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THE LIONESSES MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY AFTER THEIR SUPERB PERFORMANCE AGAINST WALES YESTERDAY! GEORGIA STANWAY GOT THE PARTY STARTED WITH A CRACKER FROM A PENALTY AT 13 MINS., WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY GOAL AFTER GOAL FROM THE LIONESSES. NEXT, IT WAS ELLA TOONE’S TURN TO SCORE AT 21 MINS., FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY LAUREN HEMP AT 30 MINS., ALESSIA RUSSO AT 44 MINS., BETH MEAD AT 72 MINS., AND AGGIE BEEVER-JONES WITH THE FINAL ENGLAND GOAL AT 89 MINS! WALES’ HANNAH CAIN SCORED A STUNNER, AFTER A SUPERB ASSIST FROM JESS FISHLOCK AT 76 MINS. ALSO, MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING GAME ENDED IN A 6 – 1 TRIUMPH TO ENGLAND! UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : ENGLAND VS WALES – 13/07/2025 THE LIONESSES EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS TO MOVE INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS “YOU COULD SEE...

PSG MADE 601 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 67% POSSESSION), 5 CORNERS, AND 8 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, BUT NO GOALS IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST CHELSEA LAST NIGHT!  CHELSEA MADE 301 PASSES, WITH AN 80% ACCURACY, AND HAD 10 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM COLE PALMER AT 22 MINS., AND 30 MINS., RESPECTIVELY AND NEW  SIGNING JOAO PEDRO, WHO SCORED A CRACKER AT 43 MINS., MEANING THAT CHELSEA ENDED UP LIFTING THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY AFTER A 3 – 0 WIN! FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL : CHELSEA VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN – 13/07/2025

IF IT WAS TREATS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IN THE FORM OF INDIVIDUAL FOOTBALLING SKILLS, THEN THE LIONESSES OFFERED A SMORGASBORD IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST JAMAICA ON 29/06/2025! FIRSTLY ELLA TOONE SCORED A CRACKER AT 10 MINS., (WHICH WAS TO BE THE FIRST GOAL OF A BRILLIANT BRACE, NETTING THE SECOND AT THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 45 +4 MINS.), THEN IT WAS LUCY BRONZE’S TURN TO SCORE A SPECTACULAR GOAL AT 32 MINS., WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A REGULAR ‘GOALATHON’. FROM THE LIONESSES, WHICH LEFT LITTLE TIME FOR THE JAMAICAN LADIES TO COME UP FOR AIR! GEORGIA STANWAY FOLLOWED LUCY BRONZE’S GOAL WITH A BEAUT AT 59 MINS., AND ON THEY CAME, WITH ALESSIA RUSSO SCORING ANOTHER CLASS GOAL AT 71 MINS., AND AGGIE BEAVER-JONES’ SPECTACULAR GOAL AT 85 MINS., AND THEN ...

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.,...

(PHOTO – ‘HONOUR AND GRACE IN DEFEAT’ – JACK DRAPER CONGRATULATES MARIN CILIC) -THIS WAS AN INTERESTING MATCH YESTERDAY BETWEEN 23 YEAR OLD JACK DRAPER AND 36 YEAR OLD MARIN CILIC, WHO SEEMS TO BE LIKE THE CRISTIANO RONALDO OF THE TENNIS WORLD. HIS SERVES WERE SO DIRECT AND POWERFUL THAT THEY SEEMED UNANSWERABLE FOR JACK AT TIMES. IT WAS A RIVETING WATCH, AND JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOUTH DOESN’T ALWAYS TRIUMPH OVER EXPERIENCE! STAY TUNED FOR MORE!  WIMBLEDON 2025 – JACK DRAPER VS MARIN CILIC – 03/07/2025 JACK DRAPER SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH MARIN CILIC SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

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...