Women S Football
latest news & developmentsThe empty stands of WAFCON showcase neglect for women’s football in South Africa
The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) should be a celebration of skill, resilience and the growing power of women’s football across the African continent. Instead, recent…
Trials reflect growing interest in women’s football
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic taking its toll on the sport at school level, with kids missing crucial age-related developmental stages, there has been an uptick in girls wanting…
The rise of SA players abroad is good for Banyana
The growing list of professional women footballers plying their trade at overseas clubs could be the missing piece the side needs to conquer the continent after five failed…
Matildas to get equal pay
Australia’s women footballers will earn the same as the Socceroos in a groundbreaking new deal
The joy of women’s football hits the mark in Sudan
A film about a Khartoum team’s struggles neatly reflects the contemporary theme of women’s strength in the face of direct opposition
A new dawn in women’s football in South Africa
But there are still more questions than answers for Safa to address to make the league the success women’s football needs it to be
Pragmatic Netherlands look to scupper US juggernaut in Women’s World Cup final
The US team’s experience and nous will always be favoured on the biggest stage of all
Groenen strikes to take Netherlands through to World Cup final against USA
The European Champions have a chance to become world champions when they take on the current holders of the Fifa Women’s World Cup
Boost to women’s football in Spain sparks fresh power battle
The idea supporters might watch their women’s team, in the same ground and just as often, as the men’s side, remains a distant concept in Europe
Neville calls for Premier League grounds to host women’s games
Let’s blow the rest of Europe away, England women’s manager urges
Pedersen lifts Juventus women in front of record crowd
That attendance was the largest ever for a top-flight club match in European women’s football
Eto’o in town to punt five-a-side women’s tourney
A continental five-a-side competition, established last year by Castle Brewery, pits local teams against each other
Banyana ‘frogs’ eye fairytale World Cup
Under new Dutch coach Vera Pauw Banyana have a reasonable chance of doing what no South African women’s side have ever done before.
Banyana Banyana thump Botswana 4-0
Banyana Banyana turned on the heat in the first 45 minutes scoring three goals and ultimately beating Botswana 4-0 in Vanderbijlpark on Saturday.
Banyana Banyana to face Ghana’s Black Queens
The South African women’s football team has been preparing to take on Ghana at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.