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PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS WEST HAM – 22/02/2025 (PHOTO – JARROD BOWEN HEADS THE BALL IN)
PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS WEST HAM – 22/02/2025 ARSENAL HAD 20 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, AND MADE 642 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, BUT WERE UNABLE TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST WEST HAM YESTERDAY. THEY WENT DOWN TO 10 MEN AFTER SOME ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY AND MOHAMMED KUDUS AFTER HE KNICKED THE BALL FROM HIM, AND WAS TAKEN DOWN, SO LEWIS-SKELLY WAS RED CARDED AT 73 MINS. WEST HAM MADE 309 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 5 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNING HEADER FROM JARROD BOWEN AT 44 MINS. AND WITH NOTHING FURTHER REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO WEST HAM! MIKEL ARTETA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH “IT’S VERY PAINFUL. FIRST OF ALL, I CONGRATULATE WEST HAM...
PREMIER LEAGUE : EVERTON VS MAN UNITED – 22/02/2025 (PHOTO – BRUNO FERNANDES CELEBRATES)
THERE WERE 9 SHOTS FOR EVERTON YESTERDAY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST MAN UNITED, WITH 8 SHOTS ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM BETO AT 19 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM ABDOULAYE COUCOURE AT 33 MINS., WITH 9 SHOTS AND 3 ON TARGET FOR MAN UNITED, INCLUDING 1 FROM BRUNO FERNANDES AT 72 MINS., AND ANOTHER STUNNER FROM MANUEL UGARTE AT 80 MINS. THERE WAS A LITTLE CONTROVERSY WHEN EVERTON SAW A PENALTY OVERTURNED BY VAR IN EXTRA TIME, AFTER ASHLEY YOUNG HIT THE DECK FOLLOWING SOME SHIRT-TUGGING FROM MATTHIJS DE LIGT, WITH HARRY MAGUIRE PUTTING A HAD ON HIM, AND REF ANDY MADLEY DECLARED A PENALTY, BUT VAR DISAGREED AND THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW! DAVID MOYES SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH SPEAKING OF WHEN THE DECISION HAD BEEN ON THE MAGUIRE FOUL “SO DID THEY LOOK AT THE SHIRT PULL? SO THE...
PREMIER LEAGUE : LEICESTER CITY VS BRENTFORD – 21/02/2025 (PHOTO – BRENTFORD CELEBRATE)
BRENTFORD HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY, WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF ENERGETIC GOALS FROM YOANNE WISSA AT 17 MINS., BRYAM MBEUMO AT 27 MINS., AND CHRISTIANO NORGAARD AT 43 MINS. (ALL BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF! IMAGINE THE LEICESTER CITY DRESSING ROOM AT HALF-TIME😒) IN TOTAL, BRENTFORD HAD 14 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDED ANOTHER CRACKING LATE GOAL FROM A SPRITELY FABIO CARVALHO AT 89 MINS., WHO HAD JUST BEEN SUBBED OFF THE BENCH, AND LEICESTER CITY HAD 6 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF SUPERB ATTEMPTS FROM JAMIE VARDY, WHICH HE COULDN’T GET PAST AN EXTREMELY COMPETENT MARK FLEKKEN. YOANNE WISSA CELEBRATES SCORING THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH AT 17 MINS. THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 4 – 0 WIN TO BRENTFORD, BUT THERE WAS ‘MUTINY ON THE HO...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : REAL MADRID VS MAN CITY – 19/02/2025 (PHOTO – MBAPPE CELEBRATES HIS HAT-TRICK)
ON THE 10TH TIME THAT CARLO ANCELOTTI AND PEP GUARDIOLA’S TEAMS HAVE FACED EACH OTHER IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ANTICIPATION WAS ONCE AGAIN HIGH, AND THE EXCITEMENT IN THE STADIUM WAS TANGIBLE! MBAPPE SCORES AT 4 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS MAN CITY BUT WITH A SUPER-FIT MBAPPE SCORING AT JUST 4 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, FOR REAL MADRID, CITY FANS HEARTS SANK – MBAPPE ENJOYS SCORING HIS HAT-TRICK AS YOU COULD SEE THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO GO, (WITH HAALAND AND DE BRUYNE BOTH INJURED) MBAPPE DEMONSTRATING HE HAS SCORED A HAT-TRICK SURE ENOUGH, MBAPPE ‘RAN RIOT’ – SCORING AGAIN AT 33 MINS. AND THEN AGAIN AT 61 MINS., ALL THE TIME WITH A CHEEKY SMILE ON HIS FACE AS IF TO SAY “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.” IN TOTAL, REAL MADRID HAD 15 SHOTS, ...
MAN CITY – PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – FOUR YEARS IN A ROW….!
WITH THE NEWS THAT ERLING HAALAND RECENTLY SIGNED A NEW 9.5 YEAR CONTRACT WITH MANCHESTER CITY, 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…! STAY TUNED FOR YESTERDAY’S PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION…! BY AMANDA WATERS
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BAYERN MUNICH VS CELTIC – 18/02/2025 (PHOTO – KUHN CELEBRATES)
THE BAYERN MUNICH TEAM MUST CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT CELTIC IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT TODAY, AFTER SOME EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED PLAY. BRENDAN RODGERS’ TEAM DID NOT SEEM PHASED IN THE SLIGHTEST BY THE CALIBRE OF THEIR OPPONENT, AND PLAYED WITH COURAGE (AND DELIGHT) KUHN SCORES SCORES FOR CELTIC AT 63 MINS ESPECIALLY AFTER NICOLAS-GERRIT KUHN SCORED THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH AT 63 MINS! THEY CREATED MANY CHANCES ALONG THE WAY TOO WITH THEIR CREATIVE PLAY, WITH 5 SHOTS AND 3 ON TARGET (WITH CALLUM MCGREGOR, AND DAIZEN MAEDA PLAYING STARRING ROLES) AND ALTHOUGH BAYERN HAD 23 SHOTS WITH 10 ON TARGET, THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET UNTIL STOPPAGE TIME. (HARRY KANE HAD EARLIER HAD TO GO OFF, WITH AN INJURY AT HALF-TIME.) ALPHONSO DAVIES SCORES IN STOPPAGE TIME SO WHEN ALPHON...
IOC RECOMMENDS BOXING FOR LA OLYMPICS 2028 (PHOTO – BRITISH BOXER ANTHONY JOSHUA WON GOLD AT THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has announced its recommendation to include boxing in the Olympic Games LA28, pending approval from the IOC Session. This announcement comes ahead of the 144th IOC Session this week, where a new IOC President will be elected. IOC EB recommends boxing for LA28; New IOC President to be elected at 144th Session on Thursday 20 March Additionally, Edgar Grospiron has been welcomed as the new head of the French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games, bringing considerable experience and an Olympic champion’s legacy to the role. Meanwhile, updates from Milano Cortina 2026 reveal robust enthusiasm, with 600,000 tickets sold out of 1.5 million, particularly attracting younger audiences.
PREMIER LEAGUE : LEEDS UNITED VS SUNDERLAND – 17/02/2025 (PHOTO – STRUIJK CELEBRATES SCORING A BRACE)
IT WAS WILSON ISIDOR WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING FOR SUNDERLAND AT 32 MINS. INTO THE LEEDS UNITED VS SUNDERLAND MATCH YESTERDAY (17/02/2025), AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS MUCH FURTHER ACTION WITH SUNDERLAND MAKING 335 PASSES, WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY, AND LEEDS UNITED 623 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 66% POSSESSION), WITH MUCH PHYSICALITY THROUGHOUT (WITH 11 FOULS-A-PIECE, AND 6 YELLOW CARDS FOR SUNDERLAND, PLUS 3 YELLOW’S FOR LEEDS), NOTHING FURTHER WAS GOING IN – EVEN THOUGH SUNDERLAND HAD 6 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET – (INCLUDING ISIDOR’S CRACKER) – SO WHEN SUBSTITUTES ROTHWELL AND STRUIJK CAME ON IN THE 71ST MINUTE AND IMMEDIATELY SPRANG INTO ACTION, YOU COULD ALMOST FEEL THE TENSION FROM THE LEEDS UNITED FANS MELT AWAY. THE TWO ‘SUPER SUBS’ PRO...
PREMIER LEAGUE : TOTTENHAM VS MAN UNITED – 16/02/2025 (PHOTO – JAMES MADDISON SCORES FOR TOTTENHAM)
TOTTENHAM HAD 22 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET LAST NIGHT, INCLUDING THE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH FROM JAMES MADDISON AT 13 MINS! TOTTENHAM ALSO MADE 521 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND MAINTAINED 56% POSSESSION. MANCHESTER UNITED HAD 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, AND MADE 412 PASSES, WITH AN 83% PASS ACCURACY, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO TOTTENHAM WHO NOW GO ABOVE MAN UNITED IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE. JAMES MADDISON AND SON CELEBRATE JAMES MADDISON, WHO HAS BEEN RECEIVING A BIT OF STICK RECENTLY FROM SOME CRITICS, SAID AFTER THE MATCH “PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR OPINIONS, BUT I WANTED TO DO MY TALKING ON THE PITCH. I HOPE THERE IS A CERTAIN FEW THAT ENJOYED ME BEING THE MATCH-WINNER TODAY!” BIG ANGE SPEAKS AFTER THE MAT...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY – LIVERPOOL VS WOLVES – 16/02/2025 – (PHOTO – LUIS DIAZ AND MO SALAH CELEBRATE)
THERE WERE 10 SHOTS FOR LIVERPOOL WITH 3 ON TARGET YESTERDAY (16/02/2025), INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM LUIS DIAZ AT 15 MINS., AND MO SALAH FROM A PENALTY AT 37 MINS MO SALAH CELEBRATES (AFTER SOME ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN JOTA AND AGBADOU.) WOLVES HAD 16 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM MATTHEUS CUNHA AT 67 MINS. (AND, INTERESTINGLY, 51% POSSESSION.) IT WAS ACTION GALORE THROUGHOUT – WITH LIVERPOOL MAKING 443 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND WOLVES, 458 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, BUT EVEN THOUGH WOLVES PLAYED SUPERBLY IN THE SECOND-HALF, THEY WERE UNABLE TO EQUALISE MEANING THAT LIVERPOOL RESTORE THEIR SEVEN-POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE WITH A 2 – 1 WIN! ARNE SLOT SPEAKS AFTER THE GAME “YOU CAN NEVER BREATHE IN THIS COMPETITI...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – MARCUS TAVERNIER CELEBRATES)
PREMIER LEAGUE : SOUTHAMPTON VS BOURNEMOUTH – 15/02/2025 IT WAS A FOUR-GOAL-THRILLER BETWEEN SOUTHAMPTON VS BOURNEMOUTH ON SATURDAY, WITH BOURNEMOUTH HAVING 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET (AND 56% POSSESSION), INCLUDING 3 GOALS FROM DANGO OUATTARA AT 14 MINS., RYAN CHRISTIE AT 16 MINS., AND A STUNNING LATE FINISHER FROM MARCUS TAVERNIER AT 83 MINS., WITH SOUTHAMPTON HAVING 11 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING GOAL FROM KAMALDEEN SULEMANA AT 72 MINS., ALL CULMINATING IN AN EXCITING 3 – 1 WIN FOR BOURNEMOUTH! PREMIER LEAGUE : WEST HAM VS BRENTFORD – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO SCHADE AND NORGAARD CELEBRATE) THERE WAS MORE EXCITEMENT OVER AT THE WEST HAM VS BRENTFORD MATCH, WHERE WEST HAM HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET ON SATURDAY (PLUS 59% POSSESSION), AND BRENTFORD HAD 14 ...
UN-Secretary General Underscores Importance Of IOC And It’s Mission
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.”
