All news by author: Jack Lacey-Hatton

Chelsea return to action with a Women's FA Cup tie with West Ham on Sunday - but will be without key players Sam Kerr and Millie Bright, with both on the injury list

Fran Kirby has spoken out previously on the issue of body shaming female footballers - with Chelsea manager Emma Hayes saying she was proud of the England international

Joey Barton has continued his series of tirades against female football pundits and commentators, this time taking aim at Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward during an FA Cup broadcast

Just like in the men's game the transfer window is now open for WSL and Women's Championship clubs and they have until 23:00 GMT on January 31 to complete any deals

Alexia Putellas has suffered another injury setback and could miss the start of 2024 for her club team Barcelona - as knee troubles continue following her ACL injury

Melissa Phillips had a busy 2023, leaving London City Lionesses to take up an assistant role with Hollywood NWSL club Angel City - before then returning to England as Brighton boss

Manchester City goalkeeper Khiara Keating has opened up on how she overcame her worst point of the season following their 2-1 defeat to Arsenal back in November

The England and Manchester United keeper was crowned the 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday night after helping the Lionesses reach a first World Cup final

Chelsea struggled during the opening 45 minutes of their Champions League win over Hacken, but pulled clear after the break to seize control of a tricky looking group

CHELSEA 0-0 BK Hacken: Chelsea created the majority of the chances against the Swedish league runners-up but were held to a goalless stalemate

Toone and on-loan striker Melvine Malard fired Manchester United to a superb 4-0 win at Tottenham which lifted their team up to fourth in the WSL ahead of a huge game with Liverpool

Chelsea were beaten 4-1 on Sunday by WSL title rivals Arsenal - with forward and Lionesses star Lauren James subsequently receiving racial abuse on social media

Ellie Roebuck, 24, was Man City's first-choice goalkeeper prior to the summer break but youngster Khiara Keating has started every league game so far this season

Mary Earps is the hot favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023 and has also been nominated for the FIFA Best Goalkeeper award that she won last year

Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 4-1 to hand the WSL title holders a first defeat since April - with England forwards Alessia Russo and Beth Mead causing the Blues defence major problems

The fourth round of the tournament sees the 12 WSL clubs enter the cup - with both Manchester clubs facing potential banana skin ties against lower ranking opposition

Mary Earps, 30, kept a clean sheet as Manchester United won 4-0 away at Tottenham in the WSL on Sunday night with her England shirt going back on-sale the next day

Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 4-1 to hand the title holders a first defeat since April - when they were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final first leg

Chelsea were well beaten in front of a record WSL crowd of 59,042, with Alessia Russo scoring twice for Arsenal who moved level on points with the Blues in the league

ARSENAL 4-1 CHELSEA: In front of a record WSL crowd, Arsenal produced their best performance of the season to destroy London rivals Chelsea and join the Blues at the top of the table

Chelsea face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday in a meeting that could go a long way to deciding this season's WSL champions - with the game close to a sell-out

Arsenal host Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday in a meeting that could go a long way to deciding this season's WSL champions - with the game close to a sell-out

England missed out on the Nations League semi-final - and any possible Olympic qualification for Team GB - despite a six-goal thumping of Scotland at Hampden Park

England are out of the Nations League despite a 6-0 win over Scotland at Hampden Park - after a last gasp goal saw Netherlands beat Belgium 4-0 to top the group

SCOTLAND 0-6 ENGLAND: Team GB won't be at the Olympics despite a huge win over Scotland after Netherlands struck late to secure a 4-0 win over Belgium