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Straits Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Man City, Chelsea and Newcastle secure Champions League spots
Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Everton - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - May 25, 2025 Newcastle United players celebrate qualifying for the Champions League after the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith REUTERS Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Chelsea - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - May 25, 2025 Nottingham Forest's Chris Wood in action with Chelsea's Tosin Adarabioyo and Chelsea's Reece James Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes REUTERS Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Chelsea - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - May 25, 2025 Chelsea's Levi Colwill scores their first goal REUTERS/David Klein Soccer Football - Premier League - Fulham v Manchester City - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne with Ruben Dias after the match REUTERS/Toby Melville Soccer Football - Premier League - Fulham v Manchester City - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Fulham's Jorge Cuenca in action with Manchester City's Matheus Nunes Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge REUTERS LONDON - Manchester City and Chelsea both secured their Champions League places with victories on the final day of the Premier League season and Newcastle United joined them despite stumbling to a last-day defeat at home to Everton on Sunday. City, whose season has generally been one to forget, only really required a draw at Fulham but cruised to a 2-0 victory which meant they finished in third place. Enzo Maresca's Chelsea, who began the day in fifth place - the last spot for Champions League qualification - won 1-0 at seventh-placed Nottingham Forest to finish fourth. Newcastle will be breathing a sigh of relief as their 1-0 defeat by Everton could have opened the door for Aston Villa to climb above them. But Villa went down 2-0 at Manchester United to end in sixth place and take a place in the Europa League. City ended up with 71 points, Chelsea on 69 and Villa on 66 but with an inferior goal difference to Newcastle on the same points. Forest, who still had hopes of a top-five finish going into the last day, will go into the UEFA Conference League. Champions Liverpool ended their campaign with a 1-1 home draw against Crystal Palace in a party atmosphere at Anfield. Runners-up Arsenal, who ended 10 points behind Liverpool, beat bottom club Southampton 2-1 away. Brighton and Hove Albion brought Europa Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur down to earth with a bump as they won 4-1 in north London to finish eighth, but that will not be good enough to secure a European berth for the south coast side next season. Tottenham finished a woeful league season in 17th place, their worst performance since being relegated in 1977. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Man City, Chelsea and Newcastle secure Champions League spots
Soccer Football - Premier League - Fulham v Manchester City - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Fulham's Jorge Cuenca in action with Manchester City's Matheus Nunes Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester City and Chelsea both secured their Champions League places with victories on the final day of the Premier League season and Newcastle United joined them despite stumbling to a last-day defeat at home to Everton on Sunday. City, whose season has generally been one to forget, only really required a draw at Fulham but cruised to a 2-0 victory which meant they finished in third place. Enzo Maresca's Chelsea, who began the day in fifth place - the last spot for Champions League qualification - won 1-0 at seventh-placed Nottingham Forest to finish fourth. Newcastle will be breathing a sigh of relief as their 1-0 defeat by Everton could have opened the door for Aston Villa to climb above them. But Villa went down 2-0 at Manchester United to end in sixth place and take a place in the Europa League. City ended up with 71 points, Chelsea on 69 and Villa on 66 but with an inferior goal difference to Newcastle on the same points. Forest, who still had hopes of a top-five finish going into the last day, will go into the UEFA Conference League. Champions Liverpool ended their campaign with a 1-1 home draw against Crystal Palace in a party atmosphere at Anfield. Runners-up Arsenal, who ended 10 points behind Liverpool, beat bottom club Southampton 2-1 away. Brighton and Hove Albion brought Europa Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur down to earth with a bump as they won 4-1 in north London to finish eighth, but that will not be good enough to secure a European berth for the south coast side next season. Tottenham finished a woeful league season in 17th place, their worst performance since being relegated in 1977. (Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
The Independent
11-02-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
GB skier Reece Bell out to continue family legacy at next year's Winter Olympics
Reece Bell is not exactly short of inspiration as she seeks to extend the legacy of Britain's pre-eminent skiing family by sealing her place at next year's Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. Bell's father Martin finished eighth in the men's downhill in Calgary in 1988, a result that may have been overshadowed by Eddie the Eagle's histrionics, but remains the country's best alpine result at a Games. Uncle Graham also represented Great Britain at five Games and Bell grew up enchanted by their stories, choosing at a young age to follow in their ski trails in the hope of one day reaching the Olympics herself. ' Skiing has always been such a big part of my dad's life and it was my goal to go to the Olympics even before I really understood what the sport of skiing was about,' Bell told the PA news agency. 'I was never pushed into it at all and I started skiing just for fun, but when I was as young as five I knew that was what I wanted to do. 'I think it's cool that my dad and my uncle have left such a legacy, two brothers competing from such a small country and doing as well as they did.' Bell, who has mainly competed in the United States and on the Europa Cup circuit so far in her career, is preparing to compete in the women's slalom at her second World Championships in Saalbach, Austria, this Saturday. A recent graduate of the University of Denver, where she majored in ecology, Bell has already fought through a series of injury setbacks, including two anterior ligament injuries that wiped out the majority of two of her first few years on the circuit. During her recovery, Bell has not had to look far for inspiration. Martin was the same age when sustained his first ACL injury and seven years later embarked on his famous Olympic run that saw him breach the top 10 and finish within three seconds of gold medallist Pirmin Zurbriggen. Bell has also been taking lessons from the sport's ultimate underdog, GB team-mate Dave Ryding, who capped his remarkable journey from the Pendle dry slope to the top of the World Cup podium when he scored his historic victory in Kitzbuhel in 2022. Ryding was himself spurred on by a dry slope camp led by Martin Bell and has come closest to eclipsing his record, finishing in ninth place in the men's slalom in Pyeongchang in 2018. Through an arrangement with mutual sponsors, Ryding now acts as Bell's mentor and she added: 'We have calls every few weeks and talk through what I'm working on and what races would be good to go to. 'It's so useful to have that kind of input because Dave worked his way up from Europa Cup all the way to winning a World Cup race, so he knows what it takes. 'He never gave up, even when it didn't happen straight away for him. I feel like I can relate that to my career right now. The Olympics is obviously my main goal, but if I get there I want to so having felt like I've really earned it.'
