AS ARTHUR FERRY’S JOURNEY AT WIMBLEDON COMES TO A CLOSE (THIS TIME) HE REFLECTS ON AN AMAZING WEEK, WHERE HE CERTAINLY SHOWED HE’S GOT THE GOODS TO BECOME A FUTURE WIMBLEDON CHAMPION, AND NOT ONLY HAD AN AUDIENCE WITH THE QUEEN, BUT ALSO RECEIVED A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM PRINCESS CATHERINE AND HER FAMILY FOR HIS 24TH BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS WHEN HE OFFERED TO COACH PRINCE GEORGE AND PRINCESS CHARLOTTE IN TENNIS! ARTHUR FERY BEATS ROLAND-GARROS FINALIST, FLAVIO COBOLLI IN STRAIGHT SETS TO PROGRESS TO THE GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES SEMI-FINALS AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026.
WHAT A MATCH THIS WAS LAST NIGHT BETWEEN NORWAY VS ENGLAND, WHICH WAS PACKED FULL OF DRAMA FROM START TO FINISH! WHICH WAS AMAZING REALLY CONSIDERING THE SWELTERING 41 DEGREE CONDITIONS AND HUMIDITY, (AND SOME VERY TIRED LEGS AT THIS BUSINESS-END OF THE COMPETITION – ON BOTH SIDES, ALTHOUGH YOU’D NEVER KNOW IT), BUT THIS MATCH HAD IT ALL! ANY PUNDIT WHO SAYS IT DIDN’T IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES! MAYBE THEY SHOULD RENAME THEMSELVES “THE WORLD’S UGLIEST PUNDIT!”😂 ECSTATICALLY HAPPY, WELL-BEHAVED FANS WERE CHEERING THEIR HEROES FROM BEGINNING TO END IN THE MIAMI STADIUM, AND IT WAS, IN FACT, NORWAY’S ANDREAS SCHJELDERUP WHO SAW AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER HARRY KANE WAS ON THE GROUND STILL AFTER A CLUMSY CROSS, TAKING JORDAN PICKFOR...
WHILST WE WAIT EXCITEDLY FOR THE ENGLAND VS NORWAY WORLD CUP MATCH TONIGHT, LET’S LOOK BACK AT THEIR SUPERB MATCH AGAINST CROATIA! WELL, WELL, WELL, WHAT-A-NIGHT FOR ENGLAND IN THE FIRST MATCH OF THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN AGAINST CROATIA LAST NIGHT! ENGLAND MADE 476 PASSES WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 54% POSSESSION, AND WERE TWO-NIL UP BY HALF-TIME, THANKS TO A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM HARRY KANE. THE FIRST GOAL FROM A PENALTY AT 12 MINS., AND THE SECOND STUNNER AT 42 MINS! CROATIA MADE 431 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 11 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM MARTIN BATURINA AT 36 MINS., AND PETAR MUSA AT 45 +5 MINS! SO IT WAS 2 – 2 AT HALF-TIME! CUE, A TEAM TALK FROM THOMAS TUCHEL, WHO FELT THAT HIS TEAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN PLAYING A BIT TOO CAREFULL...
WHAT AN EXCITING EVENT THE MEXICO VS ENGLAND MATCH WAS AT THE AZTECA STADIUM THIS MORNING, (WHEN IT EVENTUALLY KICKED OFF), AS THERE HAD BEEN MUCH BACKWARDS-AND-FORWARDSING OVER THE TIMINGS OF THE MATCH TO TRY AND ACCOMODATE THE WEATHER, AND RIGHT UP UNTIL AN HOUR BEFORE, THE MATCH WAS DELAYED DUE TO LIGHTNING STORMS, WHICH LEFT 80,824 MEXICAN FANS, AND 15,000 ENGLISH FANS WAITING AS KICK-OFF WAS DELAYED. WHEN THE GAME STARTED THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING, AS IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES IN MEXICO’S HISTORY. IN ADDITION TO THE ENGLAND FANS IN THE STADIUM, THERE WERE AROUND THE SAME NUMBER IN THE BARS OF MEXICO CITY, AS THIS MATCH WAS SEEN AS A PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHT! THE THREE LIONS SEEMED PREPARED WHEN THEY WALKED INTO THE GLADIATORIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AZTECA. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BI...
THIS WAS ANOTHER DELICIOUS MATCH! WHO’S NOT GOING TO TUNE INTO THE BRAZIL VS NORWAY MATCH – WITH BAITED BREATH, WITH SUCH A COLLECTION OF SUPERSTAR PLAYERS? IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PARTICULARLY CAGEY AFFAIR, WITH BOTH TEAM’S HAVING THEIR HACKLES UP – AS YOU WOULD EXPECT – AND ALTHOUGH, EXTREMELY DYNAMIC, IT TOOK UNTIL THE LATTER STAGES OF THE MATCH BEFORE ANYONE MANAGED TO SCORE! NORWAY MADE 653 PASSES WITH A 91% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 66% POSSESSION), AND 9 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 79 MINS. AND 90 MINS. RESPECTIVELY! BRAZIL MADE 313 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND 12 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM NEYMAR AT 90 +10 MINS. SHORTLY AFTER HAALAND’S GOAL, MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING GAME ENDED I...
AS WE WAIT FOR THE EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN NORWAY VS BRAZIL LATER, LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THEIR RECENT MATCH AGAINST IRAQ, WHEN, IF IT WAS SOME ‘HAALAND MAGIC’ YOU WERE EXPECTING IN THE MATCH BETWEEN IRAQ AND NORWAY, HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT ON HIS DEBUT WORLD CUP APPEARANCE, PLUS THERE WAS LOT’S OF OTHER DYNAMISM FROM BOTH TEAMS ALSO! NORWAY MADE 530 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 63% POSSESSION, AND 12 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A MAGNIFICENT BRACE FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 29 MINS. AND 43 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND A CRACKER FROM LEO OSTIGARD AT 76 MINS! IRAQ PUT ON AN ENERGETIC AND COMPACT PERFORMANCE, MAKING 335 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 1 ON-TARGET WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH VIGOUR FROM AYMEN HUSSEIN ...
LEWIS HAMILTON’S DOMINANCE IN F1 CONTINUES – LET’S TAKE A LOOK WITH “THE TECHNICAL DIRECTIVE”
REMEMBER WHAT AN EXCITING AFTERNOON IT WAS ON SUNDAY 7TH JULY 2024 AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX WHEN LEWIS HAMILTON STORMED TO VICTORY? LET’S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK! LEWIS HAMILTON STORMED TO VICTORY IN 1:22.27.059, WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN SECOND (+1.465), AND LANDO NORRIS THIRD (+7.547) LEWIS WAS EMOTIONAL AFTER THE RACE, REVEALING THAT HE HAD FELT LOW AT TIMES, NOT HAVING REACHED THE TOP OF THE PODIUM FOR A WHILE. (WHO KNEW?) BUT HE LOOKED EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE WON AT SILVERSTONE, SEEMINGLY SPURRED ON BY THE SUPPORT FROM THE LOYAL HOME CROWD “IT’S THE MOST EMOTIONAL WIN I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED” SAID LEWIS HAMILTON EMOTIONAL SCENES AS LEWIS HAMILTON CELEBRATES WITH MERCEDES AFTER THE RACE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX 2024 MARTIN BRUNDLE’S VERY FUNNY SIL...
AS WE WAIT EXCITEDLY FOR THE SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND, LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE SUPERB SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX 2023…! ANOTHER LOOK BACK AT THE FANTASTIC RACE AT SILVERSTONE 2023, WHICH CULMINATED IN AN EXCITING FRIENDLY DUEL BETWEEN LANDO NORRIS AND LEWIS HAMILTON TOWARDS THE END OF THE RACE! MARTIN BRUNDLE’S HILARIOUS SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX GRID-WALK 2023 MAX VERSTAPPEN CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IN 1:25:16.938, LANDO NORRIS WAS SECOND (+3.798), AND LEWIS HAMILTON CAME THIRD (+6.783) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX 2023 LEWIS HAMILTON SPEAKS ABOUT HIS FUTURE DURING DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE
A LITTLE LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX FROM THE VERY START….!
WHAT EXCITEMENT LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND VS DR CONGO! IT WAS DR CONGO’S BRIAN CIPENGA WHO SCORED THE FIRST GOAL, AT JUST 7 MINS. INTO THE MATCH LAST NIGHT, WHICH GAVE THE THREE LIONS A DEFINITIVE HEADS-UP OF EXACTLY HOW THIS MATCH WOULD BE. AN EXTREMELY TOUGH ONE. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO WILL KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT SURVIVAL. THE DR CONGO SQUAD ARE A TOUGH BUNCH OF SKILFUL PLAYERS, WITH AN EXTREMELY STRONG MINDSET TOBOOT, AND THEREFORE ENGLAND SEEMINGLY REALISED EARLY DOORS THAT THEY NEEDED TO ADAPT QUICKLY, AND BECOME, LET’S SAY, A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE ALONG THE WAY, IF THEY WERE GOING TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THIS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT GAME.😊 DR CONGO MADE AN IMPRESSIVE 346 PASS...
WHAT A MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE FROM ENGLAND IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PANAMA LAST NIGHT IN THE NEW JERSEY STADIUM, NEW YORK. IN A MATCH WHICH STARTED IN TORRENTIAL RAIN, IT DIDN’T DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OF THE PLAYERS ANY, WHO PLOUGHED ON, WITH PANAMA MAKING 265 PASSES, WITH A 75% PASS ACCURACY AND 9 SHOTS WITH 2 0N-TARGET, BUT NO GOALS, AND ENGLAND MAKING 533 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, (68% POSSESSION), AND 17 SHOTS, WITH 8 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING TWO ABSOLUTE STUNNERS FROM JUDE BELLINGHAM AT 62 MINS., AND HARRY KANE AT 67 MINS., MEANING THAT THE THREE LIONS WON THE MATCH 2 – 0, AND GO TO THE TOP OF GROUP L, WHICH SET’S UP A LAST-32 TIE AGAINST A THIRD-PLACE SIDE ON WEDNESDAY! THE ENGLAND FANS WERE ECSTATIC AND SERENADED THEM WITH “WONDERWALL” AGAIN AFTERWARDS!...
