The Women's Super League returned this weekend as Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the table with a nail-biting victory over Arsenal.

The league’s policy stands in contrast to the policies of the global governing bodies for track and field (World Athletics) and swimming (World Aquatics).

The rise of women's sports in recent years has been undeniable. We watched college basketball stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese catapult into the WNBA, witnessed Paige Bueckers ink two historic Name Image and Likeness deals,

Peyton Trayer of Santa Margarita, Zamorah Malinoski of Los Alamitos and Kai Tsakiris of Corona del Mar have been informed by the CIF-SS they violated section rules by taking part in a training

in the National Women’s Soccer League. Naeher received 40.8% of the final vote total for the award. National team coaches and players, NWSL coaches, U.S. Soccer board and athlete council members, select media members and fans vote for the annual honor.

Churchill, last year’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 Player of the Year, was ruled ineligible after she participated in a training camp in Brazil organized by a professional team

Stoney was named head coach of Canada’s women on Monday. She signed a three-year contract with Canada Soccer that runs through the 2027 Women’s World Cup, with an option for 2028. Stoney takes over the Canadian team from Bev Priestman, who was fired in the wake a drone surveillance scandal at last year’s Olympics.

Three-time Canadian Olympic soccer medallist Desiree Scott has reversed course on the retirement she announced in the fall and signed with the Ottawa Rapid of the new Northern Super League, the team announced Tuesday.

Chelsea were in desperate need of defensive reinforcements after Canada international Kadeisha Buchanan sustained an ACL injury back in November that will sideline her for the rest of the season. It is expected that Girma’s arrival will not only ease the workload on their current options in Millie Bright and Nathalie Björn,

German soccer referees will start making NFL-style announcements to the crowd to explain video review rulings.

Though professional women’s soccer phenom Maddie Pokorny makes her mark in national and international soccer arenas, she still finds time for regular visits to her hometown of Webster Groves.