Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 25.
FootballFormer Bolton winger Ricardo Gardner spent his birthday posing in a tunnel with Usain Bolt.
View this post on InstagramJoao Cancelo is loving life in Barcelona.
GolfIt’s Ryder Cup week.
View this post on InstagramEurope celebrated retaining the Solheim Cup.
View this post on InstagramChris Froome has some fun.
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 22.
FootballMartin Odegaard signed a new deal at Arsenal.
Jude Bellingham can do it all.
Neil Warnock took care of some admin on his first day of unemployment.
Gary Neville was targeted.
Mohamed Salah was on target again.
Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon explained his quick exit.
Naouirou Ahamada and co caused problems for a local school.
Find someone who looks at you etc…
Happy birthday to two Brazilian greats.
Emmanuel Petit is 53 today.
CricketKate Cross and Lauren Bell enjoyed their summer.
View this post on InstagramTennisA day in the life of Elina Svitolina.
View this post on InstagramRugby UnionJoe Marler had his future sorted.
DartsVladimir Andersen made good use of a plastic bag.
American footballBurnley’s part-owner likes the look of the 49ers.
David Haye expects Joe Joyce to come through his latest test with Zhilei Zhang, but has warned the British boxer could be frozen out of the heavyweight division if he loses again.
Joyce had been mandatory for Oleksandr Usyk’s WBO heavyweight belt before he lost for the first time in the pro ranks to China’s Zhang in April.
Referee Howard Foster called off the Copper Box Arena bout in the sixth round due to Joyce’s right eye being almost completely swollen over.
Joyce opted to immediately activate his rematch clause with Zhang and will try to win back his WBO interim heavyweight belt at Wembley Arena on Saturday but TNT pundit Haye echoed the sentiments of the Chinese powerhouse when he looked ahead to this contest.
Zhang promised to end Joyce’s career during Thursday press conference in London and ex-world heavyweight champion Haye admits it could be curtains for his compatriot if another L is added to the loss column.
“I believe Joe has enough to find a way to win if he boxes smart. If he doesn’t do that, he probably will get frozen out of the heavyweight division,” Haye told the PA news agency.
“What manager or promoter would want to risk their guy fighting Joe in a minor eliminator or in a 10-rounder. He would be too good for his own good.
“Look at his opponents, Joseph Parker, (Christian) Hammer, Lenroy Thomas, Carlos Takam; he has fought real live fighters who most people try to avoid. His record isn’t padded out with bums.
“He is a very world class fighter so young fighters coming through, he would be too much for them. No manager or promoter in their right mind would chuck their young fighter in with Joe if he loses this fight.
“It would be a long road back and a long road back you can’t afford at the age of 38.”
Haye felt it was “crazy” for Joyce to take the initial fight with Zhang (25-1-1, 20KOs) in the first place owing to the size and power of the 2008 Olympic silver medallist.
With Joyce (15-1, 14KOs) at the time one of the next in line to face Usyk, the gamble backfired with the Briton short of ideas against southpaw Zhang, but Haye is confident a better gameplan will be implemented this time.
“I definitely want to see big improvement in terms of the technical side of things going in against Zhang this time because he would need it moving up against some of the big names of the sports,” Haye admitted.
“Joe is an athletic man, he can do a standing backflip, he can do acrobatics, he is very explosive and dynamic. He does have quite good reflexes but for some reason in that last fight he chose not to use them and he come a cropper.
“On paper that was a crazy fight to take in terms of a fight before the big fight, the one that would give him the big pay check he hasn’t had.
“I respect the bravery of doing so because Zhang is a southpaw so if he fights a 6ft 6inch southpaw, it is good preparation for a 6ft 3inch southpaw in Usyk.
“Maybe if Joe had taken the fight against Usyk, he would have applied the same tactics of I’m the bigger man and I will walk through you, so maybe this has forced him to get a new game plan together.
“Move that head, come off the line, throw some punches from nice angles against a southpaw and work the body. That he could apply against Usyk, so fingers crossed Joe wins and not too much damage has been done.”
:: Watch Zhang v Joyce II live on TNT Sports 2 and discovery+ from 7:30pm on Saturday 23rd September. For more info visit: tntsports.co.uk/boxing
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 21.
FootballHarry Kane was happy with Bayern’s start to their Champions League campaign.
Arsenal had a big win over PSV.
King Charles x PSG
Neil Warnock said goodbye.
Thomas Muller celebrated a milestone.
CricketChris Gayle celebrated his birthday.
View this post on InstagramGolfJustin Rose was looking forward to the Ryder Cup.
Formula OneLewis Hamilton enjoyed some down time.
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 20.
FootballVirgil van Dunk.
Love was in the air at Tottenham.
Zlatan as modest as ever.
Casemiro was ready for Europe.
Jurrien Timber’s recovery continued.
Split allegiances for Schweinsteiger.
CricketBen Stokes left Alastair Cook stunned with his golfing prowess.
Hampshire cursed the weather.
BoxingConor Benn returned.
Rugby unionEngland kept themselves busy at the World Cup.
TennisOns Jabeur thanked Billie Jean King.
Serena struggled.
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 19.
FootballAnt and Dec were ready for Newcastle’s Champions League adventure.
Peter Crouch had a laugh at his own expense.
What a photo.
Jenni Hermoso hit back.
Alan Shearer was buzzing to see Champions League nights back for Newcastle.
View this post on InstagramCallum Hudson-Odoi enjoyed home comforts.
TennisAndy Murray could not wait for Magaluf!
CricketThe wind was causing some trouble.
Stuart Broad and James Anderson enjoyed the City Ground.
KP had a broken night’s sleep.
England batter Danni Wyatt switched sports to take in the Rugby World Cup.
View this post on InstagramGolfTommy Fleetwood turned his attention to the Ryder Cup.
View this post on InstagramThe Rocket was still celebrating.
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 18.
FootballTwo England greats celebrated their birthdays.
Roberto de Zerbi celebrated one year in charge of Brighton.
BoxingTyson Fury welcomed a new addition to the family.
View this post on InstagramDartsAnother World Series of Darts title for Michael van Gerwen.
Rugby UnionSonny Bill Williams celebrated with Fiji.
Joe Marler with the assist of the World Cup so far?
GolfRyan Fox felt honoured.
Danny Willett was grateful.
CricketTim Murtagh was hanging up his boots.
KP makes his World Cup predictions.
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 14.
CricketNat Sciver-Brunt made history for England.
FootballEngland stars are in the running for top FIFA awards.
Kyle Walker commits to Man City.
Georginio Wijnaldum enjoyed his welcome.
Happy birthdays.
TennisRafael Nadal was working hard.
View this post on InstagramGolfBroad a runner for Ryder?
KP was impressed.
Ludvig Aberg underlined his Ryder Cup credentials at Wentworth.
View this post on InstagramCaddy Billy Foster remembered one of the game’s greats.
View this post on InstagramSnookerRonnie O’Sullivan was grateful.
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 13.
FootballMichael Owen felt for Harry Maguire.
Raheem Sterling was hard at work.
Gareth Bale showed off his golf skills.
John Terry was also excited for Wentworth.
A proud moment for Jan Vertonghen.
View this post on InstagramNacer Chadli was feeling thankful.
View this post on InstagramCasemiro and Lisandro Martinez bid farewell to their national teams.
CricketBen Stokes broke another record.
KP teed off.
Selection controversies and last-gasp agonies may have highlighted his tumultuous 20-year reign as GB Taekwondo chief, but Gary Hall maintains he has lost none of his hunger for success as he braces for arguably his sport’s toughest decision yet.
Hall, who will lead the team into his sixth Games in Paris next year, is by far the longest-serving performance director in British Olympic sport, overseeing the programme’s rise from humble origins prior to Athens in 2004 to become one of the nation’s most successful, yielding nine medals, including two golds.
Yet Hall’s highest-profile saga involved the build-up to the 2012 London Olympics, when the selection panel’s decision to select Lutalo Muhammad in the men’s 80kg category, over the then world number one Aaron Cook, led to acrimony and a painful appeals process that Hall believes cost Muhammad his opportunity to claim Olympic gold.
By a remarkable twist of fate, Cook’s wife Bianca Cook, who has won three world titles under her maiden name of Walkden and is desperate to crown her career with an Olympic title, is currently engaged in a battle with two-time world medallist Rebecca McGowan for the sole women’s 67+kg berth.
For Hall, however, the potential repercussions of any decision are the inevitable consequence of creating a competitive world-class programme.
“We don’t have emotional factors that we consider,” Hall told the PA news agency. “The athlete knows well in advance what they must do to be the best person to be selected. Our job is very clear, to select the best team to win the best set of medals at any event.
“It is difficult, because it is a four-year journey and there are going to be winners and losers in that race. But we have learned a lot since 2012, when we were relatively new as an Olympic sport, and our selection policies have moved on to become very solid and legally sound.
“There is a real empathetic thread, because athletes have worked hard to be in the running for selection, and we try to manage people’s ups and downs, and work with them whether they get selected or not. Does that mean there aren’t going to be winners and losers? No, it doesn’t.”
Muhammad, whose Olympic career ended in an agonising last-second defeat to Cheick Sallah Cisse in the men’s 80kg final in Rio, won a bronze medal in London but Hall believes the sapping appeals process – and subsequent pressure to live up to his doubly rubber-stamped selection – cost him gold.
“I think both Lutalo and Aaron lost out from a personal perspective,” added Hall. “Lutalo wasn’t at his best in the Games, but once the pressure was off and he wasn’t going to win gold or silver, you saw his quality come out to win that bronze medal.
“It did raise the profile of the sport and they always say that there is no such thing as bad news provided you use the opportunity that you are given. But we’d prefer that winning gold medals became the story, rather than a selection case.”
Hall, a former national champion, has no plans to go anywhere and while his thoughts are already straying towards Los Angeles in 2028, he admits his real passion is in helping his sport realise a professional potential which he believes has only grown in relation the burgeoning success of mixed martial arts.
“The next few years should be all about winning in Paris and LA but we need to stimulate growth, and from that success, and that has become my new get-out-of-bed goal,” added Hall.
“I think there’s so much opportunity when you see the growth of mixed martial arts and combat sports in general. I think that potential is untapped, and there is no reason why a sport like taekwondo has to remain in this minority league.
“We can do so much more on the back of the success of these high-profile athletes. Why can’t we have a UFC-style fight night series? There’s a thirst there, and a market there, and we’ve just got to work out how to market it better. The potential for this sport remains untapped.”
McLaren were fined 100 million dollars (£49.2m) and stripped of their points in the constructors’ championship as a result of a Formula One spy scandal on this day in 2007.
However, the team’s drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, the reigning world champion, were cleared to continue in their battle for that year’s F1 crown.
The punishment, with what was an FIA record fine, was handed out by the World Motor Sport Council following the emergence of fresh evidence in the scandal.
McLaren were found guilty of fraudulent conduct at an initial hearing in July, namely being in possession of a confidential 780-page document belonging to Ferrari, but due to insufficient evidence, the team avoided any penalty on that occasion.
New evidence then surfaced, based around emails, and following a 10-hour meeting at the FIA headquarters in Paris, a statement read: “The WMSC have stripped Vodafone McLaren Mercedes of all constructor points in the 2007 FIA Formula One world championship and the team can score no points for the remainder of the season.
“Furthermore, the team will pay a fine equal to US100million, less the FOM (Formula One Management) income lost as a result of the points deduction.
“However, due to the exceptional circumstances in which the FIA gave the team’s drivers an immunity in return for providing evidence, there is no penalty in regard to drivers’ points.
“The WMSC will receive a full technical report on the 2008 McLaren car and will take a decision at the December 2007 meeting after what sanction, if any, will be imposed on the team for the 2008 season.”
After a conclusion to the season that saw Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen claim the 2007 drivers’ championship, McLaren on December 13 issued a public apology over their role in the saga and offered to put a freeze on developments that could be determined as deriving from the Ferrari information.
In February 2009, the matter drew to a close following an agreement made between the legal authorities in Italy and lawyers representing McLaren.
Charges against former McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan and three other senior employees of the team were dropped on a ‘nolo contendere’ (no contest) basis.
However, Coughlan had to pay 180,000 euros (£158,000) in exchange for not contesting charges of copyright infringement relating to Ferrari’s data.
Engineers Paddy Lowe, Jonathan Neale and Rob Taylor each had to pay 150,000 euros (£131,500).
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 12.
FootballGary Lineker was feeling stylish.
A proud moment for Connor Roberts.
Yaya Toure felt honoured.
TennisFormer Wimbledon champion Simona Halep hopes to clear her name following a doping ban.
Stanislas Wawrinka was not happy.
Sir Mo Farah has announced his retirement after a final race in the Great North Run.
The 40-year-old’s glittering career included four Olympic gold medals.
Here, the PA news agency charts his career timeline.
2006 – Farah claims his first major medal when he wins 5,000m silver at the European Championships in Gothenburg.
2007 – At the World Championships in Osaka, Farah finished sixth in the 5,000m in 13 minutes and 47.54 seconds.
2008 – Farah steps up to the 10,000m but failed to reach the final of the 5,000m at the Beijing Olympics.
2009 – He wins gold in the 3,000m at the European Indoor Championships in Turin. At the World Championships he faded to finish seventh in the 5,000m but it was still the best by a European finisher.
2010 – Farah wins his first major title in the 10,000m at the European Championships before taking the 5,000m crown. In August, at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Farah ran 12 mins and 57.94 secs in the 5,000m to break David Moorcroft’s long-standing British record and become the first ever British athlete to run under 13 minutes.
2011 – He relocates to Portland, Oregon, to work with new coach Alberto Salazar in February before winning gold in the 5,000m at the World Championships in Daegu along with 10,000m silver.
2012 – Farah was part of Super Saturday for Team GB when he won 10,000m gold at London 2012. A week later he made it a double with the 5,000m title. Earlier in the summer he won the 5,000m at the European Championships.
2013 – He was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s honours list and more global titles followed with 10,000m and 5,000m victories in Moscow.
2014 – Farah runs his first London Marathon and finishes eighth but pulls out of the Commonwealth Games after having a tooth removed. He recovers to win 5,000m and 10,000m at the European Championships in Zurich.
2015 – He became the oldest 10,000m world champion when taking the title in Beijing and also defended his 5,000m crown.
2016 – Farah became the first Briton to win three athletic Olympic gold medals when he defended the 10,000m title in Rio. He then completed the double double to retain the 5,000m gold.
2017 – He was awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. After winning the 10,000m at the World Championships in London, Farah retired from the track to focus on the marathon and split from Salazar.
2018 – Farah finishes third in the London Marathon and goes on to win in Chicago and set a new European record of two hours, five minutes and 11 seconds.
2019 – Farah announces he planned to return to the track to defend his 10,000m Olympic title at the Tokyo Games.
2021 – With Tokyo postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Farah tries to hit the qualifying time but, in Birmingham in June, he missed out. A race was arranged for him at the British Championships in Manchester but he was 19 seconds off the qualifying time.
2023 – In his final race, Farah finishes fourth in the Great North Run.
Sir Mo Farah has announced his retirement after a glittering career which included four Olympic titles.
Farah, 40, signed off with one last race in the Great North Run.
Here, the PA news agency looks at his best wins.
London 2012No wrap up of Farah’s achievements would be complete without his London 2012 victories. Part of Super Saturday on August 4 he won the 10,000m minutes after Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford won the heptathlon and long jump. A week later he became a sporting great by winning the 5,000m in 13 minutes and 41.66 seconds.
Rio 2016Farah completed the double double in Brazil as he defended his 5,000m and 10,000m titles from London four years previously. He became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals as he first retained the 10,000m title after overcoming a fall mid-race and the 5,000m followed in Rio.
London 2017Five years after his Olympic triumphs in Stratford, Farah returned to London for the World Championships. He took gold in the 10,000m in 26 mins and 49.51 secs ahead of rival Joshua Cheptegei having been put under serious pressure by the collective pack who were aiming to dethrone him.
Daegu 2011Farah won his first world title in Daegu when he claimed 5,000m gold at the World Championships. The then 28-year-old became the first British world champion over the distance after holding off American Bernard Lagat to win in 13 mins and 23.36 secs, seven days after being pipped to victory in the 10,000m.
Beijing 2015He repeated his long-distance gold medal double at the World Championships but it was his win in the 10,000m which made him the oldest world champion in that event, at 32. He still managed a trademark surge in a 54-second final lap and crossed the line in 27 mins and 1.13 secs.
Sir Mo Farah insists his focus is fully on preparations for his final competition at the Great North Run on Sunday.
The 40-year-old four-time Olympic champion is bringing his career to a close at the North East half-marathon after announcing that 2023 would be his final year competing.
Farah’s goodbye to the sport has seen him compete in the Great Manchester Run 10K and the London Marathon earlier this year.
His penultimate race came at the Big Half in London last weekend, but although his career is creeping to a close, Farah admits he will take stock and “fully enjoy” his achievements once Sunday is complete.
He told PA news agency: “When I finished in London it was like, ‘this is it London, bye bye’ and I went home, thinking in two days, three days the Great North Run is going to be my final, final one.
“I arrived (on Thursday night) and just doing bits of the interviews, talking to people saying ‘this is your last, this is your last’ and you actually try to think ‘this is it!’.
View this post on Instagram“It does hit you, but the Great North Run is an incredible event and what they’ve done over the years is amazing.
“When I spoke to Brendan (Foster) to say I want to end my career at your race he was like ‘OK bring it on!’ and that’s what we did.
“Seeing people be happy and people coming up to you saying thank you over the years and people saying ‘one last time, one last moment’, it starts to hit on you.
“But I just have to put that to the back of my mind and just focus on the race, and after the race save it forever, fully enjoy it and take that all in.”
Farah is a six-time winner of the Great North Run, with his last victory coming in 2019 on the Tyneside streets.
After four Olympic golds and six World Championship titles, Farah is looking forward to having a break and hopes to find a role that can suit him post-running.
“I think I’ll have a couple of weeks relax, chill out and spend time with the kids and family then start to think what else can I do,” he added.
“I love to be involved in sports and giving back to younger kids, the community, but you’ve got to find that role that you can enjoy and go in with a big smile.”
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