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Women's Super League

FIFA passes landmark rule to address shortage of women coaches

FIFA will require every team participating in its women's tournaments to have a female head coach or assistant after passing groundbreaking regulations at its council meeting on Thursday.

Liverpool

Slot defies doubters as Liverpool & Salah deliver season's 'best performance'

Liverpool delivered their “best performance of the season” at the crucial time for Arne Slot. Finally, we saw why they are Premier League champions and Anfield got its team back.

Football

Papers: Barcelona to seek Rashford loan extension to avoid £26m asking price

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...

Hearts

McInnes: Devlin, Shankland return can set up 'special' end to season for Hearts

Derek McInnes believes the return of Cammy Devlin and Lawrence Shankland can set Hearts on course for "a special end to the season".

Chelsea Women

WSL round-up: Chelsea move second with win; Man Utd held at West Ham

Chelsea leapt above Manchester United to go second in the Women's Super League table as teenager Lexi Potter scored the winner against Brighton on her first senior start.

Morocco

Q&A: 'Extraordinary' AFCON ruling and potential ramifications explained

The extraordinary ruling to strip Senegal of their AFCON title and award it to Morocco two months later is unprecedented. Here we answer the key questions and examine the potential ramifications...

Manchester City

Fine margins, overthinking & Real: Has Pep underperformed in Europe?

Pep Guardiola was brought to Manchester City to get them over the line in the Champions League, but just one triumph in a decade shows that not even the greatest manager of his generation can guarantee sustained success in Europe's premier club competition.

Football

'Unacceptable' - Senegal to appeal after being stripped of AFCON title

Senegal will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the country was stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title, with Morocco awarded the victory.

Chelsea

From world champions to no Champions League football - what's going wrong at Chelsea?

Last summer, they were champions of the world. Now, they are out of Europe and at risk of not even qualifying for the Champions League.