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UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : SPAIN WOMEN VS PORTUGAL WOMEN – 03/07/2025 (PHOTO – ESTHER GONZALEZ SCORES A BRACE FOR SPAIN)
AFTER THE TERRIBLE NEWS OF DIOGO JOTA’S DEATH, IT WAS TOUCH-AND-GO AS TO WHETHER THE MATCH WOULD GO AHEAD AT ALL LAST NIGHT BETWEEN SPAIN VS PORTUGAL! (DIOGA JOTA WAS A HIGHLY REVERED INTERNATIONAL IN THE PORTUGAL MEN’S TEAM, PLAYING 49 TIMES AND SCORING 14 GOALS, AND ALSO A NATIONS LEAGUE WINNER) BUT GO-AHEAD IT DID, WITH THE PORTUGUESE LADIES SHOWING UP AND TRYING THEIR VERY BEST SEEMINGLY TO HONOUR THE WONDERFUL LEGACY OF DIOGO JOTA, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH HEAVY HEARTS, AMIDST GREAVING AND SHOCKED FANS. SPAIN, OBVIOUSLY REALISING THAT THEY HAD A JOB-TO-DO, NO MATTER WHAT PERFORMED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY (JUST AS THEIR FANS WOULD HAVE EXPECTED), WITH GOALS COMING QUICK-AND-FAST, WITH A BRACE FROM ESTHER GONZALEZ AT 2 MINS., AND 43 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, VICKY LOPEZ AT 7 MINS.,...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : THE LIONESSES TRIUMPH 4 – 0 AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS – 09/07/2025 (PHOTO – LAUREN JAMES SCORES FOR ENGLAND)
THE LIONESSES SPRANG INTO ACTION IN SWITZERLAND ON 09/07/2025 AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS IN SPECTACULAR STYLE, WITH 4 STUNNING GOALS FROM LAUREN JAMES AT 22 MINS., AND 60 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, GEORGIA STANWAY (JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME IN EXTRA TIME AT 45 +2 MINS) AND A STUNNING FINISHER FROM ELLA TOONE AT 67 MINS! THE LIONESSES MADE 391 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY IN TOTAL (AND HAD 53% POSSESSION), WITH 17 SHOTS AND 6 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED CRACKERS!) THE NETHERLANDS MADE 368 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 4 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE LIONESSES TRIUMPHED 4 – 0! MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LIONESSES!
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : SATURDAY – 12/07/2025 (PHOTO – STINA BLACKSTENIUS CELEBRATES)
GERMANY’S JULIE BRAND SCORED THE OPENER IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH AGAINST SWEDEN AT 7 MINS. JUST CASUALLY ROLLING THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER, WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A ‘HEADS-UP’ FOR THE SWEDISH LADIES AS THE SITUATION DIDN’T REMAIN 1 – 0 FOR LONG! IN FACT, IT WAS ONLY 5 MINS. LATER WHEN STINA BLACKSTENIUS EQUALISED, TAKING THE BALL AND RUNNING WITH IT, AND, QUITE LITERALLY, NEVER HANDING IT BACK AGAIN! NEXT, IT WAS 18 YEAR-OLD SMILLA HILMA HOLMBERG’S TURN (WHO HAS ONLY JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL) TO NET A STUNNER, AND THEN, FOLLOWING SOME ARGEY-BARGEY, WHEN CARLOTTA WAMSER WAS SENT OFF FOR HANDBALL, PUSHING AWAY A BLACKSTENIUS STRIKE ON THE LINE AFTER BERGER HAD LEFT HER GOAL OPEN, GERMANY WERE DOWN TO 10 PLAYERS, WHICH LEFT SWEDEN LIN...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : BELGIUM WOMEN VS ITALY WOMEN – 03/07/2025 (PHOTO – ARIANNA CARUSSO SCORES FOR ITALY)
BELGIUM MADE 381 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 10 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET IN YESTERDAY’S MATCH AGAINST ITALY, BUT NOTHING REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM! ITALY MADE 337 PASSES WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 17 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM ARIANNA CARUSO AT 44 MINS! AND WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THE MATCH ENDED IN AN EXCITING 1 – 0 WIN FOR ITALY! BY AMANDA WATERS
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – 02/07/2025 (PHOTO – FINLAND’S KATARINA KOSOLA CELEBRATES WITH HER TEAM-MATES)
ICELAND MADE 308 PASSES, WITH A 68% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, BUT WITH AN OVERLY-PHYSICAL HILDUR ANTONSDOTTIR FIRSTLY RECEIVING A YELLOW FOR ARGEY-BARGEY AND THEN A RED FOR A CLUMSY TACKLE, IT LEFT ICELAND DOWN TO 10 LADIES! FINLAND MADE 405 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 56% POSSESSION) AND 16 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM KATARINA KOSOLA JUST 12 MINS. AFTER ANTONSDOTTIR’S RED AT 70 MINS., MEANING THAT FINLAND WON THE MATCH 1 – 0. THE FINLAND HEAD COACH MARKO SALORANTA SAID AFTERWARDS “IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE FINLAND LAST WON AT A MAJOR TOURNAMENT, WHEN THE WOMEN’S EURO WAS PLAYED IN FINLAND IN 2009. SINCE THEN, WE’VE HAD NO VICTORIES AT THE 2013 AND 2022 TOURNAMENTS. I’M VERY SATISFIED TO START...
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP : MANCHESTER CITY VS AL HILAL – 30/06/2025 (PHOTO – ERLING HAALAND)
YIKES! MANCHESTER CITY ARE OUT OF THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2025, AFTER A 4 – 3 EXTRA-TIME DEFEAT TO AL-HILAL IN AMERICA! MAN CITY MADE 827 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 69% POSSESSION) AND HAD 30 SHOTS WITH 14 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 3 SUCCESSFUL STUNNERS FROM BERNARDO SILVA AT 9 MINS., ERLING HAALAND AT 55 MINS., AND PHIL FODEN IN EXTRA-TIME AT 104 MINS! AL-HILAL MADE 374 PASSES, WITH AN 83% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 17 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A SUPERB BRACE FROM MARCOS LEANDRO AT 46 MINS. AND 112 MINS., ANOTHER GREAT GOAL FROM MALCOM AT 52 MINS., AND A CRACKER FROM KALIDOU KOULIBALY AT 94 MINS. THIS MEANS THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 4 – 3 WIN TO AL HILAL AND THEIR PROGRESSION TO THE QUARTER-FINALS WHERE THEY WILL NEXT PLAY FLUMINENSE ON FRIDAY 4TH JU...
VIEW SOME OF THE SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 1 OF WIMBLEDON!
WIMBLEDON DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS – 30/06/2025 CHECK OUT THIS SUPERB MATCH FROM THE FIRST ROUND OF WIMBLEDON 2025 ON NO 1 COURT BETWEEN 22 YEAR OLD EMMA RADACANU AND 17 YEAR OLD MIMI XU! AND ANOTHER FANTASTIC MATCH BETWEEN KATIE BOULTER AND PAULA BADOSA
LANDO NORRIS HAS WON THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2025
LANDO NORRIS HAS WON THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 (ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER PRACTISE RACES & QUALIFYING THIS WEEKEND!) WATCH ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE – AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE, AS THIS WAS CERTAINLY AN EVENTFUL RACE!! PODIUM WINNERS POST-RACE INTERVIEWS EXCITEMENT ON THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX PODIUM AND CONGRATULATIONS ALL ROUND!
EUROPEAN UNDER 21 FINALS: ENGLAND U21’s vs GERMANY U21’s – 27/06/2025 (PHOTO – ENGLAND LIFT THE TROPHY)
WHAT A MAGNIFICENT, AND WELL-ORGANISED PERFORMANCE FROM THE YOUNG LIONS LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST GERMANY! FIRSTLY, HARVEY ELLIOTT NETTED THE MOST SUPERB GOAL IN UNDER 5 MINUTES, WHICH SENT A WAVE OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THE TEHELNE POLE STADIUM TO ALL THE ENGLAND FANS, AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, WITH ALL REALISING THAT THIS WAS TO BE YET ANOTHER CLASS ACT FROM THE YOUNG LIONS! AND THEN, IT WAS OVER TO OMARI HUTCHINSON TO SCORE AT 24 MINS., AFTER A CHEEKY PASS FROM JAMES MCATEE (WHERE THEY LOOKED ALMOST ‘IN SYNC’) – CUE HIS SUPERB ACROBATIC CELEBRATION OF A CARTWHEEL AND BACKFLIP, WHICH FANS ADORED! THIS NOW MEANT THAT ENGLAND HAD SCORED 2 GOALS IN UNDER 25 MINS! AND THEN, JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME, (IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 45 +1 MINS.,) GERMANY’S NELSON WIEPER MANAGE...
EUROPEAN UNDER-21 SEMI-FINAL: ENGLAND U21’s vs NETHERLANDS U21’s – 25/06/2025 (PHOTO – HARVEY ELLIOTT CELEBRATES)
WHAT AN EXCITING, AND ENERGETIC MATCH IT WAS BETWEEN THE ENGLAND U21’s AND THE NETHERLANDS U21’s ON THE 25TH JUNE 2025, IN THE SEARING HEAT OF BRATISLAVA, WITH ENGLAND MAKING 405 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAVING 12 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM HARVEY ELLIOTT AT 62 MINS., AND 85 MINS., RESPECTIVELY! THE NETHERLANDS MADE 448 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 6 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM NOAH OHIO AT 72 MINS. – WITH 1 YELLOW-CARD-A-PIECE! MEANING THAT THE YOUNG LIONS WON THE MATCH 2 – 1, AND ARE NOW THROUGH TO THE FINALS WHERE THEY WILL FACE GERMANY ON SATURDAY 28TH JUNE, HOPING TO BECOME THE FIRST NATION SINCE SPAIN TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK EUROPEAN U21 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES! WELL DONE YOUNG LIONS!! UN...
LANDO NORRIS CLAIMS POLE IN QUALIFYING AT THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2025
LANDO NORRIS HAS CLAIMED POLE IN QUALIFYING AT THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 – WATCH HOW HE DID IT HERE…!
VIEW SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS FROM THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
The Austrian Grand Prix is known for it’s beautiful scenery as well as the racing! View some of the most dramatic moments from Austria, and more details about the track itself below! The Austrian Grand Prix takes place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria. It’s a relatively short track known for its challenging layout with a mix of straights and technical corners, set against a backdrop of rolling hills. More details about the Red Bull Ring: Location: Spielberg, Styria, Austria. Track Length: 4.326 km. Number of Laps: 71. Lap Record: 1:05.619 (Carlos Sainz, 2020). Notable Features: The track features a combination of fast straights and technical corners, including the exhilarating Rindt right-hander. Surroundings: The circuit is known for its beautiful natural bac...
