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WNBA Standings Frontrunners Phoenix, Atlanta Proper the Send with Monday Wins

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Two WNBA championship contenders found their way back into the win column on Monday, when the No. 2 Phoenix Mercury and No. 4 Atlanta Dream each notched emphatic victories following disappointing weekend results.

Phoenix tasted revenge by blasting No. 11 Dallas 102-72, with guard Sami Whitcomb’s game-leading 36 points and 2025 All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas’s triple-double (15 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds) sending the Wings’ rookie core packing.

After last Thursday’s surprise upset, Dallas’s injury-shortened lineup couldn’t keep pace in a rematch with the deeper, more experienced Mercury.

The No. 6 Golden State Valkyries also showed their limits on Monday, dropping their sixth road game of the season in a 90-81 loss to the Dream.

Energized by a 24-point performance from 2025 All-Star starter Allisha Gray, Atlanta capitalized on the Valks’ fourth-quarter collapse, outscoring the 2025 expansion side 15-2 to book the win.

“I’m telling the refs, ‘This is a hard game for us,'” Golden State head coach Natalie Nakase said afterwards. “I get it — home cooking. But to me, I thought for sure that [Valkyries players] were going up just as aggressive as their players, and we just did not get the whistle.”

With All-Star Weekend fast approaching, regular-season Cinderella stories are beginning to break away from the true powerhouses, as teams keep chasing Minnesota at the top of the WNBA standings.

How to watch the Phoenix Mercury this week

While Atlanta will be resting until Friday, Phoenix is back in action on Wednesday, when the Mercury will host the league-leading Lynx at 3:30 PM ET.

Live coverage of the game will air on WNBA League Pass.



WNBA: Napheesa Collier prioritizes UConn, Unequalled in All-Famous person draft

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Before drafting her team for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, captain Napheesa Collier didn’t obfuscate her intentions, with the UConn alum and Unrivaled co-founder announcing she wanted her squad to feature her fellow Huskies and Lunar Owls—and she mostly succeeded.

After Caitlin Clark selected her WNBA teammate Aliyah Boston with the first pick, Collier grabbed Breanna Stewart, who met both Collier’s UConn and and Unrivaled credentials. With Clark taking Sabrina Ionescu with her second pick, Collier then nabbed her fellow Lunar Owl Allisha Gray. That left reigning WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson for Clark’s third selection, giving her team two national championship-winning South Carolina Gamecocks. Collier then gambled, temporarily passing on her “baby Husky” Paige Bueckers to draft WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike; Collier also is one of the union’s vice presidents. Clark did not steal Bueckers from Collier, instead opting for another Oregon Duck in Satou Sabally.

That left Team Clark with a Hawkeye-Gamecocks-Ducks starting five, while Team Collier’s starters are of UConn-Unrivaled-union affiliations.

In the second round, both players opted for their WNBA teammates with their first picks, with Collier choosing Courtney Williams, who also is her Lunar Owl teammate in Unrivaled, and Clark picking Kelsey Mitchell. After Collier secured all her Lunar Owls by selecting Skylar Diggins, Clark finally decided to disrupt Collier’s ideal roster by taking a former Husky in Gabby Williams. From there, Collier filled out her squad with Unrivaled players in Angel Reese, Alyssa Thomas, Kelsey Plum and Rhyne Howard. (Plum originally signed with Unrivaled before choosing to opt out of the inaugural season for personal reasons.) Clark elected to add rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen before rounding out her roster with Jackie Young and Kayla Thornton.

While no trade of players occurred, the captains did swap coaches, meaning Team Clark will now be led by Sandy Brondello and Team Collier will be under Cheryl Reeve.

TEAM CLARK

Starters: Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever), Aliyah Boston (Fever), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), Satou Sabally (Phoenix Mercury)

Reserves: Kelsey Mitchell (Fever), Gabby Williams (Seattle Storm), Sonia Citron (Washington Mystics), Kiki Iriafen (Mystics), Jackie Young (Aces), Kayla Thornton (Golden State Valkyries)

Head coach: Sandy Brondello (Liberty)

TEAM COLLIER

Starters: Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), Breanna Stewart (Liberty), Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream), Nneka Ogwumike (Storm), Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings)

Reserves: Courtney Williams (Lynx), Skylar Diggins (Storm), Angel Reese (Chicago Sky), Alyssa Thomas (Mercury), Kelsey Plum (Los Angeles Sparks), Rhyne Howard (Dream)

Head coach: Cheryl Reeve (Lynx)

In the game that followed the draft, a 87-78 New York Liberty win over the Las Vegas Aces, A’ja Wilson suffered a right wrist injury in the second quarter that eventually sidelined her for the remainder of the contest; she is set for a MRI. If the injury is serious and jeopardizes Wilson’s availability for the All-Star Game, her absence would be a blow to Team Clark, even if Clark’s squad would then add one of several All-Star-worthy snubs.



International No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka forces comeback to advance to Wimbledon semis

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The GIST: Forget champagne bottles — Wimbledon has been all about the tea, with piping hot stories steeped in drama across both the women’s and men’s singles competitions. Read on to fill your cup(pa) with all the latest.

🔥 World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka survives quarter-finals (QFs) thriller, two QFs remain: Today’s slate features No. 8 Iga Świątek in just her second-ever Wimbledon QF, taking on No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova. Elsewhere on Centre Court, teen phenom No. 7 Mirra Andreeva faces Belinda Bencic, the only mother still in the running for the title.

  • As for the other side of the bracket, top-ranked Sabalenka lost her first QF set yesterday, but launched an astounding response to book a spot in tomorrow’s semi. Her opponent? The last American woman standing, No. 13 Amanda Anisimova, who’s staging a comeback of her own.

👀 Can No. 10 Ben Shelton defy the odds and top No. 1 Jannik Sinner?: All that’s standing between Trinity Rodman’s boyfriend and his first Wimbledon semi is Sinner…the top-ranked men’s player. But Sinner looks vulnerable, advancing to today’s QF only after his injured opponent retired on Monday, while also dealing with his own elbow injury.

  • Meanwhile, before two-time defending champ No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz takes on No. 5 Taylor Fritz in Friday’s semi, No. 22 Flavio Cobolli will face his idol, No. 6 Novak Djokovic, in today’s QF, as the latter attempts to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon semi.



WNBA: Clark, Boston and Mitchell are Fever’s All-Stars as soon as once more

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The Indiana Fever are back at .500—again.

In what has been a recurring theme for the Fever in 2025, Indiana followed up an impressive (and in some ways improbable) win with a disappointing loss. Two days after holding the Las Vegas Aces to their lowest point total since they moved to Vegas, the Fever suffered a setback against the Los Angeles Sparks, squandering a late lead and failing to execute on several key possessions in a narrow loss.

The loss dropped the Fever to 9-9, the seventh time this season they’ve had a .500 record. And while head coach Stephanie White is sympathetic to the rigor of a 44-game regular-season schedule—the Fever have now played nine games in 18 days—she’s imploring her team to find a second wind.

“This is a group that’s pretty locked in in terms of their energy, their effort and understanding what we’re trying to do, but it takes another gear sometimes,” White said after the Fever’s loss to the Sparks. “If there’s physical tiredness, we have to combat that with mental sharpness.”

This lack of consistency is undoubtedly frustrating, especially considering the amount of star power on the Fever’s roster. For the second consecutive season, Indiana will send three players to the WNBA All-Star Game: Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell. Clark and Boston were voted by fans as All-Star starters, while Mitchell was selected by the league’s coaches as a reserve.

In fairness to those players, each of them had a strong statistical case to be named an All-Star. Clark has shot the ball poorly by her standards and has only played in nine games due to nagging injuries, but she’s still averaging 18.2 points and 8.9 assists per game (No. 2 in the WNBA). Boston, meanwhile, is averaging 16.6 points per game on a league-leading 59.7 percent shooting from the field. Mitchell ranks fifth in the WNBA in scoring at 19.3 points per game, which is a career-high.

Perhaps this is what has made the Fever’s mediocrity so disappointing. Even with Clark missing half of the team’s games, Indiana has the talent to be better than it has been—on paper. This was supposed to be a season of growth for the Fever, with a cast of championship-caliber veterans joining a group of rising stars to help them become contenders, rather than just hopefuls.

Aliyah Boston (left) and Caitlin Clark at the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game.
Photo by Dylan Goodman/NBAE via Getty Images

But whereas the Fever’s trio of All-Star selections in 2024 seemed like a exciting glimpse into a bright future, the very same selections one year later were more or less expected. It was given that players like Clark and Boston would make the All-Star game again, especially with it being held in Indianapolis; they’re among the best (and most popular) players at their position, and they deserve to be honored as such.

Until the Fever start winning, though, the honor is just that—an honor. Their star players, no longer theoretical, are doing what they’re supposed to, but it hasn’t yet translated into the success expected of them. Clark, Boston and Mitchell will surely continue producing at an All-Star level; can the Fever take those strong individual performances and start turning them into wins?

Crew USA Holds Off Brazil to Win 2025 FIBA AmeriCup Championship

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Two WNBA championship contenders found their way back into the win column on Monday, when the No. 2 Phoenix Mercury and No. 4 Atlanta Dream each notched emphatic victories following disappointing weekend results.

Phoenix tasted revenge by blasting No. 11 Dallas 102-72, with guard Sami Whitcomb’s game-leading 36 points and 2025 All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas’s triple-double (15 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds) sending the Wings’ rookie core packing.

After last Thursday’s surprise upset, Dallas’s injury-shortened lineup couldn’t keep pace in a rematch with the deeper, more experienced Mercury.

The No. 6 Golden State Valkyries also showed their limits on Monday, dropping their sixth road game of the season in a 90-81 loss to the Dream.

Energized by a 24-point performance from 2025 All-Star starter Allisha Gray, Atlanta capitalized on the Valks’ fourth-quarter collapse, outscoring the 2025 expansion side 15-2 to book the win.

“I’m telling the refs, ‘This is a hard game for us,'” Golden State head coach Natalie Nakase said afterwards. “I get it — home cooking. But to me, I thought for sure that [Valkyries players] were going up just as aggressive as their players, and we just did not get the whistle.”

With All-Star Weekend fast approaching, regular-season Cinderella stories are beginning to break away from the true powerhouses, as teams keep chasing Minnesota at the top of the WNBA standings.

How to watch the Phoenix Mercury this week

While Atlanta will be resting until Friday, Phoenix is back in action on Wednesday, when the Mercury will host the league-leading Lynx at 3:30 PM ET.

Live coverage of the game will air on WNBA League Pass.



WNBA: Can the Aces end up that competition with the Liberty isn’t carried out?

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During the 2023 WNBA offseason, the additions of Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot not only established the New York Liberty as a “super team,” but also as the foremost rival to the Las Vegas Aces.

The first game between the two teams, a late-June 2023 matchup in Vegas, suggested the idea of an Aces-Liberty rivalry might outpace the reality, as the reigning champion Aces asserted their authority with a 17-point victory.

However, when the teams met three times over 11 days in August 2023, the Liberty announced their legitimacy, winning two of the three games, including the 2023 Commissioner’s Cup. Yet, the Aces triumphed when it mattered the most. Although undermanned by the end of the series, they completed a 3-1 2023 WNBA Finals victory over the Liberty to repeat as champions.

Next season, a motivated New York team swept the regular-season series 3-0, outscoring Vegas by 24 points across the three games. Yet, it was easy to believe that the Aces, the battle-tested two-time champs, again would prevail in the postseason.

Instead, the Liberty found an extra edge, spoiling the Aces’ three-peat bid in the semifinals with a 3-1 series victory on their way to the franchise’s first title. It’s an advantage they consolidated to start the 2025 season, when New York scored a dominating 92-78 win in the opener in Barclays.

That gives the Liberty 11 total wins over the Aces since the start of the 2023 season, while the Aces have just six wins. So, is this still a rivalry? Or, can the Liberty claim to own the Aces? The teams meet for the second of three times this season on Tuesday night in Brooklyn (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

The overall state of Vegas raises further skepticism. While a Sunday win over the Connecticut Sun allowed the Aces to return to .500, their play remains uninspiring. That they’ve been outscored by 27 points on the season suggests they’re lucky to be treading at 9-9 and in eighth place in the WNBA standings, just inside the playoff picture. The defensive decline is particularly puzzling, especially since they swapped 5-foot-8 Kelsey Plum for 5-foot-11 Jewell Loyd, a size upgrade that presumably would strengthen the team’s defensive infrastructure. Loyd, however, has been lost in Vegas, with the 2023 WNBA scoring champion averaging the fewest points per game of her career as she has faded into a low-usage offensive option whose effectiveness is limited to 3-point shooting.

The Liberty, in contrast, looked poised for a repeat romp through the league until a Jonquel Jones ankle injury disrupted their dominance. After starting 9-0, New York is 3-6 since, most recently suffering their worst home loss of the season to the Seattle Storm. At 12-6 overall and in third place in the standings, they still rank second in offensive and defensive rating. New York’s new entry into this theoretical rivalry also has been more successful than Vegas’. If Loyd has lost the best version of herself in Vegas, Natasha Cloud has found hers in Brooklyn. A streaky shooter, Cloud is exceeding her career shooting percentages, and more importantly, she is providing precise playmaking, leading the league in assist-to-turnover ratio, in addition to high-pressure point-of-attack defense.

It might seem strange, but the Liberty, in need of a win, probably feel good about seeing the Aces on the schedule. That attitude suggests the rivalry is no more. Can Vegas change that with a victory?


Game information

Las Vegas Aces (9-9) vs. New York Liberty (12-6)

When: Tuesday, July 8 at 8 p.m. ET

Where: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY

How to watch: ESPN

WNBPA Reps Pan Preliminary WNBA Proposal Forward of CBA Negotiations

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The 2025 All-Star Game draft pool is complete, as the WNBA dropped the 12-player reserves list on Sunday to round out the group of 22 league standouts who’ll battle in Indianapolis later this month.

Washington rookie phenoms Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen received their first career nods, making the Mystics the first WNBA team in 26 years to see two league debutants become All-Stars.

The Washington duo aren’t the only first-timers to make Sunday’s All-Star cut, with both Seattle’s Gabby Williams and Golden State’s Kayla Thornton earning spots on the 2025 reserves list.

All-Star captains Napheesa Collier (Minnesota) and Caitlin Clark (Indiana) will also now have access to Skylar Diggins (Seattle), Rhyne Howard (Atlanta), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana), Kelsey Plum (LA), Angel Reese (Chicago), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix), Courtney Williams (Minnesota), and Jackie Young (Las Vegas) alongside the previously announced starters to build out their teams.

Coaches catch heat for All-Star decisions

While a mix of fans, players, and media members vote to determine the All-Star Game starters, WNBA head coaches choose the reserves — and some players weren’t exactly happy with this year’s outcome.

“Whatever about me…. But taking 2, and NOT including the best player from a below 500 team is crazy,” LA forward Dearica Hamby posted on Sunday, blasting the coaches for not including Mystics guard Brittney Sykes.

“I don’t know why only [Collier] and [Williams] are All-Stars when you have the best team in the league by a few games,” Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve, whose Lynx currently lead the WNBA by a large 4.5-game margin, told reporters. “There are teams that are below us in the standings by a lot that have three All-Stars.”

Reeve is referencing No. 4 Seattle and No. 7 Indiana, who lead the charge with a trio of All-Stars each.

While six teams, including Minnesota, each boast two players in the pool, four — Chicago, Dallas, Golden State, and LA — will be repped by one player at the 2025 All-Star Game.

With just two wins on the season, the last-place Connecticut Sun is the only WNBA team to not field an All-Star this year.

How to watch the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game draft

Clark and Collier will draft their 2025 WNBA All-Star Game teams during Tuesday’s broadcast of WNBA Countdown, airing at 7 PM ET on ESPN.



Dallas Wings Learners Rattle WNBA Standings with Phoenix Mercury Disenchanted

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The 2025 All-Star Game draft pool is complete, as the WNBA dropped the 12-player reserves list on Sunday to round out the group of 22 league standouts who’ll battle in Indianapolis later this month.

Washington rookie phenoms Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen received their first career nods, making the Mystics the first WNBA team in 26 years to see two league debutants become All-Stars.

The Washington duo aren’t the only first-timers to make Sunday’s All-Star cut, with both Seattle’s Gabby Williams and Golden State’s Kayla Thornton earning spots on the 2025 reserves list.

All-Star captains Napheesa Collier (Minnesota) and Caitlin Clark (Indiana) will also now have access to Skylar Diggins (Seattle), Rhyne Howard (Atlanta), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana), Kelsey Plum (LA), Angel Reese (Chicago), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix), Courtney Williams (Minnesota), and Jackie Young (Las Vegas) alongside the previously announced starters to build out their teams.

Coaches catch heat for All-Star decisions

While a mix of fans, players, and media members vote to determine the All-Star Game starters, WNBA head coaches choose the reserves — and some players weren’t exactly happy with this year’s outcome.

“Whatever about me…. But taking 2, and NOT including the best player from a below 500 team is crazy,” LA forward Dearica Hamby posted on Sunday, blasting the coaches for not including Mystics guard Brittney Sykes.

“I don’t know why only [Collier] and [Williams] are All-Stars when you have the best team in the league by a few games,” Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve, whose Lynx currently lead the WNBA by a large 4.5-game margin, told reporters. “There are teams that are below us in the standings by a lot that have three All-Stars.”

Reeve is referencing No. 4 Seattle and No. 7 Indiana, who lead the charge with a trio of All-Stars each.

While six teams, including Minnesota, each boast two players in the pool, four — Chicago, Dallas, Golden State, and LA — will be repped by one player at the 2025 All-Star Game.

With just two wins on the season, the last-place Connecticut Sun is the only WNBA team to not field an All-Star this year.

How to watch the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game draft

Clark and Collier will draft their 2025 WNBA All-Star Game teams during Tuesday’s broadcast of WNBA Countdown, airing at 7 PM ET on ESPN.



WNBA Provides 12 Reserve Avid gamers to Whole 2025 All-Superstar Recreation Box

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The 2025 All-Star Game draft pool is complete, as the WNBA dropped the 12-player reserves list on Sunday to round out the group of 22 league standouts who’ll battle in Indianapolis later this month.

Washington rookie phenoms Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen received their first career nods, making the Mystics the first WNBA team in 26 years to see two league debutants become All-Stars.

The Washington duo aren’t the only first-timers to make Sunday’s All-Star cut, with both Seattle’s Gabby Williams and Golden State’s Kayla Thornton earning spots on the 2025 reserves list.

All-Star captains Napheesa Collier (Minnesota) and Caitlin Clark (Indiana) will also now have access to Skylar Diggins (Seattle), Rhyne Howard (Atlanta), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana), Kelsey Plum (LA), Angel Reese (Chicago), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix), Courtney Williams (Minnesota), and Jackie Young (Las Vegas) alongside the previously announced starters to build out their teams.

Coaches catch heat for All-Star decisions

While a mix of fans, players, and media members vote to determine the All-Star Game starters, WNBA head coaches choose the reserves — and some players weren’t exactly happy with this year’s outcome.

“Whatever about me…. But taking 2, and NOT including the best player from a below 500 team is crazy,” LA forward Dearica Hamby posted on Sunday, blasting the coaches for not including Mystics guard Brittney Sykes.

“I don’t know why only [Collier] and [Williams] are All-Stars when you have the best team in the league by a few games,” Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve, whose Lynx currently lead the WNBA by a large 4.5-game margin, told reporters. “There are teams that are below us in the standings by a lot that have three All-Stars.”

Reeve is referencing No. 4 Seattle and No. 7 Indiana, who lead the charge with a trio of All-Stars each.

While six teams, including Minnesota, each boast two players in the pool, four — Chicago, Dallas, Golden State, and LA — will be repped by one player at the 2025 All-Star Game.

With just two wins on the season, the last-place Connecticut Sun is the only WNBA team to not field an All-Star this year.

How to watch the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game draft

Clark and Collier will draft their 2025 WNBA All-Star Game teams during Tuesday’s broadcast of WNBA Countdown, airing at 7 PM ET on ESPN.



Grassroots girls’s sport expands once more as building leagues sign up for four-division SWFL

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Scottish Women’s Football will introduce two development leagues alongside their regional pyramid divisions as the opportunities for women to play competitive football across Scotland continues to grow.

In the 2024/25 season, the emergence of ten new teams saw 49 teams contest Scotland’s fifth tier of women’s football. Further growth for the new season has required further structural development.

With more girls continuing to play football as they age out of the youth game and with increasing competition from ambitious clubs to develop and progress up the pyramid, the new season will see club development teams now compete in East and West divisions, allowing the Scottish Women’s Football League to return to four regional North, South, East and West divisions of 11 or 12 teams.

Affiliation for the reserve leagues closes on Friday, and the new development divisions will kick off league games in January, allowing girls who have just aged out of 18s to join.

The new growth comes just two full seasons after the leagues were expanded from three to four and moved into the Scottish Women’s Football pyramid, with nine teams already having been promoted to the national leagues since.

Full promotion and relegation will continue this season between the Barclays Scottish Women’s League One and the regional leagues via end-of-season play-offs.

Commenting ahead of the new season, SWF operations and competitions manager Kirsty Fowler said: “The growth in women’s grassroots football is astonishing, as once again new teams have emerged to provide new opportunities for women and girls across Scotland to be involved in structured, competitive football.

“As these new teams emerge with new talent, new ambitions and new stories rooted in their communities, it’s easy to forget that it has been only a few short years since the current SWFL was three leagues with no progression to national football. We’ve seen that with nine teams promoted to the national leagues in just three years, and with no team folding mid-season for the first time in ages, that SWF’s development of the national pyramid is ensuring sustainable growth.

“And with more girls continuing to play as they age out of our youth game, it is also vital that we provide a platform for those clubs with development teams to ensure these girls have a place where they can continue to learn and progress.”

New teams for 2025/26 in SWFL North include Buckie Ladies, who move into the pyramid from the ScottishPower Highlands and Islands League, Dundee West, who were relegated from Barclays League One, and Jeanfield Swifts, who have launched their own senior women’s team.

New teams for 2025/26 in SWFL East include Loanhead Miners, Thornton Hibs and HFC Community Club.

The teams will begin the season playing ScottishPower Regional League Cup fixtures on 10 August. Based on feedback from clubs, each league is split into two sub-regional groups to minimise travel costs where possible. The top three in each group progress to the ScottishPower Regional League Cup knockout stage, with the remaining teams entering the ScottishPower Regional League Plate.

League games will commence following the cup group stages on 28 September.

At the season’s conclusion, the four SWFL champions will meet in two play-offs for two spots in Barclays Scottish Women’s League One.

All fixtures will be published soon.

League and league cup groups are in full below:

SWFL 2025/26:

SWFL North: Aberdeen City, Arbroath, Blairgowrie & Rattray, Buchan Ladies, Buckie Ladies, Dundee West, Dyce, Grampian, Huntly, Jeanfield Swifts, Ross County, Stonehaven

SWFL East: Bayside, Danderhall Miners, Dunfermline Athletic, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh University, HFC Community, Loanhead Miners, Murieston United, Musselburgh Windsor, Penicuik Athletic, Thornton Hibs

SWFL Central/West: Alloa Athletic, Bishopton, Carron Huskies, Central Girls, Cumbernauld Colts, Cumbernauld United, Drumchapel United, Dumbarton, Gleniffer Thistle, Linlithgow Rose, West Park United

SWFL South: Annan Athletic, Ardrossan Winton Rovers, Benburb, Cumnock Juniors, Dalbeattie Star, Giffnock Soccer Centre, Gretna 2008, Harmony Row, Newton Stewart, St Anthony’s, Stewarton United

 

ScottishPower Regional League Cup Group stages: 

SWFL North SWFL East SWFL Central/West SWFL South
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
Aberdeen City Arbroath Danderhall Miners Bayside Bishopton Alloa Athletic Benburb Annan Athletic
Buchan Ladies Blairgowrie & Rattray Edinburgh South Dunfermline Athletic Drumchapel Utd Carron Huskies Giffnock Soccer Centre Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Buckie Dundee West Edinburgh University Thornton Hibs Dumbarton Central Girls Harmony Row Cumnock Juniors
Dyce Grampian HFC Community Murieston United West Park United Cumbernauld Colts St Anthony’s Dalbeattie Star
Huntly Jeanfield Swifts Loanhead Miners Penicuik Athletic Gleniffer Thistle Cumbernauld United Stewarton United Gretna 2008
Ross County Stonehaven Musselburgh Windsor Linlithgow Rose Newton Stewart