced her retirement from club football after stepping away from international duty in September 2023.

Chelsea's pre-season review

First go Russo, second go, Garcia, third leave Earps, and the whole team falls.

The Smell of beer and English pride cracks down on England fans this summer with the ever-strong optimism that this will be our tournament to win.