Germany vs England: Mesut Ozil vs Gareth Barry at 2010 World Cup remembered
The 2010 World Cup is still something of a sore subject for England fans.
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Never forget when Mesut Ozil went full 'Bale vs Bartra' in race with Gareth Barry at 2010 WC
The 2010 World Cup is still something of a sore subject for England fans.
Kylian Mbappe ranked world's most valuable player
PSG forward Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable soccer player in the world, according to Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory, followed by Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr and new Manchester City recruit Erling Haaland.
Top cop hopes for calm as England fans gear up for Germany match amid 'rising disorder' at home
The UK's top cop for football policing is hoping England's trip to Germany will be a peaceful one - after a surge in disorder over the last season. Cheshire Police chief constable Mark Roberts, who grew up in Stretford, is football lead on the National Police Chiefs Council.
Ex-escort sells everything she owns to look after mistreated cats
An ex-escort has sold her last valued possession to look after mistreated cats - and is worried she will have to stop caring for them.
Brazil gets first cricket bat factory
Brazil, self-taught carpenter Luiz Roberto Francisco is chipping at a piece of pine and turning it into a rare artifact for this football-mad country: a cricket bat. Francisco, 63, is the proud owner of Brazil's first cricket bat factory, based in the small city of Pocos de Caldas in Minas Gerais state, population 170,000. Not coincidentally, the leafy spa city is also the headquarters of Cricket Brasil, an organization headed by Matt Featherstone, an English ex-cricketer who has set the ambitious goal of getting 30,000 Brazilians playing the sport he loves in the next three years. Since Featherstone, 51, retired from professional cricket and moved here with his Brazilian wife in 2000, he and Cricket Brasil's 19 staff have managed to grow the sport exponentially. There are now more than 5,000 cricketers in Brazil, thanks mainly to the organization's 63 community youth programs, and the women's national team have won four of the past five South American championships. But that all ground to a halt when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, leaving those spreading the gospel of cricket without one key import: bats. Enter Francisco, a retired electrician at the local Alcoa aluminum plant who is known around Pocos de Caldas as a deft handyman and ingenious problem solver.
Lewis Hamilton cautioned over Mercedes taking a step back at Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell may end up going backwards this weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, according to Marc Surer. Mercedes began the 2022 season on the backfoot with both Red Bull and Ferrari setting the benchmark.
Joshua’s new trainer ranks AJ above Fury, Usyk
British heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua . (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)