Last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup provided the biggest proof yet of Nigeria’s potential to shake up international football’s established elite. That the Super Falcons also have one of the club game’s outstanding individuals of 2024, in Jennifer Onyi Echegini,…
Precious few at the highest level have led from the front with as much distinction as Anja Mittag. The legendary former Germany striker is, though, happy to play a supporting role at present, as someone who swept the board when…
This year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup suggested that France’s Kadidiatou Diani is a few strides down the Champs-Élysées to becoming one of the world’s most absorbing attacking performers. Along with instinct, ardour and skill, music is another ingredient to get…
Enigmatic she may seem, when Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva is in full flow, the Brazil forward can enthral and enrapture like precious few could ever dream. As the former Paris Saint-Germain star approaches what would be her fifth FIFA…
As the kaleidoscope carries on turning for Josephine Henning, the 27-year-old centre-back keeps inspiring by playing to a pattern all of her own. She may be competing on the field or constructing a masterpiece off it, but it is clear…