Canada Women's head coach Bev Priestman has been handed a one-year ban by FIFA, and the team have been docked six points, after their spying scandal.

• Priestman banned for 12 months
• Olympics team docked six points
• Issued $226,000 fine

Olga Ahtinen makes immediate impact on return from injury for Tottenham Women in win over Sheffield United Women. Eveliina Summanen has been out of action since 26 November and was one of two key players to make her return from injury, featuring as a centre-back alongside Molly Bartrip before being replaced on 45 minutes, but it was her international teammate Olga Ahtinen who made the biggest impact on her return to the first-team fold. The Finnish midfielder has been sidelined since 12 November after picking up a knee injury against Liverpool Women, and after a positive start to her life in England, she picked up right where she left off with a stunning last-minute assist for Rosella Ayane, who netted Spurs’ dramatic 97th-minute winner to complete the comeback.

John Wenham believes Tottenham Women are moving in the right direction and Beth England’s return to form can be a “huge boost” for the club in the second half of the season.

It was their first taste of WSL action since their historic first-ever victory over Arsenal Women when they beat the Gunners 1-0 in the North London derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 16 December.

Over a month later they made it back-to-back wins in the competition, which now leaves them unbeaten in their last four matches, and Robert Vilahamn will know that he has a real star on his hands in the form of on-loan ace Grace Clinton.

The 27-year-old arrived from West Ham United in July 2022 having spent two seasons with the east London side, but endured a difficult first season in blue due to injury. She managed five appearances in all competitions and scored her first goal for the club in an 8-0 UEFA Women’s Champions League victory over Albanian side Vllaznia in October 2022. In February, it was confirmed the Czech international had undergone knee surgery which ruled her out for the remainder of the 2022/23 season.

Chasing a trophy the Blues last won three seasons ago, a much-changed side never looked in danger in the second of four consecutive games at Kingsmeadow. Nusken’s fifth and sixth goals of the season came before half-time and Beever-Jones’s flew in immediately after it, to quash any lingering hopes the visitors from the North-East may have had of staging a comeback.

Chelsea midfielder Jelena Cankovic believes past success in the FA Cup is irrelevant in our bid to overcome Crystal Palace in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup fifth round at Kingsmeadow this afternoon.

The 23-year-old became a Blue last summer after joining from Aston Villa. Patience was required before she was given the chance to impress and when those opportunities came, Hampton grasped them with both hands.