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Irish Times
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Harry Kane's knobbly sticks not quite the culinary delight you'd expect
QUOTE 'Watching Arsenal is like watching Netflix – you always have to wait for the next season.' Now, now, Patrice Evra. NUMBER: 37.55 In metres, the longest ever throw-in by a female footballer, the mark, achieved last week in London, earning a place in the Guinness World Records. Take a bow, Megan Campbell. Megan Campbell of the London City Lionesses has set a new record for the longest football throw in (female) at 37.55 metres (123 ft 2 in) 😮 — Guinness World Records (@GWR) *** READ MORE Man of the week? We'll go with Francesco Acerbi for that 93rd-minute equaliser against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. Not just because it was a sublime finish from, of all things, a grizzly 37-year-old centre half, not just because it was his first goal in 65 European appearances, but mainly because it gave us another 30 minutes of a game that you didn't want to end. Acerbi, the oldest man on the pitch, was also outstanding at the back for Inter, which led to the week's very finest tribute. Speaking on his podcast, former German and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos said: 'If I had to choose between an alarm system, a German shepherd or Acerbi to guard my house, I would choose Acerbi.' Quality. WORD OF MOUTH Roy Keane: 'Did he forget about all his other team-mates? Were we not good enough?' Gary Neville: 'It is because you didn't invite us to your 50th.' Keane: 'My 50th was at the Pizza Express in Altrincham.' An aggrieved Roy on Gary being the only former team-mate David Beckham invited to his star-studded 50th birthday bash at a three-star Michelin restaurant in London. *** 'Liverpool have won the title with less points than we had in the last two seasons. With the points from the last two seasons, we have two Premier Leagues.' Mikel Arteta? Stop. *** 'I was very bad at expressing myself. All I wanted to say was that Dembele is not a team player.' Former Argentina manager Jorge Sampaoli attempting to explain why he said France and PSG's Ousmane Dembele 'plays like an autistic'. That's sorted, then. *** It was four years ago that Harry Kane's company HK28 filed documents with the British government's Intellectual Property Office in an effort to 'protect his name and fame for future commercial use'. Among the products that the company applied to trademark were, The Sun told us at the time, 'cosmetics, food, booze, jewellery, clothing and electrical equipment', while there were also plans to 'launch his own brand of loo rolls'. And 'he hoped to make wads of cash from whips, nail varnish and toothpaste'. Harry Kane's Knobbly Sticks It was, perhaps, the prospect of seeing Harry's face on toilet paper and whips that was the most intriguing, although efforts to find them on supermarket shelves have so far failed. What you will find soon, though, are Harry's knobbly sticks. The healthy snacks are made from the cereal sorghum and contain the probiotic Bacillus Coagulans, which is (allegedly) good for constipation, diarrhoea and flatulence – it doesn't give you those afflictions, by the way, it's meant to ease them. What did The Sun make of Knobbly Sticks in their recent review? 'If you're looking for a taste experience as potent as Kane is in front of goal, you will be disappointed. Despite what he says on the packets, they are not 'insanely delicious'. Paying £2 per bag? I won't be Bayern them again.' Harsh. MORE WORD OF MOUTH 'I gravitate towards grumpy people. Samuel L Jackson can be a grumpy person and he's one of my favourite human beings on planet earth because of it. I love it. James has a bit of that.' James McClean might never have anticipated a day when he'd be likened to Samuel L Jackson, but Ryan Reynolds – actor and Wrexham co-owner – delivered it. *** 'We tell them [new signings], 'if you need anything, call us, we're here to help'. One player called to ask me to rent him a car. I told him that when I said 'call me for anything', I meant something like a kidney. I didn't mean renting a car. Try Google next time.' Reynolds again, this time on his rather helpless new recruits. *** 'I met Todd Boehly, introduced myself, 'hi I am Ruud Gullit'. Todd said, 'what do you do?'. I said, 'well I played football, I also played for and coached Chelsea.'' The Dutch man on a somewhat mortifying meeting with Chelsea's co-owner.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Megan Campbell sets Guinness World Record for longest soccer throw-in by a woman
Republic of Ireland and London City Lionesses defender Megan Campbell has set a Guinness World Record for the longest throw-in recorded by a woman. Campbell, 31, recorded a throw of 37.55m (123 ft 2 in) at London City Lionesses' training ground on April 30. She became the first woman to achieve the record, and had to surpass 35m to clinch the feat. Advertisement 'I think my record might stand for about a week until someone gets hold of the information,' Campbell joked to Guinness World Records. The defender has previously played for Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton, and has won 50 caps for her country. Campbell's throw-in received widespread recognition during England's 2-0 victory over Republic of Ireland in April 2024, as she repeatedly troubled the defence of Sarina Wiegman's side with long throws into the penalty box. Television coverage on UK broadcaster ITV approximated her throws reached 38m during the match. Pundit and former England international Karen Carney said at the time: 'I don't think I've seen anything like it from Megan Campbell. It's unbelievable and it caused problems.' Advertisement In order to set the record, Campbell was set the challenge to either hit or surpass a mannequin which was placed 35m away from her. She said it is now 'no secret' to her opposition that she possesses the attribute, and credited her hypermobility, which gives extra flexibility and a greater range of motion in her joints. 'My throw developed when I was maybe about 12 or 13, I was playing for a boys' team back home and my throw was longer than the boys,' she added. 'As I grew up, it got longer, it's just something I've always had, I never specifically worked on it, but it's something nice to have in the back pocket when needed.' Campbell's London City secured promotion to the Women's Super League last week. Owned by American businesswoman Michele Kang, London City will be the first fully independent club, not associated with a men's team, to play in the top-flight of women's soccer in England. Advertisement This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Republic of Ireland, Soccer, UK Women's Football 2025 The Athletic Media Company
New York Times
10-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Megan Campbell sets Guinness World Record for longest soccer throw-in by a woman
Republic of Ireland and London City Lionesses defender Megan Campbell has set a Guinness World Record for the longest throw-in recorded by a woman. Campbell, 31, recorded a throw of 37.55m (123 ft 2 in) at London City Lionesses' training ground on April 30. She became the first woman to achieve the record, and had to surpass 35m to clinch the feat. Advertisement 'I think my record might stand for about a week until someone gets hold of the information,' Campbell joked to Guinness World Records. The defender has previously played for Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton, and has won 50 caps for her country. Megan Campbell of the London City Lionesses has set a new record for the longest football throw in (female) at 37.55 metres (123 ft 2 in) 😮 — Guinness World Records (@GWR) May 8, 2025 Campbell's throw-in received widespread recognition during England's 2-0 victory over Republic of Ireland in April 2024, as she repeatedly troubled the defence of Sarina Wiegman's side with long throws into the penalty box. Television coverage on UK broadcaster ITV approximated her throws reached 38m during the match. Pundit and former England international Karen Carney said at the time: 'I don't think I've seen anything like it from Megan Campbell. It's unbelievable and it caused problems.' In order to set the record, Campbell was set the challenge to either hit or surpass a mannequin which was placed 35m away from her. She said it is now 'no secret' to her opposition that she possesses the attribute, and credited her hypermobility, which gives extra flexibility and a greater range of motion in her joints. 'My throw developed when I was maybe about 12 or 13, I was playing for a boys' team back home and my throw was longer than the boys,' she added. 'As I grew up, it got longer, it's just something I've always had, I never specifically worked on it, but it's something nice to have in the back pocket when needed.' Campbell's London City secured promotion to the Women's Super League last week. Owned by American businesswoman Michele Kang, London City will be the first fully independent club, not associated with a men's team, to play in the top-flight of women's soccer in England.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Guinness World Record: Irish footballer sets longest throw-in
Republic of Ireland international Megan Campbell said "anything is achievable" after she broke the Guinness World Record for the longest ever throw-in by a female footballer. The London City Lionesses player set the new record at is over two metres further than the original record of 35m and 10m longer than a blue whale. The Irish international said her new record "shows there are no barriers". "If you have a goal and you have a mindset to want to go out and achieve that, then it's possible." Longest Throw In - Guinness World Records Campbell took on the challenge of throwing past a mannequin placed 35m away at her London City Lionesses training ground in Kent. "To get the opportunity to be able to have a certificate to say I can throw the ball really far is quite cool. I'm honoured.""It's an amazing achievement for me personally to have that now, as the first ever", she told Guinness World Records."You've got to be someone that people can look up to and want to achieve things from, so of course I want someone to go on and beat my record", she added. She said her throw developed when she was in her early teens, playing for a boys' team and even then it was longer than her teammates. "When I come up against an opponent now, it's no secret I have a long throw", she has represented Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton and has over 50 caps for the Republic of Ireland. At the start of May, she helped her side, London City Lionesses, win promotion to become the first fully independent women's club to play in the Women's Super League, the top division in England Women's football."I think female football at the moment is on the rise. It's an upwards trajectory and I don't think there's a ceiling.""From when I was a kid to now, the game has changed dramatically."In a post on social media, she wrote: "A @GWR holder.... Crazy".
