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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : BARCELONA VS INTER MILAN – 30/04/2025 (PHOTO – LAMINE YAMAL CELEBRATES)
CHEEKY SKILLS, ACROBATICS AND MORE THAN A TOUCH OR TWO OF TEENAGE GENIUS! THE MATCH BETWEEN BARCELONA VS INTER MILAN LAST NIGHT HAD IT ALL! IT WAS MARCUS THURAM WHO GOT THE 6 GOAL PARTY STARTED WHEN HE SCORED AN ABSOLUTE BLINDER WITH A CHEEKY BACKHEEL FLICK IN JUST 30 SECS. INTO THE MATCH! (THE FASTEST GOAL IN SEMI-FINAL HISTORY!) THIS WAS FOLLOWED 20 MINS. LATER BY AN AMAZING BICYCLE KICK FROM DENZEL DUMFRIES AT 21 MINS. (THEREBY RENDERING INTER MILAN 2 – 0 UP AFTER 20 MINS!) CUE LAMINE YAMAL, (WHO OBVIOUSLY DECIDED HE WASN’T HAVING ANY OF THIS) WHO SPRANG INTO ACTION, SCORING A SUPERB GOAL AT 24 MINS. (HE HAS NOW SCORED 22 GOALS, AND MADE 33 ASSISTS IN HIS FIRST 100 GAMES, AND HE’S NOT EVEN 18 YET!) HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL FURTHER SHOTS ON TARGET WHICH DIDN’T QUITE RE...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : ARSENAL VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN – 29/04/2025
WELL, WELL, WELL! AFTER DAYS OF EXCITING BUILD-UP, A SPECTACULAR LIGHT-SHOW, AND THE ARSENAL PLAYERS’ STERN FACES OF INTENT WHILST EMERGING FROM THE TUNNEL – (NOT TO MENTION MIKEL ARTETA STRIDING AROUND WITH AN EQUALLY-RESOLUTE LOOK ON HIS FACE, DRESSED ALL IN BLACK, AS ALWAYS, LIKE A MAN ON A MISSION) – ALL THE EXCITEMENT FOR ARSENAL FANS CAME TO A CRASHING HALT WHEN DEMBELE SCORED A SUPERB GOAL INSIDE OF FOUR MINUTES LAST NIGHT. THE DEFLATEMENT FROM THE CROWD SEEMED TANGIBLE AS HEARTS SANK ALL AROUND THE STADIUM, UPON THE REALISATION THAT PSG WERE EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED AND GOING TO BE A COMPLETE HANDFUL! PSG MADE 437 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 53% POSSESION, SO THE STATS WEREN’T TOO DIFFERENT REALLY WITH ARSENAL MAKING 389 PASSES, WITH AN 89% ACC...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – ALEXANDER ISAK CELEBRATES)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL THE PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION FROM SATURDAY 26/04/2025 – ENJOY! AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING FOOTBALL ACTION COMING LATER TODAY! PREMIER LEAGUE : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS IPSWICH TOWN – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : SOUTHAMPTON VS FULHAM – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS EVERTON – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : WOLVERHAMTON WANDERERS VS LEICESTER CITY – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION VS WEST HAM UNITED – 26/04/2025
VIEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHRIS EUBANK JR VS CONOR BENN BOXING MATCH
FOR THOSE WHO WONDERED WHETHER IT WOULD BE HARD FOR CHRIS EUBANK SR NOT TO BE BY HIS SON’S SIDE AT HIS BIG FIGHT LAST NIGHT, THE ANSWER TURNED OUT TO BE INEVITABLY, YES! AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM ARRIVE TOGETHER! CHRIS EUBANK JR TAKES AN ICONIC RINGWALK WITH HIS DAD (FULL RINGWALK) CHRIS EUBANK JR AND CONOR BENN TAKE THEIR HISTORIC RINGWALKS CONOR BENN TAKES AN ICONIC RINGWALK WITH HIS DAD (FULL RINGWALK) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MESMERISING FIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO GREAT, SUPER-FIT ATHLETE’S, CHRIS EUBANK JR AND CONOR BENN, WHICH CHRIS EUBANK WON BY UNANIMOUS DECISION AFTER ALL 3 JUDGES DECIDED ON A 116 – 112 WIN IN HIS FAVOUR AT THE END OF 12 ROUNDS!
PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 23/04/2025 (PHOTO – JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA CELEBRATES)
WHAT AN EXCITING MATCH THIS WAS! ARSENAL MADE 711 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, (AND HAD 68% POSSESSION), PLUS 12 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM JAKUB KIWIOR WITH AN EARLY OPENER AT 3 MINS., AND LEANDRO TROSSARD WITH ANOTHER BRILLIANT GOAL JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME AT 42 MINS. CRYSTAL PALACE MADE 328 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 15 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM EBERECHI EZE AT 27 MINS., AND A BEAUT FROM JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA AT 83 MINS. WHICH ALL CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW! PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 23/04/2025
CHINA LAUNCHES SPACE MISSION – 24/04/2025
CHECK OUT THIS EXCITEMENT FROM TODAY! CHINA HAS LAUNCHED THREE ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE AFTER A CEREMONY IN THE GOBI DESERT. LIFT OFF OF THE COUNTRY’S SHENZHOU-20 IS THE NEXT STEP IN A FRIENDLY SPACE RACE BETWEEN NASA, CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA AND JAPAN TO CREATE BASES ON THE MOON, AND FROM THERE, TO MARS!! CHINA’S SHENZHOU 20 CREW ENTERS TIANGONG SPACE STATION AFTER DOCKING
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 (INCLUDING MARTIN BRUNDLE’S GRID-WALK WHERE HE GETS ‘USHERED’ ASIDE BY USHER’S WEEDY-LOOKING BODY-GUARD! HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T REALISE THAT MARTIN KNOWS JUDO!)😂
OSCAR PIASTRI WON THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1:21:06.758, WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN SECOND (+2.843 s), CHARLES LECLERC THIRD (+8.104 s), LANDO NORRIS FOURTH (+9.196 s), AND GEORGE RUSSELL FIFTH (+27.236 s) THERE WAS MUCH ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN MAX VERSTAPPEN AND OSCAR PIASTRI ON THE FIRST CORNER – RESULTING IN A FIVE-SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR MAX…! HERE IS THE INCIDENT IN MORE DETAIL… MARTIN BRUNDLE’S FULL SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX GRID-WALK INTERESTING TEAM RADIO TALK FROM QUALIFYING AT THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING SESSION 2025 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUALIFYING SESSION AT THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 SAUDI ARABIAN POST-QUALIFYING INTERVIEWS
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : REAL MADRID VS ARSENAL – 16/04/2025
WHAT AN EVENTFUL NIGHT IT WAS IN THE MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS ARSENAL YESTERDAY! THE POOR REF FRANCOIS LETEXIER SEEMED A LITTLE FLUMMOXED AT TIMES WITH HIS OFFICIATING, WITH THE RESULT OF ONE DECISION BEING TO DECIDE TO OVERRULE HIMSELF! HE MADE THE DECISION TO PUNISH DECLAN RICE FOR A PULL ON MBAPPE’S SHIRT, BUT AFTER AROUND 5 MINS., HE EVENTUALLY CONSULTED VAR OVER HIS DECISION, (WHICH OBVIOUSLY STOPPED THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME) AND CHANGED HIS MIND! THERE WAS MORE ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN ALABA AND SAKA, WITH ALABA BEING AWARDED A YELLOW (WHICH SOME THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED) FOR A PARTICULARLY CLUMSY COMING-TOGETHER WITH SAKA, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE SEEN REAL MADRID DOWN TO 10 MEN. (WHO WOULD WANT TO BE IN HIS POSITION AT THAT MOMENT?😒) BUT HEY, HO, IT WAS A RIVETING MA...
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : EINTRACHT FRANKFURT VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 17/04/2025 (PHOTO – DOMINIC SOLANKE CELEBRATES)
FRANKFURT MADE 532 PASSES WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 14 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN EINTRACHT FRANKFURT VS TOTTENHAM, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, NO SUCCESS IN REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET. TOTTENHAM MADE 362 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 12 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET. IT WAS A FEISTY AFFAIR, WITH 3 YELLOW-CARDS-A-PIECE, INCLUDING 1 YELLOW CARD FOR FRANKFURT’S GOALKEEPER KAUA SANTOS, WHO MISTIMED HIS JUMP AND CRASHED INTO JAMES MADDISON AT FULL-SPEED (WHO STAYED DOWN ON THE GROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME LOOKING BADLY INJURED.) JAMES WAS SUBBED-OFF FOR DEJAN KULUSEVSKI SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. AFTER THE COLLISION, A PENALTY WAS AWARDED TO TOTTENHAM, WHICH DOMINIC SOLANKE NETTED IN SPECTACULAR FASHION AT 43 MINS! AND WITH SOLANKE’S GOAL R...
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : INTER MILAN VS BAYERN MUNICH – 16/04/2025 (PHOTO – LAUTARO MARTINEZ CELEBRATES)
BAYERN MADE 542 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, (WITH 63% POSSESSION) AND HAD 20 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM HARRY KANE AT 52 MINS., AND ERIC DIER AT 76 MINS., IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST INTER MILAN LAST NIGHT. WITH INTER MAKING 334 PASSES, WITH A 73% PASS ACCURACY, HAVING 15 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 58 MINS., AND A SUPERB GOAL FROM BENJAMIN PAVARD AT 61 MINS., (THEREBY EQUALISING AGAINST HIS OLD CLUB) AND SENDING INTER THROUGH TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS AS THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW, WITH INTER MILAN WINNING 4 – 3 ON AGGREGATE! UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : INTER MILAN VS BAYERN MUNICH – 16/04/2025
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : ASTON VILLA VS PSG – 15/04/2025 (PHOTO – JOHN MCGINN SCORES FOR ASTON VILLA)
ASTON VILLA HAD A WHOPPING 17 SHOTS LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PSG, WITH 9 ON TARGET, IN AN AMAZING COMEBACK, INCLUDING THREE STUNNERS FROM YOURI TIELEMANS AT 34 MINS., JOHN MCGINN AT 55 MINS., AND EZRI KONSA AT 57 MINS. PSG HAD 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM ACHRAF HAKIMI AT 11 MINS., AND NUNO MENDES AT 27 MINS., BUT WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO ASTON VILLA! (BUT HEARTBREAK, AS THEY WILL NOW HAVE TO EXITE THE COMPETITION AS PSG WON 4 – 5 ON AGGREGATE.) “I’M PROUD OF MY TEAM” SAID UNAI EMERY AFTER THE MATCH
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS BARCELONA – 15/04/2025 (PHOTO – SERHOU GUIRASSY CELEBRATES)
BORUSSIA DORTMUND MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY SERHOU GUIRASSY AFTER NETTING HIS BRILLIANT HAT-TRICK, MAKING HIM THE HIGHEST SCORING AFRICAN PLAYER IN A SINGLE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN! FIRSTLY, WITH A CLINICAL SHOT FROM A PENALTY AT 11 MINS., AND THEN ANOTHER STUNNER AT 49 MINS., FOLLOWED BY A SUPERB GOAL AT 76 MINS! DORTMUND HAD 18 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET IN FACT, AND BARCELONA HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET APART FROM AN UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM RAMY BENSEBAINI AT 54 MINS., THE MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO BORUSSIA DORTMUND, WITH DORTMUND FANS STANDING TO APPLAUD THEIR PLAYERS AT THE FINAL WHISTLE AFTER THEIR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE DURING THE MATCH. BARCELONA WILL NOW GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRST LEG ADVANTAGE...
