Author: AJW

THE SPICE GIRLS SING AT THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS

REMEMBER WHEN THE SPICE GIRLS RE-UNITED FOR THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS – THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENING – LET’S REMINISCE!

THE IOC CHOOSES THE FRENCH ALPS AND SALT LAKE CITY TO HOST OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES (CONSECUTIVELY)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has chosen the French Alps to host the XXVI Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2030 and Salt Lake City-Utah as host of the XXVII Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games four years later in 2034.

IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH RECALLS SOME OF HIS FAVOURITE OLYMPIC MOMENTS

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THIS WONDERFUL FOOTAGE (FROM OUR ARCHIVES) OF IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH RECALLING SOME OF HIS FAVOURITE OLYMPIC MOMENTS

OSCAR PIASTRI WINS THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2024

IN AN ACTION-PACKED RACE IN HUNGARY, OSCAR PIASTRI STORMED TO VICTORY, WINNING HIS FIRST EVER GRAND PRIX! STAY TUNED FOR MORE….! TED BUMPS INTO OSCAR PIASTRI

THE OLYMPIC FLAME FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 IS LIT IN SYMBOLIC CEREMONY IN ANCIENT OLYMPIA

As we wait excitedly for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, let’s take another look at the lighting of the flame, and it’s exquisite Symbolic Ceremony with IOC President Thomas Bach, and his balanced, diplomatic, speech.  (The only way to pursue lasting peace!) THOMAS BACH SPEAKS AS THE OLYMPIC FLAME IS LIT FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS It was ignited at the historic birthplace of the Olympic Game...

EUROS 2024 – 29/06/2024 (PHOTO – KAI HAVERTZ AND GERMANY CELEBRATE)

IT WAS AN EVENTFUL EVENING YESTERDAY IN THE GERMANY VS DENMARK MATCH, BEGINNING WITH A HEADER BY GERMANY’S NICO SCHLOTTERBECK AT JUST 3 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BEING RULED OUT AFTER ANDREAS SKOV OLSEN WAS BLOCKED BY JOSHUA KIMMICH. AND THEN A STORM WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STOPPING PLAY FOR AT LEAST 20 MINS. TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF. KAI HAVERTZ SCORED FROM A PENALTY AT 58 MINS., WIT...

EUROS 2024: ENGLAND VS SLOVENIA

WELL, FOR THOSE WHO WERE EXPECTING BELLS AND WHISTLES (AKA GOALS) IN THE MATCH LAST NIGHT BETWEEN ENGLAND VS SLOVENIA, THEY MIGHT BE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS THIS MORNING.  BUT THERE WERE, IN FACT, 12 SHOTS FOR ENGLAND WITH 4 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM SAKA WHICH WAS DISALLOWED FOR BEING OFFSIDE), AND 4 SHOTS FOR SLOVENIA, WITH 1 ON TARGET, WITH ENGLAND HAVING 74% POSSESSION DURING THE MAT...

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL : BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS REAL MADRID – 01/06/2024

WHAT A DYNAMIC MATCH LAST NIGHT BETWEEN BORUSSIA DORTMUND AND REAL MADRID, WHERE IT WAS ANYONE’S GAME UNTIL THE 74TH MINUTE, WITH BOTH TEAMS HAVING SEVERAL SHOTS ON TARGET, (WITH DORTMUND HAVING MORE BY HALF-TIME), BUT NOT REACHING THE BACK OF THE NET, UNTIL REAL MADRID’S DANI CARVAJAL (WHO HAD BEEN LITERALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE), SCORED AT 74 MINS., AND WITH HIS TEAM-MATE VINICIUS JR.,...

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPRINT RACE IN AUSTRIA ON 29/06/2024

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING SPRINT RACE FROM YESTERDAY AT THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2024! STAY TUNED FOR ALL THE ACTION FROM TODAY, SATURDAY 29TH JUNE 2024 COMING LATER!

ANTHONY GORDON GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE

ANTHONY GORDON GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE BEFORE ENGLAND MATCH (HE IS PERFECTLY FIT – BUT HAS FALLEN OFF HIS BIKE – HE LOOKS LIKE HE MAY NEED A BIT MORE SAVLON ON HIS CHIN THOUGH!)

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX WEEKEND 2023

WHILST WE WAIT EXCITEDLY FOR THE GRAND PRIX IN AUSTRIA THIS WEEKEND – LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT LAST YEAR’S GRAND PRIX..! WHAT AN EXCITING WEEKEND IT WAS IN AUSTRIA, WHERE THERE WERE SO MANY TWISTS, TURNS AND TIME PENALTIES, THAT IT WAS HARD TO KEEP UP! (ESPECIALLY FOR THE DRIVERS!) MAX VERSTAPPEN STORMED TO VICTORY IN 1:25:33.07, MAKING IT HIS FIFTH WIN IN A ROW, WITH CHARLES L...

EUROS 2024: SCOTLAND VS SWITZERLAND – 19/06/2024 (PHOTO – SCOTT MCTOMINAY CELEBRATES)

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE FANTASTIC MATCH BETWEEN SCOTLAND VS SWITZERLAND FROM 19/06/2024, WHERE SCOTLAND EARNED A PRECIOUS POINT AGAINST SWITZERLAND. SCOTT MCTOMINAY SCORED A BEAUTY AT 13 MINS., AND SWITZERLAND’S XHERDAN SHAQUIRI EQUALISED AT 27 MINS! EUROS 2024:  SCOTLAND VS SWITZERLAND – 19/06/2024 SCOTLAND’S MANAGER STEVE CLARKE SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH