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Daily Mail
12 hours ago
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Champion jockey Oisin Murphy wins at Doncaster just a DAY after being charged with drink driving after 'serious road traffic collision' left a woman in hospital
Oisin Murphy was among the winners at Doncaster on Friday, with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) confirming the multiple champion jockey can continue to ride ahead of his court date next week. Murphy was charged on Thursday with two drink-driving offences following a car crash on April 27 which left a woman in her 20s in hospital with serious injuries. It is alleged that he was over the prescribed alcohol limit and failed to cooperate when asked to give a preliminary test at the scene. There has been little disruption to Murphy's schedule since he was arrested at the scene in Hermitage, Berkshire where a grey Mercedes A Class smashed into a tree just after midnight. The next day, he rode in five races at Windsor, picking up two wins and, last week, he had five winners at Royal Ascot. Given he is the reigning champion jockey — a title he has won four times since 2019 — Murphy is much in demand and his wins in the last two months have been for figures including Sir Alex Ferguson and Michael Owen, Lady Lloyd-Webber and leading bloodstock operations Cheveley Park and Juddmonte. On Friday, the BHA said there was nothing to prevent Murphy continuing to ride on an ongoing basis and he travelled to Doncaster for five mounts, winning the Doncaster Racecourse Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap aboard the Andrew Balding-trained 8-13 favourite Displaying. The four-time champion is due to be in action at York on Saturday where his six booked mounts include Formal in the Group Three Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Criterion Stakes. Murphy, who leads the 2025 jockeys' championship by 17 from nearest rival William Buick, is due to appear at Reading Magistrates' Court on July 3. Murphy has not responded to requests for comment about the car crash since his arrest. Thames Valley Police said in a statement that: 'It is vital people do not speculate on social media as this is a live investigation.'
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Tottenham brilliantly mock Sir Alex Ferguson over famous three-word dig as they release official clothing range
TOTTENHAM have mocked Sir Alex Ferguson in the release of their latest clothing range. Spurs have launched a new 'Europa League winners 2025' line. 3 3 It features a range of merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, caps, magazines, programmes, photos, scarves and even footballs. Some of the t-shirts and hoodies feature the iconic line once said by Ferguson: "Lads, it's Tottenham." Spurs beat Manchester United in the final to win the Europa League, so decided to poke fun at the legendary boss. The jibe is also a reference to the t-shirts United had made before the final took place, ready for if they won. The United shirts also read: "Lads, it's Tottenham," and featured the Europa League trophy as well as the date of the final. Fergie uttered the famous phrase during a match between Tottenham and United in 2001. The Red Devils trailed 3-0 at half-time before going on to win 5-3 after Ferguson reminded them at the break: "Lads, it's Tottenham." The phrase has stuck ever since with rival fans often using it as a stick to beat Spurs supporters with. However Paul Scholes, who played in that 5-3 win, believes it is a derogatory remark. He said at the final last month: 'I think it's a bit derogatory to speak about such a great football club like that. Eberechi Eze to Tottenham LATEST | Transfers Exposed 'We knew that most of the time we had the beating of Tottenham. We were always confident against them. 'I know there's a lot said of, 'It's only Tottenham' and that should be enough to win a game. But it isn't. You're playing against a very good team of footballers. 'They've had the upper hand against United, we've lost the last three. It's not quite 'just Tottenham' any more.'
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Tottenham fire back at infamous Sir Alex Ferguson jibe as they release clothing range toasting Europa League final win over Man United
Tottenham fans have been stunned with their latest product range toasting their Europa League final success taking aim at Sir Alex Ferguson 's infamous jibe at the club. Last month's all-Premier League Europa League final saw Tottenham earn a narrow 1-0 victory over Man United to clinch their first major silverware for 17 years. Victory for Ange Postecoglou 's side also earned qualification for next season's Champions League, although Thomas Frank will take charge of the campaign following the Australian's sacking earlier this month. The triumph was the most important of four straight wins over Man United last season, with the defeat also leaving the Red Devils facing a season outside of European competition. Following the final, images had surfaced of t-shirts reportedly produced by Man United fans preparing to celebrate Europa League success over Tottenham. The t-shirts had been printed with the date of the final, the Europa League logo and the phrase 'Lads, it's Tottenham'. Legendary Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was claimed by former captain Roy Keane have used the phrase ahead of a match against Tottenham during his trophy-laden reign as Red Devils boss. Ferguson's four-word comment was viewed as a dig at Tottenham's perceived fragility, with the jibe having been often repeated during their 17 years without a trophy. Tottenham appear to have looked to take ownership over the phrase after downing Man United themselves to win a competition. The club used the statement on social media during their trophy parade last month, while a latest product range features the words emblazoned onto hoodies and t-shirts. Tottenham's club shop is currently selling a navy adult hoodie with the phrase embroidered for £55. A t-shirt featuring the words has been priced at £30 by the club. ''Lad's its Tottenham', THIS IS BRILLIANT,' one fan account wrote on social media. 'THFC are currently selling these hoodies and t-shirts in the official club shop.' 'No way have the club released 'lads it's Tottenham t-shirts on the official website,' another said. Tottenham have put hoodies and t-shirts featuring the phrase on sale on their official website Tottenham fans lauded the club for taking ownership of the phrase after beating Man United A third wrote 'The 'lads it's Tottenham' text is too small, if the club's gonna use it they gotta use it with confidence and zero shame'. While Ferguson has never confirmed whether he made the jibe at Tottenham, fans were quick to note his reaction to the final defeat last month. Ferguson had watched the final alongside Man United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe and Avram Glazer in Bilbao. Fans had suggested the 83-year-old had looked disgusted following Man United's loss in the final, which compounded a miserable season for the club as Ruben Amorim's side slumped to a 15th place finish in the Premier League.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Sir Gareth joins the greats as football's seventh knighted manager
Gareth Southgate added his name to an elite footballing list when the former England manager received his knighthood at Windsor Castle on 54-year-old, who stepped down from the England post after almost eight years following defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, was awarded the honour for services to influence, however, stretched beyond the field of play as he became one of football's most respected is only the seventh football manager to be given the joins the list of knights that also includes:England's World Cup-winning manager Sir Alf RamseyManchester United legends Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex FergusonEngland, Barcelona, Newcastle and Ipswich great Sir Bobby RobsonLiverpool legend and Premier League-winning manager with Blackburn, Sir Kenny DalglishSir Walter Winterbottom, England's first international manager, who led his country from 1946 to 1962So what are the reflections now on Southgate's England tenure, and why has he been selected for the knighthood honour? You can let us know your thoughts in the comments section. A nearly manager of a nearly team? On the list of football manager knights, only Winterbottom and Southgate have not won a trophy in their managerial fell short of being the winner England and the Football Association wanted as they tried to end a barren sequence for the men's senior team stretching back to the 1966 World Cup along the way, Southgate did much to restore the image of his squad and the lost successive European Championship finals, to Spain in 2024 and to Italy at Wembley in were also beaten in a World Cup semi-final by Croatia in Moscow in 2018, meaning Southgate's reign will ultimately be judged as that of a nearly manager of a nearly may be regarded as a harsh judgement, but reality shows that Southgate could not overcome the obstacles to that elusive England success with a richly talented squad, as well as in circumstances that favoured them, such as against Italy in a home can be built on the finest of margins, and this was Southgate' the wider context, however, that record stands comparison to – and indeed improves upon – that of any of his predecessors following Sir Alf's World Cup knighthood accolade is reward for the exemplary manner in which he served England and the Football Association on so many levels: as a distinguished full international, coach of the under-21s, then as senior team manager when he succeeded Sam Allardyce, who left after one game, in late inherited chaos and almost turned it into measured in honours, Southgate's career may not be able to stand alongside those other names who claimed the game's biggest prizes - as a player he won the League Cup with Aston Villa in 1996 and again when he captained Middlesbrough in 2004 - but his significance and influence in the recent era is unquestionable. 'The perfect ambassador for England' Southgate not only placed England back on what had become unfamiliar territory by leading them to the latter stages of showpiece tournaments, but he also lightened the load of a shirt that was too heavy for so many before he took made players relish playing for England again, making a somewhat unloved national team popular once more, with the peak of that feelgood factor coming between the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the delayed Euro 2020 tournament, which was largely played at established himself as a mature, measured and civilised leader, who had a hinterland that stretched beyond football, proving priceless in moments when diplomacy was meant Southgate was comfortable tacking thorny issues that arose during his tenure, such as racism. He stepped forward on a night of shame in Sofia in October 2019, when a Euro 2020 qualifier against Bulgaria, which England won 6-0, was stopped twice after Tyrone Mings and Raheem Sterling were the targets of racist dealt with a hostile Bulgarian inquisition, making his point forcibly but always with the caution that England had problems of its own in this regard and should never believe it was something that only existed also accepted the LGBTQI+ community would feel "let down" when England backtracked on wearing the 'OneLove' armband at the Qatar World Cup after they were warned captain Harry Kane would receive a yellow card should he do was not just England's manager, he was the perfect ambassador for the FA when the game's waves spread beyond what happened on the pitch. Southgate 'made players and supporters dream again' On the pitch, Southgate's legacy will always be those agonising near misses, with the finger being pointed in his direction for conservative tactics, especially when early leads and domination ended with defeat to Croatia in the World Cup last four, as well as that defeat on penalties to Italy at someone so often portrayed as "too nice" – something mistaken for his basic decency – Southgate showed steel as a player and again as a before he was appointed as the permanent manager, caretaker boss Southgate effectively signalled the end for Wayne Rooney's England career by dropping the captain and record goalscorer for a World Cup qualifier in Slovenia before he was eased time with England ended after the 2022 World Cup, while Jack Grealish was cut from the Euro 2024 relationship with England's supporters fluctuated, from the adulation between 2018 and 2021 to the toxicity of a night at Molineux in June 2022 when the personal abuse was such that it had a profound impact on the Euro 2024 campaign, a somewhat joyless and mediocre affair in which much of the goodwill for Southgate had been diluted, also saw the manager pelted with empty beer cups and jeered by fans after a goalless draw with Slovenia in was poor payback for what Southgate had given those England fans, only adding to the sense that this was an era drawing to a close, and perhaps the manager would not be sorry to see the back of flickered fitfully in Germany, reaching the final which ended in the familiar pain of defeat at Spain deservedly won was a disappointing conclusion, making for a natural end to his time as England manager in which Southgate had made players and supporters dream the short-term disappointment eased, it was right that Southgate should be judged with total respect, and befitting of his reign that he should have his investiture moment.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Shockwaves' and a 'pinnacle moment'
BBC Radio Manchester's Emily Brobin says Carlos Tevez's controversial move across Manchester from United to City in 2009 sent "shockwaves through football" in a special Football Daily episode reflecting on the Argentine striker's trophy-laden two years at Old Trafford ended with an infamous move to City and the iconic 'Welcome to Manchester' billboard that followed."Wow," said Brobin. "It caused the biggest uproar. "It was such a coup for City at the time, because City had just overcome the takeover. They're looking to make a real statement to send shockwaves through football. What better way to do that than to poach one of United's best players."That banner caused an absolute furore. Sir Alex Ferguson, he came out and he said that City was a small club with a small mentality. He was absolutely stewing."United fans were stewing, but City fans lapped every single minute up of it because that's the pettiness that we can all get behind, right?"I think that was the moment where everything changed and the balance of power in Manchester shifted."Tevez went on to win the Premier League with City but captaining the club to FA Cup victory in 2011signified a real momentum shift from the Red side of Manchester to the Blue after their derby win in the semi-final."That was a real seismic moment and I think, to be honest with you, looking back, that was probably the pinnacle moment of Carlos Tevez's career at City," Brobin added."Captaining City to their first trophy win in 35 years."
