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Alex Greenwood is headed to Lyon.
Alex Greenwood is set to become the fourth England player to line up for women’s Champions League holders Olympique Lyonnais after her club Manchester United said on Sunday they had reached an agreement to transfer their captain.
“We have agreed terms with @OLFeminin for the transfer of @AlexGreenwood. A further announcement will be made in due course,” the newly promoted Women’s Super League side wrote on Twitter.
We have agreed terms with @OLFeminin for the transfer of @AlexGreenwood.A further announcement will be made in due course. pic.twitter.com/jJsJjnqaSE— Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) August 4, 2019
The full-back will join compatriots Lucy Bronze, Nikita Parris and Izzy Christiansen…
The USWNT’s World Cup semifinal brings Alex Morgan back to Lyon, where she played with one of women’s football’s most prestigious clubs.
PARIS — Every time France’s finest women soccer players walk into the national training center in the forested enclave of Clairefontaine, they pass a giant trophy replica and two gold stars on the lawn outside that represent the men’s 1998 and 2018 triumphs. They are a reminder of what can be.
Conditions seem ideal for France to take its game to another level in the 2019 Women’s World Cup, which kicks off here on Friday. Les Bleues – nicknamed, as are their male counterparts, after the color…
Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg struck a first-half hat trick as Lyon thumped Barcelona 4-1 to win the Women’s Champions League for the fourth successive season.
Hegerberg’s treble came in just 16 minutes after Dzsenifer Marozsan had opened the scoring, as the French champions won the competition for the sixth time in their history. Asisat Oshoala scored a late consolation for Barca.
Women’s World Cup 2019
When, where and who: All you need to know about the finals
– WWC daily fixtures schedule
Champions League success brings up the treble for Lyon, who had already sealed a domestic double heading into Saturday’s…
Barcelona’s women’s team will face defending champs Lyon in the Champions League final on May 18.
La Liga has rescheduled matches on the last day of the season to avoid clashing with the Women’s Champions League final between Barcelona and Lyon on May 18, a spokesman for the organisation told Reuters.
The 10 fixtures were all due to start at 18:30 local time (16:30 GMT), half an hour after kickoff in the showpiece women’s game in Budapest, which is the first time the competition’s final will be played in a separate city to the men’s final.
The scheduling clash provoked criticism on social media…
Five-times Women’s Champions League winners Olympique Lyonnais claimed the early advantage after they beat Chelsea 2-1 at home in their semifinal first leg on Sunday.
A Magdalena Ericsson own goal and a strike from midfielder Amandine Henry in the first half put the defending champions 2-0 ahead before Erin Cuthbert pulled one back for the visitors after the break.
At Lyon’s Groupama Stadium, Delphine Cascarino’s shot was deflected in off Chelsea defender Ericsson in the 27th minute to give the…
The first Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg insists she didn’t consider twerk comments from DJ Martin Solveig offensive as she was just happy to celebrate such an historical achievement.
Ada Hegerberg will look every inch the Ballon d’Or winner the next time she steps out onto the pitch after being furnished with a sparkling pair of celebratory boots.
The prolific Lyon striker became the inaugural winner of the Women’s Ballon d’Or award earlier this month, thus adding to the UEFA Best Women’s Player in Europe award she won in 2016 and the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year trophy she received in 2017.
Anyway, next time the 23-year-old Norwegian leads the line for Lyon, she will…
The first Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg insists she didn’t consider twerk comments from DJ Martin Solveig offensive as she was just happy to celebrate such an historical achievement.
Real Madrid star Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, with Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg becoming the first female winner and PSG’s Kylian Mbappe claiming the inaugural Kopa Trophy for best under-21 player.