Italy continued their dream World Cup run as they upset China 2-0 to reach the last eight of the tournament. Goals from Valentina Giacinti (15) and Aurora Galli (49) sealed their passage into the quarters, where they will play the Netherlands.
Here are some reactions from Italy’s top newspapers (CdS and Tuttosport). Men’s footy still takes prominence, but the victory made it to the front page of both papers.
A rather stunning comeback from RCD Mallorca saw them achieve two successive promotions as they beat Deportivo in the Segunda Division playoffs. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, Mallorca needed something special, and special is what they produced, winning 3-0 to claim a 3-2 triumph on aggregate. That’s two straight promotions- from Segunda B to La Liga in the space of two seasons!
Check out the player ratings and the Spanish media headlines (“historic comeback”)
Amazon bought a package to telecast 20 games during the 2019/20 Premier League season. The tech giant have today unveiled the list of fixtures that they will be broadcasting via their Prime package in the United Kingdom (free to all existing prime customers).
Key among them include the Merseyside derby and Manchester United vs Spurs. The 20 fixtures are all in December (3-5 and 26-27). Apart from the two mentioned above, other interesting fixtures from the list appear to be Leicester hosting Liverpool and Wolves hosting Man City. This effectively means there will be no Boxing Day Football on either Sky or BT.
Will be interesting to see the viewing numbers for these games!
The women’s world cup is now fully underway with hosts France delivering a compelling 4-0 victory in last night’s opening game against South Korea. After decades of being in the shadow of the men’s game, is women’s football finally getting the coverage that it finally deserves?
Anyone who watched the game between France v South Korea last night you could be forgiven for thinking it was, in fact the men’s tournament. The stadium was packed, the atmosphere was electric and the quality of football on display was at times breath-taking. Continue reading