July 2025

Spain once again showed their attacking threat at this European Championships by dismantling Belgium 6-2 to qualify for the quarter-finals. Portugals 1-1 draw with Italy means Spain have reached the last eight with one group stage game to spare – a result which has confirmed Belgiums elimination from the tournament. After thrashing Portugal 5-0 in

Down a long drive, out of sight in the Leicestershire countryside, there is a buzz around a football pitch. Forty players, and various groups of coaching staff, are mingling by a set of dugouts, chatting, swapping their trainers for boots, preparing for training to get under way. It is pre-season; this is not an unusual

With a broad beaming smile, a swaying ponytail along with an outwardly confident swagger, Safia Middleton-Patel is not hard to spot. She is a goalkeeper, who as all footballers will tell you are a breed apart! Flinging yourself side to side, enjoying diving head first towards a swinging boot of an onrushing forward and taking