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Ballon d'Or Feminin: Putellas on top despite Pajor UWCL heroics

Aitana Bonmati has won each of the last three Ballons d'Or Feminin - but the accolade will go to someone else in 2026. Will it be two-time winner and fellow Barcelona star Alexia Putellas who reasserts herself as the best player in the women's game? Or could there be a new name on the honour roll when the Golden Ball is handed out in Paris in October?

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10 biggest women's players set for summer transfers

It's officially transfer season. Europe's biggest competitions have concluded, new champions have been crowned and now attention turns to who will be on the move ahead of the 2026-27 campaign, with there plenty of big names in the women's game set for summer switches in what promises to be an entertaining and exciting few months.

RANKED: Top 30 women's players of the European season

What a season it has been for European women's football. The Champions League campaign was certainly a memorable one, with some thrilling ties throughout the knockout stages and an enthralling introduction to the league phase format, with stars aplenty shining on the biggest stage before Barcelona beat Lyon in the final.

FC Barcelona v OL Lyonnes - UEFA Women's Champions League Final 2026

Putellas wins Women's Champions League Player of the Season

Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas has officially been named the 2025-26 UEFA Women's Champions League Player of the Season. The Spanish midfielder reclaimed her status as the finest player on the continent following a sensational knockout campaign that saw the Blaugrana secure their fourth European title.

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Plenty of American stars have played in Europe's premier competition but those who have won it make up quite an exclusive club

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Elation for Pajor & heartbreak for Heaps as Barca win UWCL

Redemption. That's what Barcelona were looking for in Oslo on Saturday. After losing the Champions League final last year, the Catalans were back in the showpiece event 12 months on and they got what they were after and then some, beating eight-time winners Lyon 4-0 to emphatically reclaim the status of champions of Europe.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
5	Shelbourne	19	6	8	5	27	26	1	26	D D W W D
6	Derry City	20	4	10	6	22	23	-1	22	L D D D L
7	Galway United FC	18	5	6	7	26	29	-3	21	D L W L D
8	Drogheda United	19	5	6	8	25	32	-7	21	D D L L W
9	Sligo Rovers	19	5	4	10	15	27	-12	19	L W L D D

Ballon d'Or Feminin: Putellas on top despite Pajor UWCL heroics

10 biggest women's players set for summer transfers

RANKED: Top 30 women's players of the European season

Putellas wins Women's Champions League Player of the Season

Which USWNT players have won the Champions League?

Elation for Pajor & heartbreak for Heaps as Barca win UWCL

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