🗣️ Exclusive interview with Niamh Charles on her mental health challenges at the top end of women's game.

She has become a captain for Chelsea and automatic starter for England over an incredible 12 months but it has been some journey. 🔵 standard.co.uk/sport/football… #CFCW

Emma Hayes on Niamh Charles: 'I have seen Niamh overcome lots of different things to get to where she needs to be. I can say she absolutely deserves the recognition she is getting for herself for working on not just her physical attributes but up here 🧠 so she can manage the…

Niamh Charles for VERSUS🫶🏼

Niamh Charles wants to 'create the space' for mental health in football.

The 24-year-old has experienced some of the most epic highs in football – but with those highs come lows – something the Chelsea defender wants to talk about.

Read: bit.ly/3Tgm6Ab (Amie Cripps)

'There was a long period where I didn't know who I was.'

Lionesses, Chelsea FC Women and adidas UK star Niamh Charles has a plan.

The 24-year-old has joined Common Goal in support of its mental health initiaive Create the Space.

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🤩 Perfect ten!

🇨🇴 The @UEFA_foundation, @lays_football and @commongoalorg have opened the 10th sustainable football pitch worldwide and the first in Colombia.

⚽ RePlay pitches provide facilities for communities to enjoy the game and develop their skills: ⬇️

I'm delighted to say I'll be sharing my thoughts on the women's game for the Guardian, with a monthly column in their Moving the Goalposts newsletter, starting from today. Give it a read and sign up for free here: theguardian.com/football/2022/…

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Voici le nouveau ballon Adidas qui sera utilisé pour la phase finale de la Champions League ! 🇪🇺⚽️

1 % du produit net des ventes des ballons sera reversé au mouvement Common Goal, engagé dans la lutte contre les inégalités et soutenant des communautés de football…

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Celebrating Black History Month by elevating Black voices on and off the pitch in February and beyond.

Here are podcasts at the intersection of Black culture and football 👇

Incredibly honoured to be able to chat to nine people involved in this mental health retreat organised by Naomi Girma with Common Goal, in honour of Katie Meyer. Thankful to them for giving me a flavour of the sessions and vulnerability it brought out.

Read this. Naomi is wonderful, what she’s doing inspired by her best friend lost to suicide, Katie Meyer, is incredible. I wrote about the impact of the mental health retreat Create the Space a couple of days ago, here’s Naomi Girma talking about it and why it matters 👇

Naomi Girma: ‘We should care about each other as people and not just as athletes’ dlvr.it/T1m6Kc

‘I’m walking away better’: the mental health retreat helping top footballers dlvr.it/T1j4lL

Working on this this past week has been special. After the death of best friend and college teammate Katie Meyer, Naomi Girma worked with Common Goal to put together Create the Space, a mental health retreat with every National Women’s Soccer League team represented by a player and youth… 1/

Elite women’s soccer didn’t always welcome players’ requests for help. Scandals, revised attitudes and support programs are changing that. nyti.ms/3S15ESD

🏆 '20 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year
🏆 '22 NWSL Rookie of the Year
🏆 '22 NWSL Best XI
🏆 '22 NWSL Defender of the Year
🏆 '23 NWSL Best XI
🏆 '23 NWSL Defender of the Year
🏆 '23 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year

👏👏👏 Naomi Girma

A must read. Silent No More, Women Pros Make Mental Health a Priority nytimes.com/2024/01/12/wor… Changing the game for their fellow - and future - players Sinead Farrelly Mana Shim Naomi Girma Becky Sauerbrunn Powerful.