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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – 19/11/2023 (PHOTO – ROMELU LUKAKU)

ANOTHER CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SUPERB EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS ACTION FROM SUNDAY (19/11/2023), INCLUDING THE EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN BELGIUM VS AZERBAIJAN WHERE ROMELU LUKAKU SCORED FOUR STUNNERS IN THE FIRST-HALF, ENSURING A 5 – 0 WIN TO BELGIUM! EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – BELGIUM VS AZERBAIJAN – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – SERBIA VS BULGARIA – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA VS SLOVAKIA – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – SWEDEN VS ESTONIA – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – PORTUGAL VS ICELAND – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – SCOTLAND VS NORWAY – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – HUNGARY VS MONTENEGRO – 19/11/2023 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2024 – ...

Another Chance To Look Back At When Lewis Hamilton Won His 100th Race At The Russian Grand Prix…!

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO SEVEN-TIMES WORLD CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON WHO WON HIS 100TH RACE AT THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX ON 26TH SEPTEMBER 2021…! HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 IT WAS A SUPERB RACE, BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN RAINING THE DAY BEFORE AND THE CONDITIONS HAD BEEN SLIPPERY SO NOBODY REALLY KNEW HOW IT WOULD ALL PAN OUT. (INDEED, LEWIS HAD SKIDDED OFF THE TRACK THE DAY BEFORE AND DAMAGED HIS FRONT WING.) BUT THE CLOUDS PARTED AND THE SUNLIGHT POURED IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE, ALLOWING THE DRIVERS TO LINE-UP, RARING TO GO. RED BULL HAD GIVEN MAX VERSTAPPEN A NEW POWER UNIT, SO HE STARTED AT THE BACK OF THE GRID, BUT STILL MANAGED TO WEAVE HIS WAY THROUGH THE PACK AND UP TO THE PODIUM. RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SOCHI IS A ‘SEASIDE RESORT’, YO...

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023: ENGLAND VS FIJI – 15/10/2023 (PHOTO – OWEN FARRELL)

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE FANTASTIC RUGBY MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FIJI ON 15/10/2023 WITH TRIES BY TUILAGI, AND MARCHANT FOR ENGLAND, AND THEN FARRELL MORE OR LESS SWEEPING THE BOARD WITH HIS CONVERSIONS, PENALTIES AND DROP GOALS (SEVEN IN TOTAL!) FIJI WERE NO WALK-OVER THOUGH, WITH TRIES BY MATA, RAVAI, AND BOTITU, CONVERSIONS BY LOMANI AND KURUVOLI (WHO WAS LITERALLY ALL-OVER-THE-PLACE), AND LOMANI’S PENALTY. AT ONE POINT, LATE INTO THE GAME IT WAS NECK AND NECK – 24 – 24. BUT SOME QUICK-THINKING AND EXPERT TEAM-PLAY BY ENGLAND CUT FIJI OFF AND ALLOWED ENGLAND TO TRIUMPH IN WHAT WAS A GAME OF ENORMOUS PHYSICALITY, EXCITEMENT, AND MUCH-AFFORDED RESPECT TO SUCH WORTHY ADVERSARIES. RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 – ENGLAND VS FIJI – HIGHLIGHTS – 15/10/2023 THE LAST MINU...

RUGBY : AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES 2024

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE AUTUMN NATIONS INTERNATIONAL RUGBY MATCHES SO FAR FOR NOVEMBER! STAY TUNED FOR THIS WEEKEND’S MATCHES BETWEEN IRELAND VS FIJI, WALES VS SOUTH AFRICA, AND ITALY VS NEW ZEALAND ON SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER, AND SCOTLAND VS AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND VS JAPAN ON SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2024! AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : SCOTLAND VS FIJI AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : IRELAND VS NEW ZEALAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : ENGLAND VS AUSTRALIA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : ITALY VS ARGENTINA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : FRANCE VS JAPAN AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : WALES VS FIJI AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : SCOTLAND VS SOUTH AFRICA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : IRELAND VS ARGENTINA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : SCOTLAND VS PORTUGAL AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES : ENGLAND VS SOUTH...

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 BRONZE FINAL : ENGLAND VS ARGENTINA – 27/10/2023 – (PHOTO – OWEN FARRELL AND HIS ENGLAND TEAMMATES)

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING BRONZE FINAL RUGBY MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ARGENTINA FROM (27/10/2023), WHERE A MAGNIFICENT HIGH-OCTANE TEAM PERFORMANCE FROM ENGLAND WITH SUBLIME TRIES BY BEN EARL AND THEO DAN, ENSURED A 26 – 23 WIN TO ENGLAND. STEVE BORTHWICK SAYS THAT HE SEES THE BRONZE MEDAL AS A “SPRINGBOARD” TO ENGLAND SUCCESS…! RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 BRONZE FINAL – ARGENTINA VS ENGLAND – 27/10/2023

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : ENGLAND VS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND – 17/11/2024 (PHOTO – HARRY KANE SCORES)

WHAT A NIGHT FOR ENGLAND LAST NIGHT, WHERE THEY SMASHED IRELAND IN A FIVE-GOAL-THRILLER! IRELAND PLAYED WELL IN THE FIRST-HALF, AND WERE SEEMINGLY VERY WELL-ORGANISED, AND QUITE TOUGH FOR ENGLAND TO BREAK DOWN, AND INDEED, IT WAS STILL 0 – 0 AT HALF-TIME! BUT IN THE SECOND-HALF AT 51 MINS. IRELAND’S LIAM SCALES’ SECOND YELLOW CARD CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AFTER AN OBVIOUS FOUL ON JUDE BELLINGHAM, AND HE WAS RED-CARDED AND SENT OFF. (BY THE LOOK ON THE REF’S FACE, HE DIDN’T RELISH DOING IT!) CUE A POLISHED PENALTY FROM HARRY KANE FROM THE SPOT, WHO, WITH A LITTLE “SOFT-SHOE SHUFFLE” MANAGED TO SEND IRELAND’S CAOIMHIN KELLEHER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, HITTING THE BACK OF THE NET EASILY, AS IS HIS WANT, FROM SUCH A DISTANCE. HARRY KANE CELEBRATES AF...

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : MONDAY – 18/11/2024 (PHOTO – JOHN MCGINN CELEBRATES)

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING SOME OF THE EXCITING UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE ACTION FROM YESTERDAY INCLUDING THIS MATCH BETWEEN POLAND VS SCOTLAND, WHERE SCOTLAND’S JOHN MCGINN WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW YET AGAIN AFTER SCORING AT ONLY 3 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, AND WITH POLAND’S KAMIL PIATKOWSKI EQUALISING LATER IN THE MATCH AT 59 MINS., IT WAS ALL-SQUARE, UNTIL EXTRA TIME AT 90 +3 MINS. WHEN SCOTLAND’S ANDREW ROBERTSON SCORED THE LATE DECIDER, MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO SCOTLAND! UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : POLAND VS SCOTLAND 18/11/2024 IT WAS ALL-ACTION ALSO OVER AT THE LUXEMBOURG VS NORTHERN IRELAND MATCH, WITH NORTHERN IRELAND HAVING 9 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET, AND LUXEMBOURG 6 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET. NORTHERN IRELAND’S ISAAC PRICE GOT TH...

A LOOK BACK TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 : MORE WORLD CLASS RUGBY FROM 16/09/2023

WHAT A TREAT IT WAS YESTERDAY, WITH ALL THE EXHILARATING WORLD CLASS RUGBY ACTION TO WATCH ALMOST BACK-TO-BACK! SO, WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING MATCHES FROM IRELAND VS TONGA, WALES VS PORTUGAL AND SAMOA VS CHILE, FROM (17/09/2023), WHICH HAD US ALL ON THE EDGE-OF-OUR SEATS WITH THE DYNAMISM FROM ALL SIDES!  RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 – IRELAND VS TONGA – 16/09/2023 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 – WALES VS PORTUGAL – 16/09/2023 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 – SAMOA VS CHILE – 16/09/2023

ENGLAND WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES OCTOBER 2024

A LITTLE LOOK BACK AT ALL THE SUPERB GOALS SCORED BY THE LIONESSES IN THEIR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES IN OCTOBER! INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – ENGLAND VS GERMANY – 25/10/2024 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – ENGLAND VS SOUTH AFRICA – 29/10/2024 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – ENGLAND VS SOUTH AFRICA : KEY MOMENTS – 29/10/2024

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : THURSDAY 14/11/2024 (PHOTO – CURTIS JONES ‘JUMPS FOR JOY’ AFTER HIS INCREDIBLE DEBUT BACKHEEL!)

IT WAS CERTAINLY A GAMBLE FOR LEE CARSLEY LAST NIGHT, AND HAD MANY SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AS TO WHY HE WOULD CHOOSE TO LEAVE HARRY KANE ON THE BENCH, AND INSTEAD FIELD A TEAM FULL OF YOUNG STARS FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT MATCH. (AS THE THREE LIONS KNEW A WIN BY TWO GOALS MEANT THEY WOULD TAKE CONTROL OF GROUP B2.) BUT THOSE FEARS WERE SOON ALLAYED WITHIN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES (6 MINS. 22 SECS TO BE EXACT), WHEN OLLIE WATKINS HIT THE BACK OF THE NET WITH SOME GUSTO, AFTER SUPERB PASSING FROM BELLINGHAM, TO MADUEKE, WHO COULD SEE THAT OLLIE WATKINS WAS IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME. MUCH TO THE BEMUSEMENT OF THE MOSTLY-GREEK CROWD! (OR THE REF IT SEEMED, AS HE PROCEEDED TO HAND OUT YELLOW CARDS TO BELLINGHAM, GALLAGHER AND LATER, JORDAN PICKFORD, LIKE AN OVER-ZEALOUS CROUPIER!) JOR...

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : SATURDAY 16/11/2024

IT WAS A 0 – 0 DRAW AT THE TURKEY VS WALES MATCH YESTERDAY (16/11/2024), BUT MUCH ACTION NEVERTHELESS, WITH 25 SHOTS AND 3 ON TARGET FOR TURKEY, AND 4 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET FOR WALES, WITH 551 PASSES FOR TURKEY, AND 329 PASSES FOR WALES, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE ARGEY-BARGEY WITH BOTH SIDES SEEMINGLY DOING WHATEVER THEY COULD TO REACH THE BACK OF THE NET! IN THE 89TH MINUTE, TURKEY’S STRIKER KEREM AKTURKOGLU MISSED A PENALTY, KEEPING WALES’ HOPES ALIVE OF PROMOTION TO THE NATIONS LEAGUE TOP TIER! UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : TURKEY VS WALES 16/11/2024

ENGLAND TRAIN FOR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND TIE ON SUNDAY

THE THREE LIONS HAVE LOT’S OF FUN IN TRAINING FOR THEIR UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ON SUNDAY AT 17.00 P.M.