Chelsea Women’s captain Magda Eriksson runs along the riverside in Kingston and Hampton Wick as part of her fitness regime during the pandemic lockdown. Magda, 26, said she is maintaining “a positive spirit” during the crisis, having borrowed a couple of pieces of exercise equipment from the near-deserted Cobham training ground to occupy her time
READ MOREA rare and welcome glimmer of good news on the sporting front… Chelsea Women have pressed ahead and announced a new marquee signing, even though she won’t kick a ball in anger until August at the earliest. With the remaining months of the Women’s Super League set to be abandoned to coronavirus, the Blues have
READ MOREAnd they’re off! Football has been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The decision was taken at a meeting of the great and the good on Friday, with an indefinite – and inevitable – suspension of games. Confirmation that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi had tested positive led first
READ MOREIt’s news that fans of Chelsea Women will dread hearing… but Emma Hayes now seems likely to be offered the chance to take over as Lionesses manager this summer. Insiders say the Blues gaffer could be offered the post by the Football Association as early as next month (when an England training camp is scheduled,
READ MOREChelsea have to win the Conti Cup this weekend to stop manager Emma Hayes wittering on about it, says the Blues captain with a grin. “It’s been our mantra for the whole year – winning the Continental Cup,” said Magda Eriksson ahead of Saturday’s final against Arsenal. “We’ve been talking about it all year! We’ve
READ MOREChelsea Women have scooped both manager of the month and player of the month awards, with Emma Hayes AND Beth England winning the prizes, writes Jane Grove. Hayes, pictured below, now in her seventh season at Kingsmeadow, won the January monthly gong in the Women’s Super League, despite many predicting it would (nostalgically) go to
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