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MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE QATAR GRAND PRIX 2025
MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS WON THE QATAR GRAND PRIX 2025! WATCH EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS HERE MAX, OSCAR AND CARLOS GIVE THEIR POST-RACE INTERVIEWS TO MARTIN BRUNDLE! 😊 UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE PESKY SPORTING IMPERSONATORS HAVE MANAGED TO INFILTRATE THE FORMULA 1 CIRCUITS, AS WELL AS THE FOOTBALLING ARENAS! (BELOW)
GIGI HADID AND IRINA SHAYK MODEL FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
GIGI HADID AND IRINA SHAYK HAVE BOTH MODELLED FOR THE BEAUTY AND FITNESS MAGAZINE – HERE ARE THEIR PHOTO-SHOOTS… IRINA SHAYK AND GIGI HADID MAKE A SPLASH AT A SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PHOTO-SHOOT IN KAUAI….! GIGI HADID AND IRINA SHAYK TALK US THROUGH THE TIME THEY WERE BOOKED FOR THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SHOOT IN TAHITI!
PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS BOURNEMOUTH – 30/12/2025 (PHOTO – JUSTIN KLUIVERT CELEBRATES)
CHELSEA MADE 525 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 67% POSSESSION), 12 CORNERS AND 19 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET INCLUDING 2 CRACKING GOALS FROM COLE PALMER (FROM A PENALTY) AT 15 MINS., AND ENZO FERNANDEZ AT 23 MINS. BOURNEMOUTH MADE 259 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 3 CORNERS, AND 17 SHOTS WITH 3 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM DAVID BROOKS AT 6 MINS., AND JUSTIN KLUIVERT AT 27 MINS., SO, WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, AT THE END OF THE 90 MINS. THE GAME ENDED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW! PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS BOURNEMOUTH – 30/12/2025 WILLY CABALLERO SPEAKS INSTEAD OF ENZO MARESCA AFTER THE MATCH (AND EXPLAINS WHY) ANDONI IRAOLA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
A NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM IOC PRESIDENT KIRSTY COVENTRY
IOC President Kirsty Coventry hails milestone year ahead of Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026. In a New Year message to the Olympic community, IOC President Kirsty Coventry thanked the “entire Olympic Community” for the “incredible support and encouragement” she has received during her first months in office, saying: “Your passion and commitment inspire me every day.” Looking ahead to 2026, the IOC President highlighted the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 noting that the Games will “bring together the best winter sport athletes in Bella Italia” and that “the torch is already moving across Italy, connecting communities and building excitement for Milano Cortina 2026.”
PREMIER LEAGUE : NEW YEAR’S DAY – THURSDAY – 01/01/2026 (PHOTO – TOM CAIRNEY CELEBRATES)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL OF THE EXCITING PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION FROM NEW YEAR’S DAY 2026! STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO AND INTERVIEWS! PREMIER LEAGUE : CRYSTAL PALACE VS FULHAM – 01/01/2026 PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDERLAND VS MANCHESTER CITY – 01/01/2026 PREMIER LEAGUE : LIVERPOOL VS LEEDS UNITED – 01/01/2026 PREMIER LEAGUE : BRENTFORD VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 01/01/2026
PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS ASTON VILLA – 30/12/2025 (PHOTO – GABRIEL JESUS CELEBRATES)
ARSENAL WERE CERTAINLY ON TIPPETY-TOP FORM IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST ASTON VILLA LAST NIGHT, MAKING 358 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, 3 CORNERS, AND 19 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 4 ABSOLUTE CRACKERS IN QUICK SUCCESSION FROM GABRIEL MAGALHAES AT 48 MINS., MARTIN ZUBIMENDI AT 52 MINS., LEANDRO TROSSARD AT 69 MINS., AND A FULLY-FIT GABRIEL JESUS AT 78 MINS! ASTON VILLA MADE 406 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 52% POSSESSION, 3 CORNERS, AND 9 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A SPIFFY LATE-FINISHER FROM OLLIE WATKINS AT 90 +4 MINS., BUT, BY THEN, ARSENAL HAD ALREADY SCORED 4 GOALS, SO THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 4 – 1 WIN TO ARSENAL! PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS ASTON VILLA – 30/12/2025 UNAI EMERY SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH MIKEL ARTETA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH MA...
PREMIER LEAGUE : TUESDAY – 30/12/2025 (PHOTO – YOANNE WISSA CELEBRATES)
NEWCASTLE HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST BURNLEY, MAKING 449 PASSES, WITH AN 83% PASS ACCURACY, 4 CORNERS, (51% POSSESSION), AND 19 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 3 CRACKING GOALS! WITH THE 1ST FROM JOELINTON AT 2 MINS., ANOTHER FROM YOANE WISSA AT 7 MINS., AND YET ANOTHER FROM BRUNO GUIMARAES AT 90 +3 MINS. BURNLEY MADE 339 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 3 CORNERS, AND 15 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A BEAUT FROM JOSH LAURENT AT 23 MINS. MEANING THAT THE MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO NEWCASTLE! PREMIER LEAGUE : BURNLEY VS NEWCASTLE UNITED – 30/12/2025 WEST HAM MADE 342 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 5 CORNERS, AND 9 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET INCLUDING A CRACKING GOAL FROM JARROD BOWEN AT 10 MINS., AND A BEAUT FROM LUCAS PAQU...
MAN CITY – PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – FOUR 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 PREPARED FOR THE MATCH WHICH MADE HISTORY FOR THEM BY BECOMING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW…! BY AMANDA WATERS
JAYNE TORVILLE AND CHRISTOPHER DEAN PERFORM THE BOLERO
AS JAYNE TORVILLE HAS BEEN MADE A DAME AND CHRISTOPHER DEAN A KNIGHT IN KING CHARLES’ NEW YEARS HONOURS LIST, LET’S ONCE AGAIN WATCH THEM PERFORM THE BEAUTIFUL BOLERO AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 1984….!
UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE : CRYSTAL PALACE VS KUPS KUOPIO – 18/12/2035 (PHOTO – JUSTIN DEVENNEY SCORES FOR CRYSTAL PALACE)
CRYSTAL PALACE MADE 451 PASSES WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 56% POSSESSION), AND 15 SHOTS WITH 8 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM CHRISTANTUS UCHE AT JUST 5 MINS. INTO THE MATCH AND ANOTHER FROM JUSTIN DEVENNY AT 76 MINS! KUPS KUOPIO MADE 360 PASSES WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 3 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON-TARGET, WHICH BOTH SUCCESSFULY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, WITH THE 1ST FROM PIOTR PARZYSZEK AT 50 MINS., AND THE 2ND FROM IBRAHIM CISSE AT 53 MINS! KUPS WENT DOWN TO 10 MEN AT 73 MINS. WHEN CLINTON ANTWI WAS SENT OFF AFTER SOME CLUMSY ARGEY-BARGEY, BUT IT DIDN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE OVERALL RESULT, WITH THE MATCH ENDING IN AN ENTERTAINING 2 – 2 DRAW, MEANING CRYSTAL PALACE HAVE NOW QUALIFIED FOR THE CONFERENCE LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS! UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE : CRYSTAL PA...
ANTHONY JOSHUA X JAKE PAUL BOXING MATCH – 19/12/2025 (PHOTO – ANTHONY JOSHUA DELIVERS “THE KNOCKOUT PUNCH”)
AJ BEAT JAKE PAUL BY KNOCKOUT IN THE SIXTH ROUND, OF THEIR BOXING MATCH LAST NIGHT IN MIAMI, AFTER TWICE KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND IN THE FIFTH ROUND. JAKE PAUL DID BETTER THAN EXPECTED THOUGH, SURVIVING WELL INTO THE SECOND-HALF OF THE FIGHT, BUT EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL WITH A JAW BROKEN IN TWO PLACES! 😒 ANTHONY JOSHUA SPEAKS AFTER THE FIGHT ANTHONY JOSHUA’S PRESS CONFERENCE IS GATECRASHED BY “TYSON FURY AND HIS DAD” 😂 AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION FROM THE BOARD OF HEROES – ANTHONY HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD OF ALL TODAY – THE EBENEEZER GOODE AWARD! 😂
ANYONE WANT TO SEE ERLING HAALAND DRESSED UP AS SANTA?
ERLING HAALAND ONCE AGAIN GOES UNDERCOVER – THIS TIME AS SANTA TO SPREAD SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER!
