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Irish Daily Mirror
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Why Jamie Carragher was not at Liverpool's Premier League title party at Anfield
Jamie Carragher missed out on the celebrations at Anfield as Liverpool secured the Premier League title with a resounding 5-1 victory over Tottenham. The Reds came from behind to clinch the win, thanks to goals from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, and an own goal from Destiny Udogie, after Dominic Solanke's early opener for Spurs. While Liverpool legends like Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish were in attendance to witness the club's 20th league title, Carragher was elsewhere, supporting his wife Nicola at the London Marathon. Nicola completed the race, marking her sixth World Marathon Major finish, having previously run in Tokyo, New York, Boston, Berlin, and Chicago. Carragher took to Instagram to express his pride, saying: "Wonder Woman @nicolacarragher finished her marathon challenge of the six @wmmajors in seven months! "Very very proud husband, can't even begin to know how her body must feel today but she'll get herself in shape for the next one in Sydney in August Well done my little pocket rocket." Although absent from Anfield, Carragher shared his thoughts on Liverpool's title win in a column for the Telegraph, highlighting the significance of Arne Slot's achievement in his first season. "In winning the Premier League at his first attempt, Arne Slot has scored one of the most celebrated equalisers in Anfield history; Liverpool can proudly call themselves record title-winners again," Carragher wrote. "True, it is an honour they must temporarily share with Manchester United, the giants of English football tied at 20-20. But there is massive symbolic importance in Slot wiping out the advantage, which owed everything to the genius of Sir Alex Ferguson.", reports the Mirror. "Slot's instant success ends any debate about England's most successful club. When you add Anfield's six European Cups to the league tally, the last counter-argument they were clinging to at Old Trafford has been obliterated." Manchester United legend Gary Neville has conceded that Liverpool are now the most successful English club in history. Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "It's a massive deal. When you think of the importance of a league title and the great managers Liverpool have had: Shankley, Paisley, Kenny Dalglish, Joe Fagan. "And then obviously at United as well, talking about the importance of your bread and butter being the league title. The accolade of the most successful club, you could debate it maybe when United were on 20 titles because obviously Liverpool have more European Cups. "But once Liverpool get level, the painful thing to say is that unfortunately the debate is over for a period until Manchester United become successful again and win leagues. It should cause real tremors over at Old Trafford. "The idea that Liverpool - which is obviously a great football club - will be the most successful club in English football after today, that really should cause heartache and pain, because it took a lot to get ahead of Liverpool. They were miles ahead when Alex Ferguson took over."
Barnama
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Barnama
More Than 40 World Records Broken By London Marathon Finishers
Ethiopian long-distance runner Tigst Assefa celebrates winning the women's elite race holding an Adidas trainer with her world record time during the TCS London Marathon on April 27, 2025. -- Photo: John Walton/PA Wire/dpa LONDON, April 28 (Bernama-PA Media/dpa) -- A total of 42 world records were broken at the London marathon on Sunday, Guinness World Records has announced,according to PA Media/dpa. The first was set by Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa who won the women's elite race and achieved a new women-only world record with a time of two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, surpassing that of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds set by Peres Jepchirchir during last year's race. Radio presenter Adele Roberts also claimed a new world record for the fastest aggregate time to complete all World Marathon Major races with a stoma (female) with a total time of 20 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds. bootstrap slideshow Speaking after she crossed the finish line, the DJ said she hoped her achievement showed people with cancer that they can "achieve anything". She added: "I've been through much, in terms of recovering from cancer, and with every step even though it hurt, I just thought 'you're alive, you're lucky to be experiencing this,' so it was lovely." Ali Young, 51, broke the world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a bird (female) with a time of three hours, 26 minutes and 37 seconds. Young, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, completed the race dressed in a black and white penguin costume, having trained beforehand for warm temperatures by spending time in a sauna. A man dressed as a rhino also took home a new record of the most marathons run in the same three-dimensional costume (male). Chris Green, known as Rhino Boy Chris, has completed 113 dressed in a large, grey rhino costume complete with a protruding horn in an effort to raise awareness for the endangered animal.
ITV News
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Tens-of-Thousands of runners, celebrities and campaigners cross the London Marathon finish line
Tens-of-thousands of people crossed the finish line of the London Marathon on Sunday including celebrities, MPs and campaigners. More than 56,000 participants were expected on the 26.2-mile course as temperatures in the capital hit 22.2C. Among them were David Stancombe and Sergio Aguiar, whose daughters Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were murdered in the Southport mass stabbing last summer. The pair are raising money for projects in memory of their daughters and Bebe King, six, who was also killed in the July attack. In a video message posted on X, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wished the pair 'the very best of luck', adding, 'the entire nation is in awe of your courage and your resilience'. The Prince and Princess of Wales also sent the family a "special message" and had also donated to Elsie's Story, a charity that supports young people in Southport. Running alongside them was Junnie Payne the headteacher of Churchtown Primary School where Alice and Bebe attended. Celebrities Some familiar faces were also seen crossing the finish line and collecting their medals including radio presenter Adele Roberts who said she hopes her world record-breaking marathon runs show people with cancer they can 'achieve anything'. Roberts, who was previously treated for bowel cancer, broke the record for the fastest aggregate time to complete all World Marathon Major races with a stoma (female), upon completing the London Marathon. She added: 'I've been through much, in terms of recovering from cancer, and with every step even though it hurt, I just thought 'you're alive, you're lucky to be experiencing this', so it was lovely.' Other famous faces included comedian and TV presenter Romesh Ranganathan, McFly drummer Harry Judd, former England footballer John Terry, actor Stephen Mangan, singer Alexandra Burke, TV presenter Helen Skelton, and fitness coach Joe Wicks also finished the race. The Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett, who was running to raise money and awareness for Brain Tumour Support, said he fainted before reaching the finish line. He wrote on Instagram: 'Not the race I expected! I fainted at mile 17 – don't really remember much but I woke up in an ambulance!" "Proud of myself for finishing." Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw, who last ran the London Marathon in 2015, returned to support Pancreatic Cancer UK, the event's charity of the year, after the death of his wife Ruth in April 2017 aged 43. While fellow soap actor, Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale in EastEnders also finished the race. 16 MPs also took part in the race including shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick and Labour's Josh Fenton-Glyn. Fancy Dress If the challenge of running a marathon alone wasn't enough, some runners completed the race wearing fancy dress in the 22 degree heat. Costumes spotted racing down the Mall included a group dressed as a colourful caterpillar, a pair dressed as shower gel bottles, a t-rex costume and Big Ben. A man who has run 113 marathons dressed as a rhino said people were a 'little bit shocked' by him in costume on the Tube on the way to the start line. Chris Green, who is known as Rhino Boy Chris and is an ambassador for charity Save the Rhinos, holds the world record for the most marathons run in the same three-dimensional costume (male). The costume, a large grey rhino outfit complete with large horn, was adorned on Sunday with a Union flag and hat. He added: 'You know what the best thing about wearing this costume is it brings out the big kid in everybody – if ever you're feeling cynical about the world, put on a rhino costume and I guarantee you'll see the best in people.' Also hoping to have achieved a Guinness World Record today is Ali Young, 51, who was attempting to break the world record for the fastest woman to run a marathon dressed as a bird. The runner, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, completed the race dressed as a penguin and said the atmosphere at the event was 'absolutely amazing'. Ms Young is fundraising on behalf of Maggie's Cancer Care in memory of her late father. The Winners Setting off before the crowds was the elite runners and wheelchair races. Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa won the women's elite race, setting a new women-only world record with a time of two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds. Sebastian Sawe, from Kenya, came first in the men's elite race with a time of two hours, two minutes and 27 seconds. During the men's elite race, two activists jumped the barrier and threw red paint onto Tower Bridge in protest of the Israel-Gaza war. Team GB Olympic triathlon-winner, Alex Yee, 27, finished in 14th place in his first attempt at the distance., with a time of two hours, 11 minutes and eight seconds. Swiss six-time Paralympic champion Catherine Debrunner successfully defended her 2024 title in the elite women's wheelchair race, and her compatriot Marcel Hug did the same in the men's. Crowds of supports lined the streets of London cheering on the runners and waving to their loved ones. As runners crossed the finish line along the Mall, emotions ran high with a mixture of jubilance and exhaustion with some becoming emotional and shedding tears as they collected their medals. London could set a new record for the world's biggest marathon, which is currently held by the TCS New York Marathon in November when there were 55,646 finishers.
The Herald Scotland
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
More than 40 world records broken by London marathon finishers
Radio presenter Adele Roberts also claimed a new world record for the fastest aggregate time to complete all World Marathon Major races with a stoma (female) with a total time of 20 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds. Speaking after she crossed the finish line, the DJ said she hoped her achievement showed people with cancer they can 'achieve anything'. She added: 'I've been through much, in terms of recovering from cancer, and with every step even though it hurt, I just thought 'you're alive, you're lucky to be experiencing this', so it was lovely.' Ali Young, 51, broke the world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a bird (female) with a time of three hours, 26 minutes and 37 seconds. Ms Young, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, completed the race dressed in a black and white penguin costume, having trained beforehand for warm temperatures by spending time in a sauna. A man dressed as a rhino also took home a new record of the most marathons run in the same three-dimensional costume (male). Chris Green, known as Rhino Boy Chris, has completed 113 dressed in a large, grey rhino costume complete with a protruding horn in an effort to raise awareness for the endangered animal. After he crossed the finish line, Mr Green, 49, said he would 'love to retire' but that the rhino still 'needed saving'. 'You need rhinos at the London marathon, as well as of course we need rhinos in the world,' he said, adding that there were 14 'rhino brothers and sisters' also competing in Sunday's race. A doctor from the Wirral, Merseyside, achieved a new world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional plant (male). Martin Pritchard-Howarth, 52, who completed the 26.2 mile course dressed as sunflower in a pot, said the outfit was a 'bit of a gimmick' but he was participating on behalf of a 'fantastic cause' as he raised money for disability charity Scope. The world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a mythical creature (male) was broken by 39-year-old Adam Cotterill, who wore a white unicorn outfit complete with a rainbow mane that had been chosen by his 'unicorn-mad' daughters. Mr Cotterill, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, said he was raising money for the maternity ward at his local hospital, Russell Halls in Dudley, and thought his record attempt would 'gain more attention'. Those in fancy dress, some wearing restrictive and thick costumes, pushed to complete the race as temperatures hit 22.2C in the capital on Sunday. Other records broken included the fastest marathon in a suit (male), the fasted marathon wearing foam clogs (male) and the fastest marathon with Parkinson's disease (male). More than 56,000 runners were expected to compete in the TCS London Marathon.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
More than 40 world records broken by London marathon finishers
A total of 42 world records were broken at the London marathon on Sunday, Guinness World Records (GWR) has announced. The first was set by Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa who won the women's elite race and achieved a new women-only world record with a time of two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, surpassing that of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds set by Peres Jepchirchir during last year's race. Radio presenter Adele Roberts also claimed a new world record for the fastest aggregate time to complete all World Marathon Major races with a stoma (female) with a total time of 20 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds. Speaking after she crossed the finish line, the DJ said she hoped her achievement showed people with cancer they can 'achieve anything'. She added: 'I've been through much, in terms of recovering from cancer, and with every step even though it hurt, I just thought 'you're alive, you're lucky to be experiencing this', so it was lovely.' Ali Young, 51, broke the world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a bird (female) with a time of three hours, 26 minutes and 37 seconds. Ms Young, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, completed the race dressed in a black and white penguin costume, having trained beforehand for warm temperatures by spending time in a sauna. A man dressed as a rhino also took home a new record of the most marathons run in the same three-dimensional costume (male). Chris Green, known as Rhino Boy Chris, has completed 113 dressed in a large, grey rhino costume complete with a protruding horn in an effort to raise awareness for the endangered animal. After he crossed the finish line, Mr Green, 49, said he would 'love to retire' but that the rhino still 'needed saving'. 'You need rhinos at the London marathon, as well as of course we need rhinos in the world,' he said, adding that there were 14 'rhino brothers and sisters' also competing in Sunday's race. A doctor from the Wirral, Merseyside, achieved a new world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional plant (male). Martin Pritchard-Howarth, 52, who completed the 26.2 mile course dressed as sunflower in a pot, said the outfit was a 'bit of a gimmick' but he was participating on behalf of a 'fantastic cause' as he raised money for disability charity Scope. The world record of the fastest marathon dressed as a mythical creature (male) was broken by 39-year-old Adam Cotterill, who wore a white unicorn outfit complete with a rainbow mane that had been chosen by his 'unicorn-mad' daughters. Mr Cotterill, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, said he was raising money for the maternity ward at his local hospital, Russell Halls in Dudley, and thought his record attempt would 'gain more attention'. Those in fancy dress, some wearing restrictive and thick costumes, pushed to complete the race as temperatures hit 22.2C in the capital on Sunday. Other records broken included the fastest marathon in a suit (male), the fasted marathon wearing foam clogs (male) and the fastest marathon with Parkinson's disease (male). More than 56,000 runners were expected to compete in the TCS London Marathon.
