Lyon disappointingly fell to their first defeat of the season away at Montpellier on Tuesday night in a match shown live on BT Sport in the UK. It was a chance to reclaim their position at the top of the Ligue 1 table from Rennes, and maintain a one hundred per cent record at the […]
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USM Endoume Catalans 1-1 OL Reserves
The Olympique Lyonnais B team made it four points from three games so far in their National 2 Group D campaign with a creditable 1-1 draw away at US Marseille Endoume Catalans. Joint managers Gueïda Fofana and Philippe Bizeul saw their team fall behind to an early strike from Hammoud, which Anthony Racioppi in the […]
Olympique Lyonnais 6-0 Marseille
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team resumed where they left off as the reigning Division 1 champions went straight back to the top of the table with a crushing 6-0 win against Marseille in their opening match of the new season. Three of OL’s England internationals started the match and it was a dream home debut […]
Marseille, Endoume & Montpellier on the menu for OL
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team get their title defence under way this weekend with a match against Olympique de Marseille. New coach Jean-Luc Vasseur has named a squad of nineteen for the clash, which could see new signings Nikita Parris and Alex Greenwood make their competitive debuts. The England forward and left-back both joined the […]
Jordans Frusli Raisins and Hazelnuts
The wrapper describes this one as a ‘wholegrain oat cereal bar with raisins and chopped roasted hazelnuts’. It’s a decent effort from Jordans, but doesn’t have any distinguishing features to set it apart from the field. It’s fine on the flavour front, but texture wise it could do with being a little more cohesive. I […]
Five Brits in 2019 Vuelta
The 2019 edition of the Vuelta a España gets underway on Saturday with an 18 km team time trial from Salinas de Torrevieja to Torrevieja. Team Ineos have announced their eight man squad for the race, with Spaniard David de la Cruz coming in as a last minute replacement for Kenny Elissonde after the Frenchman […]
Athletic Club weekend fixtures
Athletic Club follow their magnificent opening day win over Barcelona with their first away trip of the new season, a visit to Getafe. The match is scheduled to kick of at 21:00 local time on Saturday night at the Estadio de Alfonso Pérez. Getafe started with a 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid last weekend. It […]
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
It’s a rare Saturday afternoon 3:pm kick off for Manchester United this weekend as they face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. On paper, it should be their easiest fixture of the season so far, as Chelsea at home and Wolves away are usually both tougher assignments than a visit from the Eagles. Roy Hodgson’s Palace […]
Steve Bruce’s Homecoming
Newcastle United recently appointed Steve Bruce as their new manager to succeed Rafa Benitez after the Spaniard left the club in the close-season. Bruce, now aged 58, is a Geordie born and bred and Newcastle was his boyhood club, so in many ways it’s a dream come true for him to finally manage them, having […]
Neville Announces England Women’s Squad
England coach Phil Neville has announced his latest squad for the upcoming friendlies away to Belgium (29th August) and Norway (3rd September). Nineteen players are retained from his squad that finished fourth in the Women’s World Cup in France earlier this summer and there are places for four first-time call ups in Bethany England, Aoife […]