WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS ATALANTA FROM YESTERDAY – WHICH WAS A SOMEWHAT STAR-STUDDED AFFAIR, CULMINATING IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO REAL WITH KYLIAN MBAPPE SCORING HIS FIRST GOAL FOR REAL MADRID AT 68 MINS., WITH FEDERICO VALVERDE HAVING PREVIOIUSLY SCORED THE OTHER AT 59 MINS., AND JUDE BELLINGHAM ALSO PLAYING A STARRING ROLE! ENJOY!
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM PEATY WHO HAS JUST WON HIS 100M SEMI-FINAL BREASTROKE RACE TONIGHT (27/07/2024) IN 58.86s! ADAM PEATY WINS THE 100M BREASTROKE ON 27/07/2024 TO MAKE THE FINALS! LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT ADAM PEATY’S FANTASTIC QUALIFYING SESSION FOR THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS!
THIS WAS AN EXCITING MATCH LAST NIGHT, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A REGULAR ‘GOALATHON’ FOR BURNLEY, WITH JOSH BROWNHILL GETTING THE BALL ROLLING AT ONLY 6 MINUTES INTO THE MATCH, AND THEN WILSON ODOBERT SCORING AT 37 MINS., MEANING THAT BURNLEY WERE 2 – 0 UP AT HALF-TIME. THEN, IN THE SECOND-HALF, IT WAS OVER TO LUTON TOWN’S TAHITH CHONG TO SCORE AT 55 MINS., AND THEN BACK TO BURNLEY FOR DARA O’SHEA TO SCORE AT 72 MINS., WITH VITINHO SCORING A LATE GOAL AT 80 MINS. INTERESTINGLY, LUTON TOWN HAD 58% POSSESSION, AND MADE 402 PASSES, AS OPPOSED TO BURNLEY’S 42% POSSESSION, AND 293 PASSES, PROVING THAT QUANTITY DOES NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY MEAN QUALITY! THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 4 – 1 WIN TO BURNLEY! MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL – IT WAS GREAT ENTERTAI...
IF THERE’S ONE THING WE LEARNT FROM THE EUROS 2024, IT WAS TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, AND THAT ANY PRECONCEPTION WHICH ONE MAY HAVE HAD ON HOW THE TEAMS WERE GOING TO PERFORM COULD ALL BE THROWN OUT THE WINDOW, BECAUSE THE CLASS OF 2024 WERE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BREED! MBAPPE AND FRANCE CELEBRATE THE MATCH BETWEEN AUSTRIA VS FRANCE WAS FULL OF DRAMA YESTERDAY! WITH MBAPPE PLAYING AN INTEGRAL PART THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, UNTIL HIS UNFORTUNATE INJURY, WHEN HE JUMPED HIGH FOR THE BALL AT THE SAME TIME AS KEVIN DANSO, BUT ENDED UP COLIDING WITH DANSO’S SHOULDER ON THE WAY DOWN, AND BREAKING HIS NOSE. BUT IT WAS ALL-ACTION EARLIER ON, WHEN MBAPPE WHEN TO PASS THE BALL IN FRONT OF GOAL AT 38 MINS., ONLY FOR AUSTRIA’S MAXIMILIAN WOBER TO RECEIVE IT AND HEAD IT INTO THE GOAL, RESU...
VIEW EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF A VERY WET SPA QUALIFYING SESSION AND STAY TUNED FOR DRIVER INTERVIEWS AND PADDOCK GOSSIP!
IT’S THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND! THE SKY SPORT F1 SHOW TEAM BRING US UP-T0-DATE WITH ALL THE ACTION FROM THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX SO FAR…!
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THIS WONDERFUL FOOTAGE (FROM OUR ARCHIVES) OF IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH RECALLING SOME OF HIS FAVOURITE OLYMPIC MOMENTS
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 Games in Ancient Olympia in Greece. The Olympic flame, embodying peace and hope, will now journey across Greece before going to France. After arriving in Marseille on 8 May, it will travel across the entire country, and some French overseas territories, arriving at the Opening Ceremony in Paris on 26 July. Amongst the dignitaries attending this historic were International Olympic Committee (IOC) Presi...
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 MATCH, AND SLOVENIA 26%. SO PLENTY OF ACTION! IT WAS QUITE A PHYSICAL MATCH ACTUALLY, WITH NEITHER SIDE FRIGHTENED TO ‘TAKE A JAB’ (AKA TACKLE), WHEN THE NEED AROSE BUT ENGLAND MANAGING TO COME THROUGH ONCE AGAIN AS TOP OF THE GROUP, WITHOUT INJURY OR OVER-EXERTION, MEANING THAT THEY CAN NOW STROLL ONTO THEIR NEXT MATCH AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS ON SUNDAY (WHICH WON’T BE CONFIRMED U...
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., SCORING AT 83 MINS., THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO REAL MADRID, MAKING THEM WINNERS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL – BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS REAL MADRID – 01/06/2024
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!)
WELL, THIS WAS AN UPSET FOR PORTUGAL LAST NIGHT! GEORGIA’S KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA SCORED A STUNNER AT ONLY 2 MINS. INTO THE GAME, AND HIS TEAM-MATE GEORGES MIKAUTADZE SCORED ANOTHER FROM A PENALTY AT 57 MINS! WITH A LOT OF ACTION INBETWEENTIMES WITH A FURTHER 22 SHOTS FROM PORTUGAL, WITH 5 ON TARGET (INCLUDING A COUPLE OF GOOD ATTEMPTS FROM RONALDO, BLOCKED BY THE GEORGIAN DEFENSIVE LEGS, AND THE EXTREMELY LITHE EFFORTS OF THE GEORGIAN GOALY MAMARDASHVILI), BUT NOTHING REACHED THE BACK OF THE NET! GEORGIA ALSO HAD A FURTHER 7 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET. AND ALTHOUGH PORTUGAL HAD 73% POSSESSION, WITH GEORGIA 28%, THE EXTRAORDINARY SPIRIT OF THE GEORGIAN SQUAD SHONE THROUGH, AND THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO GEORGIA, WHO MADE HISTORY BY REACHING THEIR FIRST MAJOR TOURNAME...
