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Sports Journalist - University of Gloucestershire Graduate | I write about sport mainly | Currently writing for: Full10Yards | Words previously for: Football Insider, Gloucestershire Live, BuliNews | Worked for West Bromwich Albion FC

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Zohran Mamdani is pictured speaking. Headline reads: "Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary." Photo credit: Scott Heins for The New York Times.

Zohran Mamdani is pictured speaking. Headline reads: "Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary." Photo credit: Scott Heins for The New York Times.

Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ

25.06.2025 03:45 — 👍 20186    🔁 2362    💬 863    📌 370
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The triumph and tragedy of sports’ favourite phenomenon: The Wonderkid Ölüdeniz, Turkey. Walking down the main strip of the southwestern Turkish seaside town at the foot of the Babadağ mountain, flanked by an avenue of fluorescent LED lights and booming bars, I found …

Wonderkids are one of mh favourite aspects of sports.

Having had plenty of pondering time after my degree I decided to write about them.

Read it below! 👇

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19.06.2025 19:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hertha Berlin wants to offer Fabian Reese a lifetime contract - Get German Football News kicker reports that Hertha Berlin are interested in giving attacker Fabian Reese a lifetime contract at the club as they look to avoid loosing their talismann.

⚪️🔵 Hertha Berlin wants to give Fabian Reese a lifetime contract, which will also include an agreement for him to become an official at the club when he retires. (kicker)

📈 Hertha wants to push for promotion next season.

07.05.2025 10:04 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Neither team wants to defend it seems.

19.04.2025 17:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of the (less important) reasons why I think it's important that people can afford to go to live football, is because the experience develops an appreciation for how difficult the game is at that level — how quick, how demanding, how unforgiving.

09.04.2025 09:34 — 👍 68    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 2

Werder have impressed me. But I’m more underwhelmed by Frankfurt.

05.04.2025 18:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who is the maverick man leading Mainz to the Champions League? – Discovering who Bo Henriksen is by those that knew him Recently crowned Danish Coach of the Year, Bo Henriksen has taken Mainz by storm, guiding them from the brink of relegation to challenging for European places. But what's the 50-year-old really like?

What's Bo Henriksen really like? Some of the Mainz coach's former teammates at English side Kidderminster answer that question in this excellent piece by @charliepg.bsky.social 👇 #M05

01.04.2025 11:37 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Who is the maverick man leading Mainz to the Champions League? – Discovering who Bo Henriksen is by those that knew him Recently crowned Danish Coach of the Year, Bo Henriksen has taken Mainz by storm, guiding them from the brink of relegation to challenging for European places. But what's the 50-year-old really like?

Bo Henriksen has taken Mainz by storm, guiding them from the brink of relegation to challenging for European places. But what's he really like? 🧐

@charliepg.bsky.social spoke to some of Henriksen's former teammates in England about the 50-year-old Dane 👇

01.04.2025 11:34 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Leverkusen harking back to the older days of ‘laterkusen’

16.03.2025 20:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh Stuttgart…

16.03.2025 20:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great to get my first BuliNews article under my belt!

15.03.2025 20:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🏟️ For the first time in Bundesliga history, there was not a win for any of the home teams on two consecutive matchdays. (OptaFranz)

The last time a home team won was Bayern Munich's 4-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt, 19 games ago.

09.03.2025 18:33 — 👍 28    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 3

Bo Henriksen from Kidderminster to the Champions League…

07.03.2025 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gladbach vs. Mainz preview: Two European hopefuls lock horns Two European hopefuls will face off when Borussia Mönchengladbach welcome Mainz 05 to Borussia-Park for Friday’s Bundesliga encounter.

Two European hopefuls will face off when Borussia Mönchengladbach welcome Mainz 05 to Borussia-Park for Friday’s Bundesliga encounter. #Gladbach #M05

@sullyben.bsky.social ✍️

06.03.2025 20:21 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Kicker reporting it’s getting tight for RB Leipzig coach Marco Rose.
Ideally club bosses want to avoid changing coaches now in the absence of a top available replacement.
It looks increasingly likely Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeness (ex RBL youth coach) will be the summer target. (+8 mil buy out.)

03.03.2025 11:10 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0

This game is far from over.

01.03.2025 18:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Does anyone really come close? Honourable mentions for Kleindienst and Claude-Maurice

28.02.2025 21:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A tough loss to take for Stuttgart, especially considering it was largely self-inflicted with two poor mistakes giving Bayern the three points on a platter. The title is all but wrapped up now.

28.02.2025 21:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I remember in the early 2010s watching AFCON tournaments on Eurosport. Without it I wouldn’t be the same person I am today. A fantastic servant to sports broadcasting that will be missed going behind another paywall.

27.02.2025 10:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Arminia Bielefeld Beat Bremen To Continue DFB Pokal Fairytale Story This year, the DFB Pokal once again has a wonderful underdog story in the form of Arminia Bielefeld.

This year, the DFB Pokal once again has a wonderful underdog story in the form of Arminia Bielefeld.

Full analysis what this result means for Bielefeld for @forbes.com

www.forbes.com/sites/manuel...

26.02.2025 01:04 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

let's be honest, in the 'which of the continental tournaments are valuable in comparison to each other' debate, the wrongly-rated one is the Copa America. Routinely a dreadful tournament, such poor quality. Tough to place too much focus on a Brazilian/Argentine winning it. Obv a huge deal for others

25.02.2025 13:33 — 👍 41    🔁 3    💬 8    📌 3
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Bayern, Freiburg and Mainz big winners as Dortmund hit Union for six Bayern Munich scored four, Freiburg scored five and Borussia Dortmund scored six, all with no reply on another high-octane weekend of Bundesliga action, having a lot of impact on the league table.&…

Miss any of the weekend's Bundesliga action?

Read my roundup below! 👇

charliegjourno.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/b...

25.02.2025 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Just what you expect to see in the men’s toilet at Sporting Khalsa (Birmingham) a 7th tier English non-league club.

St. Pauli, Hansa Rostock and Rayo Vallecano.

23.02.2025 13:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice of Dortmund to join the party.

22.02.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sildillia und Atubolu in der Kurve

Sildillia und Atubolu in der Kurve

Schönen Abend, liebe SC-Fans! 🤍❤️

21.02.2025 22:49 — 👍 131    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 1

Concerned for Bremen. In a sprial since the Winterpause. They can’t stop conceding, are struggling to score and look vulnerable every time they lose the ball (which is a lot).

21.02.2025 23:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Freiburg moved into the top four ahead of this weekend's action, putting in a five-star showing at home to Werder Bremen who slipped to a fifth loss since the Winterpause.

Read my report. 👇

charliegjourno.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/f...

21.02.2025 23:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Eintracht Frankfurt sporting CEO Markus Krösche has in answer to a question about why the German model of sporting director making decisions about the future is better than the strong, powerful manager set up in England, explained it well.
Scottish clubs should also take on board his words.

18.02.2025 11:24 — 👍 52    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 2
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Attention Italian football writers: ⤵️

16.02.2025 22:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Leverkusen stopped Bayern from registering a shot on target in the Bundesliga tonight. They’re the first team to do that in the German top-flight since May 2008.

15.02.2025 20:44 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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