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RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER : RED ROSES VS U.S.A. – 22/08/2025 (PHOTO – ELLIE KILDUNNE CELEBRATES)
42,723 PEOPLE WATCHED LAST NIGHT AT THE SUNDERLAND STADIUM OF LIGHT AS THE RED ROSES RAN RIOT AGAINST THE U.S.A. IN THE OPENER OF THE LADIES RUGBY WORLD CUP 2025! RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER : RED ROSES VS U.S.A. – 22/08/2025 – (ENGLAND RUGBY) RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER : RED ROSES VS U.S.A. – 22/08/2025 – (BBC) ENGLAND HEAD COACH JOHN MITCHELL AND CAPTAIN ZOE ALDCROFT GIVE THEIR REACTION TO THE TEAM’S 69 – 7 WIN OVER U.S.A IN FRONT OF A RECORD CROWD AT SUNDERLAND’S STADIUM OF LIGHT. THE RED ROSES ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, AND WENT AHEAD THROUGH SADIA KABEYA AND HANNAH BOTTERMAN, BEFORE ERICA JARRELL-SEARCY RESPONDED FOR THE U.S.A.
THE LIONESSES HAVE BEATEN SPAIN ON PENALTIES (3 – 1) IN BACK-TO-BACK TROPHIES IN THE EUROS!
WHAT A SENSATIONAL EUROS FINALS IT WAS 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 SUB...
UN-Secretary General Underscores Importance Of IOC And It’s Mission – “Peace Is Possible”
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a strong endorsement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its contribution to peace during a visit to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The Secretary-General called the Games a desperately needed antidote to division. He said: “When we see so many conflicts around the world, we see the absolute relevance of having Olympic Games in which all countries are represented – even, unfortunately, some that are in a war situation – to have them all here and to show that peace is possible, that unity is possible, and that solidarity is possible. This fully justifies the strong commitment of the United Nations to support the International Olympic Committee.”
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS FOURTH WORLD TITLE AT THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2024 & GEORGE RUSSELL, LEWIS HAMILTON & CARLOS SAINZ COME 1ST, 2ND & 3RD IN THE RACE
MAX VERSTAPPEN BECAME FOURTH TIME WORLD CHAMPION AT THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2024, AFTER FINISHING FIFTH. HE ONLY NEEDED TO BEAT LANDO NORRIS TO GUARANTEE HIS POSITION, AND, AS LANDO FINISHED SIXTH UPON THE WAVING OF THE CHEQUERED FLAG, MAX SAILED THROUGH TO SECURE THE TITLE, JOINING A VERY SHORT LIST OF OTHER F1 DRIVERS WHO HAVE FOUR OR MORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER THEIR BELTS, INCLUDING ALAIN PROST, JUAN MANUEL FANGIO, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, AND LEWIS HAMILTON! MANY CONGRATULATIONS MAX! EMOTIONAL SCENES AS MAX VERSTAPPEN SECURES FOURTH WORLD TITLE GEORGE AND LEWIS CELEBRATE ON THE PODIUM AND MANY CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO GEORGE RUSSELL WHO STORMED TO VICTORY AT THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX IN 1:22:05.969, AND LEWIS HAMILTON WHO CAME SECOND (+7.313), PLUS CARLOS...
TED KRAVITZ MEETS F1 MOVIE STAR BRAD PITT
BRAD PITT (AKA SONNY HAYES IN THE F1 WORLD) SPEAKS TO TED KRAVITZ TO DISCUSS HIS NEW FILM…! HOW ‘SONNY HAYES’ TRAINED FOR THE F1 FILM….!
MAN CITY – PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – FOUR YEARS IN A ROW….
ERLING HAALAND SIGNED A 9.5 YEAR CONTRACT WITH MANCHESTER CITY A LITTLE WHILE BACK, LET’S GO BEHIND THE SCENES AGAIN WITH MANCHESTER CITY AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE MATCH WHICH MADE HISTORY FOR THEM BY BECOMING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW…! BY AMANDA WATERS
SOME FUNNY JACKIE CHAN CLIPS TO BRIGHTEN UP OUR DAY (PHOTO – JACKIE CHAN)
JACKIE CHAN IS AN EXPERT IN MARTIAL ARTS, AND FILM DIRECTOR, AND DOES ALL HIS OWN STUNTS IN HIS FILMS! PLUS, HE NEVER TAKES HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES HIS FILMS SO MAGICAL! WATCH JACKIE CHAN IN THE ACCIDENTAL SPY – PLUS JACKIE CHAN IN FREDDY WONG VS THE KING OF BAMBOO – AND THIS IS REALLY FUNNY, WATCH JACKIE CHAN FIGHT IN A MASSAGE SALON (CHECK OUT HIS FACE WHEN HE JUMPS IN THE HOT-TUB😂)
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 ...
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...
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...
