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PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – MARCUS TAVERNIER CELEBRATES)

PREMIER LEAGUE :  SOUTHAMPTON VS BOURNEMOUTH – 15/02/2025 IT WAS A FOUR-GOAL-THRILLER BETWEEN SOUTHAMPTON VS BOURNEMOUTH ON SATURDAY, WITH BOURNEMOUTH HAVING 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET (AND 56% POSSESSION), INCLUDING 3 GOALS FROM DANGO OUATTARA AT 14 MINS., RYAN CHRISTIE AT 16 MINS., AND A STUNNING LATE FINISHER FROM MARCUS TAVERNIER AT 83 MINS., WITH SOUTHAMPTON HAVING 11 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING GOAL FROM KAMALDEEN SULEMANA AT 72 MINS., ALL CULMINATING IN AN EXCITING 3 – 1 WIN FOR BOURNEMOUTH! PREMIER LEAGUE :  WEST HAM VS BRENTFORD – 15/02/2025  (PHOTO SCHADE AND NORGAARD CELEBRATE) THERE WAS MORE EXCITEMENT OVER AT THE WEST HAM VS BRENTFORD MATCH, WHERE WEST HAM HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET ON SATURDAY (PLUS 59% POSSESSION), AND BRENTFORD HAD 14 ...

UN-Secretary General Underscores Importance Of IOC And It’s Mission

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.”

PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – OLLIE WATKINS AND MARCUS RASHFORD CELEBRATE)

PREMIER LEAGUE :  ASTON VILLA VS IPSWICH TOWN – 15/02/2025 ASTON VILLA HAD 25 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET (AND 76% POSSESSION) IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST A 10 MAN IPSWICH TOWN (WHO LOST AXEL TUANZEBE AT 40 MINS.) YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS RED CARDED, BUT STILL SEEMED UP AGAINST IT!  IPSWICH’S LIAM DELAP SCORED A STUNNER AT 56 MINS., AND VILLA’S OLLIE WATKINS SCORED A CRACKER AFTER MARCUS RASHFORD (WHO IS ON LOAN FROM MANCHESTER UNITED) FIRED IN A SHOT WHICH HIT THE CROSSBAR AND REBOUNDED STRAIGHT INTO OLLIE WATKINS’ PATH, WHO POWERED IT INTO THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, MEANING THAT THE GAME FINISHED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW! PREMIER LEAGUE :  FULHAM VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST – 15/02/2025  (PHOTO – CALVIN BASSEY) THIS WAS AN EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN FULHAM VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST, WITH ...

PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 16/02/2025 (PHOTO – MARMOUSH CELEBRATES SCORING A HAT-TRICK FOR MAN CITY)

WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR MAN CITY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST NEWCASTLE YESTERDAY, WITH 11 SHOTS, AND 7 ON TARGET INCLUDING AN AMAZING HAT-TRICK FROM OMAR MARMOUSH AT 19 MINS., 24 MINS., AND 33 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND NEWCASTLE HAD 3 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET AND  JAMES MCATEE SCORING ANOTHER STUNNER AT 84 MINS., THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 4 – 0 VICTORY TO MAN CITY! PREMIER LEAGUE : CRYSTAL PALACE VS EVERTON – 15/02/2025  EVERTON MUST BE FEELING EQUALLY CHIPPER TODAY WITH THEIR WIN AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE YESTERDAY, WITH TWO CRACKERS FROM BETO AT 42 MINS., AND CARLOS ALCARAZ AT 80 MINS., (WHO ALSO ASSISTED BETO)   AND WITH CRYSTAL PALACE’S JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA HAVING PREVIOUSLY EQUALISED SCORING A BEAUT AT 47 M...

FA CUP THIRD ROUND : MAN CITY VS SALFORD CITY – SATURDAY (11/01/2025) (PHOTO – DIVIN MUBAMA AND JAMES MCATEE CELEBRATE)

WELL, WHAT A NIGHT FOR MAN CITY IT WAS LAST NIGHT AGAINST SALFORD CITY! JEREMY DOKU GOT THE BALL ROLLING WITH A CRACKER, AT JUST 8 MINS., (THE FIRST PART OF A BRILLIANT BRACE), WITH DIVIN MUBAMA (WHO WAS MAKING HIS DEBUT) FOLLOWING ON WITH A BEAUTY AT 20 MINS., NICO O’REILLY SCORING ANOTHER BEAUT AT 43 MINS., JACK GREALISH, SCORING A STUNNER FROM A PENALTY AT 49 MINS. FOLLOWING SOME ARGEY-BARGEY, (WHILST ALSO MAKING A GOOD ASSIST, WHICH PEP MADE SURE TO POINT OUT AFTERWARDS), AND WITH JAMES MCATEE FINISHING WITH A HAT-TRICK AT 62 MINS., 72 MINS., AND 81 MINS. (AND JEREMY DOKU COMPLETING THE SECOND PART OF HIS BRACE INBETWEENTIMES AT 69 MINS.) THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN AN 8 – 0 TRIUMPH TO MAN CITY! SALFORD CITY FOUGHT BACK THOUGH SHOWING OFF THEIR SKILLS WITH TWO EXCELLE...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: WEDNESDAY – 23/10/2024 (PHOTO – SENSATIONAL ACROBATICS FROM ERLING HAALAND)

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL THE ACTION FROM THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FROM WEDNESDAY 23/10/2024, INCLUDING THIS ONE BETWEEN MAN CITY VS SPARTA PRAGUE – SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE! WHAT A NIGHT FOR MAN CITY ON 23/10/2024. PROVING JUST HOW WELL THEY PERFORM IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL PLAYGROUND – THE ETIHAD STADIUM! PHIL FODEN GOT THE PARTY STARTED WITH A SUPERB GOAL AT JUST 3 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, WHICH HAD THE STADIUM IN RAPTURES! (WITH MANY SHOTS ENSUING, INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 22 SHOTS WITH 10 ON TARGET FOR MAN CITY., AND 5 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET FOR SPARTA THROUGHOUT THE MATCH), AND IN THE 58TH MINUTE, ERLING “THE HELICOPTER” HAALAND, (WHO HAD BEEN HOVERING AROUND THE GOAL AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT MOMENT, WITH A LEVITATION OF SUCH HEIGHT AND LIMBS IN PERFECT SYMMETRY, THA...

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ON 9TH JANUARY 2025

THE STATE FUNERAL OF THE LATE U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ON 9TH JANUARY 2025 WAS ATTENDED BY ALL FIVE LIVING US PRESIDENTS (PAST AND PRESENT), AND PRESIDENT CARTER’S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND IMPORTANT DIGNITARIES. JAMES EARL CARTER JR. (OCTOBER 1 1924 – DECEMBER 29, 2024) WAS AN AMERICAN POLITICIAN AND HUMANITARIAN WHO SERVED AS THE 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1977 TO 1981, AND WAS ALSO THE 76TH GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA FROM 1971 – 1975. WHEN HE WAS SWORN IN HE SAID “THE TIME FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS OVER”, WHICH WAS A COMMENT WHICH SHOCKED PEOPLE AT THE TIME, WITH MANY ‘SEGREGATIONISTS’ (YES, THAT REALLY DID HAPPEN) FEELING AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN BETRAYED BY HIM. BUT HE DIDN’T CARE. YOU WILL HEAR IN SOME OF THE WONDERFUL EULOGIES FR...

PREMIER LEAGUE : FRIDAY – 27/12/2024 (PHOTO – HAVERTZ AND TROSSARD CELEBRATE)

IT WAS THE SUPERB PASS FROM TROSSARD TO HAVERTZ THAT PROVED TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT LAST NIGHT, IN THE MATCH BETWEEN ARSENAL VS IPSWICH, WITH HAVERTZ HITTING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THE COOLEST OF STYLES AT 23 MINS INTO THE MATCH! AND THEN A FURTHER 20 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET IN TOTAL, FOR ARSENAL, BUT NOT MUCH SUCCESS FOR ALL THE USUAL ARSENAL STAR CULPRITS, WHOSE ATTEMPTS EITHER WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE BAR, OR INTO THE ARMS OF IPSWICH’S SUPERB GOALY ARIJANET MURIC! ARSENAL ALSO HAD 68% POSSESSION IN TOTAL, MADE 670 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY. IPSWICH HAD A FURTHER 3 SHOTS, (WITH AN EARLY ATTEMPT BY SAMMIE SZMODICS LOOKING DANGEROUS FOR A WHILE, BUT NOT TO BE) AND THEY MADE 318 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, WITH ONE YELLOW-CARD-A-PIECE. SO LOT’S OF ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH ...

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 MAX VERSTAPPEN IS FOURTH-TIME WORLD CHAMPION 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 SAINZ WHO...

TYSON FURY VS OLEKSANDR USYK RE-MATCH – 21/12/2024

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TYSON FURY VS OLEXSANDR USYK BOXING MATCH ON 21/12/2024 “I WON THAT” SAID TYSON FURY IN HIS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW OLEKSANDR USYK GIVES POST-MATCH INTERVIEW – SAYING “I WON, MY WIFE HELPED ME” TYSON FURY AND OLEKSANDR USYK GIVE FULL POST-FIGHT INTERVIEWS

PARIS FASHION WEEK SS 24

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING A SMALL SELECTION OF SUPERB COLLECTIONS FROM PARIS FASHION WEEK SPRING/SUMMER 2024 – AND WE ARE ALWAYS UPDATING – SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE…! PARIS – NICCOLO PASQUALETTI – SS 24 PARIS – MAME KUROGOUCHI – SS 24 PARIS – PIERRE CARDIN – SS 24 PARIS – FLORENTINA LEITNER – SS 24 PARIS – BENJAMIN BENMOYAL – SS 24 PARIS – WEINSANTO – SS 24