Argentina’s Lionel Messi and the French duo of Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema are finalists for the Best FIFA Men’s Player Awards for 2022, with the women’s category featuring England’s Beth Mead, Alex Morgan of the United States and Spain’s Alexia Putellas.

A petition has been launched in opposition to Visit Saudi, the tourism board for Saudi Arabia, sponsoring the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, due to the nation's poor human rights record for women and LGBTQ+ people.

Alex Morgan scored a brace for the United States against Haiti to give the world champions a winning start to their Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) W Championship title defence in Monterrey.

World champions the United States will take on Haiti in a group A clash at the Estadio Universitario as the Monterrey 2022 Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) W Championship (CWC) is set to begin tomorrow.

The negotiations between the United States women’s national team and US Soccer to strike a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has continued past its original deadline with belief a deal can be made.

A six-year legal dispute between the United States women's football team and US Soccer over equal pay appears close to an end, after the two sides reached an agreement promising the players $24 million (£17.7 million/€21.1 million) plus bonuses matching those of men.

Paul Riley has been sacked as head coach of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team North Carolina Courage after he was accused of sexual coercion spanning multiple teams and leagues over a decade, while league commissioner Lisa Baird has resigned.

The SheBelieves Cup, an important tune-up event ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will begin in Florida tomorrow with two storied rivalries being renewed.

US Soccer has said it is "looking into" the incident that led to star striker Alex Morgan contracting coronavirus.

Panama joined hosts United States in the semi-finals of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women’s Championships as both won their final matches in North Carolina today.

Olympic champions United States earned the right to defend their title later this year after advancing to the final of the North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women's Rio 2016 qualifier, alongside London 2012 bronze medallist Canada.

Germany booked their place in the semi-final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup after a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over France at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

In the run-up to the seventh, and biggest, “official” Women’s World Cup, there have been significant achievements by individuals, teams and National Federations that can only make women more widely welcomed within the football world. There has also been a stealthy growth of playing numbers worldwide.

England is one of the success stories, with the professional league having just started its fifth season, and the number of registered players up to a quarter of a million, according to the Football Association (FA).

The sport was given royal approval when Prince William, taking up his official engagements again after the birth of Princess Charlotte, met the World Cup squad at the FA’s headquarters in Burton-upon-Trent.