Features – The Offside Rule

Women’s football could be the key to helping girls tackle body image issues

July 11, 2019

The impact of this year’s Women’s World Cup on TV audiences has been incredible. A record breaking 28.1 million people watched the BBC’s coverage of the tournament [...]

Women’s World Cup – Fantasy Football final standings

July 10, 2019

Close up photo of the Women's World Cup trophy

The dust has just about settled on the USA’s World Cup final triumph. It has been a tremendous tournament with a worthy winner but there is still one outstanding issue. [...]

Women’s World Cup Best XI of the Tournament

July 9, 2019

The Offside Rule - Best XI of the Tournament

As the 2019 Women’s World Cup has come to an end Alasdair Hooper names his team of the tournament. Sari van Veenendaal, Netherlands (GK) The rightful winner of the [...]

Women’s World Cup: Things you may have missed from the semi-finals

July 6, 2019

The Offside Rule - Women's World Cup - Things you may have missed

This is it – the final throes of the competition are upon us and only two games remain of this summer’s showpiece remain. The players have produced what we hope will [...]

Groenen pains: Netherlands edge past Sweden in stale semi-final

July 4, 2019

The Netherlands have reached back-to-back major tournament finals and are on the verge of completing an incredible journey from World Cup debutants to women’s football [...]

The Race for The Golden Boot

July 4, 2019

Women's World Cup France 2019 match ball

For any player at a World Cup the primary objective is always to lift the trophy but the Golden Boot award will inevitably always be in the back of any hungry strikers’ [...]

Ruthless USA ‘sip’ from the fountain of England’s mistakes

July 3, 2019

Florence Lloyd-Hughes looks back at England’s Women’s World Cup exit after a 2-1 defeat to USA. In the same week that the US celebrates its Independence Day, this match [...]

Women’s World Cup – Fantasy Football run-in

July 1, 2019

The Women’s World Cup has reached the semi-final stage. Whilst we know the champion will come from one of four teams, it isn’t really that simple in the world of [...]

Women’s World Cup: Semi-final preview

July 1, 2019

Women's World Cup 2019, Destination Lyon, Semi-final Preview

Alasdair Hooper has all the statistics as he previews the upcoming semi finals between England v USA and Netherlands v Sweden. England v USA (July 2, 8pm) This is the game [...]

Women’s World Cup: Five things you may have missed from the quarter-finals

June 30, 2019

Ella Jerman takes a look at the five things you may have missed from the quarter-finals. Lionesses make a roaring statement The Lionesses are into a third consecutive [...]