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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, ...
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...
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.”
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – OLLIE WATKINS AND MARCUS RASHFORD CELEBRATE)
PREMIER LEAGUE : ASTON VILLA VS IPSWICH TOWN – 15/02/2025 ASTON VILLA HAD 25 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET (AND 76% POSSESSION) IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST A 10 MAN IPSWICH TOWN (WHO LOST AXEL TUANZEBE AT 40 MINS.) YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS RED CARDED, BUT STILL SEEMED UP AGAINST IT! IPSWICH’S LIAM DELAP SCORED A STUNNER AT 56 MINS., AND VILLA’S OLLIE WATKINS SCORED A CRACKER AFTER MARCUS RASHFORD (WHO IS ON LOAN FROM MANCHESTER UNITED) FIRED IN A SHOT WHICH HIT THE CROSSBAR AND REBOUNDED STRAIGHT INTO OLLIE WATKINS’ PATH, WHO POWERED IT INTO THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, MEANING THAT THE GAME FINISHED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW! PREMIER LEAGUE : FULHAM VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – CALVIN BASSEY) THIS WAS AN EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN FULHAM VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST, WITH ...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 16/02/2025 (PHOTO – MARMOUSH CELEBRATES SCORING A HAT-TRICK FOR MAN CITY)
WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR MAN CITY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST NEWCASTLE YESTERDAY, WITH 11 SHOTS, AND 7 ON TARGET INCLUDING AN AMAZING HAT-TRICK FROM OMAR MARMOUSH AT 19 MINS., 24 MINS., AND 33 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND NEWCASTLE HAD 3 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET AND JAMES MCATEE SCORING ANOTHER STUNNER AT 84 MINS., THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 4 – 0 VICTORY TO MAN CITY! PREMIER LEAGUE : CRYSTAL PALACE VS EVERTON – 15/02/2025 EVERTON MUST BE FEELING EQUALLY CHIPPER TODAY WITH THEIR WIN AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE YESTERDAY, WITH TWO CRACKERS FROM BETO AT 42 MINS., AND CARLOS ALCARAZ AT 80 MINS., (WHO ALSO ASSISTED BETO) AND WITH CRYSTAL PALACE’S JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA HAVING PREVIOUSLY EQUALISED SCORING A BEAUT AT 47 M...
Another Chance To Look At When Valtteri Bottas Won The Russian Grand Prix 2020…!
WHILST WE WAIT FOR ALL THE ACTION FROM THE MEXICAN GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND, LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE TIME WHEN VALTTERI BOTTAS WON THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX IN 2020! Valtteri Bottas Won The Russian Grand Prix 2020 In Style On a sunny day in Sochi, the Russian Grand Prix 2020 got off to a frantic start with Carlos Sainz crashing on the first lap, and Charles LeClerc bumping into the back of Lance Stroll who went into the barrier, causing Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz to retire early, with a resultant safety car ensuing. Carlos Sainz’s Car Is Winched Off After Crashing Into Barrier Lewis Hamilton had received two x five second penalties for practice start infringements at the start of the race and so was disadvantaged. Although he was still able to make it up to third place ...
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND : FRIDAY – 07/02/2025 (PHOTO – HARRY MAGUIRE HEADS THE WINNER INTO GOAL)
CHECK OUT THIS EXCITEMENT FROM LAST NIGHT AT OLD TRAFFORD BETWEEN MANCHESTER UNITED AND LEICESTER CITY IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE FA CUP, WHERE THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH CAME FROM BOBBY DE CORDOVA-REID AT 42 MINS., WITH LEICESTER HAVING A TOTAL OF 6 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON-TARGET, (BUT NOTHING FURTHER REACHING THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET), AND WITH MAN UNITED HAVING 13 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM JOSHUA ZIRKZEE AT 68 MINS., WHICH LEFT THINGS ALL SQUARE, UNTIL HARRY MAGUIRE’S ‘FERGIE TIME’ LATE STOPPAGE-TIME GOAL – AND WITHOUT VAR APPARENT AT THIS STAGE IN THE FA CUP, THERE WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE MANAGER ARGEY-BARGEY LEFT HANGING IN THE AIR AS SOME DEEMED HARRY MAGUIRE’S LATE HEADER TO BE OFFSIDE (SEE WHAT YOU THINK.) THE OLD TRAFFORD CROWD WERE LEFT I...
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : THURSDAY – 06/02/2025 (PHOTO – VIRGIL VAN DIJK CELEBRATES)
WHAT A FANTASTIC NIGHT IT WAS FOR LIVERPOOL AGAINST TOTTENHAM LAST NIGHT, WITH FOUR STUPENDOUS GOALS FROM CODY GAKPO, AT 34 MINS., MO SALAH (FROM A PENALTY) AT 51 MINS. DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI AT 75 MINS., AND A FINAL SCREAMER FROM VIRGIL VAN DIJK AT 80 MINS. LIVERPOOL HAD 26 SHOTS, INCLUDING 10 ON TARGET, AND TOTTENHAM 5 SHOTS, WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LATE ATTEMPT FROM SON WHICH LANDED ON THE TOP OF THE NET (MUCH TO HIS DISMAY) – BUT WITH NOTHING ACTUALLY REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET FOR TOTTENHAM, THE MATCH ENDED WITH LIVERPOOL WINNING 4 – 0, (4 – 1 ON AGGREGATE), PROPELLING THEM THROUGH TO THE CARABAO CUP FINAL AGAINST NEWCASTLE ON SUNDAY 16TH MARCH., WITH THE HAUNTING WORDS OF ARNE SLOT’S POST-MATCH INTERVIEW RINGING IN EVERYONE’S EARS…”WE ARE ONLY GETTI...
