How Does Ballon d’Or Voting Work? 2026 Nominees and Format Explained The Ballon d’Or ceremony will be held in London after previously being staged in Paris. Sports Illustrated · Oct 26
Missing a major football tournament? Fear not, Wafcon 2026 is about to start The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations starts in Morocco on Sunday, with Cape Verde and Egypt looking to continue feelgood factor from the men’s World Cup and Nigeria going for an 11th title The Guardian - UK · Jul 25
Top 10 2026 NWSL MVP Candidates at Midseason Is the reigning two-time MVP, Temwa Chawinga, still leading the pack? Sports Illustrated · Jul 4
NWSL Power Rankings: San Diego on Top As Winning Streak Continues in Week 5 A fifth straight win has the Southern Californian side as the team to beat in the early stages of the season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Are the 2025 Kansas City Current the Best NWSL Team Ever? After breaking several records, we may be witnessing the greatest club in league history. Sports Illustrated · Nov 6, 2025
NWSL Playoffs Power Rankings: It’s KC Current vs. the Rest of the Field Who are the biggest contenders to win the 2025 NWSL championship as eight teams are set to begin their playoff journeys? Sports Illustrated · Nov 5, 2025
EA Sports FC 26 Kylian Mbappe LALIGA POTM SBC tasks and solutions All coins gone. Dot Esports · Oct 7, 2025
Barbra Banda on Zambia’s progress at Wafcon: ‘We have a really good feeling’ The Orlando Pride forward is thriving while playing for her country after a sex eligibility row The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025
NWSL Power Rankings: Seattle Reign and Racing Louisville Make Statements at Midseason Teams that struggled in 2024 are crashing the top half of the rankings as the league hits the halfway mark. Sports Illustrated · Jun 24, 2025
Zambia remove US-based players due to Trump immigration policy fears Barbra Banda, Racheal Kundananji and others have been removed from the squad amid fears about their ability to reenter the country The Guardian - US · Apr 2, 2025
Barbra Banda Has What It Takes to Make the Orlando Pride an NWSL Dynasty The NWSL championship MVP is picking up where she left off, scoring goals and setting the defending champions up for another successful season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31, 2025
How Barbra Banda got caught up in a swirl of misinformation and double standards We should be talking about how we help everyone enjoy sport, but instead players are being targeted in a dehumanising way The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025
Picks and Predictions for the 2025 NWSL Season Which club will take home the shield? Who will win MVP? What club is poised to be a postseason spoiler? Sports Illustrated · Mar 14, 2025
NWSL 2025 predictions: Pride looking for repeat, top newcomers and more The 2025 NWSL season kicks off this week. We convened a panel of writers to discuss what they’re most looking forward to this year The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2025
Sports Illustrated · Feb 14, 2025 Which NWSL Club Has Won the Most Trophies? Let's dip into the history books to see which teams have collected the most major honors since the league began in 2012.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 24, 2025 The Top 10 Biggest Transfers in NWSL History As English club Chelsea reportedly close in on a world-record move for Naomi Girma, let's take a look at some of the most expensive transfers in the NWSL.
Radio France Internationale · Dec 16, 2024 Lookman and Banda named African players of the year Ademola Lookman and Barbra Banda were respectively anointed on Monday night as the Confederation of African Football's men's and women's player of the year at a lavish awards ceremony in Marrakech.
The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2024 The USWNT won Olympic gold. Why did none of their players make the Fifpro XI? The Guardian’s ranking of the world’s best footballers overflowed with Americans. But their fellow players largely shunned them
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024 Manchester City, Real Madrid and Lionesses dominate as Fifpro 11s revealed The annual selection is voted for by the players and based on last season’s performances
Bored Panda · Dec 4, 2024 “The Hate Is Real”: People React To JK Rowling’s Objection To New York Times Article J.K.s statements about "biological males" in women's spaces and child transitioning have been criticized as transphobic and misleading for multiple reasons. The post “The Hate Is Real”: People React To JK Rowling’s Objection To New York Times Article first appeared on Bored Panda.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024 ‘Ridiculous’ to criticise Barbra Banda for BBC award, Emma Hayes insists USA manager ‘disappointed’ to hear of online abuse after JK Rowling and Sharron Davies were vocal critics of Barbra Banda’s award as women’s footballer of the year
FourFourTwo · Nov 28, 2024 Orlando Pride support Barbra Banda after social media abuse Orlando Pride have released a statement in support of their player Barbra Banda
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024 Orlando Pride speak out after Barbra Banda abused over gender controversy The Zambian forward received a barrage of insults online after winning the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024 Voices: Not even JK Rowling can take glory away from Barbra Banda COMMENT : The Orlando Pride and Zambia goalscorer has been rightly crowned BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year, writes Kat Brown – much to the dismay of the Harry Potter author and her toxic friends
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024 Zambia’s Barbra Banda abused online after winning BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year amid gender storm The Orlando Pride and Zambia goalscorer has come under scrutiny after she was withdrawn from the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations