Gallagher enjoys Kane news and cut-out goes home – Wednesday’s sporting social
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from August 25.
Football
Harry Kane announced he was staying at Tottenham this summer.
It was incredible to see the reception from the Spurs fans on Sunday and to read some of the messages of support I've had in the last few weeks. 👏⚽
I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100% focused on helping the team achieve success. #COYS pic.twitter.com/uTN78tHlk1
— Harry Kane (@HKane) August 25, 2021
Manchester City fan Liam Gallagher was happy with the news.
Nothing against Harold Kane but I’m glad he’s not coming to MCFC as you were LG x
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) August 25, 2021
Listen I’m sure if we’d have signed him hed have got a game every now again just think he’s better of where he is MCFC CHAMPIONS LG x
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) August 25, 2021
Michail Antonio took his cardboard cut-out home.
Just me myself and I🤣 pic.twitter.com/bPSYafMO0O
— Michail Antonio (@Michailantonio) August 25, 2021
Marcus Rashford ramped up his recovery.
Look who's back 👀
Fantastic to see you on the mend, @MarcusRashford! ❤️#MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 25, 2021
Virgil Van Dijk received his Best FIFA men’s award from 2020.
— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) August 25, 2021
Kalvin Phillips felt honoured.
Honour of captaining my hometown club ✅ Goal ✅ Next round ✅
🤩 Thank you for the amazing support as always 🙌🏽 pic.twitter.com/DEDAaqMmLq
— Kalvin Phillips (@Kalvinphillips) August 25, 2021
Jack Harrison reflected on a great night.
Gary Neville and Roy Keane went for a dog walk.
Vincent Kompany looked back on his time at Manchester City.
Good memories. 😁 https://t.co/Rq66nO4kgt
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) August 25, 2021
Zlatan arrived in style.
Paralympics
Dame Sarah Storey claimed Great Britain’s first gold of the Tokyo Games.
Thank you so much for all your messages. So proud to win the first medal for @ParalympicsGB 🥇 pic.twitter.com/7HqO44ypGJ
— Dame Sarah Storey (@DameSarahStorey) August 25, 2021
15! @DameSarahStorey🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 pic.twitter.com/64vJYccL36
— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) August 25, 2021
Steve Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby celebrated silver medal glory.
Silver Selfie 🤳
📸 Stephen Bate and @a_duggleby #Tandemonium 🙌 pic.twitter.com/nKOenumRWj
— ParalympicsGB (@ParalympicsGB) August 25, 2021
Will Bayley opened his Games with a win.
Great to get underway with a solid win. •••Next match is against my opponent from Thailand 🇹🇭 at 6.20pm Japan time which is 11-20am Uk time. We go again 🇬🇧🔥💪. Please follow @BritishParaTT to get the updates and streaming options pic.twitter.com/xMyt1veFUW
— Will Bayley MBE (@WillBayleytt) August 25, 2021
More preparation was under way.
The @Paralympics are officially underway out here @Tokyo2020 🇯🇵
My racing will get underway this Friday 🚴🏾♀️ Don’t forget to tune in to @Channel4 to follow all the action pic.twitter.com/th1GE0a2pu
— Kadeena Cox MBE (@kad_c) August 25, 2021
Exploring the athletes village with @nathanmaguire2 #SamsungTokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/7VIy4AG8OJ
— Hannah Cockroft MBE, DL (@HCDream2012) August 25, 2021
Good to luck to everybody @ParalympicsGB starting their competition on day 1 today. Looking forward to watching those medals roll in 🤩
Let’s go team 💪🏼🇬🇧🥇 pic.twitter.com/L7lkh3ul6Q
— Gordon Reid (@GordonReid91) August 24, 2021
Cricket
Two years since the miracle at Headingley.
Jofra Archer watched on as England rattled through India.
👀
— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) August 25, 2021
Michael Vaughan enjoyed the show.
Good evening India 👍👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 25, 2021
Kevin Pietersen had a lot of time for the Headingley wicket.
The pitch in Leeds – ❤️
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) August 25, 2021
Sarah Glenn was missing The Hundred.
And Trent Rockets’ mascot.
Sam Billings was back on Kent duty.
Formula One
What to do with a summer break when you can’t drive your F1 car….
George Williams headed to Spa for this weekend’s race.
Jump in. We're heading to Belgium 🇧🇪 pic.twitter.com/tXpLOMEYWS
— Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) August 25, 2021
Sergio Perez was ready to return to action after the summer break.
Perez is ready to serve up a Mexican delight.. "I’m very hungry! Not just for Spa but for the second half of the season." @SChecoPerez 👊🇲🇽 #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/awu28TMRb4
— Red Bull Racing Honda (@redbullracing) August 25, 2021
Max Verstappen was ready to go.
Ready for the restart 🚁🧢 #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 pic.twitter.com/yoKBf89lsj
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) August 25, 2021
F1 and McLaren and Jean Todt turned the clock back.
30 years ago today… a star was born ✨
Michael Schumacher made his F1 debut at Spa 🙌#BelgianGP 🇧🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/CtYQlDMLWX
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 25, 2021
#OnThisDay in 1985 at the Dutch Grand Prix, Niki Lauda won his 25th and final race in F1. 🏆🧡
Alain Prost crossed the line in P2 to make it a double podium at Circuit Zandvoort. 🇳🇱 pic.twitter.com/eFR6QctiPl
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) August 25, 2021
A McLaren one-two at the #BelgianGP! 😍🇧🇪
Ayrton Senna's win from pole and P2 for Gerhard Berger sealed a memorable day for the team at Spa #OnThisDay 30 years ago. pic.twitter.com/uVgXTaxoef
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) August 25, 2021
Gymnastics
Relaxing after the Olympics.
Tennis
Serena Williams pulled out of the US Open.
