Strong Story
The Swiss princess is coming home. Is Lia Wälti the most beloved player?
“So… thank you for everything, Arsenal.” When Swiss midfielder Lia Wälti left Arsenal last year, it broke the hearts of many Gooners. Her departure from the club she had called home for almost seven years became one of the most emotional farewells in recent memory. Now, she's back in the Women's Super League. But what is the story behind her journey?
Sam Kerr returns to the club where she helped inspire meaningful change
On July 7, 2018, Sam Kerr scored a hattrick in her first game against her former team Sky Blue FC. In a moment where most players would celebrate, she instead walked away with her head down. “If I’m honest, I didn’t enjoy it,” Kerr commented after the match. “I wish things were better here, and that I could stay. It just sucks that that’s the way it had to be.”
Alavés and Valencia: Clubs with strong defenses that will try to surprise Liga F
Spanish women football league Liga F will welcome two familiar names in the upcoming season. After advancing from a lower division, Alavés and Valencia are returning to the top flight, taking the spots of relegated teams Alhama and Levante. Before the battle for the first league points kicks off in full force in August, it’s worth taking a moment to recall what these two teams are all about and how they earned their return to the elite.
When a childhood dream comes true: Players playing for their childhood club
Every football playing child grows up with heroes and a club they love above all others. They ask for that team’s shirt every birthday and dream of one day wearing it themselves with their own name on the back. For these players, that dream became reality.
Even a successful season isn't everything, as the story of Plymouth Women shows
England is the pioneer of women’s football and sets an example in many areas. It is where investment continues to grow, and the Women’s Super League is often presented as proof of how far the women’s game can progress. Yet even in the country of the reigning two-time European champions, not everything is perfect as the recent case involving third-tier side Plymouth Argyle Women highlighted.
For the badge. The story of building Borussia Dortmund
Although one of Germany’s biggest football institutions, Borussia Dortmund, long remained one of the few major clubs without a women’s side in the top division. And while the club is still playing in the third league, its plans and ambitions are already impossible to ignore.
There’s nobody like Alexia Putellas
Although it had been rumored about for a long time, few could truly imagine it happening. But it did. On 26 May 2026, Alexia Putellas left Barcelona, her childhood club, after 14 seasons. Over that time, her persona became almost synonymous with Barcelona FemenĂ. Whether you are a fan of hers or not, one thing is undeniable: she made countless people to love women’s football.
This final belonged to Ewa Pajor and Ewa Pajor only
Five unsuccessful Champions League finals. Reaching the biggest match in women’s football so many times was already an achievement in itself,  yet the Polish star always walked away defeated. Until one May evening in Oslo in 2026.
