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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.,...
GEORGE RUSSELL WINS POLE POSITION IN QUALIFYING AT THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX 2025!
GEORGE RUSSELL STORMED TO POLE POSITION, WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN COMING SECOND AND OSCAR PIASTRI THIRD IN THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING SESSION YESTERDAY! STAY TUNED FOR ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRAND PRIX LATER TODAY!
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
EUROPEAN UNDER-21 SEMI-FINAL: ENGLAND U21’s vs NETHERLANDS U21’s – 25/06/2025 (PHOTO – HARVEY ELLIOTT CELEBRATES)
WHAT AN EXCITING, AND ENERGETIC MATCH IT WAS BETWEEN THE ENGLAND U21’s AND THE NETHERLANDS U21’s ON THE 25TH JUNE 2025, IN THE SEARING HEAT OF BRATISLAVA, WITH ENGLAND MAKING 405 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAVING 12 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM HARVEY ELLIOTT AT 62 MINS., AND 85 MINS., RESPECTIVELY! THE NETHERLANDS MADE 448 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 6 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM NOAH OHIO AT 72 MINS. – WITH 1 YELLOW-CARD-A-PIECE! MEANING THAT THE YOUNG LIONS WON THE MATCH 2 – 1, AND ARE NOW THROUGH TO THE FINALS WHERE THEY WILL FACE GERMANY ON SATURDAY 28TH JUNE, HOPING TO BECOME THE FIRST NATION SINCE SPAIN TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK EUROPEAN U21 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES! WELL DONE YOUNG LIONS!! UN...
CHECK OUT THE SUPERB U21’S MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SPAIN!
AS WE WAIT EXCITEDLY FOR THE ENGLAND U21’s TO PLAY THE NETHERLANDS U21’s TODAY, LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE SUPERB MATCH BETWEEN THE YOUNG LIONS AND SPAIN, WHERE 3 CRACKERS FROM ENGLAND’S JAMES MCATEE AT 10 MINS., HARVEY ELLIOTT AT 15 MINS., AND A LATE PENALTY BY ELLIOTT ANDERSON AT 90 +4 MINS., PLUS A STUNNER FROM SPAIN’S JAVI GUERRA, WHO SCORED FROM THE SPOT RESULTED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO THE YOUNG LIONS IN A RIVETING GAME!
View Martin Brundle’s Interview With Brad Pitt About His Forthcoming F1 Film At The Silverstone Grand Prix
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TIME MARTIN BRUNDLE INTERVIEWED BRAD PITT ON HIS NEW FILM, WHICH WAS BEING FILMED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX A LITTLE WHILE BACK! MARTIN BRUNDLE INTERVIEWS BRAD PITT ON HIS FORTHCOMING FILM ABOUT FORMULA 1
SOCCER AID 2025 – ENGLAND X WORLD XI – RAISES A WHOPPING £15,280,163 FOR UNICEF! – 15/06/2025
SOCCER AID FOR UNICEF RETURNED TO OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER YESTERDAY, UNITING CELEBRITIES AND FOOTBALLING LEGENDS TO BATTLE IT OUT ON THE PITCH AS ENGLAND TOOK ON THE SOCCER AID WORLD XI FC IN THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH! CARLOS TEVEZ SCORED FOUR GOALS BEFORE BIG ZUZU NETTED AN INCREDIBLE WINNER AS WORLD XI BATTLED BACK TO BEAT ENGLAND AND WIN SOCCER AID! PLAYER-MANAGER WAYNE ROONEY SCORED THE FASTEST GOAL IN SOCCER AID HISTORY, BEFORE TONI DUGGAN AND JERMAIN DEFOE PUT ENGLAND 3 – 0 UP! THE FULL TOTAL WHICH THIS FANTASTIC MATCH RAISED FOR CHARITY WAS A WHOPPING £15,280,163! MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL : CHELSEA VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN – 13/07/2025 – (PHOTO – COLE PALMER CELEBRATES)
PSG MADE 601 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 67% POSSESSION), 5 CORNERS, AND 8 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, BUT NO GOALS IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST CHELSEA LAST NIGHT! CHELSEA MADE 301 PASSES, WITH AN 80% ACCURACY, AND HAD 10 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM COLE PALMER AT 22 MINS., AND 30 MINS., RESPECTIVELY AND NEW SIGNING JOAO PEDRO, WHO SCORED A CRACKER AT 43 MINS., MEANING THAT CHELSEA ENDED UP LIFTING THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY AFTER A 3 – 0 WIN!
OSCAR PIASTRI HAS WON THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX 2025!
OSCAR PIASTRI HAS WON THE BARCELONA GRAND PRIX 2025 – WATCH HOW HE DID IT HERE AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE…! MAX VERSTAPPEN TEAM RADIO DURING THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX AND “DINKGATE” DRIVERS CHILL AFTER THE MAIN RACE VIEW MAX VERSTAPPEN AND GEORGE RUSSELL’S ARGEY-BARGEY LANDO NORRIS SPEAKS ABOUT THE VERSTAPPEN X RUSSELL INCIDENT GEORGE RUSSELL AND MAX VERSTAPPEN SPEAK ABOUT THE COLLISION MAX AND GEORGE ACTUALLY DID A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS AFTER THE RACE!
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE FINAL : PORTUGAL VS SPAIN – 08/06/2025 (PHOTO – PORTUGAL LIFT THE TROPHY)
SPAIN MADE 812 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 62% POSSESSION), AND 16 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM MARTIN ZUBIMENDI AT 21 MINS. AND MIKEL OYARZABAL AT 45 MINS. PORTUGAL MADE 509 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 7 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, BOTH OF WHICH THEY MADE COUNT! FIRSTLY AFTER RECEIVING PEDRO NETO’S PASS, NUNO MENDES NETTED IN SPECTACULAR FASHION FOR HIS 1ST INTERNATIONAL GOAL AT 26 MINS! (THIS MEANT THAT 2 EXCITING GOALS HAD ALREADY BEEN SCORED IN THE FIRST HALF AN HOUR!) AND WITH THE OYARZABAL GOAL AT 45 MINS. SPAIN WERE 2 – 1 UP AT HALF-TIME! BUT WHATEVER ROBERTO MARTINEZ GAVE HIS SQUAD AT HALF-TIME (ORANGE SLICES, PICKLE JUICE, OR THE HAIRDRYER TREATMENT?) CERTAINLY WORKED BECAUSE THEY CAME FLYING OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND ONTO THE PITCH...
