View image | gettyimages.com FIFA Women’s World Cup’s Round of 16 comes to a conclusion on day 18, with holders Japan, looking to retain their crown, facing the impressive debutants Holland at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. View image | gettyimages.com Japan 2 Holland 1 The Dutch struggled ...
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View image | gettyimages.com With all footballing activity in Europe now having come to an end for the season, we take a look back and review the recent Premier League season: the highs and the lows, and ask whether it can still be regarded as the best league in the ...
Read More »Women’s World Cup Catch-up – Day Seventeen
View image | gettyimages.com The second round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup continues as the competition enters it’s 17th day and here’s the Sports Lowdown’s Catch-up, so you never have to miss a kick. View image | gettyimages.com NORWAY 1 ENGLAND 2 England had to come from behind ...
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View image | gettyimages.com Greg Dyke recently announced plans to increase the amount of home-grown players each Premier League team must include in their squads. While the Premier League has not whole-heartedly backed these ideas, worryingly they have also failed to come out strongly against them. The transfer window is ...
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View image | gettyimages.com Ageing footballers are now a common site in the game. Many players who are entering their late 30’s are becoming prolific footballs and playing legends of the game. But as they get older, each year, bits of their game wear out until sometimes you have to ...
Read More »Why do England teams lack success in major tournaments?
View image | gettyimages.com England teams have struggled in major football tournaments in recent years and with fans feeling disappointed in their team’s performances, it raises the question of where this lack of success is coming from. The England men’s team have performed as well as expected in the European ...
Read More »Women’s World Cup Catch-up – Day Fifteen
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View image | gettyimages.com Ryan Giggs and Gareth Bale are two of Wales’s greatest ever players, and over the years we’ve had great pleasure watching both play. The big debate in recent months has been who is the better of the two? Ryan Giggs is arguably the Premier League’s greatest ...
Read More »Women’s World Cup Catch-up – Day Twelve
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