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THE OLYMPIC FLAME FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 IS LIT IN SYMBOLIC CEREMONY IN ANCIENT OLYMPIA

On the eve of 100 days to go, the flame for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 was lit…(It is now only 93 days to go – let’s take another look at the lighting of the flame!) THOMAS BACH SPEAKS AS THE OLYMPIC FLAME IS LIT FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICSIt was ignited at the historic birthplace of the Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia in Greece. The Olympic flame, embodying peace and hope, will now journey across Greece before going to France. After arriving in Marseille on 8 May, it will travel across the entire country, and some French overseas territories, arriving at the Opening Ceremony in Paris on 26 July. Amongst the dignitaries attending this historic were International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, President of the Hellenic Republic, Her Excellency Katerina Sakell...

PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS CHELSEA – 23/04/2024 (PHOTO – KAI HAVERTZ AND ARSENAL CELEBRATE)

THEY SAY TWO WEEKS IS A LONG TIME IN FOOTBALL! CHECK THIS OUT! ARSENAL GAVE CHELSEA A HAMMERING LAST NIGHT IN AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS, SINCE IT WAS ONLY 10 DAYS AGO THAT CHELSEA MANAGED TO BEAT EVERTON 6 – 0 ON THE 15TH APRIL! LEANDRO TROSSARD WAS FIRST TO SCORE AT JUST FOUR MINUTES INTO THE GAME, WHICH GOT THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET STRAIGHT AWAY, AND WITH BEN WHITE SCORING A BRACE AT 52 AND 79 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND KAI HAVERTZ ALSO SCORING TWICE AT 57 MINS. AND 65 MINS., THE HAPPY CROWD CERTAINLY EXPENDED A LOT OF ENERGY, JUMPING UP-AND-DOWN AND CHEERING! (THE ARSENAL END THAT IS!) WHO WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A RESULT AS PROFOUND AS THIS? BUT THAT’S FOOTBALL, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY WE LOVE IT SO MUCH! PREMIER LEAGUE – ARSENAL VS CHELSEA – 23/04/2024 WORDS BY...

PREMIER LEAGUE: MAN CITY VS ARSENAL – 31/03/2024 – (PHOTO – THERE WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN HAALAND AND GABRIEL THROUGHOUT THE MATCH…!)

WELL, IT WAS MUCH-OF-A-MUCHNESS BETWEEN MAN CITY AND ARSENAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (31/03/2024), WITH QUITE A FEW ATTEMPTS ON TARGET ON BOTH SIDES, BUT TO NO AVAIL., WITH THE GAME CULMINATING IN A DRAW OF 0 – 0 STILL, THE POINTS WERE SHARED – AND THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH ACTION TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO HERE FROM THESE TWO WORLD CLASS TEAMS.  SO ENJOY!

ITALIAN SERIE A : AC MILAN VS INTER MILAN – 22/04/2024 (PHOTO – ACERBI AND INTER CELEBRATE)

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THIS EXCITING MATCH FROM YESTERDAY (22/04/2024), BETWEEN AC MILAN VS INTER MILAN, WHERE A GOAL FROM INTER’S FRANCESCO ACERBI AT 18 MINS., AND HIS TEAM-MATE MARCUS THURAM AT 49 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM AC MILAN’S FIKAYO TOMORI AT 80 MINS., AND THREE RED CARDS,  MADE FOR A 2 – 1 TO INTER MILAN, IN AN EXTREMELY LIVELY MATCH! INTER CLINCH 20TH SCUDETTO WITH DERBY WIN! | SERIE A 2023/24 – AC MILAN VS INTER MILAN – 22/04/2024

PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY 21ST APRIL (PHOTO – RYAN GRAVENBERCH AND LIVERPOOL CELEBRATE)

THE MATCHES FROM YESTERDAY’S PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES (21/04/2024) WERE ALSO PACKED OF AMAZING ACTION, INCLUDING THIS MATCH BETWEEN LIVERPOOL VS FULHAM, WITH LIVERPOOL’S TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD SCORING AT 32 MINS., RYAN GRAVENBERCH SCORING AT 53 MINS., AND DIOGA JOTA AT 72 MINS. AND WITH FULHAM’S TIMOTHY CASTAGNE PREVIOUSLY SCORING AT 45 +2 MINS., LIVERPOOL WERE 3 – 1 UP BY THE END OF THIS EXCITING MATCH! PREMIER LEAGUE:  FULHAM VS LIVERPOOL – 21/04/2024 AND WHAT A SUPERB DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR CRYSTAL PALACE YESTERDAY, WITH MICHAEL OLISE SCORING AT ONLY 7 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, EBERECHI EZI SCORING ANOTHER AT 16 MINS., AND JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA SCORING A BRACE AT 31 & 64 MINS RESPECTIVELY, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN THRILLED WITH THEIR ‘GOALATHON’. AND WITH ...

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : COVENTRY CITY VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 21/04/2024 (PHOTO – HARRY MAGUIRE AND MAN UNITED CELEBRATE)

WHAT AN EXCITING MATCH THE COVENTRY CITY VS MANCHESTER UNITED MATCH WAS! PERFECT, SUNNY CONDITIONS, AND HAPPY, LIVELY CROWD, (COVENTRY CITY FANS WERE EVEN HAPPIER WHEN THEY FOUND OUT JUST WELL THEIR TEAM WERE PLAYING) AND ACTION GALORE, ENDING IN A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT! WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON? MAN U’S SCOTT MCTOMINAY ‘KICKED THINGS OFF’ WITH A GREAT GOAL AT 23 MINS., FOLLOWED BY HIS TEAM-MATE HARRY MAGUIRE WITH A STUNNING HEADER AT 45 +1 MINS., AND THEN BRUNO FERNANDES SCORED A BLINDER AT 58 MINS., YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ACTION ENOUGH! BUT OH NO, THEN IT WAS COVENTRY’S TURN, WITH ELLIS SIMS SCORING A SCREAMER AT 71 MINS., CALLUM O’HARE, A CRACKER AT 79 MINS., AND HAJI WRIGHT (WHO WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE) SCORING AT 90 +5 ...

MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2024

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2024! STAY TUNED FOR MORE – INCLUDING STATS., MORE DRIVER INTERVIEWS AND ALL THE PADDOCK GOSSIP! EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2024 CHECK OUT ALL THE PADDOCK GOSSIP WITH TED’S NOTEBOOK CHECK OUT ALL THE PADDOCK GOSSIP WITH TED’S PADDOCK NOTEBOOK LEWIS HAMILTON POST-RACE INTERVIEW MAX VERSTAPPEN POST-RACE INTERVIEW LANDO NORRIS POST-RACE INTERVIEW FERNANDO ALONSO POST-RACE INTERVIEW

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : MANCHESTER CITY VS CHELSEA – 20/04/2024 (PHOTO – BERNARDO SILVA CELEBRATES)

CHECK OUT THIS FANTASTIC MATCH FROM YESTERDAY (20/04/2024), WHERE THE QUALITY OF BOTH TEAMS WAS APPARENT THROUGHOUT, ULTIMATELY TAKING QUITE A WHILE FOR EITHER TEAM TO SCORE, UNTIL BERNARDO SILVA’S 84TH MIN. STUNNER CATAPULTED MANCHESTER CITY INTO THE FA CUP FINAL! IT’S A BRILLIANT, WORLD CLASS WATCH!  ENJOY! FA CUP SEMI-FINAL – MANCHESTER CITY VS CHELSEA – 20/04/2024 WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS

PREMIER LEAGUE – 20/04/2024 (PHOTO – TROSSARD CELEBRATES SCORING FOR ARSENAL)

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL THE PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES FROM TODAY (20/04/2024), WHICH, AS EXPECTED, WERE FULL OF WORLD CLASS SKILLS AND FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT! ENJOY! PREMIER LEAGUE – WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS VS ARSENAL – 20/04/2024 PREMIER LEAGUE – SHEFFIELD UNITED VS BURNLEY – 20/04/2024 PREMIER LEAGUE – LUTON TOWN VS BRENTFORD – 20/04/2024

EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE : LILLE VS ASTON VILLA – 18/04/2024 (PHOTO – ASTON VILLA GOALKEEPER MARTINEZ)

CHECK OUT THIS DYNAMIC MATCH FROM LAST NIGHT, WITH ASTON VILLA’S GOALKEEPER EMILIANO MARTINEZ THE HERO IN THE PENALTY SHOOT-OUT, WHICH CATAPULTED ASTON VILLA PAST LILLE AND INTO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE! LILLE’S YUSUF YAZICI SCORED AT 15 MINS. AND BENJAMIN ANDRE AT 67 MINS., AND THEN VILLA’S MATTY CASH SCORED A CRACKER AT 87 MINS., AND WITH SEVEN MORE SHOTS ON TARGET FOR ASTON VILLA, AND FOUR FOR LILLE, ALONG WITH THIS AMAZING PENALTY SHOOT-OUT, WHICH ASTON VILLA WON 4 – 3 ON PENALTIES, THE TIE ENDED 3 – 3 ON AGGREGATE. IT WAS EXCITEMENT GALORE – AND A GREAT SUCCESS STORY FOR ASTON VILLA! MANY CONGRATULATIONS! EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE – LILLE VS ASTON VILLA – 18/04/2024 LILLE VS ASTON VILLA – PENALTY SHOOT-OUT WOR...

EUROPA LEAGUE : WEST HAM VS LEVERKUSEN – 18/04/2024 (PHOTO – MICHAIL ANTONIO SCORES FOR WEST HAM)

IT WAS A BITTER-SWEET NIGHT FOR WEST HAM ALSO LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST BAYER LEVERKUSEN (18/04/2024), AS ALTHOUGH WEST HAM’S MICHAIL ANTONIO SCORED A BEAUTY AT ONLY 13 MINS. INTO THE GAME, WITH THE LATE GOAL SCORED BY LEVERKUSEN’S JEREMIE FRIMPONG AT 89 MINS., THE MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW!  PLUS THERE WERE ALSO ANOTHER SIX SHOTS ON TARGET FROM WEST HAM, AND TWO FROM LEVERKUSEN, SO A GREAT MATCH! HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH IT HAD LOOKED AS THOUGH DAVID MOYES’ TEAM COULD END THE GERMAN CHAMPIONS UNBEATEN RUN, IT WASN’T TO BE, AS THEY LEFT THE QUARTER-FINAL STAGE WITH A 3 – 1 AGGREGATE LOSS TO LEVERKUSEN, WHO LOOK SET ON COURSE FOR A TREBLE WIN!  ONCE AGAIN, FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT! EUROPA LEAGUE :  WEST HAM VS BAYER LEVERKUSEN – 18/04/2024

EUROPA LEAGUE : ATALANTA VS LIVERPOOL – 18/04/2024 (PHOTO – MO SALAH SCORES FOR LIVERPOOL)

CHECK OUT THIS MATCH FROM LAST NIGHT FOR WORLD CLASS QUALITY! THERE WAS SOME SPECTACULAR ‘MO MAGIC’ AT 7 MINS., A FANTASTIC, CLINICAL PENALTY, HITTING THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BACK OF THE NET, TO SET EVERYONE’S PULSES RACING! AND THEN ALL-ACTION FROM THEN ON, WITH A FURTHER FIVE SHOTS ON TARGET FOR LIVERPOOL AND TWO FOR ATALANTA. SO ALTHOUGH LIVERPOOL WON THE MATCH 1 – 0, THEY WERE BEATEN 3 – 1 ON AGGREGATE TO LEAVE THE COMPETITION AT THE QUARTER-FINAL STAGE. A LITTLE SAD FOR JURGEN KLOPP AND LIVERPOOL, BUT GREAT ENTERTAINMENT NONETHELESS! EUROPA LEAGUE – ATALANTA VS LIVERPOOL – 18/04/2024