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BRITISH FOOTBALL MANAGER’S TALK – 02 & 03/10/2024

WE’VE NOTICED THAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTED IN THE POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCES FROM ALL THE FOOTBALL CLUB MANAGER’S – SO FROM NOW ON, WE WILL INCLUDE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR THEM! (PLUS, ALSO, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS FROM THE FOOTBALLERS THEMSELVES)  BIG ANGE  ERIK TEN HAG ARNE SLOT UNAI EMERY VINCENT KOMPANY ENZO MARESCA

AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX WEEKEND – FP1 & FP2

IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN A LITTLE PADDOCK GOSSIP FROM THE FP1 AND FP2 PRACTICE SESSIONS YESTERDAY?  IT’S ALL EXCITING STUFF!  AND STAY TUNED FOR HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUALIFYING A LITTLE LATER TODAY! CHARLES LECLERC LEADS THE WAY AFTER FP1 AND FP2 (AUTOSPORT) FP2 HIGHLIGHTS   JACK VILLENEUVE “I FOUND IT A LITTLE BIT PATHETIC” UH-OH! STILL IN SEARCH OF ‘PAPAYA RULES’ – “WE SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER” – YIKES! AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX TEAM REPRESENTATIVES PRESS CONFERENCE IN BAKU 2024

PARALYMPICS CLOSING CEREMONY 2024 (PHOTO – JEAN-MICHEL JARRE HEADLINED THE PARALYMPICS CLOSING CEREMONY!)

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO PARIS FOR OPENING THE DOORS TO YOUR LOVELY CITY TO ALL OUR PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC HEROES AND ALLOWING THEM TO FLY! EVERY DAY HAS BEEN EXCITING, WATCHING THEM PROGRESS IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS! WHAT AN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER OF SPORT THIS HAS BEEN!  BY AMANDA WATERS 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONACO GRAND PRIX 2023

 LET’S HAVE A LOOK BACK AT LAST YEAR’S MONACO GRAND PRIX WHERE MAX VERSTAPPEN ‘STORMED’ TO VICTORY AFTER EXPERTLY NAVIGATING THE WET WEATHER AND HOLDING OFF FERNANDO ALONSO (WITH WHOM HE WAS IN A DUEL FOR MUCH OF THE RACE) IN 1:48.51.980, FERNANDO ALONSO CAME SECOND IN 1:49.19.901, ESTEBAN OCON WON HIMSELF A PODIUM PLACE ALSO AND CAME THIRD IN 1:49.28.970, AND LEWIS HAMILTON CAME A CLOSE FOURTH IN 1:49.31.042 We Have Pleasure In Presenting Highlights From The Stunning Monaco Grand Prix, Which Was Truly Edge-Of-Your-Seat Stuff! Stay Tuned For More Visuals, Stats And Gossip!! ESTEBAN OCON GIVES POST-RACE INTERVIEW   MARTIN BRUNDLE’S MONACO GRIDWALK PART 1 TED KRAVITZ BRINGS US ALL THE MONACO PADDOCK GOSSIP WITH HIS MONACO NOTEBOOK THE DAY BEFORE, MAX HAD AL...

LANDO NORRIS WINS POLE POSITION AT THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING!

LANDO NORRIS HAS PIPPED MAX VERSTAPPEN TO POLE POSITION AT THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING 2024…! VIEW THE QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX QUALI SESSION HERE…!

Check Out This Lovely Video From The IOC…(Make Sure You Keep The Tissues Handy….!)

THE OLYMPIC REFUGE FOUNDATION (ORF) AND THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM (EOR) HAVE RECEIVED THE 2022 PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR SPORTS FROM THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS FOUNDATION.     THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS LEONOR, THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS, TO IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBERS ELDRIC SELLA (BOXING) AND MASOMAH ALI ZADA (CYCLING), WHO BOTH COMPETED AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020. THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN, AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS INFANTA SOFIA ALSO ATTENDED THE GLITTERING AWARDS CEREMONY AT THE CAMPOAMOR THEATRE IN OVIEDO, SPAIN.

Football – Premiere League Highlights From 18th & 19th February 2023 (Photo Marcus Rashford Celebrating)

We Have Pleasure In Presenting Premiere League Highlights From The 18th & 19th February 2023, Where Marcus Rashford Scored His 100th Goal For Manchester United! What An Exciting Weekend Of Football This Was…!   MANCHESTER UNITED VS LEICESTER – 19/02/2023 TOTTENHAM VS WEST HAM – 19/02/2023 NEWCASTLE VS LIVERPOOL – 18/02/2023 BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION VS FULHAM – 18/02/2023 BRENTFORD VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 18/02/2023 ARSENAL VS ASTON VILLA – 18/02/2023 CHELSEA VS SOUTHAMPTON – 18/02/23 EVERTON VS LEEDS UNITED – 18/02/2023 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS VS BOURNEMOUTH – 18/02/2023 NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS MANCHESTER CITY – 18/02/2023

WHO TRIUMPHED IN SUNNY SPA?

WHO TRIUMPHED IN SUNNY SPA AFTER GEORGE RUSSELL’S POST-WIN DISQUALIFICATION? THE SKY SPORTS F1 EXPERTS EXPLAIN… HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2024 THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AROUND GEORGE RUSSELL’S CONUNDRUM “TO WIN – OR NOT TO WIN” QUESTION HAVE CREATED QUITE A LOT OF DRAMA….! GEORGE RUSSELL IS DISQUALIFIED FROM WINNING THE SPA GRAND PRIX 2024…! TED EXPLAINS WHY GEORGE RUSSELL WAS DISQUALIFIED IN SPA

ODE TO SPORT BY PIERRE DE COUBERTIN

PIERRE DE COUBERTAIN – ODE TO SPORT…. This poem by Pierre de Coubertin won the gold medal for literature at the 1912 Paris Olympics…. O Sport, pleasure of the Gods, essence of life, you appeared suddenly in the midst of the grey clearing which writhes with the drudgery of modern existence, like the radiant messenger of a past age, when mankind still smiled. And the glimmer of dawn lit up the mountain tops and flecks of light dotted the ground in the gloomy forests. II O Sport, you are Beauty! You are the architect of that edifice which is the human body and which can become abject or sublime according to whether it is defiled by vile passions or improved through healthy exertion. There can be no beauty without balance and proportion, and you are the peerless master of bot...

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!

Tyson Fury Triumphs Against Otto Wallin In Las Vegas…!

ANOTHER CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TYSON FURY’S TRIUMPH OVER OTTO WALLIN IN LAS VEGAS A WHILE BACK! HOWEVER, WITH OTTO WALLIN TRYING HIS VERY BEST, TYSON FURY RECEIVED A NASTY CUT ABOVE HIS EYE FROM OTTO ALONG THE WAY! BOTH MEN FOUGHT VALIANTLY WITH THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS AND HAD MUCH RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER…! TYSON FURY VS OTTO WALLIN – FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS TYSON FURY VS OTTO WALLIN – POST-FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE TYSON FURY GAVE SOME ADVICE TO ANTHONY JOSHUA IN “THE GLOVES ARE OFF” WHICH IS A SUPERB LOOK INTO THE MINDS OF SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING LEGENDS OF OUR TIME SO FAR…! WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS

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