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EUROPEAN UNDER 21 FINALS: ENGLAND U21’s vs GERMANY U21’s – 27/06/2025 (PHOTO – ENGLAND LIFT THE TROPHY)
WHAT A MAGNIFICENT, AND WELL-ORGANISED PERFORMANCE FROM THE YOUNG LIONS LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST GERMANY! FIRSTLY, HARVEY ELLIOTT NETTED THE MOST SUPERB GOAL IN UNDER 5 MINUTES, WHICH SENT A WAVE OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THE TEHELNE POLE STADIUM TO ALL THE ENGLAND FANS, AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, WITH ALL REALISING THAT THIS WAS TO BE YET ANOTHER CLASS ACT FROM THE YOUNG LIONS! AND THEN, IT WAS OVER TO OMARI HUTCHINSON TO SCORE AT 24 MINS., AFTER A CHEEKY PASS FROM JAMES MCATEE (WHERE THEY LOOKED ALMOST ‘IN SYNC’) – CUE HIS SUPERB ACROBATIC CELEBRATION OF A CARTWHEEL AND BACKFLIP, WHICH FANS ADORED! THIS NOW MEANT THAT ENGLAND HAD SCORED 2 GOALS IN UNDER 25 MINS! AND THEN, JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME, (IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 45 +1 MINS.,) GERMANY’S NELSON WIEPER MANAGE...
RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER : RED ROSES VS U.S.A. – 22/08/2025 (PHOTO – ELLIE KILDUNNE CELEBRATES)
42,723 PEOPLE WATCHED LAST NIGHT AT THE SUNDERLAND STADIUM OF LIGHT AS THE RED ROSES RAN RIOT AGAINST THE U.S.A. IN THE OPENER OF THE LADIES RUGBY WORLD CUP 2025! RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER : RED ROSES VS U.S.A. – 22/08/2025 – (ENGLAND RUGBY) RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER : RED ROSES VS U.S.A. – 22/08/2025 – (BBC) ENGLAND HEAD COACH JOHN MITCHELL AND CAPTAIN ZOE ALDCROFT GIVE THEIR REACTION TO THE TEAM’S 69 – 7 WIN OVER U.S.A IN FRONT OF A RECORD CROWD AT SUNDERLAND’S STADIUM OF LIGHT. THE RED ROSES ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, AND WENT AHEAD THROUGH SADIA KABEYA AND HANNAH BOTTERMAN, BEFORE ERICA JARRELL-SEARCY RESPONDED FOR THE U.S.A.
THE LIONESSES HAVE BEATEN SPAIN ON PENALTIES (3 – 1) IN BACK-TO-BACK TROPHIES IN THE EUROS!
WHAT A SENSATIONAL EUROS FINALS IT WAS IN THE MATCH BETWEEN THE LIONESSES VS SPAIN! IT WAS EVERYTHING WE HAD ENVISAGED – AND MORE! SPAIN, AS EVER, PUT ON A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE, WHICH THE LIONESSES HAVE COME TO EXPECT, AND SEEMINGLY PREPARED FOR, AFTER THE LAST FEW TIMES OF PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER. SPAIN HAD 22 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, WITH SPAIN’S MARIONA CALDENTEY KICKING OFF PROCEEDINGS AT 25 MINS. WITH A STERLING SHOT, WHICH, ONCE AGAIN, GOT THE HEARTS OF THE ENGLAND FANS ‘A-PUMPING’, BUT WITHOUT, PERHAPS THE CUSTOMARY SINKING FEELING, WHICH SOME (NOT ME😊) MIGHT HAVE FELT BEFORE AT THIS STAGE, REALISING THAT THIS IS SARINA WIEGMAN’S LIONESSES – AND THAT THIS IS THE WAY THEY ROLL! AND SURE ENOUGH, ROLL ON THEY DID! AFTER CHLOE KELLY WAS SUB...
UN-Secretary General Underscores Importance Of IOC And It’s Mission – “Peace Is Possible”
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.”
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS FOURTH WORLD TITLE AT THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2024 & GEORGE RUSSELL, LEWIS HAMILTON & CARLOS SAINZ COME 1ST, 2ND & 3RD IN THE RACE
MAX VERSTAPPEN BECAME FOURTH TIME WORLD CHAMPION AT THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2024, AFTER FINISHING FIFTH. HE ONLY NEEDED TO BEAT LANDO NORRIS TO GUARANTEE HIS POSITION, AND, AS LANDO FINISHED SIXTH UPON THE WAVING OF THE CHEQUERED FLAG, MAX SAILED THROUGH TO SECURE THE TITLE, JOINING A VERY SHORT LIST OF OTHER F1 DRIVERS WHO HAVE FOUR OR MORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER THEIR BELTS, INCLUDING ALAIN PROST, JUAN MANUEL FANGIO, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, AND LEWIS HAMILTON! MANY CONGRATULATIONS MAX! EMOTIONAL SCENES AS MAX VERSTAPPEN SECURES FOURTH WORLD TITLE GEORGE AND LEWIS CELEBRATE ON THE PODIUM AND MANY CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO GEORGE RUSSELL WHO STORMED TO VICTORY AT THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX IN 1:22:05.969, AND LEWIS HAMILTON WHO CAME SECOND (+7.313), PLUS CARLOS...
TED KRAVITZ MEETS F1 MOVIE STAR BRAD PITT
BRAD PITT (AKA SONNY HAYES IN THE F1 WORLD) SPEAKS TO TED KRAVITZ TO DISCUSS HIS NEW FILM…! HOW ‘SONNY HAYES’ TRAINED FOR THE F1 FILM….!
MAN CITY – PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – FOUR YEARS 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 PREPARE FOR THE MATCH WHICH MADE HISTORY FOR THEM BY BECOMING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW…! BY AMANDA WATERS
Another Chance To Be Transported Into A Land Of Beautiful Ice Dances…! (Photo – Sui Wenjing & Han Cong)
TAKE A MOMENT AWAY FROM EVERYTHING AND TRANSPORT YOURSELF INTO A LAND OF BEAUTY. HERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE TO VIEW SOME OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING AND MEMORABLE ICE-SKATING DANCES OF ALL TIME….. SUI WENJING AND HAN CONG PERFORM TO ‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER’ AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS 2022 JAYNE TORVILL AND CHRISTOPHER DEAN PERFORM TO ‘THE BOLERO’ AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 1984….! YULIA LIPNITSKAYA PERFORMS TO ‘SCHINDLER’S LIST’ IN SOCHI IN 2014
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 ...
Lewis Hamilton Triumphs In Spain And Dedicates His Win To Inspiration From His Friend Harry Shaw And Then Sends His Car Around To Harry’s House!
“LEWIS HAMBLETON” (AS HARRY CALLED HIM) TRIUMPHED AT THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX AND DEDICATED HIS WIN TO INSPIRATION FROM HIS LITTLE FRIEND HARRY SHAW! MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO LEWIS HAMILTON WHO HAS WON THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX…! IT WAS ANOTHER MERCEDES ONE-TWO YESTERDAY IN BARCELONA WITH LEWIS COMING FIRST IN 1:35.50.443, VALTTERI BOTTAS SECOND, RED BULL’S MAX VERSTAPPEN THIRD, FERRARI’S SEBASTIAN VETTEL FOURTH, AND FERRARI’S CHARLES LE CLERC FIFTH…! LEWIS SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TOTALLY INSPIRED BY A YOUNG BOY NAMED HARRY SHAW’S WORDS TO HIM ON THE MORNING WHEN HE WOKE UP FOR THE RACE IN SPAIN AS HE WAS FEELING A BIT DOWN. HARRY HADN’T BEEN FEELING VERY WELL AND WAS STILL FEELING A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER. BUT HIS LOVELY WISHES GAVE LEWIS...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – ENGLAND VS ITALY – 22/07/2025 – THE LIONESSES BEAT ITALY 2 – 1
ENGLAND ARE THROUGH TO THE FINALS AFTER BEATING ITALY 2 – 1 LAST NIGHT IN EXTRA TIME! ITALY MADE 432 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 3 CORNERS, WITH 11 SHOTS AND 5 ON TARGET, AND IT WAS, INDEED, ITALY WHO SCORED 1ST WITH A SUPERB GOAL FROM BARBARA BONANSEA AT 33 MINS! AND ALTHOUGH ENGLAND MADE A WHOPPING 579 PASSES, WITH AN 83% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 58% POSSESSION), AND 24 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, THEY JUST COULDN’T QUITE REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET UNTIL SARINA WIEGMAN ONCE AGAIN “SENT IN THE CAVALRY” – AS IS HER WONT – (AKA THE FRESH LEGS OF MICHELLE AGYEMANG AND CHLOE KELLY), WHO ONCE AGAIN TURNED THE GAME AROUND QUICK-SHARP! IN FACT, IT WAS ONLY 6 MINS. AFTER MICHELLE CAME ON THE PITCH THAT SHE EQUALISED WITH AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER, (MICHELLE AND ...
FRANCOIS PROVOST APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF OF THE RENAULT GROUP
Renault makes major announcement ahead of Hungarian Grand Prix Story by Oliver Harden – Francois Provost has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Renault Group, the French car manufacturer has announced. Provost succeeds Luca de Meo, who left the role earlier this month after his resignation was confirmed during this year’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Renault Group appoints new chairman after Luca de Meo resignation Provost, who previously served as chief procurement, partnerships and public affairs officer at the Renault Group, said: “It is with pride and gratitude that I welcome my appointment. “I would like to warmly thank my President, Jean-Dominique Senard and the Board of Directors for the trust they have placed in me. “I have a special thought for the teams a...
