Emma Sanders
@emsandersbbc.bsky.social
Senior women’s football news reporter for BBC Sport. Write about football a lot. ✍🏻 Often talk rubbish on TV and radio 📺 📻 Always complain about trains. Views mine.
We’re going live in a few minutes. See you on Reddit!
I’m doing another Reddit Q&A tomorrow night (6pm) to reflect on the opening weekend of the WSL and the transfer window. After that, I’m sleeping 😂
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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September 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
We’re going live in a few minutes. See you on Reddit!
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⚽️ Great idea. Get your #WOSO questions 🙋🏼♀️ into @emsandersbbc.bsky.social now!
I’m doing another Reddit Q&A tomorrow night (6pm) to reflect on the opening weekend of the WSL and the transfer window. After that, I’m sleeping 😂
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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September 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
⚽️ Great idea. Get your #WOSO questions 🙋🏼♀️ into @emsandersbbc.bsky.social now!
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I’m doing another Reddit Q&A tomorrow night (6pm) to reflect on the opening weekend of the WSL and the transfer window. After that, I’m sleeping 😂
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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September 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I’m doing another Reddit Q&A tomorrow night (6pm) to reflect on the opening weekend of the WSL and the transfer window. After that, I’m sleeping 😂
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
www.reddit.com/r/FAWSL/comm...
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
www.reddit.com/r/FAWSL/comm...
I’m doing another Reddit Q&A tomorrow night (6pm) to reflect on the opening weekend of the WSL and the transfer window. After that, I’m sleeping 😂
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
www.reddit.com/r/FAWSL/comm...
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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September 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I’m doing another Reddit Q&A tomorrow night (6pm) to reflect on the opening weekend of the WSL and the transfer window. After that, I’m sleeping 😂
Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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Please drop your Qs on this link on Reddit and I’ll answer them, along with others that come in live. 👇🏻
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Last media day diary podcast of pre-season! I went to Anfield to speak to Gareth Taylor, Khiara Keating, Sam Kerr & Sara Agrez. Listen to the episode here, plus my chat with Keating on our Youtube channel. 🎧 #lfc
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BBC Women's Football Weekly - Media Day Diaries: Inside Liverpool - BBC Sounds
Gareth Taylor, Khiara Keating, Sam Kerr and Sara Agrež join Em Sanders!
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September 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Last media day diary podcast of pre-season! I went to Anfield to speak to Gareth Taylor, Khiara Keating, Sam Kerr & Sara Agrez. Listen to the episode here, plus my chat with Keating on our Youtube channel. 🎧 #lfc
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Understand Manchester City have had several offers rejected by Paris St-Germain in their pursuit of midfielder Jennifer Echegini. Story on BBC Sport here earlier. ✍️ #mcfc
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Women's Super League: Man City offers for PSG's Jennifer Echegini rejected
Paris St-Germain reject several Manchester City offers for their Nigerian midfielder Jennifer Echegini.
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September 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Understand Manchester City have had several offers rejected by Paris St-Germain in their pursuit of midfielder Jennifer Echegini. Story on BBC Sport here earlier. ✍️ #mcfc
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Arsenal have agreed terms to sign France defender Elisa De Almeida from Paris St-Germain. CB was a priority area for them to get cover. Sources in France say the fee could be in the region of £550,000, but no word from the Arsenal side on that. More here ✍️ #afc
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Arsenal agree terms to sign defender Elisa de Almeida from PSG
Arsenal agree terms to sign versatile France defender Elisa de Almeida from Paris St-Germain.
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September 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Arsenal have agreed terms to sign France defender Elisa De Almeida from Paris St-Germain. CB was a priority area for them to get cover. Sources in France say the fee could be in the region of £550,000, but no word from the Arsenal side on that. More here ✍️ #afc
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Understand Manchester United have now agreed terms to sign Sweden winger Monica Jusu Bah from BK Hacken. Club hopeful of bringing in one more signing on top of that before the window shuts next week. More on BBC Sport.
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Women's Super League: Man Utd agree terms to sign Monica Jusu Bah
Sweden winger Monica Jusu Bah helped BK Hacken win the inaugural Women's Europa Cup last season.
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August 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Understand Manchester United have now agreed terms to sign Sweden winger Monica Jusu Bah from BK Hacken. Club hopeful of bringing in one more signing on top of that before the window shuts next week. More on BBC Sport.
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Spoke to Scotland international Kirsty Hanson about her move from Aston Villa to Tottenham and why she made it. It could prove to be one of the smartest deals in the summer transfer window if she hits last season's levels again. #thfc #avfc ✍️👇
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Tottenham transfers: Kirsty Hanson signing going under the radar
Why Kirsty Hanson's move from Aston Villa to Tottenham could be the key transfer of the Women's Super League summer.
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August 28, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Spoke to Scotland international Kirsty Hanson about her move from Aston Villa to Tottenham and why she made it. It could prove to be one of the smartest deals in the summer transfer window if she hits last season's levels again. #thfc #avfc ✍️👇
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Sat down with Olivia Smith to discuss what it took for her to reach the top and win another YPFA award - including taking up taekwondo, overcoming bullying, moving away constantly & her dad’s stats obsession. ✍️👇🏻 #afc
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Olivia Smith: £1m Arsenal striker wins second straight PFA young player award
Olivia Smith's career has been in the limelight since she was 15 - but she had been preparing herself for it even before she was a professional footballer.
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August 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Sat down with Olivia Smith to discuss what it took for her to reach the top and win another YPFA award - including taking up taekwondo, overcoming bullying, moving away constantly & her dad’s stats obsession. ✍️👇🏻 #afc
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The issues Wälti mentions are, unfortunately, the norm around Europe. And whilst there is growth in Italy, as there is in Portugal (eg), it's slow and very much not league-wide.
WSL remains the outlier due to it's forced/accelerated evolution.
WSL remains the outlier due to it's forced/accelerated evolution.
Strong interview with Brighton’s Lia Walti where she discusses “not feeling valued” as a player in Italy, why she’s “sad and frustrated” at the issues in women’s football & what she thinks are the first steps to changing that. ✍️👇🏻 #bhafc
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Women's Super League: Brighton midfielder Lia Walti 'missed feeling of being valued'
Brighton midfielder Lia Walti says she "missed the feeling of being valued as a footballer" at Juventus and craved a return to the WSL.
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August 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The issues Wälti mentions are, unfortunately, the norm around Europe. And whilst there is growth in Italy, as there is in Portugal (eg), it's slow and very much not league-wide.
WSL remains the outlier due to it's forced/accelerated evolution.
WSL remains the outlier due to it's forced/accelerated evolution.
Strong interview with Brighton’s Lia Walti where she discusses “not feeling valued” as a player in Italy, why she’s “sad and frustrated” at the issues in women’s football & what she thinks are the first steps to changing that. ✍️👇🏻 #bhafc
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Women's Super League: Brighton midfielder Lia Walti 'missed feeling of being valued'
Brighton midfielder Lia Walti says she "missed the feeling of being valued as a footballer" at Juventus and craved a return to the WSL.
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August 21, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Strong interview with Brighton’s Lia Walti where she discusses “not feeling valued” as a player in Italy, why she’s “sad and frustrated” at the issues in women’s football & what she thinks are the first steps to changing that. ✍️👇🏻 #bhafc
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🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Everton CEO Angus Kinnear has told BBC Merseyside that The Friedkin Group viewed missing out on Europe last season as "a failure"
🗣️ I ask about signing a right-back, Jack Grealish + David Moyes' future for BBC
LISTEN FIRST #EFC 👇
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🗣️ I ask about signing a right-back, Jack Grealish + David Moyes' future for BBC
LISTEN FIRST #EFC 👇
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Everton FC - Angus Kinnear Exclusive Interview - BBC Sounds
Everton's CEO speaks exclusively with the BBC.
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August 18, 2026 at 11:56 AM
🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Everton CEO Angus Kinnear has told BBC Merseyside that The Friedkin Group viewed missing out on Europe last season as "a failure"
🗣️ I ask about signing a right-back, Jack Grealish + David Moyes' future for BBC
LISTEN FIRST #EFC 👇
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🗣️ I ask about signing a right-back, Jack Grealish + David Moyes' future for BBC
LISTEN FIRST #EFC 👇
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One of the best interviews I've had in a while.
Leicester City captain Sam Tierney gave a passionate response to why she stayed at the relegated club when others didn't, what #lcfc means to her & why she wants the club to be the envy of the future. ✍️👇
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Leicester City captain Sam Tierney gave a passionate response to why she stayed at the relegated club when others didn't, what #lcfc means to her & why she wants the club to be the envy of the future. ✍️👇
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Women's Super League: Leicester's Sam Tierney on not jumping ship
When Leicester City were relegated from the Women's Super League in May, it was the catalyst for a mass exodus from the club. But Sam Tierney stayed.
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August 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM
One of the best interviews I've had in a while.
Leicester City captain Sam Tierney gave a passionate response to why she stayed at the relegated club when others didn't, what #lcfc means to her & why she wants the club to be the envy of the future. ✍️👇
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Leicester City captain Sam Tierney gave a passionate response to why she stayed at the relegated club when others didn't, what #lcfc means to her & why she wants the club to be the envy of the future. ✍️👇
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We’ve launched a new BBC Women’s Football page on YouTube. You’ll notice lots of archived interviews already on there, including podcasts from BBC Sounds.
Our sit down with Alexia Putellas launches the new content. Subscribe to the page here:
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Our sit down with Alexia Putellas launches the new content. Subscribe to the page here:
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BBC Women's Football
Welcome to the official BBC Women's Football YouTube channel.
From the FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euros to the Women's Super League, Women's UEFA Champions League and beyond, we'll take ...
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August 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
We’ve launched a new BBC Women’s Football page on YouTube. You’ll notice lots of archived interviews already on there, including podcasts from BBC Sounds.
Our sit down with Alexia Putellas launches the new content. Subscribe to the page here:
www.youtube.com/@BBCWomensFo...
Our sit down with Alexia Putellas launches the new content. Subscribe to the page here:
www.youtube.com/@BBCWomensFo...
💫 Big insight feature on Alexia Putellas after she sat down with written media and in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport to discuss everything from her mentality, an instinct to coach in training sessions, global stardom and… baked beans. ✍️
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Alexia Putellas: Unmasking London City's Spanish superstar
Alexia Putellas' arrival at London City Lionesses was the biggest transfer in WSL history - but who is the person behind the global stardom?
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August 9, 2026 at 8:25 AM
💫 Big insight feature on Alexia Putellas after she sat down with written media and in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport to discuss everything from her mentality, an instinct to coach in training sessions, global stardom and… baked beans. ✍️
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From Barcelona to Bromley: Inside Alexia Putellas’ sensational move to London City Lionesses and how the club managed it. #lcl
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Women's Super League: Inside Alexia Putellas' move to London City
London City Lionesses have pulled off one of the biggest signings in WSL history - but how did they persuade Alexia Putellas to join?
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July 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
From Barcelona to Bromley: Inside Alexia Putellas’ sensational move to London City Lionesses and how the club managed it. #lcl
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Story on BBC Sport as two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas making a stunning move to London City Lionesses. We have exclusive interviews with Putellas & club owner Michele Kang across the BBC later today, plus more analysis on the website. #lcl
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Alexia Putellas: London City Lionesses sign Spain midfielder on free transfer
London City Lionesses sign two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas on a three-year deal in one of the biggest scoops in women's football history.
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July 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Story on BBC Sport as two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas making a stunning move to London City Lionesses. We have exclusive interviews with Putellas & club owner Michele Kang across the BBC later today, plus more analysis on the website. #lcl
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England just needed to avoid defeat against Spain - instead they suffered their heaviest loss in 17 years. As nights go, this was one to forget. 🏴✍️👇
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Spain 4-0 England: World champions expose Lionesses' flaws
England just needed to avoid defeat against Spain - instead they suffered their heaviest loss in 17 years, but it is not time to panic yet.
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June 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
England just needed to avoid defeat against Spain - instead they suffered their heaviest loss in 17 years. As nights go, this was one to forget. 🏴✍️👇
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