Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by the Football Association with breaching its anti-doping rules after he failed a drugs test. The Ukraine international, 24, was provisionally suspended by the FA in December after an “adverse finding in a routine urine test”. At the time he said he was in “complete shock” and he...
Rotating and resting players in secondary cups is not a new phenomenon – but Chelsea took it to a new level in the Conference League this season. They averaged 8.5 changes per European game, based on their previous Premier League line-up. In the league stage there was a recognised Premier League team and a Conference...
Catarina Macario jumps highest to head Sandy Baltimore’s free kick past Phallon Tullis-Joyce to give Chelsea a 2-0 lead over Manchester United in the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. FOLLOW LIVE: Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea v Manchester United Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Forwards: After a striker, Chelsea’s next priority is a right-footed left winger. They are known to have expressed an interest in both Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho and Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Gittens in January, but no offers were made. They remain admirers of both players and have been tipped to make a move for Aston Villa’s...
Match of the Day 2 pundits Danny Murphy and Wayne Rooney praise Cole Palmer for his “absolutely outstanding” performance in Chelsea’s 3-1 win against Liverpool. READ MORE: Palmer’s brilliance could be key moment in Chelsea’s Champions League quest Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
These were Palmer’s big moments but he had an overall impact on a game that was so crucial to Chelsea, who are now only behind fourth-placed Newcastle United on goals scored – 62 against 66 – with the same goal difference of plus-21. It perfectly sets up their visit to Tyneside on Sunday, 11 May,...
Summer signing Sandy Baltimore arrived in London from Paris St-Germain with bags of experience in the French league and in Europe. But few could have predicted just how impressive the 25-year-old’s debut season at Chelsea would be. Having played as a forward at PSG, Bompastor raised eyebrows when she played Baltimore as a left wing-back....
Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt are one of the most interesting sides left in European competition. With their home games often taking place in freezing conditions north of the Arctic Circle, facing them can prove a difficult proposition for unacclimatised opposition, as Lazio found out in the quarter-finals. The Italians lost the first leg 2-0 in Norway,...
Chelsea’s Erin Cuthbert reacts quickly after good work down the right from from Sandy Baltimore to draw the Blues level against Liverpool in the Women’s FA Cup semi-final. FOLLOW LIVE: Women’s FA Cup Semi-final – Chelsea v Liverpool Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
This Manchester derby features two teams whose narratives this season have taken very different trajectories. Manchester City began the campaign with head coach Gareth Taylor talking of taking the next step to win the WSL title yet they find themselves languishing adrift in fourth, with interim boss Nick Cushing now in charge and City hoping...
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca praised the club’s academy graduates after Tyrique George scored his first senior goal and fellow teenager Josh Acheampong also impressed in their 3-0 Conference League quarter-final first-leg win over Legia Warsaw. Winger George, who has never started a Premier League match but regularly featured in Europe, showed quick reactions to hand...
BlueCo’s influence has been huge. Strasbourg have the youngest average age in Ligue 1 this season at 21.3 years. After bottom-half finishes in three of their past four seasons since promotion from Ligue 2, they are dreaming of Europe under former Hull City boss Liam Rosenior. But despite this being their strongest era in a...
Chelsea’s hunt for European glory has been halted by Barcelona in successive seasons – but this year the Blues have an added incentive. A quadruple is on the cards with Chelsea having already won the Women’s League Cup, while they are eight points clear at the top of the Women’s Super League and into the...