• PA Media: Sport

    The key games which helped Chelsea to the WSL title

    A big win at Manchester United sealed more silverware.

  • The Canadian Press

    Bayer Leverkusen completes unprecedented unbeaten Bundesliga season and Cologne relegated

    BERLIN (AP) — League champion Bayer Leverkusen became the first team to complete a Bundesliga season undefeated on Saturday. Early goals from Victor Boniface and Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen a 2-1 win over Augsburg in their last game of the season. The win was their 28th in 34 Bundesliga games. Leverkusen, which won the title in April to end Bayern Munich’s 11-year run, is the first team to complete an unbeaten season in any of Europe’s top five leagues since Juventus in the Italian Serie A in

  • The Canadian Press

    Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women's World Cup in 2027

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, the biggest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro and one of the most impoverished and violent. One of its residents, 15-year-old soccer player Kaylane Alves dos Santos, hopes her powerful shots and impressive dribbles will allow her to cover that short distance to the stadium in three years to play for Brazil's national team in the final of the 2027 Women's World Cup. That chance, once re

  • The Guardian

    Xavi says he retains trust of Laporta amid rumours he faces sack at Barça

    Xavi Hernández has played down reports that the Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, has decided to axe him as coach at the end of the season