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Substituted players unleashed: latest TV tweak will push media training to the limit

In today’s Football Daily: live interviews with hooked players – what could possibly go wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Kirk close to return at Linköping after sacking over relationship with player

Willie Kirk is closing in on a return to management after holding talks with the Swedish top-flight women’s team Linköping

The Guardian - UK

Willie Kirk struggling for ‘second chance’ in women’s football after relationship with player: ‘Feels like a jail term’

The former Leicester City Women boss was dismissed last year after breaking code of conduct rules

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‘Football has to be a show’ – Miquel joins Leicester Women as new manager

The 40-year-old Frenchwoman signed a three-year contract with the appointment ending a long search after Willie Kirk’s sacking

The Guardian - UK

Leicester tackle demons head on to boost shot at Women’s FA Cup final

Leicester travel to Tottenham for a season-defining FA Cup semi-final having endured a turbulent season off the field

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: One year on from the Guardian’s look at its historic connections to slavery

In today’s newsletter: What the Legacies of Engagement programme has achieved in its first year – and what’s still to do

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Leicester sack Willie Kirk after investigation into alleged relationship with player

Leicester women have sacked their manager Willie Kirk after an investigation into an alleged relationship with a player

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Coach-player relationships in football should be sackable offence, says Ward

The Aston Villa manager, Carla Ward, is one of many WSL managers who have said player-coach relationships in women’s football are unacceptable

The Guardian - UK

Mercury/13: the group aiming to ‘rethink football ownership’

Women’s football consortium has made Como its first club and wants a global stable that unlocks game’s commercial potential

The Guardian - UK

Leicester Women investigate manager Willie Kirk over alleged player relationship

Leicester City Women are investigating their manager, Willie Kirk, over allegations of a relationship with one of their players

The Guardian - UK

Brighton’s surprise sacking of Melissa Phillips a sign of WSL impatience

In a 12-team league, managers are having to make their mark in rapid time, even when trying to gel a new team together

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

James, Shaw and Terland go goal crazy at top of scoring charts, Clinton is thriving at Spurs and a huge game beckons at the bottom

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

Returning stars will boost Arsenal, woes continue for Everton and Aston Villa but Manchester City rise to the top

The Guardian - UK

Chloe Kelly strikes to sink Leicester and take Manchester City top of WSL

An early goal from the England forward sealed a 1-0 win to extend Manchester City’s unbeaten start to the season

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Leicester’s new attacking dawn set for big WSL test from Manchester City

Leicester are thriving after Willie Kirk averted relegation last season but his new possession-based system faces a stern examination

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Super League 2023-24 previews No 7: Leicester City

Having just avoided relegation last season, Willie Kirk has overseen a squad overhaul with no fewer than 16 players leaving

Daily Mirror

WSL end of season awards: Best manager, best player, biggest disappointment & more

The WSL season is officially over with Chelsea retaining a fourth successive WSL title while Reading suffered relegation to the Championship - and our writers debate the season's highlights

The Guardian - UK

WSL 2022-23 review: club-by-club analysis and our writers’ highlights

We assess how each team fared and select the best players, rising talents and goals of the season

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Leicester and Reading battle for title of WSL’s great escape artists

Relegation will be decided on final day and Reading must beat Chelsea to have a chance of denying Leicester historic survival

The Independent UK

Chelsea the title favourites as Leicester look to survive – WSL talking points

Manchester United will look to take advantage of any Chelsea slip as they bid to take the title from the Blues.

Daily Mirror

WSL Manager of the Year race wide open as experts completely disagree over four candidates

BIG DEBATE: Four managers have been nominated for the Barclays WSL Manager of the Year award - but who do our Mirror Women's Football writers believe to be the best coach this year?

Daily Mirror

WSL title race hits boiling point with Chelsea vs Arsenal and Manchester derby showdowns

Chelsea face Arsenal in a London derby that sees top play third, before the Manchester clubs do battle only a few hours later - both games could yet decide the destination of the title

Daily Mirror

Arsenal beat lowly Leicester to bounce back from European exit - 6 talking points

ARSENAL 1-0 LEICESTER CITY: The WSL contenders needed to win to have any realistic hopes of winning the title - but Frida Maanum's eighth league goal of the season downed a stubborn Leicester

Daily Mirror

Five Women's Super League talking points as Man Utd boost title hopes and Reading beaten

Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the table with a win over Aston Villa while Leicester City moved out of the relegation zone after beating Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

Battling relegation can feel suffocating – but it made me a better person

In this week’s newsletter Anita Asante talks about her season at Aston Villa in 2020-21 and the current WSL battle to avoid the drop

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