Anton Toloui

Anton Toloui reports on football for Sky Sports, with a through-line of detailed coverage of England Women, the women’s game and how transfers and governance shape clubs and players. He is a reporter for Sky Sports News specialising in the Premier League, football transfers and women’s football. He serves as the England Women correspondent and has been the lead reporter across the Lionesses’ European Championship wins in 2022 and 2025 and their run to the World Cup final in 2023. His beat extends across FIFA men’s World Cups, major Champions League fixtures and regular Premier League matches and training grounds, giving his women’s football reporting constant context from the wider game. He began his career in news reporting in local radio before moving to ITN and Sky News, joining Sky Sports in 2013.

England Women and tournament coverage

Toloui’s defining focus is England Women, where he covers both results and the structural implications of the team’s performances. He reports on heavy defeats such as Spain Women 4-0 England by analysing the fallout, qualification scenarios and what the result means for tournament ambitions.

In those pieces he sets out Sarina Wiegman’s reaction, the impact on automatic World Cup qualification and the pressure on the squad, combining match detail with the competition’s wider picture. His reporting around the Lionesses is tied to his ongoing tournament work, drawing on experience following the team through European Championships and World Cups to frame each match within long-running campaigns.

Earlier articles on issues such as potential boycotts and their impact on England’s future World Cup place show him treating international football as a political and diplomatic arena as well as a sporting one.

Women’s Super League, London City Lionesses and transfers

Beyond the national team, Toloui covers the Women’s Super League as a competitive ecosystem, paying particular attention to transfers and club-building. His WSL 2026/27 transfer window “winners and losers” piece weighs the business done by clubs such as Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea and asks whether their squads are strong enough for title challenges. He explains which teams have strengthened, where gaps remain and how recruitment strategies could play out over the season, turning a transaction-heavy window into a clear hierarchy of contenders.

His coverage of London City Lionesses includes a detailed explainer on Michele Kang’s ownership, Alexia Putellas’ involvement and the club’s pursuit of Champions League football, positioning them as one of the WSL’s most intriguing newcomers. In that work he answers key questions about the club’s ambitions, investment model and route into Europe, anchoring transfer stories inside long-term project narratives rather than treating them as isolated moves.

His reporting on Alexia Putellas’ potential move from Barcelona to London City Lionesses extends that approach, following a high-profile player across leagues and using the transfer to illuminate the WSL’s rising profile.

Premier League clubs, governance and financial rules

Toloui’s Premier League coverage concentrates on clubs under strain, whether from relegation battles or off-pitch regulation. In video and written pieces on Everton’s points deductions for breaches of Premier League profitability and sustainability rules, he explains why the club has lost points, how the rules work and what breaches mean for future sanctions.

Those reports walk through the financial regulations, the balance between fines and points penalties and the likely permanence of points deductions as a tool, making complex governance accessible to a broad audience.

He also reports on on-pitch struggles, such as Tottenham’s 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest, where he “rounds up a dismal day” and situates it within the club’s battle to avoid relegation. The combination of performance analysis and regulatory explanation marks his Premier League work: clubs are rarely presented in isolation from the rules, finances and pressures that shape their decisions.

Explainers, technology and the wider football landscape

Toloui regularly uses explainer formats to tackle changes in football, especially where technology or rules affect how matches are decided. His article on video referees ahead of their first trial in an FA Cup tie sets out the key questions around VAR, how the system will operate and what fans and players should expect from its introduction. That piece demonstrates his habit of addressing procedural shifts before they become everyday parts of the game, helping audiences understand the rationale and mechanics behind officiating changes.

Earlier work on topics like potential World Cup boycotts shows him treating football as part of a broader geopolitical and ethical conversation rather than a sealed-off entertainment product. Across his output he moves between on-air reporting and written analysis, using live hits, match verdicts and deeper written pieces to give a consistent line through tournaments, domestic leagues and the governance structures that sit over them.

Toloui’s beat is therefore defined by close, sustained attention to England Women and the women’s club game, informed by regular work on Premier League clubs, transfers and football’s regulatory environment. His reporting blends pitch-side reaction with clear explanations of rules, finances and ownership, making him a consistent guide to how decisions off the field shape what happens on it.