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U18 Netball Princethorpe vs LSS

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On Wednesday the Lawrence Sheriff year 12 netball team played Princethorpe in the first match of the season. In the first quarter we conceded many goals but once we’d warmed into the game we started to use the court well. Throughout the game the standard of netball improved thanks to the strong midfield of Lucia and Amelia. Our attack was strong with our goals scored by Emily flack and Ashley. However throughout the game Princethorpe were dominant and their accuracy of shooting proved effective, even with the strong defence of Nabihah. Even with defeat, we had fun and look forward to more matches.

U12 Rugby LSS 0 - 60 Ratcliffe College

A very difficult game made harder by a depleted squad but the boys kept fighting and learning the game of Rugby. We were much more competitive in the second period and could have scored but for some excellent defence. Man of the Match was Will Gower who improved his ball carrying and distribution to bring others into the game more effectively as well as showing strong and positive leadership

U16 Rugby vs Princethorpe (L15-17)

A game in very wet conditions but the boys did brilliantly. A tough and physical encounter with some real moments of quality. Trailing 10-5 at break LSS were unfortunate not to have gone in even, a couple of last second errors preventing the try in the corner. In the second half only a conversion separated the teams in what was a pulsating game." Man of the Match Luca Marsella.

House Table Tennis

December saw a very successful house table tennis competition with 32 players from each year group taking part. Well done to all the boys that played, some amazing skills on show!

U13 Rugby LSS 20 - 35 Princethorpe

LSS hosted Princethorpe in what would turn out to be Congratulations to Shyaan (Year 10) who has been a very interesting match. A challenging game for a selected for the Warwickshire Cricket Board U16 squad overloaded with forwards however LSS played development programme. He will be representing extremely well and were narrowly beaten in an Coventry Phoenix. Shyaan did really well in the trials incredibly tactical and physical game. The late period and was among the top 18 players including current of domination in the second half by LSS meant that county squad. the squad was able to claw its way back up with captain and MOTM Zachary Smith scoring some spectacular late tries.

U13 Rugby LSS 30 - 20 Ratcliffe College

An incredible performance from the boys against strong opposition. Some excellent attacking rugby on display from both teams.

1st XI Football

Ayelsford 2 v 1 LSS Princethorpe 5 v 3 LSS

Lawrence Sheriff turned up depleted, only fielding 10 For the first time since the opening game of the men. Despite this, sheriff took an early lead through a season, which was also against princethorpe, Sheriff curled free kick from Charlie Gordon that was won managed to field 11 men in comparison to 9 and 10 in after an amazing run from Harry Lummis. previous weeks. The game was on a cold wednesday Unfortunately sheriff talisman Harry Lummis picked afternoon and the full sheriff side were very up for the up an early hamstring injury as well as Captain Todd game and were determined to put the 6-3 loss earlier Loveitt not being fit from the get go putting sheriff in the year behind them. Sheriff started the game under the cosh early doors. With Loveitt and Lummis well, having the larger share of possession and were Reluctantly pulling their weight up front Sheriff were the only side creating chances. Princethorpe grew into left with 8 men and a goalkeeper who couldn't see, the game and began keeping possession at the back after Sheriff No1 Lewis Coward forgot his contact similarly to the previous game. Inevitably with all the lenses, to defend wave after wave of Aylesford possession chances came for princethorpe and attacks. Eventually the Sheriff wall crumbled and brilliance in the heart of the defence from natural Ayelsford got their equaliser after a comedy of errors goalkeeper Lewis Coward and Luke Craggs kept it at from the previously solid Sheriff defence. After the 0-0. Eventually Princethorpe’s relentless pressure goal the tide didn't turn and the Aylesford attacks resulted in a goal after Dan Farrow’s clumsy challenge were relentless and sheriff struggled into the break at gifted the home side a penalty which was slotted 1-1 after heroics from Coward in goal. home past debutant Alex Skidmore. Something had to The Second half began with Loveitt going in goal due change tactically for sheriff so Jake Love was moved to injury and Coward started the half up front. The from right back to striker as his attacking prowess was second half carried on in the same vein as the first wasted in defence and Harry Lummis dropped in at with Ayelsford on top. Sheriff held on after Loveitt right back from centre forward after his tireless work expertly saved a 1 on 1 keeping sheriff in the game. pressing the well organised princethorpe back 4. This Lummis wasn't seen much in the second half as his tactical change turned the game on its head as the injury got the better of him leaving sheriff’s main half drew to a close sheriff dominated and sheriff attacking threat coming from Charlie Gordon and equalised from a brilliant cross from Scotland’s Lewis Lewis Coward. As the game drew to a close it became holmes which was smashed into the roof of the net a scrappy end to end affair with little quality until Dan from inside the six yard box by Charlie Gordon against Farrow showed some brilliant skill to dribble through his former school. Sheriff battled to half time at 1-1 almost the whole team with his dancing feet in Kurt after giving a very good account of themselves. Zouma fashion only to strike a tame shot straight into The second half saw a flying start for sheriff with the keepers arms. Sheriffs best chance of the second Charlie Gordon scoring a wonderful chip from 20 half fell to an out of sorts Lewis Holmes. With the yards putting sheriff 2-1 up and giving Charlie a brace keeper on the floor and only five yards out with the against his old teammates. Sheriff struggled to deal whole goal to aim for the chance seemed easier to with the Princethorpe pressure after the goal and score than miss yet N’Golo Holmsé still managed the wave after wave of attacks cracked the sheriff defence latter and struck a week shot in the sprawling keepers and Princethorpe netted 3 inside 5 minutes. Sheriff midriff. After Holmes’ missed sitter Aylesford broke pulled one back after a great through ball from Dan quickly and exploited sheriff’s lack of defenders after Farrow was cleared by the goalkeeper into a sliding their last attack. The ball was switched out to a pacy Jake Love challenge and the ball rebounded off jake winger who drove down and hit the by line pulling the into the open net. ball back to a waiting striker who slotted home Todd Loveitt comfortably Loveitt in goal who was infuriated by the lacklustre finish by Holmes and the pitiful defending. with only a few minutes left, sheriff threw everybody forward but were unable to get that equaliser and left Aylesford disappointed with their loss.

U13 Rugby Lutterworth 10 - 25 LSS

Kick-off started with a Lawrence Sheriff kick. The game got off to a slow start, with neither side able to break the deadlock. Lawrence Sheriff School were constantly applying pressure on the wings with Tom Connell making some brilliant runs. About midway through the first half, Tryambak went on a wonderful drive through the Lutterworth defence. Although he was brought down, the support players arrived and Matt Browne scored the first try of the game. LSS scored 2 more tries and the first half ended 15-0. Against the run of play, Lutterworth scored their first try of the match to make it 15-5. After a back and forth second half, LSS scored 2 more tries through Dominic Edgeley and Josh Spann. Lutterworth scored a second try, but to no avail, a consolation at most. The match ended LSS 25-10 Lutterworth High School.

MOTM: Matt Browne

U12 Rugby Lutterworth 45 - 5 LSS

LSS were beaten by a much more game intellIgent side on a very cold morning in Lutterworth. Our hosts were well drilled and LSS did very well to maintain high spirits against an excellent opposition. It was a useful game with plenty learnt as t many of our players are new to the game. Well done all.

LSS Student vs Teachers Basketball Match: 24-7 "The Final Whistle"

The game started off with the students setting an As another term draws to a close we are able to extreme pace with some nice ball movement. reflect on our sporting efforts. I am particularly Jermaine Owusu managed to get the first basket with pleased with the year 8 Rugby who have put in some some contact as Mr Brown fouled him. He missed the terrific performances, though they still have plenty to and one but the students were right back on the work on, particularly with the cognitive element to teachers as teachers field goal conversion rate wasn’t sport. We had good numbers to Friday Rugby practice up to standard. Suroop Johal performed a nice one for year 8 & 9 as well as to all years Hockey on a man fast break and missed the layup but got the Monday. Mr Merrigan has done well with the year 7 offensive rebound and gave an outlet pass to Gaurav Footballers who should be looking forward to more Sunner who was money throughout the game. games post Christmas, and it was nice to get the U18 Girls Netball a run out against a very good After a while the teachers managed to finally get a Princethorpe team. basket Unfortunately many of our scheduled fixtures Year 8 House Rowing Report: succumbed to the poor weather conditions of the last month or so but we look ahead to a hopefully more Overall, it was a very intense battle between the settled 2020. houses of Year 8. Each house performed very well on The students have done well in lessons, particularly as the day, making for a tight competition in the singles. we battled through the aforementioned conditions, It was all up to grabs going into the relay, but and the 4 houses have been strongly represented Caldecott managed to sneak victory, despite a tie for during inter house competitions, organised by our 1st place between Caldecott and Simpson in the relay newly selected House Captains, well done to all after the 50m penalty for Caldecott after some involved. cheating by a team member. Please make sure the students are fully equipped for their lessons next year as the timetable rotates and lessons change. The students should make a note of what they are moving onto from the printed curriculum maps on display at school and Hart Field.

Have a great Christmas holiday, be sure to watch and get involved in as much festive period sport as possible and we will see you in the new year!

All the best,

Mr Orford and the PE Department.

her performance as close to flawless, and we are all anticipating her next move in this incredible career. OTHER NEWS FROM AROUND By Oscar Elliott, 9C THE WORLD

Unusual Champion Crowned at UFC 244 World Super Series Tournament Final UFC 244 was an unusual one, as for the first time in Scottish boxing star defeated his opponent UFC history a championship was on the line that Regis Prograis in the final of the World Boxing Super wasn't a world championship for a weight class. The Series Super- tournament. This historic main event of UFC saw face off against bout saw the unification of Taylor's IBF World , but with a special stipulation. The winner Championship and Prograis' WBA World would be crowned UFC BMF Champion by pro Championship. This bout also crowned Taylor as the wrestling legend and accomplished actor Dwayne winner of the Muhammad Ali Trophy, named after the “The Rock” Johnson. The fight itself was brilliant, with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016. Jorge Masvidal maintaining the advantage for the The round to open up the fight was tense, and saw majority of the fight. It eventually ended with referee Prograis land many a body shot on Taylor. Taylor stoppage as Diaz was given some nasty blows to the turned things around in the second round and landed face that cut him open. Diaz's doctors deemed him several on-point strikes of his own, but things began unable to compete and the championship was given to balance out towards the end of the fourth round. to Masvidal. has stated that this is the Taylor would use close-up attacks to keep in control only time that a non-weight class championship will whilst Prograis failed to turn the tides with his jabs. be fought for in the UFC, and this championship will The fight blitzed through all twelve rounds, with both never be defended. It's more like a trophy than a men refusing to give in and let their opponent have championship really. The Rock wasn't the only the KO. When the bell rang both men believed that celebrity in attendance that night, as the President of they had the victory in their hands, however when the the United States, Donald Trump, was also in judges made their decisions, the victory was handed attendance, becoming the first President to ever to the Scotsman. Both men were humble after the attend a UFC event. fight took place, demonstrating superb By Oscar Elliott, 9C sportsmanship. Taylor remarked that “[Taylor would] like to be the only champion in the division”, which is no small feat considering some of the bruisers in the Irish Boxer becomes a Super-Lightweight World division. Taylor received a nasty blow to his right eye in the Champion fight, and claimed he was “blind for three rounds”. On the 2nd November 2019 Irish Boxer And based off of the fight and the footage, I definitely defeated Christina Linardatou to win the WBO ​ believe him. That’s one nasty bruise. Super-Lightweight Championship. The bout showed By Oscar Elliott, 9C off the best of Katie Taylor, with her impressive win showing that it was the right move to up her weight class. Early in the bout Linardatou was dominant and quick, Boxing and UFC Crossover with Pro Wrestling. with sharp hooks left and right, however it didn’t take WWE's most recent Pay-Per-View event saw not one, long for Taylor to shift the momentum with a but two Major combat sport crossovers. The event sickening right hand to the face. Taylor was cut under was Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi the eye, but continued to fight as she knew all of events often gather controversy over the banning of Linardatou’s attacks before she hit them, allowing her female talent and the over-reliance on older to play smart. She took Christina through all of the wrestlers. However, this show was different, as not a rounds, unable to get the KO victory, however when it single performer was over the age of 50 and for the first time ever, women wrestled in Saudi Arabia. The came to decision, the results were unanimous as the show wasn't lacking in starpower though, as the show Irish woman picked up the win. Many have described als featured boxing star Tyson Fury and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez. Fury isnt the

first boxer to make an appearance in the WWE, as st Muhammad Ali was present at the 1 W​ restlemania, ​ Mike Tyson refereed the Main Event of the th th 14 W​ restlemania, and at the 28 W​ restlemania Floyd ​ ​ Fox Sports hosts huge Wrestling Personality Mayweather battles the Big Show. Fury also faced return. someone big, as he faced off against “the monster As part of WWE’s contract with Fox Sports, in addition among men” Braun Strowman, who stands at 6'8”. to having their Friday Flagship show Smackdown aired Suprisingly, Fury picked up the win via count-out, but afterwards Strowman attacked him. This is fueling on their programming, they have a backstage talk speculations that at Wrestlemania 36 a rematch will show called WWE Backstage airing on FS1. This show take place. But this is only speculation, as after all, breaks the wrestling boundaries known as “Kayfabe” Tyson also has a boxing career to keep up with. For which basically is what is real in the wrestling world. It the other crossover, Cain Velasquez faced off against is hosted by ring announcer Renee Young, and the a former UFC opponent in the form of WWE episode airing on 12/11/2019 saw the colossal return Champion Brock Lesnar. Cain is one of many MMA of one CM Punk on WWE screens. stars to cross over to wrestling when they're finished CM Punk debuted in the WWE in 2006 and quickly in the octagon. Others include Dan Severn, Ken became a fan favourite. He was known as the “voice Shamrock and Ronda Rousey. Cain's showing wasn't as impressive as he lost to Lesnar in two minutes. of the voiceless” and was credited for speaking out What I would like to know is how much they had to against the injustices of the company. After his pay Cain to pretend to be beat up and tapped out by a colossal 434 day title run with the WWE guy that he legitimately beat so convincingly a while championship, he was fired on his wedding day, back. leaving a bitter taste in his mouth and a hatred for all things wrestling. Punk went on to attempt a UFC By Oscar Elliott, 9C Career, but hosts an incredibly unimpressive record of

0 wins 2 losses. He eventually began to warm up to Man City vs Atalanta match report wrestling over time, appearing at meet-and-greets Man City visited Atalanta at the San Siro in what and interviews, however many assumed this wound would turn out to be a very interesting game. Man was still open. When WWE’s rival company, AEW City showed no mercy and opened the scoring in the 7 surfaced, amny assumed that he would join them, just th minute through Raheem Sterling. The following 30 to spit in the face of those who did him wrong. minutes proved to be relatively uneventful until in the However, to many people’s surprise, this episode 40 th minute, Raheem Sterling went down and ended with the bombshell that CM Punk would be a penalty was awarded to Man City. However due to returning to the wrestling world, on the WWE side at VAR, the decision was overruled due to the fact that that. Despite this, he has not actually assumed an Sterling was pulled down just outside the box. This led to a free-kick, which Sterling took. The ball in-ring role nor has he signed a contract with WWE, as was fired straight at the wall, and the stadium erupted WWE Backstage is actually a Fox-Organised show. One with claims of handball. The referee originally did not can dream though, and many WWE wrestlers have give the penalty however, after viewing it himself, already laid down the challenge of a battle. gave the penalty. All was not well for Man City, By Oscar Elliott, 9C however, because Gabriel Jesus fluffed his lines and put the ball to the far side of the left post. The half Liverpool vs Man City match report ended 0-1. Almost immediately after half time, Mario

Pa alić equalised in the 49 th minute. Later on in the š half, Ederson was injured and had to be replaced with Liverpool hosted Manchester City at Anfield, in what Claudio Bravo. In the 81 st minute Claudio Bravo was would turn out to be an amazing game. Before this sent off. Because Man City had no remaining game, Liverpool were sitting at the top of the goal-keepers, Kyle Walker donned the gloves for the premier league with 31 points, and Man City were 4 th last 10 minutes. The full time whistle blew and the with 25 points. Chelsea and Leicester were both equal match ended 1-1. on points (26) but Leicester outdid Chelsea on goal by Angad Hayre. difference. Man City had a game in hand, however,

and a win could have boosted Man City up to 2 nd Champions League matchday 4 results place, within 3 points of Liverpool. A win for Liverpool would have extended their lead to 9 points above Barcelona 0:0 Slavia Praha Man City, and 8 points above both Leicester and Liverpool 2:1 Genk Chelsea. Zenit 0:2 RB Leipzig The game got off to a fast pace, and Liverpool made it Napoli 1:1 Red Bull 1-0 within the first 6 minutes. A fabulous strike from Valencia 4:1 Lille Fabinho whistled past Bravo into the bottom left Lyon 3:1 Benfica corner of the goal. Chances were plentiful for Man Chelsea 4:4 Ajax City, but shortly after the first goal, Liverpool scored Dortmund 3:2 Inter Milan their second through a wonderfully-placed header by Bayern 2:0 Olympiacos Mohammed Salah. The rest of the half was dominated Lokomotiv Moscow 1:2 Juventus by Man City, Crvena Zvezda 0:4 Tottenham however, they were unable to convert. The first half Bayer 2:1 Atletico Madrid ended Liverpool 2-0 Man City. 6 minutes after the PSG 1:0 Club Brugge start of the second half, Sadio Mane scored, making it 1:1 Man. City 3-0. In the 78 th minute, Bernardo Silva scored a well Dinamo Zagreb 3:3 Shaktar Donetsk worked goal, however it was merely a consolation. Real Madrid 6:0 Galatasaray Man City had two late penalty claims, however, they Pranav were waved away by referee Michael Oliver. The game ended Liverpool 3-1Man City. West Brom 2-0 win over Stoke Last night, West Bromwich Albion decided to continue Lebron James sets NBA Triple-Double record their winning streak in the championship by getting a The Los Angeles Lakers faced off against Oklahoma well-deserved victory over the potters. City Thunder on the 20th of November in a great The game started well when Baggies’ player Matt game that saw the LA Lakers defeat Oklahoma City Philips scored an early goal only eight minutes into Thunder with the score of 112 points to 107 points. the game. Later on in the second half, the referee Tim The game was a huge one for Lakers fans and for one Robinson awarded a penalty which Hal Robson-Kanu man in particular. took and scored.Due to the fact that Stoke City sacked their old manager Nathan Jones and are using a Lebron James is known as one of the greatest substitute coach, the game was quite difficult for basketballers of all time, and in this game he proved them. After the 90 minutes was up, it was clear that such a statement correct when he toppled a major Albion got another good victory. by George Morris accolade. A triple-double in NBA is when a particular 7TAXK player manages to score a double digit total in one of five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, Leicester City vs Arsenal steals and block shots. In this game Lebron registered On the 9th November Leicester City faced Arsenal for 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Doing so has a late Saturday kick off. Leicester City fielded and allowed Lebron to make history, as he is now the first unchanged team since their 2-0 victory against Crystal and only player in NBA history to score a triple-double Palace. Arsenal were hoping for a win to end their against every team in the league, which is no small worst ever streak in the Premier League. task considering the western conference alone has 15 teams. That’s 14 triple-doubles. From the off Leicester City were the dominant team The victory also allowed the Lakers to remain on top and had a few chances that should have been of the western conference with 12 wins and 2 losses. converted and attacking play from the two full backs, By Oscar Elliott, 9C Ricardo Pereira and Ben Chilwell, some pundits say the best full back pairing in the league.

At the break Leicester came out all guns blazing, it was will compete this time, and I personally hope to see inevitable that a Leicester goal was imminent. In the Israel Adesanya compete, as he has stated interest in 68th minute Jamie Vardy delivered just that, scoring fighting in London in the past. One fight is all but his 11th goal in the season and reinforcing his top confirmed also, as Leon Edwards has set out a scorer reign. Leicester were asking for another and it challenge to Tyron Woodley for the event. looked like Vardy might bag his second; with a few By Oscar Elliott, 9C powerful strikes. In the end James Maddison delivered, just 6 minutes after Vardy’s goal, with a Euro qualifying over! sweet strike into the bottom left hand corner. The qualification stage is over for the Euros, and it is time to see which countries will go on to play in next After the defeat, Unai Emery’s Arsenal side continued summer’s tournament. their awful streak, dropping to 6th place. Group A By Sam Byrd and Fin Richmond. Group A consisted of England, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro and the Czech Republic. Unsurprisingly, England won the group comfortably, with a gap of 6 Champions League Matchday 5 Results points. 2nd place went to the Czech Republic. Montenegro and Bulgaria were far behind the rest, whereas Kosovo only just missed out on a spot. Lokomotiv Moscow 0:2 Bayer Group B Galatasaray 1:1 Club Brugge Group B consisted of Portugal, Serbia, Luxembourg, Real Madrid 2:2 PSG Ukraine and Lithuania. In a shocking turn of events, Tottenham : Olympiacos Ukraine topped the group with 20 points. They had a Man. City 1:1 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 Juventus 1:0 Atletico Madrid point cushion on 2nd place, Portugal. Serbia were 3 Crvena zvezda 0:6 Bayern points shy of Portugal, and Lithuania and Luxembourg Atalanta 2:0 Dinamo Zagreb were nowhere near qualification. Zenit 2:0 Lyon Group C Valencia 2:2 Chelsea Group C consisted of Belarus, the Netherlands, Barcelona 3:1 Dortmund Northern Ireland, Germany and Estonia. Germany Slavia Praha 1:3 Inter Milan topped the group, with Netherlands just falling short Lille 0:2 Ajax in 2nd place. Northern Ireland sat mid table with 13 Genk 1:4 Red Bull points, however Belarus and Estonia lacked the Liverpool 1:1 Napoli quality to get in. RB Leipzig 2:2 Benfica Group D Group D consisted of Ireland, Denmark, Gibraltar, UFC is coming to London! Switzerland and Georgia. Switzerland and Denmark Great news has been announced for British fans of made it through with Ireland in 3rd , Georgia in 4th Dana White’s Ultimate Fighting Championships, as in and Gibraltar rock bottom with 0 points. March 2020 the colossal worldwide Mixed Martial Arts Federation will be returning to London for March 21st. I personally am quite excited by this news, as I Liverpool vs Brighton always watch UFC at home on Pay-Per-View, and I’m hoping to watch this one live in person. The venue will It was a home game for Liverpool at Anfield. be the O2 Arena, which hosted a UFC event at the Van Dijk scored two bullet headers in the first half an same time last year. This event was Main-Evented by hour. Jorge Masvidal and in a welterweight bout, However later in the second Alisson Becker (Liverpool which Masvidal won in the second round via TKO. I Goalkeeper) made a stupid handball outside of his look forward to seeing the roster of competitors that box. He then got sent off and Brighton was awarded a

free kick about 23 yards out; which their full back Dunk buried it in the bottom corner. From the off United were the stronger side, spurred Final Score: 2-1 to Liverpool. on by Sir Alex Fergerson (undoubtedly the best United By Zach Bishop. manager ever), in the stands. Marcus Rashford was looking dangerous, constantly breaking through the Ortiz destroyed by Wilder weak City defence. In the 23rd minute, Rashford was Luis Ortiz was crushed by American sensation Deontay brought down unfairly within the penalty box by Wilder in a single punch. Ortiz dominated the fight for Nicholas Otamendi. six rounds until Wilder sent a single right hand to the face of his opponent,who was sent tumbling into the With a cool, calm and collected run up Rashford ropes. The WBC title holder has now successfully slotted it into the bottom corner. Rashford continued defended his crown as many times as Muhammad Ali. to look dangerous with multiple scoring opportunities Now Wilder turns his attention to his bout with Tyson and even hitting the bar, but in the end it was Antony Fury on 22 February and eventually the winner of Martial who scored the second United goal, just 6 Joshua - Ruiz Jr. minutes after Rashford’s penalty. Written by Joe Fuller All the way throughout the game, United were Peterborough vs Dover definitely the stronger side. In the 85th minute, Otamendi slotted a header past de Gea to make the On a freezing Sunday afternoon, Dover Travelled to full time score 2-1. Little compensation for Man City, the ABAX Stadium for a 2nd round of the FA cup as they are pretty much ruled out of the title race. game. The game started brightly for Dover however Peterborough scored the first goal, with a wicked By Sam Byrd and Fin Richmond 30-yard volley, from the top scorer in all english leagues, Peterborough’s striker, Ivan Toney. The game continued with Peterborough on the front foot, at half time the score was 1-0 Peterborough.

Straight after the break, Kent receives a loose ball from a Peterborough corner and places it in the Chelsea vs Aston Villa bottom left corner, making the scoreline 2-0. Mo Eisa after having missed multiple scoring opportunities, On the 4th of December Aston Villa face the blues at finally placed one in the back of the net, with the last Stamford Bridge. Back from his Injury Tammy goal of the game. Abraham was ready to play against his former club. The game started at 7:30 by chelsea hogging Final Score, 3-0 to Peterborough. possession for the first 20 minutes. 24th minute reece Peterborough continue their FA Cup campaign with an james put in a wonder cross to tammy abraham who away game against Burnley. headed it in making in 1:0 to Chelsea. However Aston By Sam Byrd and Fin Richmond. Villa’s Mahmoud Hassan equalised for Villa Making The score 1:1. In the second half the Blues continued to hog the possession with Getting really close runs. In the 48th minute Mason Mount scored an epic volley Manchester Derby top corner, Assist off Tammy Abraham. 80th Minute United travelled to the Etihad on a cold Saturday Chelsea received a free-kick 30 yards away from the morning, for arguably the largest derby in the Premier net and Willian was taking. Tom Heaton clutches up League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s managerial career at and stops it with his fingertips making it hit the post. United was looking bleak, having been manager Last 5 minutes aston Villa was playing very during United’s worst ever opening streak. aggressively and was looking at any chance to

equalize but they weren't able to meaning Chelsea got 375 1st 476 the win at 2:1 After a poor performance in the first test, England By Pranav Juneenath travelled to Seddon Park having made one change, Zak Crawley coming in for Jos Buttler. We started strongly, with New Zealand being 39-2, star batsman Liverpool vs Everton ​ Kane Williamson gone for 4 runs. However, New Liverpool’s dominance at the top of the table has Zealand rallied for a century partnership, with Tom continued with yet another drubbing, this time in the Latham scoring 105. England began to pick up the Merseyside Derby against Everton at Anfield. This is pace again, eventually having New Zealand all out for despite them fielding a side that did not include Mo 375, despite Daryll Mitchell scoring 73. A good Salah or Roberto Firmino. bowling performance from Stuart Broad, taking 4-73. Half 1: In the second innings, England built from 24-2 to As expected, Liverpool controlled the match early, 200-2, with 101 for Rory Burns and 226 for Joe Root, with Divock Origi finishing off a slick passing move with England ending on 476. Neil Wagner took 5-124. after 6 minutes. Xherdan Shaqiri added another ten Rain affected this innings however, with the 2nd New minutes later to cement control of the game for the Zealand innings ending with them on 241/2, making it Reds. Michael Keane kept Everton in the game with a draw. his toe-poke from 4 or 5 yards out, but Everton knew they could not go blow for blow with Liverpool, with Origi completing a first half brace to return the 2 goal Colossal Rematch Between Boxing Heavyweights lead. Unfortunately for the Toffees, Liverpool Saturday 7th December saw a long-awaited rematch continued to push forward and their defence simply take place between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz for could not keep up with star full-backs Trent the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson. championships. The bout took place in Saudi Arabia Alexander-Arnold fooled everyone,including his and was a good one to watch. The roots were planted teammates, with his through ball to Sadio Manè,who in their first bout in June, which became the highest drilled it past Jordan Pickford for Liverpool’s fourth. A grossing pre-sale in ’s magnificent diving header from Richarlison frustrated Pay-Per-View history. This bout saw Ruiz end Joshua’s Jürgen Klopp and emphasised Liverpool’s defensive undefeated streak in shocking fashion, taking Joshua’s issues. four belts whilst doing so. HT Score: Liverpool 4 Everton 2 ​ ​ ​ Half 2: The rematch was long-awaited, with fans around the In the second half, solid defending ensured that the 6 world watching. The bout saw Joshua take a different goal first half was not repeated, as both teams approach than what he usually does, as instead of struggled to find rhythm. In stoppage time Georginio going straight for the , he was more Wijnaldum poured salt into an already painful wound defensive and reserving his bigger punches for the for Everton, but Richarlison will be the one most hurt better moments. As the closing bell rang at the end of by this as he was metres away from preventing the the 12th round, no man had been taken off of his feet. goal. After this huge defeat, Everton manager Marco The bout went to judges’ decision, with Joshua having Silva was sacked, with Duncan Ferguson becoming the overwhelming offence and winning, taking the caretaker for a time. four belts home. Final Score: Liverpool 5 Everton 2 ​ ​ By Oscar Elliott, 9C MOTM: Divock Origi Written by Joe Fuller Uefa Champions League Matchday 6 New Zealand vs England 2nd test. Red Bull 0:2 Liverpool

Napoli 4:0 Genk minutes and had their captain, Tom Wood, in the Chelsea 2:1 Lille sin-bin as he paid the price for his side’s serial Dortmund 2:1 Slavia Praha indiscipline: he spent the first couple of minutes there Lyon 2:2 RB Leipzig with full-back Ahsee Tuala, who had been given 10 Benfica 3:0 Zenit minutes off for tugging back James Lowe off the ball Ajax 0:1 Valencia as Jordan Larmour looked to set up a try for the wing. Inter Milan 1:2 Barcelona It threatened to get messy, but a much-changed team Shakhtar Donetsk 0:3 Atlanta just about kept it together. The final score finished as Dinamo Zagreb 1:4 Man. City 21-50 in Leinster favour with back and forth stuff Club Brugge 1:3 Real Madrid towards the end. Atletico Madrid 2:0 Lokomotiv Moscow Bayer 0:2 Juventus Max Hawkin PSG 5:0 Galatasaray Olympiacos 1:0 Crvena zvezda Bayern 3:1 Tottenham by pranav Juneenath

Tottenham v Wolves th Bournemouth 1-0 Chelsea 14 ​ December 2019 ​ Tottenham and Wolves came face to face with each th other on Sunday the 15 ​ December. Tottenham Bournemouth came into this match without a win in ​ their last 5 games. However Chelsea come into the opened the score with a rocket into the roof of the th th game in 4 ​ position fighting for their 10 ​ win of the net by Lucas Moura. Wolves later equalised in the 67’ ​ ​ season. Despite having more than 60% possession minute by Adama Traore. Jan Vertoghen got spurs the Chelsea looked off the pace and lack – lustre 3 points by scoring a header in the 90+1’. defending led to a late 84’ minute goal by Dan Stats would suggest that wolves should have came Gosling. There was a VAR check for the goal however away with the win at home. the goal stood. The game finished 1-0 and Chelsea have now got 4 losses in their last 5 games and Rohith John Victor Bournemouth end their 5 – match losing streak with this unexpected win at Stamford Bridge. Champions league round of 16 Rory Sheffield

Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool Dortmund vs PSG Atalanta vs Valencia Tottenham vs RB leipzig Northampton saints 21 vs 50 Leinster Chelsea vs Bayern Leinster became the first team to qualify for the Napoli vs Barcelona knockout stage with two rounds to go after Lyon vs Juventus overwhelming Northampton for the second time in a Real Madrid vs Man city week, again scoring seven tries. Despite the reverses, the Saints should finish second in the pool after Lyon’s defeat at Treviso, offering them back-door entry to the quarter-finals. Saints were 31-7 down after 36 ​