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Aston Villa are back in the big time after beating Derby County in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Monday.
The win is likely to net Villa around £170 million in Premier League revenue heading into next season. It’s little wonder the final has been dubbed “The Richest Game In Football.”
Oddly, the 2-1 win for Villa also served to renew the simmering Twitter hostilities between Leeds United and celebrity Derby fan Niall Horan, once of One Direction.
The squabbling began last October when, while discussing football allegiances, Horan claimed in a radio interview that “nobody likes Leeds”, to which the club fired back “No one likes your solo career #BringBack1D” — thus kicking off 2018’s weirdest social media beef.
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‘Three Lions’ re-imagined for Women’s World Cup
‘Three Lions’ Rewritten to ‘Three Lionesses’ Ahead Of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 from The Academy on Vimeo.
As we all know, every World Cup campaign needs a World Cup song and with the 2019 Women’s World Cup set to kick off next month, England have unveiled theirs.
The anthem is a reworking of the Baddiel & Skinner classic “Three Lions,” but with updated lyrics that give the song a feminist message.
“Three Lionesses” borrows the original tune but instead of riffing on the England men’s team repeatedly under-performing on the world stage, it features nods to the dismissive attitudes and patronising cliches that the women’s game has been subjected to over the years.
“I know the players love the Three Lionesses track and I hope it inspires the team to World Cup glory,” said England midfielder Jordan Nobbs, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury.
“This is an incredible time for women’s football as awareness and popularity continues to grow.”
Ronaldo steals spotlight in star-studded game
Juventus played host to the 2019 Partita Del Cuore charity match on Monday evening with an entire constellation of star names turning out for the event.
Serie A royalty Pavel Nedved, Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo and Giorgio Chiellini were on hand to help raise funds alongside various other non-footballing celebrities, including Ferrari F1 drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc.
Details are a little scarce as the match is now due to be broadcast in full on Italian television tonight (28th May).
However, with the money raised being donated to Cancer Research and the Telethon Foundation, the final scoreline doesn’t really matter all that much.
The King meets the Prince
Tennis legend Roger Federer doesn’t play the French Open too much these days, so when he’s around it’s a rare chance to get a photo!
🎾⚽🏆@KMbappe
Great to meet you! pic.twitter.com/41zFZfIA2B— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) May 28, 2019
Fair play to PSG and France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe then, who took his chance with both hands and even had a No. 10 shirt to give to the Swiss superstar.
Roger himself seemed excited by the prospect of meeting the man who could one day be considered the best player in the world. ESPN’s 30 under 21 has him at No. 1 after all.