Arthur Ferridge

The Independent • 3rd March 2025

What we learned from Naomi Girma’s debut as Chelsea search for final piece

Chelsea are well on their way to a first-ever invincible Women's Super League season, now unbeaten in 15 matches, and show no sign of slowing as they continue to invest record sums in their squad. The £900,000 reportedly spent to bring in Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave made her the most expensive female footballer of all time, but her debut fell well short of its billing as Chelsea drew 2-2 with fifth-place Brighton.Moving into the starting line-up after recovering from a calf injury sustained...

The Guardian • 23rd May 2024

‘Hundreds of rugby professionals’: players welcome US women’s league

Women’s Elite Rugby, the US start-up competition announced last month, could create “hundreds of professional female rugby players in a really short time”, a US Eagles international said, heralding a “great” development for elite women’s sport.

Irish Examiner • 12th December 2024

Chelsea emerge unscathed from the great blue yonder

Thursday nights in the Conference League are considered the fag-end of European football, and Chelsea’s latest awayday in Kazakhstan was as far as you could get - literally - from the glitz and glamour of their Champions League final win over Manchester City in 2021.Three years on from the short hop to Porto to lift the world’s most prestigious club competition in front of a worldwide audience of billions,...

Hayters TV • 9th October 2024

Bronze: Chelsea will not win Champions League without improvement

Five-time European champion Lucy Bronze believes Chelsea will not win the Champions League if their performances do not improve despite defeating Real Madrid in her European debut for the club.

The Sun • 16th March 2025

‘This is not going to stop me’ - Antonio issues statement after cheating death

MICHAIL ANTONIO said the broken leg he suffered in a December car accident is not going to stop him from returning to professional football. The 34-year-old striker crashed his Ferrari in a single-vehicle crash in Epping last December.

Hayters TV • 21st October 2024

Bompastor sets sights on silverware after extending perfect Chelsea start

After making a perfect start to her Chelsea career, Sonia Bompastor is refusing to rest on her laurels, saying that to win matches means nothing if they do not lead to trophies.

The Independent • 28th July 2024

Chinese swimmer hits out at ‘tricks’ as doping scandal arrives at Olympics 2024

Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang has released a statement accusing American and European athletes of conspiring to distract Chinese athletes from their Olympic preparations by challenging the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (Wada) handling of Chinese athletes who were found to have violated doping rules ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.It was recently revealed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication banned due to its ability to boost one’s endurance, at a training camp he...

Hayters TV • 6th November 2024

Man Utd fans cannot read too much into Sporting's win over Man City - opinion

Ruben Amorim produced what was arguably the finest win of his managerial career as his Sporting Lisbon side embarrassed European champions Manchester City with a 4-1 victory at the Estadio José Alvalade.

Hayters TV • 8th October 2024

Bompastor's Chelsea muddy Las Blancas to announce Champions League charge

Chelsea mounted a new European title push tonight, running out victors over Real Madrid with a 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge.

The Courier Online • 19th February 2024

"They'll do anything to play football": NUWFC play exhibition match in Saudi Arabia in scheme to promote women’s sport

Newcastle University’s women’s futsal team travelled to Riyadh in December to play an exhibition match against Princess Nourah University (PNU), the largest all-female university in the world, as part of a University-sponsored scheme to promote women’s sport in Saudi Arabia, where traditional Islamic law has long prevented women from freely participating in athletics.