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UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – ENGLAND VS ITALY – 22/07/2025 – THE LIONESSES BEAT ITALY 2 – 1
ENGLAND ARE THROUGH TO THE FINALS AFTER BEATING ITALY 2 – 1 LAST NIGHT IN EXTRA TIME! ITALY MADE 432 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 3 CORNERS, WITH 11 SHOTS AND 5 ON TARGET, AND IT WAS, INDEED, ITALY WHO SCORED 1ST WITH A SUPERB GOAL FROM BARBARA BONANSEA AT 33 MINS! AND ALTHOUGH ENGLAND MADE A WHOPPING 579 PASSES, WITH AN 83% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 58% POSSESSION), AND 24 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, THEY JUST COULDN’T QUITE REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET UNTIL SARINA WIEGMAN ONCE AGAIN “SENT IN THE CAVALRY” – AS IS HER WONT – (AKA THE FRESH LEGS OF MICHELLE AGYEMANG AND CHLOE KELLY), WHO ONCE AGAIN TURNED THE GAME AROUND QUICK-SHARP! IN FACT, IT WAS ONLY 6 MINS. AFTER MICHELLE CAME ON THE PITCH THAT SHE EQUALISED WITH AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER, (MICHELLE AND ...
MARTIN BRUNDLE TALKS US THROUGH THE INTRICACIES OF THE HUNGARORING CIRCUIT BY HELICOPTER
MARTIN BRUNDLE COMMENTATES DURING PRACTICE AT THE HUNGAGORING CIRCUIT BY HELICOPTER! HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING STATS FOR THE HUNGARORING CIRCUIT THIS WEEKEND! Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring (2003–present) – The Number of Races Held at this track have been 40 And It Was First Held In 1936 — Most wins (drivers) United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (8) Most wins (constructors) United Kingdom McLaren (12) Circuit length 4.381 km (2.722 miles) In Mogyrod, Pest County, Hungary Race length 306.630 km (190.531 miles) Laps 70 Last race (2024) In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix to be held behind the Iron Curtain. Last five Hungarian Pole Sitters 2023 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2022 – George Russell (Mercedes) 2021 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2020 – Lewis Ham...
LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX 2024
WHAT AN AFTERNOON IT WAS ON SUNDAY 7TH JULY 2024 AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX, WITH THE EXPERTISE OF THE DRIVERS ESPECIALLY APPARENT WHILST NAVIGATING THE INCLEMENT WEATHER AT SILVERSTONE! LEWIS HAMILTON STORMED TO VICTORY IN 1:22.27.059, WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN SECOND (+1.465), AND LANDO NORRIS THIRD (+7.547) LEWIS WAS EMOTIONAL AFTER THE RACE, REVEALING THAT HE HAD FELT LOW AT TIMES, NOT HAVING REACHED THE TOP OF THE PODIUM FOR A WHILE. (WHO KNEW?) BUT HE LOOKED EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE WON AT SILVERSTONE, SEEMINGLY SPURRED ON BY THE SUPPORT FROM THE LOYAL HOME CROWD PUTTING SOME ‘WIND BENEATH HIS WINGS.’ “IT’S THE MOST EMOTIONAL WIN I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED” SAID LEWIS HAMILTON EMOTIONAL SCENES AS LEWIS HAMILTON CELEBRATES WITH MERCEDES AFTER THE RACE HIGHLIGHTS...
LEWIS HAMILTON WINS SPRINT RACE AT THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2025
WATCH AS LEWIS HAMILTON CLAIMS HIS FIRST EXCITING VICTORY FOR FERRARI IN THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX SPRINT RACE!
Lewis Hamilton Triumphs In The Russian Grand Prix, Sochi 2019…!
ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY IN SOCHI, LEWIS HAMILTON STORMED TO VICTORY AT THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX….! LEWIS HAMILTON WINS AT THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX IN SOCHI 2019 HERE ARE THE DRIVER POST-RACE INTERVIEWS MAKING IT A MERCEDES ONE-TWO WITH FERRARI’S CHARLES LECLERC THIRD ON THE RADIO AFTER THE RACE LEWIS THANKED HIS TEAM SAYING “WHAT AN EFFORT, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB GUYS, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED – WE NEVER GIVE UP!” LEWIS ALSO ATTAINED THE FASTEST LAP IN 1:35:761. SEBASTIAN VETTEL WAS AWARDED THE DRIVER OF THE DAY TITLE MANY CONGRATULATIONS LEWIS AND TO YOUR TEAM!
Another Look Back At Highlights Of The Exciting Silverstone Grand Prix 2023
AS WE WAIT EXCITEDLY FOR THE SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND, LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE SUPERB SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX 2023…! ANOTHER LOOK BACK AT THE FANTASTIC RACE AT SILVERSTONE 2023, WHICH CULMINATED IN AN EXCITING FRIENDLY DUEL BETWEEN LANDO NORRIS AND LEWIS HAMILTON TOWARDS THE END OF THE RACE! MARTIN BRUNDLE’S HILARIOUS SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX GRID-WALK 2023 MAX VERSTAPPEN CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IN 1:25:16.938, LANDO NORRIS WAS SECOND (+3.798), AND LEWIS HAMILTON CAME THIRD (+6.783) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX 2023 LEWIS HAMILTON SPEAKS ABOUT HIS FUTURE DURING DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TED KRAVITZ PRESENTS HIS SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX NOTEBOOK 2023
FRANCOIS PROVOST APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF OF THE RENAULT GROUP
Renault makes major announcement ahead of Hungarian Grand Prix Story by Oliver Harden – Francois Provost has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Renault Group, the French car manufacturer has announced. Provost succeeds Luca de Meo, who left the role earlier this month after his resignation was confirmed during this year’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Renault Group appoints new chairman after Luca de Meo resignation Provost, who previously served as chief procurement, partnerships and public affairs officer at the Renault Group, said: “It is with pride and gratitude that I welcome my appointment. “I would like to warmly thank my President, Jean-Dominique Senard and the Board of Directors for the trust they have placed in me. “I have a special thought for the teams a...
THE LIONESSES HAVE BEATEN SPAIN ON PENALTIES (3 – 1) IN BACK-TO-BACK TROPHIES IN THE EUROS!
WHAT A SENSATIONAL EUROS FINALS LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN THE LIONESSES VS SPAIN! IT WAS EVERYTHING WE HAD ENVISAGED – AND MORE! SPAIN, AS EVER, PUT ON A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE, WHICH THE LIONESSES HAVE COME TO EXPECT, AND SEEMINGLY PREPARED FOR, AFTER THE LAST FEW TIMES OF PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER. SPAIN HAD 22 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, WITH SPAIN’S MARIONA CALDENTEY KICKING OFF PROCEEDINGS AT 25 MINS. WITH A STERLING SHOT, WHICH, ONCE AGAIN, GOT THE HEARTS OF THE ENGLAND FANS ‘A-PUMPING’, BUT WITHOUT, PERHAPS THE CUSTOMARY SINKING FEELING, WHICH SOME (NOT ME😊) MIGHT HAVE FELT BEFORE AT THIS STAGE, REALISING THAT THIS IS SARINA WIEGMAN’S LIONESSES – AND THAT THIS IS THE WAY THEY ROLL! AND SURE ENOUGH, ROLL ON THEY DID! AFTER CHLOE KELLY WAS...
ENGLAND WOMEN VS JAMAICA WOMEN – INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – 29/06/2025 (PHOTO – GEORGIA STANWAY SCORES FOURTH GOAL FOR THE LIONESSES)
IF IT WAS TREATS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IN THE FORM OF INDIVIDUAL FOOTBALLING SKILLS, THEN THE LIONESSES OFFERED A SMORGASBORD IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST JAMAICA ON 29/06/2025! FIRSTLY ELLA TOONE SCORED A CRACKER AT 10 MINS., (WHICH WAS TO BE THE FIRST GOAL OF A BRILLIANT BRACE, NETTING THE SECOND AT THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 45 +4 MINS.), THEN IT WAS LUCY BRONZE’S TURN TO SCORE A SPECTACULAR GOAL AT 32 MINS., WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A REGULAR ‘GOALATHON’. FROM THE LIONESSES, WHICH LEFT LITTLE TIME FOR THE JAMAICAN LADIES TO COME UP FOR AIR! GEORGIA STANWAY FOLLOWED LUCY BRONZE’S GOAL WITH A BEAUT AT 59 MINS., AND ON THEY CAME, WITH ALESSIA RUSSO SCORING ANOTHER CLASS GOAL AT 71 MINS., AND AGGIE BEAVER-JONES’ SPECTACULAR GOAL AT 85 MINS., AND THEN ...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 QUARTER-FINAL : SWEDEN VS ENGLAND – 17/07/2025 (PHOTO – LUCY BRONZE SCORES FOR ENGLAND – TWICE!)
IT WAS SWEDEN WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING IN THE MATCH BETWEEN THE LIONESSES AND SWEDEN LAST NIGHT WITH A GOAL AT 2 MINS. FROM KOSOVARE ASLLANI, WHICH DELIGHTED THE SWEDISH FANS, BUT MUST HAVE PREPARED THE LIONESSES FOR THE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE GAME WHICH WOULD LIE AHEAD. SWEDEN MADE 365 PASSES IN TOTAL, WITH A 58% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 6 CORNERS, WITH 14 SHOTS AND 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A THUMPING GOAL FROM STINA BLACKSTENIUS AT 25 MINS! ENGLAND MADE 536 PASSES, WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 60% POSSESSION), AND 18 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, AND AFTER SHOWING SUCH RESILIENCE THROUGHOUT THE MATCH AGAINST SWEDEN’S WELL-ORGANISED DEFENCE, THE LIONESSES WERE ASSISTED SOMEWHAT AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FRESH LEGS OF CHLOE KELLY, MICHELLE AGYEMANG, ESME MORGAN AND BETH MEAD AT 78 MINS.,...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 QUARTER-FINAL : SPAIN VS SWITZERLAND – 18/07/2025 (PHOTO – CLAUDIA PINA CELEBRATES)
IT IS WELL INTO THE UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS COMPETITION NOW, AND IT SEEMS THAT THE RIGOROUS SCHEDULE CAN TAKE IT’S TOLL ON EVEN THE HARDIEST OF TEAMS – (i.e. EAT, TRAIN, PLAY – REPEAT) AND DARE I SAY, IT CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE THE CASE IN THE SPAIN VS SWITZERLAND MATCH LAST NIGHT! SPAIN HAD 2 UNSUCCESSFUL PENALTIES, WITH THE 1ST FROM MARIONA CALDENTEY, WHICH WENT WIDE, AND THEN, ALSO FROM ALEXIA PUTELLAS, FOR WHICH SWITZERLAND’S GOALY LIVIA PENG WAS READY-AND-A-WAITING! SPAIN DID PUT ON A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE HOWEVER, WITH 658 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY AND 73% POSSESSION. BUT SWITZERLAND HELD THEIR OWN, PUTTING UP A BOLD DEFENCE AGAINST THE SPANISH LADIES, MAKING 259 PASSES, WITH A 70% PASS ACCURACY, AND 4 SHOTS, WHICH WERE, ALAS FOR THEM, NOT TO BE! BUT TH...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS – NETHERLANDS VS FRANCE – 14/07/2025 (PHOTO – THE FRENCH LADIES CELEBRATE)
IT WAS ‘ALL-GO’ OVER AT THE NETHERLANDS VS FRANCE MATCH LAST NIGHT WITH A 7-GOAL-THRILLER! FRANCE MADE 317 PASSES WITH A 75% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 5 CORNERS, AND 20 SHOTS, WITH 10 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 5 CRACKERS FROM SANDIE TOLETTI AT 22 MINS., MARIE-ANTOINETTE KATOTO AT 61 MINS., DELPHINE CASCARINO AT 64 MINS., AND 67 MINS., RESPECTIVELY AND A LATE PENALTY FROM SAKINA KARCHAOUI AT 90 +2 MINS! THE NETHERLANDS MADE 347 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 53% POSSESSION), 4 CORNERS, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM VICTORIA PELOVA AT 26 MINS., AND WITH A VERY UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM SELMA BACHA AT 41 MINS., THIS DYNAMIC MATCH ENDED IN A 5 – 2 WIN TO FRANCE!
