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Liverpool v Arsenal, Chelsea v Manchester United, Manchester City celebrations: WSL final day – live | Women’s Super League

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GOAL! Brighton 1-1 Tottenham (Olivia Holdt, 81)

Spurs are level!

Gunning-Williams makes her way into the Brighton box and looks to pass towards the penalty spot. Symonds blocks it but makes a complete mess of the attempted clearance and gifts Tottenham the ball back. Holdt eventually wins possession and fires the ball home.

Everton 0-0 Leicester City: Elsewhere, it’s still goalless at Goodison Park. Apologies for the lack of updates from there, but I can’t say there has been too much to talk about.

GOAL! West Ham 1-3 Manchester City (Khadija Shaw, 72)

Shaw restores the two-goal advantage!

A long ball is sent through to the striker, who makes her way into the box before sliding her shot home.

GOAL! Liverpool 1-3 Arsenal (Zara Shaw, 74)

Liverpool get one back!

Holland sends a corner into the box and Arsenal fail to make the clearance, allowing Shaw to fire it home from close range.

GOAL! London City Lionesses 1-1 Aston Villa (Daniëlle van de Donk, 73)

Van de Donk levels things up at the CopperJax Community Stadium!

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United: Hampton is down and both teams are taking a moment to have a breather.

GOAL! West Ham 1-2 Manchester City (Seraina Piubel, 62)

The Hammers get one back!

West Ham make the most of the high City line as the ball is switched over to Morgan on the right. She cuts inside before squaring a pass across goal and Piubel is there to tap it in.

GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Manchester City (Khadija Shaw, 57)

Shaw strikes for City!

The ball is sent through to Fujino on the right, who fires a low cross into Shaw in the box. The striker blasts her shot straight into net from close range.

That is her 20th league goal this season.

Khadija Shaw tucks the ball home for Manchester City’s second goal of the game. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United: The visitors are gifted a chance – but they can’t make the most of it. Zigiotti snatches the ball from the high Chelsea backline before making a break forward. She can go one-on-one with Hampton but instead makes the pass and the move eventually breaks down.

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United: Huge chance for United to level the score! Park, who was introduced at half-time, receives the ball on the left and crosses into Wangerheim, who goes for the header, but her attempt rattles the inside of the post!

GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Tottenham (Madison Haley, 49)

Brighton lead at the Amex Stadium!

Seike makes a run down the right and into the box before going for goal. Her effort slips through the arms of Kop and straight into the path of Haley, who is gifted a simple tap-in.

We’re back under way for the final 45 minutes of the season!

Leicester City will end the WSL campaign at the bottom of the table, but they will not be automatically relegated.

Because the league is expanding to 14 teams from next season, a play-off will take place between Leicester and Charlton – the third-placed WSL2 side – next weekend. Whoever wins that game will earn the final place in the league. Birmingham and Crystal Palace have already been promoted from the second division.

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Half-time scores

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United
Liverpool 0-3 Arsenal
West Ham 0-1 Manchester City
Brighton 0-0 Tottenham
London City Lionesses 0-1 Aston Villa
Everton 0-0 Leicester City

Half-time

At the break, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Aston Villa lead.

GOAL! London City Lionesses 0-1 Aston Villa (Lynn Wilms, 45+2)

We have our first goal at the CopperJax Community Stadium as Wilms fires Aston Villa ahead in added time!

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United: It’s been all Chelsea in the last 10 minutes. Kerr is on the hunt for that record-breaking strike.

Liverpool 0-3 Arsenal: The first goal of the game, initially given to Blackstenius, has now been credited to Russo.

GOAL! Liverpool 0-3 Arsenal (Alessia Russo, 37)

Russo makes it three for Arsenal!

The Gunners win the ball in midfield and break forward. A pass is played to Pelova on the right, who makes her way into the box before squaring the ball across goal. It finds Russo at the back post, who slots home her shot with ease.

Arsenal’s Alessia Russo scores their third goal, and her second of the game, at Liverpool. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United (Sam Kerr, 34)

Sam Kerr fires Chelsea in front with an absolute beauty of a strike!

James sends a cross into the box and Kerr moves towards it before attempting a first-time volley on the half-turn and sending the ball straight into the net.

That goal sees her move level with Fran Kirby as Chelsea’s all-time top goalscorer. Can she get her 117th today to break that record?

Chelsea’s Sam Kerr celebrates after opening the scoring. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

GOAL! Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal (Mariona Caldentey, 32)

Caldentey makes it two with a thumping strike!

A corner is played short to McCabe, who passes it back to Caldentey in the box. The Spaniard goes by herself and drills home a powerful shot from a tight angle.

Mariona Caldentey thumps home to double Arsenal’s lead. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

West Ham 0-1 Manchester City: Hemp has been forced off due to injury. It looks like it could possibly be an ankle issue. She is replaced by Kerolin.

Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: Chelsea come within inches of scoring – and I don’t think it was even meant to be a shot!

Carpenter makes a run down the right before sending the ball into the box, but it flies over Tullis-Joyce and rattles the back post! A huge let-off for Manchester United.

GOAL! Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal (Alessia Russo, 22)

The deadlock has been broken at Anfield! Russo receives a pass from Caldentey on the left and sends a cross in to Blackstenius, but it runs all the way past Falk and into the net.

As things stand, Arsenal will finish second in the table.

Alessia Russo (right) celebrates with teammate Laia Codina after giving Arsenal the lead. Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: Tullis-Joyce makes a brilliant save to tip over a powerful strike from James.

The corner is taken, but nothing comes of it and United go on the counter attack. Malard eventually gets the ball back and fires her shot just over the crossbar.

GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Manchester City (Jade Rose, 13)

We have a goal!

Greenwood sends a corner into the box and Rose is given enough time to bring the ball down before poking it into the net.

The WSL champions lead!

Manchester City’s Jade Rose sticks the ball home from close range to open the scoring at West Ham. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

Brighton 0-0 Tottenham: Koga intercepts a poor clearance from Baggaley and sets the ball to Holdt, who goes for an audacious chip but fires her shot just over the bar.

We’re about 10 minutes into each game, but no goals just yet. I’m quite surprised – I thought we’d have at least one by now!

Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: The visitors are forced into an early change after just six minutes, with Lundkvist replacing Riviere.

Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: Riviere is down after pulling up off the ball. It looks to be a lower leg or ankle injury.

Kick-off

Here we go!

The teams are out across the grounds. Millie Bright is visibly emotional as she leads the Chelsea squad out for the final time at Stamford Bridge.

Millie Bright leads out the Chelsea team. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

As always, feel free to message in with any thoughts, feelings, predictions and observations today.

I’d also like to know your picks for player of the season, goal of the season and signing of the season…

With it looking very likely that Khadija Shaw will move on this summer, the question is, how do you replace her?

The striker is on track to win her third consecutive Golden Boot, having scored 19 goals in 21 appearances so far this season. In the event that she leaves, whoever is signed to replace her will have a huge task at hand to even try to replicate those numbers.

Khadija Shaw celebrates scoring for Manchester City against Chelsea. Photograph: Emily Bittarello/SPP/Shutterstock

Some key players will bid farewell to their respective clubs today, marking the end of an era.

Club legends Beth Mead and Katie McCabe will play their final match in Arsenal red, alongside Victoria Pelova and Laia Codina. Naomi Williams and Manuela Zinsberger are also poised to leave north London this summer.

Sam Kerr will make her final appearance for Chelsea today, with Stamford Bridge also bidding farewell to Millie Bright following her retirement from professional football.

And a huge question mark still surrounds the future of Khadija Shaw, who is likely to leave Manchester City upon the end of her contract.

Team news: Everton v Leicester City

Everton starting line-up: Brosnan; Kitagawa, Fernández, Mace, Blundell; Vignola, Galli, Hayashi, Payne; Kramzar, Momiki.

Subs: Wheeler, Gago, Ramsey, Lawley, Harbert, Snoeijs, Stenevik, Pacheco, Jones.

Leicester starting line-up: Keane; Mayling, Tierney, Kees, Thibaud, Ale; van Egmond, McLoughlin, Jansson; Cain, O’Brien.

Subs: Baker, Swaby, Payne, Goodwin, Rantala, Ayane, Draper, Williams, Mouchon.

Team News: London City Lionesses v Aston Villa

London City Lionesses starting line-up: Lete, Pattinson, Kennedy, Kardinaal, Fernández; Kumagai, Geyoro, Pérez; Godfrey, Cascarino, Goodwin.

Subs: Orman, Goldie, Corrales, Van de Donk, Linari, Franssi, Roddar, Parris, Marcetto.

Aston Villa starting line-up: Roebuck; Wilms, Patten, Maritz, Deslandes, Nighswonger; Taylor, Kendall, Jean-Francois; Hijikata, Hanson.

Subs: D’Angelo, Maltby, Staniforth, Round, Salmon, Nunes, Mullett, Daly.

Team news: Brighton v Tottenham

Brighton starting line-up: Baggaley, Rule, Hayes, Minami, Vanegas; Symonds, Cankovic; Kirby, Olislagers, Seike; Haley.

Subs: Nnadozie, Mpome, Kafaji, Noordam, Rayner, Tvedten, Camacho, McLaughlan, Tsunoda.

Tottenham starting line-up: Kop; Morris, Koga, A Nilden, Blakstad; Gaupset, Spence; Hamano, Holdt, Vinberg; Tandberg.

Subs: Heeps, Rybrink, Bartrip, Ahtinen, Summanen, Dennis, M. Nilden, Gunning-Williams, England.

Team news: West Ham v Manchester City

West Ham starting line-up: Szemik; Endo, Nyström, Cascarino, Belloumou; Morgan, Zelem, Siren; Piubel, Asseyi, Ueki.

Subs: Walsh, Hansen, Bose, Zadorsky, Tennebø, Martinez, Wandeler, Hanshaw.

Manchester City starting line-up: Cumings, Rose, Greenwood, Ouahabi, Beney; Blindkilde Brown, Hasegawa; Hemp, Fujino, Fowler; Shaw.

Subs: Keating, Clinton, Coombs, Wienroither, Kerolin, Casparij, Lohmann, Prior, Murphy.

Katie McCabe captains Arsenal in her final match for the club. Beth Mead, Laia Codina and Victoria Pelova, who are also leaving, also start.

Gemma Evans and Gemma Bonner, who will leave Liverpool this summer, have been named on the bench for the Reds.

Team news: Liverpool v Arsenal

Liverpool starting line-up: Falk; Bergström, Fisk, Clark, Bernabé; O’Sullivan, Nagano, Maclean; Enderby, Olsson, Jøsendal.

Subs: Kirby, Evans, Shimizu, Kapocs, Holland, Bonner, Csillag, Shaw, Trueman.

Arsenal starting line-up: Van Domselaar; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Codina, McCabe; Pelova, Caldentey; Mead, Russo, Foord; Blackstenius.

Subs: Borbe, Williamson, Catley, Hinds, Holmberg, Little, Maanum, Kelly, Smith.

Mayra Ramírez has been named in the Chelsea squad for the first time this season following a long injury absence. Meanwhile, Sam Kerr starts her final match for the club.

Team news: Chelsea v Manchester United

Chelsea starting line-up: Hampton; Carpenter, Buchanan, Buurman, Charles; Walsh, Cuthbert, Nüsken; Thompson, James, Kerr.

Subs: Peng, Spencer, Baltimore, Sarwie, Kaptein, Potter, Kaneryd, Ramírez, Beever-Jones.

Man Utd starting line-up: Tullus-Joyce; Sandberg, George, Le Tissier, Riviere; Zigiotti, Miyazawa, Toone; Rolfö, Wangerheim, Malard.

Subs: Rendell, Janssen, Lundkvist, Turner, Awujo, Park, Naalsund, Schüller, Terland.

This Chelsea fan will be hoping Aggie Beever-Jones gets on the pitch at some point. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

Today’s fixtures:

Chelsea v Manchester United
Liverpool v Arsenal
West Ham v Manchester City
Brighton v Tottenham
London City Lionesses v Aston Villa
Everton v Leicester City

How things stand going into the final day…

Preamble

How are we here already? It only feels like a few weeks ago we were gearing up for the season to start, and now it’s the final day. Time flies!

On the opening day of the campaign, 253 days ago, Manchester City suffered a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea. Fast-forward eight months and they will today be crowned WSL champions for the first time in a decade. It’s been an incredible season for Andrée Jeglertz and his players, who will finally get their hands on the trophy this afternoon following their match against West Ham at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.

It’s quite rare that there is not much to play for on the final day of a WSL season – the biggest battle today will likely remain between Arsenal and Chelsea for second place, which means one less round of qualification for the Champions League. The Gunners travel to Anfield to face Liverpool, while Chelsea host Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

Elsewhere, Brighton face Tottenham, London City Lionesses end their debut WSL season against Aston Villa, and Everton take on last-placed Leicester City.

I’ll be guiding you through all the action, with each game kicking off at 1pm BST – join me!

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Spain v Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2026 – live | World Cup 2026

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June 21, 2026

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In the opening half an hour against Cape Verde, Mikel Oyarzabal, the centre-forward, did not get a single touch.

Oyarzabal profile

Kyle Green gets in touch: “Your highlighting of Lalas and his absurdity is something that has prevented me from wanting to watch the coverage on Fox. While every channel has its pros and cons I just can’t.

“I’m 45 and probably the youngest of anyone who remembers him as a player instead of an opinionated insert insult here. As for the match this could be more competitive than it looks on paper Spain need a win the pressure is on them. Saudi Arabia could hold out for a draw and see what happens in their last match. “

News from the England camp, and it seems to be good news on Declan Rice.

“I’m ready and fit, raring to go. I was feeling a little bit of neural pain in my hamstring, which I was managing from after Christmas with Arsenal for a very long time. Obviously, not a lot of people would have known that. It was all behind-the-scenes stuff but it was a smart decision.

“In the end, that last 20 minutes is probably where you pick up the most, and it’s where you play a 70-minute match. But that last 20 is where you really feel your body going for it. And I think it was a smart decision because the last few days I felt really, really good.”

Alex Reid has penned today’s weekend special Football Daily.

Portugal v Uzbekistan on Tuesday enticingly pits the incredibly nice, incredibly 41-year-old-superstar-tolerant Roberto Martínez against Fabio Cannavaro, who’s won a Ballon d’Or as a player and the Chinese Super League as a coach. While the fixture following that game really does see the dream of Thomas Tuchel – in his first international job with England – taking on Queiroz, who is in charge of his ninth national side with Ghana.

The expected formations are 4-2-3-1 for Spain, and 5-3-2 for the Saudi Arabians.

The Saudi team features two Donis changes: Ali Lajami, a defender, and Nasser Al Dawsari, a midfielder, are preferred to Mohammed Abu Al Shamat and Mohamed Kanno. You may recall Salem Al Dawsari, the Saudi captain, as the man who scored the winner against Argentina.

An entertaining read, even for those of us who have just seen the clips.

In a conversation where his co-panelist is casually reminiscing about his days playing alongside Messi or exchanging shirts with Ronaldo Nazário at the World Cup, what exactly is Lalas going to talk about – coming on as a second-half substitute for Earnie Stewart in a friendly against Scotland in 1998? Helping the Kansas City Wizards finish last in the 1999 MLS Western Conference? Did Lalas enjoy an elite playing career? No. But does he do the background reading that could compensate for his relative lack of standing in a conversation with titans like Henry and Zlatan? Also no. But is he charming or funny or charismatic or otherwise magnetic on screen? Eh, no.

For the record, I once interviewed Alexi Lalas on the challenge of playing against Romario in the 1994 World Cup. He had this to say:

“He could kill you in so many different ways. If you remember from that World Cup, he scored so many types of goals. That ranged from solo adventures to an outside-of-the-right-foot half-volley off a corner kick. Romario was both the most difficult to play against and the best that I have faced.

“Roberto Baggio was doing his thing, but in terms of consistency and living up to the hype, he [Romario] was the best. As with all stars, there was a moment when the fans sit up in their seats, and that was a feeling I got with Romario. When it got close to him and the potential for his involvement in a play was there, everybody sat up in their seat. They knew that something spectacular would be happening.”

Saturday’s match reports here.

The Saudi Arabia coach, and Blackburn legend, Georgios Donis, spoke about the challenges facing his team: “Spain is not the same ⁠team when Yamal or Williams are on the bench.

“While they still have plenty of possession, they lack the individual one-on-one penetration when these two are ⁠missing. I’m not saying it’s a problem for Spain, but when those players are missing, they play in a different way. We saw this very clearly against ‌Cape Verde.

“We are playing against one of the best teams in the world, and it’s very important that when you play against these kinds of teams, you ‌should enjoy the experience and respect the opponent, but not too much.

“It is very hard for any team playing against Spain to have any time in possession. So what we must do is to be more in control of our movement and compact, and when the ball goes through the lines, be able to defend dynamically.

“It’s nice to see miracles in football, and we’ve seen favourites losing against underdogs. Of course, it’s great for Saudi football to have a great memory of the result against Argentina, but we aren’t drawing anything from that.

“I think we’ll feel more pressure in that [Cape Verde] game than we will against Spain.”

The Spain coach, Luis De La Fuente had this to say in his Saturday press conference: “This generation of footballers is highly competitive and really fired up… It’s going to be a completely different story,” he said at his pre-match press conference on Saturday. There is no drama or crisis. The bottom line is simply that we need to win tomorrow.”

Four changes for Spain: Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro, Dani Olmo and Alex Baena also come into the side with Marcos Llorente, Fabian Ruiz, Ferran Torres and Gavi dropping out.

The teams – Lamine Yamal starts

Spain: Simon, Porro, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella, Gonzalez, Rodri, Yamal, Olmo, Baena, Oyarzabal. Subs: Raya, Joan Garcia, Pubill, Grimaldo, Eric Garcia, Llorente, Merino, Torres, Fabian, Gavi, Pino, Williams, Zubimendi, Munoz, Iglesias.

Saudi Arabia: Al Owais, Abdulhamid, Tambakti, Lajami, Al Amri, Al Harbi, Nasser Al Dawsari, Al Khaibari, Al Juwayr, Al Buraikan, Salem Al Dawsari. Subs: Al Aqidi, Al Kassar, Majrashi, Yahya, Al Shehri, Al Boushal, Kadesh, Al Johani, Al Ghannam, Al Hajji, Al Hamdan, Mandash, Kanno, Thakri, Abu Al Shamat.

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Perhaps one of the Saudi -players can write themselves into this high-grade selection?

Perhaps it can be their goalkeeper.

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Madrid screening of Spain v Saudi Arabia cancelled due to heat

The public screening of Spain’s World Cup match against Saudi Arabia in Madrid on Sunday has been cancelled because of extreme heat forecast for the Spanish capital, officials said.

The match, due to kick off at 6pm local time on Sunday, had been scheduled to be shown on a giant screen installed by the Spanish football federation (RFEF) at a fan zone in Plaza de Colón in central Madrid.

Madrid city council and the federation decided to cancel the screening after national weather agency AEMET issued an orange heat warning – the second-highest level – for the Madrid region, with temperatures forecast to reach 40C.

“The decision has been taken with the aim of protecting the health of attendees, event staff and support services involved in the event,” Madrid city hall said in a statement, apologising for any inconvenience.

Officials urged supporters to watch the match indoors in air-conditioned spaces and avoid prolonged exposure to the heat.

Large parts of Spain are experiencing unusually high temperatures for June as a mass of hot air from North Africa moves across the Iberian Peninsula.

A total of 13 of Spain’s 17 regions are on orange alert for heat on Sunday, while the northern Basque Country bordering France is on red alert, the highest level.

Authorities advised residents and visitors to take precautions during the heatwave, including drinking water regularly, staying in cool environments, limiting outdoor physical activity during the hottest hours of the day and taking extra care of vulnerable people. AFP

Can Saudi Arabia repeat the magic of 2022?

Argentina arrived in Qatar on a 36-game unbeaten run. When Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 10 minutes, a comfortable afternoon seemed in the offing. Saleh al-Shehri and Salem al-Dawsari had other ideas, Argentina had three goals disallowed for offside in the space of 13 minutes and the greatest comeback in Saudi Arabia football history was made. Argentina went on to lift the trophy, while defeats to Poland and Mexico meant the Saudis did not reach the knock-out stage.

Unai Simon over David Raya is a controversial choice for De la Fuentes. The Arsenal keeper could lay claim to being Europe’s best this season.

“Those at the Champions League final had a few more days, so I got there on the Wednesday night,” Raya says. “I arrived a bit before Fabián [Ruiz]. I was saying hello to some of the others in reception when he arrived. I went to say congratulations; that was almost the first thing I did. I couldn’t really talk [to him] after the final; I just didn’t have it in me. The next day we talked about the game properly. Just two mates chatting … I was happy for him that he could lift the trophy for a second time.”

A high pressure game for the European champions, as Sid Lowe reports.

“If we had scored one, the game would have changed,” Martín Zubimendi said. Immediately after the game, De la Fuente had offered a simple analysis: when the ball doesn’t want to go in it doesn’t want to go in, he insisted. Spain had racked up 27 shots, after all. Ferran Torres had hit the bar and seen another clear opportunity saved. Vozinha, the 40-year-old goalkeeper who stopped that, saved six more and was named the man of the match. “There’s nothing to reproach the team for,” Rodri said. “We generated chances but couldn’t put it away; the good thing is they created almost nothing.”

We wait to see what role Lamine Yamal will play today. His coach would surely like to be able to use him.

The worst mistake we could make would be to compare him to anyone. He is the midst of a process. He has exceptional footballing maturity and lives it all with total naturalness. He has great serenity and strength. We have to let him follow his path but those players who have something different are ready for that. They’re geniuses, like Dalí [who] can paint a picture, or Michelangelo. They’re different. What is exceptional to us, isn’t to them. In those extremes, they feel comfortable. Why? Because they are different. What we think is exceptional, they consider normal.

Lamine Yamal profile

Preamble

Spain’s campaign did not get off to a flying start, and Luis de la Fuentes may wake up in the night to visions of Cape Verde’s Vozinha. He will have Georgia on his mind ever since Monday. Saudi Arabia are no pushovers and gave Uruguay a scare in their opening match. Memories of downing Argentina four years ago still abound, and so Spain might beware. They can ill afford to go into the final game with Uruguay at a disadvantage. All eyes on Lamine Yamal, whose fitness situation remains opaque, though Spain need their other forwards to come to the party.

Kick-off 5pm UK, 1pm ET, 2am AEST. Join me.

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