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Alex Morgan's debut book from 'The Kicks' series will be launched next week!

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The AFC annual awards 2012 took place today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to salute and honour excellence in sport in Asian football.

Recap on all of this…

FIFA have revealed the final nominees for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award 2012 and the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football 2012 in a press conference today attended by FIFA President Joseph Blatter.

The three nominees for FIFA Women's Player of the Year are Abby Wambach (USA), Alex Morgan (USA) and Marta (Brazil)

They were selected from the …

Glasgow City are delighted to announce that they have been invited to compete in an international ‘Meet the Champions’ Indoor Tournament by German Champions FFC Turbine Potsdam in February.

 

To celebrate Potsdam’s 40th Anniversary, City are one of seven Champions hand-picked by Potsdam to play in the 8 team competition, the first tournament of its kind ever to be hosted by the German…

US Soccer have announced the nominations for the Female Athlete of the Year 2012.

The five finalists are Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo.

Voting is underway, you can register your vote at the official Facebook page of US Soccer. 

Good luck to all the nominees, who do you think deserves to win this award?…

USWNT forward Alex Morgan was awarded the Sportswoman of the Year Award (Team Sport) last night at the 33rd Salute to Women in Sports Gala in New York.

The prestigious award was given to Alex Morgan for her exceptional performances in a team sport…

Alex Morgan showcases the new US Women's National Team home kit, made from the unifying colours of the American flag.

The kit made by Nike has been tailored for the first time for the men and women's teams and displays a bold patriotic…

Big congratulations to Ellen White who has been voted the Vauxhall England Women's Player of the Year for 2011 by fans.

In 2011 Ellen white earned 13 caps (only vice-captain Stoney appeared more) and she was joint top scorer…

Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Homare Sawa has been forced to miss the training camp in Wakayama Prefecture due to injury.

Sawa injured her right thigh during INAC Kobe's recent game against FC…

The 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards is coming to London at the start of what will be a truly special year for sport in the English capital. The Ceremony will be broadcast to a worldwide TV audience from the heart of London at Central Hall, Westminster, on the evening of Monday, February 6^th 2012 .The event provides a high profile focus as stars of the sporting world come together to salute the finest sports performances of the…

The Canadian Soccer Association have announced that Christine Sinclair is the winner of the female selection for the 2011 BMO Canadian Players of the Year award.

The vote was made by Canadian media (50%) and Canadian coaches (50%).

Christine Sinclair has won this award for an impressive seventh-consecutive year.

Canadian women's…

Bruno Bini (France), Norio Sasaki (Japan) and Pia Sundhage (USWNT Coach) have all been nominated for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football award 2011.

The nominees were selected from a short-list of 10…

Marta, Sawa and Wambach are all contenders for this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or Award for the Women's World Player of the Year 2011 award.

Ten women from the World of women's football were short-listed for the prestigious…

AFC Woman Player of the Year

Winner: Aya Miyama (Japan)

"Winning this award is a big surprise for me and I would like to thank all those were involved with me during this wonderful year of football," Miyama said after the joint men and women's AFC…

Nadeshiko Japan trio Homare Sawa, Aya Miyama and Ayumi Kaihori have been nominated as the final three for the AFC Women’s Player of the Year, Asian football’s governing body announced Wednesday.

Sawa, won the honors as the MVP and the top scorer of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in the summer, while Kaihori and Miyama of…

Kopparbergs/Göteborg one of the top teams in Sweden are serious in trying to get Marta to the club before next season.

Göteborg ended second in the league and won the Swedish cup. They have never been closer winning the league.

The club has re-signed almost the whole squad now and they have contacted Marta´s agent about joining the club before 2012.

The rumor about what are costs to get…

Final:

Thailand 2 – 1 Myanmar

Goals From:

28’ (Thailand)

39’ (Thailand)

90+1’ (Myanmar)

Thailand powered their way to the AFF Women’s Championship title for the first time when they edged a defiant Myanmar 2-1 in the final at the National Stadium here tonight.

Despite the tight Myanmar defence throughout the final, the…

The list of ten female candidates has been drawn up by experts from the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ as well as by experts from France Football. The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by football experts from the Football Committee, the Technical and Development Committee and the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, as well as by a group of experts from France Football. 



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Abby Wambach received the esteemed Sportswoman of the Year Award, given to an individual athlete in a team sport who exhibits exceptional performances over a 12-month time span. Wambach earned this award for her triumphant season including being named the 2010 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year (for the fourth time) and named to the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Best XI in October 2010. During the 2010 WPS season, she scored 13 goals (No. 2 in WPS)…

The USA remain top of the FIFA / Coca Cola Women's World Rankings

The top 20 as of September 23rd 2011

Ranking -Team -Points

1 USA 2151

2 Germany 2146

3 Brazil 2121

4 Japan 2106

5 Sweden 2085

6 England 1985

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