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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.
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...
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
SOME FUNNY JACKIE CHAN CLIPS TO BRIGHTEN UP OUR DAY (PHOTO – JACKIE CHAN)
JACKIE CHAN IS AN EXPERT IN MARTIAL ARTS, AND FILM DIRECTOR, AND DOES ALL HIS OWN STUNTS IN HIS FILMS! PLUS, HE NEVER TAKES HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES HIS FILMS SO MAGICAL! WATCH JACKIE CHAN IN THE ACCIDENTAL SPY – PLUS JACKIE CHAN IN FREDDY WONG VS THE KING OF BAMBOO – AND THIS IS REALLY FUNNY, WATCH JACKIE CHAN FIGHT IN A MASSAGE SALON (CHECK OUT HIS FACE WHEN HE JUMPS IN THE HOT-TUB😂)
ENGLAND WOMEN VS JAMAICA WOMEN – INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – 29/06/2025 (PHOTO – GEORGIA STANWAY SCORES FOURTH GOAL FOR THE LIONESSES)
IF IT WAS TREATS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IN THE FORM OF INDIVIDUAL FOOTBALLING SKILLS, THEN THE LIONESSES OFFERED A SMORGASBORD IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST JAMAICA ON 29/06/2025! FIRSTLY ELLA TOONE SCORED A CRACKER AT 10 MINS., (WHICH WAS TO BE THE FIRST GOAL OF A BRILLIANT BRACE, NETTING THE SECOND AT THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 45 +4 MINS.), THEN IT WAS LUCY BRONZE’S TURN TO SCORE A SPECTACULAR GOAL AT 32 MINS., WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A REGULAR ‘GOALATHON’. FROM THE LIONESSES, WHICH LEFT LITTLE TIME FOR THE JAMAICAN LADIES TO COME UP FOR AIR! GEORGIA STANWAY FOLLOWED LUCY BRONZE’S GOAL WITH A BEAUT AT 59 MINS., AND ON THEY CAME, WITH ALESSIA RUSSO SCORING ANOTHER CLASS GOAL AT 71 MINS., AND AGGIE BEAVER-JONES’ SPECTACULAR GOAL AT 85 MINS., AND THEN ...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 QUARTER-FINAL : SPAIN VS SWITZERLAND – 18/07/2025 (PHOTO – CLAUDIA PINA CELEBRATES)
IT IS WELL INTO THE UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS COMPETITION NOW, AND IT SEEMS THAT THE RIGOROUS SCHEDULE CAN TAKE IT’S TOLL ON EVEN THE HARDIEST OF TEAMS – (i.e. EAT, TRAIN, PLAY – REPEAT) AND DARE I SAY, IT CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE THE CASE IN THE SPAIN VS SWITZERLAND MATCH LAST NIGHT! SPAIN HAD 2 UNSUCCESSFUL PENALTIES, WITH THE 1ST FROM MARIONA CALDENTEY, WHICH WENT WIDE, AND THEN, ALSO FROM ALEXIA PUTELLAS, FOR WHICH SWITZERLAND’S GOALY LIVIA PENG WAS READY-AND-A-WAITING! SPAIN DID PUT ON A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE HOWEVER, WITH 658 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY AND 73% POSSESSION. BUT SWITZERLAND HELD THEIR OWN, PUTTING UP A BOLD DEFENCE AGAINST THE SPANISH LADIES, MAKING 259 PASSES, WITH A 70% PASS ACCURACY, AND 4 SHOTS, WHICH WERE, ALAS FOR THEM, NOT TO BE! BUT TH...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : SPAIN WOMEN VS PORTUGAL WOMEN – 03/07/2025 (PHOTO – ESTHER GONZALEZ SCORES A BRACE FOR SPAIN)
AFTER THE TERRIBLE NEWS OF DIOGO JOTA’S DEATH, IT WAS TOUCH-AND-GO AS TO WHETHER THE MATCH WOULD GO AHEAD AT ALL LAST NIGHT BETWEEN SPAIN VS PORTUGAL! (DIOGA JOTA WAS A HIGHLY REVERED INTERNATIONAL IN THE PORTUGAL MEN’S TEAM, PLAYING 49 TIMES AND SCORING 14 GOALS, AND ALSO A NATIONS LEAGUE WINNER) BUT GO-AHEAD IT DID, WITH THE PORTUGUESE LADIES SHOWING UP AND TRYING THEIR VERY BEST SEEMINGLY TO HONOUR THE WONDERFUL LEGACY OF DIOGO JOTA, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH HEAVY HEARTS, AMIDST GREAVING AND SHOCKED FANS. SPAIN, OBVIOUSLY REALISING THAT THEY HAD A JOB-TO-DO, NO MATTER WHAT PERFORMED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY (JUST AS THEIR FANS WOULD HAVE EXPECTED), WITH GOALS COMING QUICK-AND-FAST, WITH A BRACE FROM ESTHER GONZALEZ AT 2 MINS., AND 43 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, VICKY LOPEZ AT 7 MINS.,...
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – 02/07/2025 (PHOTO – FINLAND’S KATARINA KOSOLA CELEBRATES WITH HER TEAM-MATES)
ICELAND MADE 308 PASSES, WITH A 68% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, BUT WITH AN OVERLY-PHYSICAL HILDUR ANTONSDOTTIR FIRSTLY RECEIVING A YELLOW FOR ARGEY-BARGEY AND THEN A RED FOR A CLUMSY TACKLE, IT LEFT ICELAND DOWN TO 10 LADIES! FINLAND MADE 405 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 56% POSSESSION) AND 16 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM KATARINA KOSOLA JUST 12 MINS. AFTER ANTONSDOTTIR’S RED AT 70 MINS., MEANING THAT FINLAND WON THE MATCH 1 – 0. THE FINLAND HEAD COACH MARKO SALORANTA SAID AFTERWARDS “IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE FINLAND LAST WON AT A MAJOR TOURNAMENT, WHEN THE WOMEN’S EURO WAS PLAYED IN FINLAND IN 2009. SINCE THEN, WE’VE HAD NO VICTORIES AT THE 2013 AND 2022 TOURNAMENTS. I’M VERY SATISFIED TO START...
VIEW SOME OF THE SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 1 OF WIMBLEDON!
WIMBLEDON DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS – 30/06/2025 CHECK OUT THIS SUPERB MATCH FROM THE FIRST ROUND OF WIMBLEDON 2025 ON NO 1 COURT BETWEEN 22 YEAR OLD EMMA RADACANU AND 17 YEAR OLD MIMI XU! AND ANOTHER FANTASTIC MATCH BETWEEN KATIE BOULTER AND PAULA BADOSA
