Women’s Euro final 2022: The best places to watch England vs Germany TODAY July 31, 2022 Sing it with us… It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s… could it be, finally? TODAY is the day, and we couldn’t be more excited. Kick off is at 5.00pm this afternoon and the game will be screened on BBC One, but of course our great city has plenty of options if you’d rather get [...]
Trevor Steven: Masterful Sarina Wiegman has got the most out of her England women’s squad July 31, 2022 England’s run to the final of Women’s Euro 2022 has generated a great feeling of pride among both male and female football fans. It’s been inspirational. One of the most impressive things about the Lionesses is the way they have embraced the pressure of being hosts. More than any other team, I think they believed [...]
Trevor Steven: Community Shield first look at revamped Manchester City and Liverpool attacks July 30, 2022 With an interval to accommodate a winter World Cup, the coming football season has a different flavour and the same is true of the Community Shield between Manchester City and Liverpool. Wembley usually hosts the curtain-raiser on the final Sunday before the new campaign but, owing to the Women’s Euro 2022 final, this year’s is [...]
Coleen Rooney wins ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial against Rebekah Vardy: ‘An embarrassing own goal’ July 29, 2022 Rebekah Vardy has lost the “Wagatha Christie” libel battle against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post, after a High Court judge found it was “substantially true”. In the October 2019 post, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a months-long “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about [...]
EP: 151 Goodwood – Saturday July 29, 2022 The ultra-competitive Stewards’ Cup, run over 6 furlongs, is one of the highlights on the final day of Glorious Goodwood. Trainer James Ferguson (First Folio) is on hand to tell us more about his horse’s chance in the big sprint handicap. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the final day’s action at this year’s [...]
Ollie Phillips: Why I am taking on the China Sevens coaching job July 29, 2022 I’ve spent a lot of my life involved in rugby sevens but I haven’t taken on many challenges as big as the one I have just embarked on with China. I am heading up the coaching team for China’s sevens programme, and will be heading out there shortly for the next few months. I am [...]
Grassroots key to diversifying Lionesses, says England’s first black captain July 29, 2022 Girls need better access to grassroots football to grow the game and make the England team more racially diverse, says Mary Phillip, the first black captain of the Lionesses. England’s women could win their first major international title on Sunday when they face Germany in the final of Euro 2022, but Phillip believes the country [...]
Exclusive: Lionesses have the spirit of 1966 World Cup winners, says Sir Geoff Hurst July 28, 2022 England football hero Sir Geoff Hurst says he sees similarities between the Lionesses and his 1966 World Cup winners. Sarina Wiegman’s team could become the first senior England side to win major honours for more than half a century when they play Germany in the final of Women’s Euro 2022 on Sunday. The Wembley matchup [...]
You can Chil out at Goodwood but no need to leave from Bague D’or July 28, 2022 THERE are cavalry charges and then there is the Stewards’ Cup (3.20pm), a famous 28-runner handicap down Goodwood’s straight six-furlong track. Some classy horses have won this over the years, perhaps most notably Lochsong in 1992 for Ian Balding who went on to land a number of Group One contests. She was a very fast [...]
Super fancy Ouzo won’t leave you feeling too Blue July 28, 2022 BAAEED may have cruised to Sussex Stakes success earlier this week, but for punters it has been less of a breeze and today’s card doesn’t look to offer much chance of respite. Four handicaps on the seven-race card all feature fields over 14 runners and look fiercely competitive, so I’ll be looking to play a [...]