“We were just girls who wanted to play football," said in exclusive interview for Queenballers Patricia Gregory, the founder of women's FA and mother of the women's football. During her last visit to Prague, she spoke about how she fought in the late 1960s for women to be allowed to play football and what it means to her today to see a packed Wembley.

Winning the Champions League is probably the greatest achievement a player can experience with their club. But winning it in your home country? That is a feeling few things could ever surpass. This year’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final will take place in Oslo, Norway  and both finalists have Norwegian players as an important part of their squads.

What Frida Maanum’s Collapse Revealed About Women’s Football. The Arsenal midfielder’s collapse during the 2024 League Cup final became part of a much larger conversation around pressure, visibility and mental health in the women’s game

Most of today’s generation of professional footballers grew up in a world where women’s football was not fully professional and where there was no guarantee it ever would be. For many, that meant dividing their time between multiple sports. And Jackie Groenen had big future in judo. But, she got an ultimatum.

On Friday, 1 May 2026, Elena Sadiku lifted the first-ever Europa Cup trophy together with her Häcken side, just months after taking over the team in December 2025. In her previous role at Celtic, she had already made history by delivering the club’s first-ever title in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Yet as a player, her own journey was cut short, forced to retire at just 23 after suffering her third ACL injury. What is the story of Elena Sadiku?

The name of Aiara Agirrezabala has appeared strongly in the elite of Spanish football after her great breakthrough in Liga F. The young Real Sociedad academy player broke the ceiling of the elite and made her debut in the 25/26 season with a brace in less than 45 minutes on his first matchday league against Madrid CFF. In addition, this made Aiara the youngest player to score a brace in the history of the competition at the age of 16 years and 133 days.

It has been an incredibly turbulent week in women’s football. We now know who is heading to Oslo for  Women's Champions League final  as well as the winners of the first ever Europa Cup. We’ve seen players confirm their futures, some staying, others moving on, while one has even brought her career to an end.Elsewhere, the Serie A champions have been crowned, and in WSL 2, promotion to the top tier for next season has been decided.

While the NWSL is one of the fastest-growing leagues in women’s football , offering opportunities and structures different from those in Europe, its player pool is still largely dominated by Americans. Close behind are players from Mexico and Brazil, alongside a handful of notable Europeans, such as German goalkeeping legend Ann-Katrin Berger or Norway’s Guro Reiten, who recently arrived from Chelsea. But when it comes to Italian players, the league had to wait.

At just 18 years old, the Catalan gem Clara Serrajordi Díaz has captured the attention of many women’s football fans this season. The newly crowned two-time Spanish league champion is proof that Barcelona’s bet on youth is paying off.