Bird the word at Kent and Ron goes wrong on the oche – Friday’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 February 25.
Football
Zlatan hit the target.
Easy pic.twitter.com/H6fQTuWOKN
— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) February 25, 2022
Rio Ferdinand was enjoying watching the big names.
Sending clips to my WhatsApp groups after watching Messi, Mbappe, Neymar, Di Maria, Icardi, Verratti in the warm up box 🤭
Love it 🔥🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/B1wjRpCmFo— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) February 25, 2022
German language skills not required as Wolfsburg Women provocatively previewed their Champions League clash with Arsenal.
👑 Königlicher Vorverkauf 👑
Ab sofort können sich Dauerkartenbesitzende Tickets für das @UWCL-Viertelfinal-Heimspiel gegen @ArsenalWFC sichern! Ab Montag startet der freie Vorverkauf!
ℹ➡ https://t.co/JorkF4EXST#WOBARS #UWCL #VfLWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/ggXMIQwrjU— VfL Wolfsburg Frauen (@VfL_Frauen) February 25, 2022
Ledley King and Tottenham honoured a ‘local legend’.
Ledley King met an inspirational local young person this week to mark the 15th anniversary of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation’s delivery of Premier League Kicks. 💙
Watch more ⤵️— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 25, 2022
Ryan Taylor cheekily greeted a former team-mate.
Afternoon @No1shaygiven 😘 https://t.co/1VOPcLfcVx
— Ryan Taylor (@TaylorR1984) February 25, 2022
Ademola Lookman hailed Leicester progress.
In the hat for the last 16 ✅ big performance from the team. @Madders10 🎩🎩 pic.twitter.com/AKOsraiphF
— Ademola Lookman (@Alookman_) February 25, 2022
Wilfred Ndidi sent a message of support to anybody suffering from mental health issues.
Sending love to anyone struggling with
their mental health. I am so proud of you
for doing your best to be okay.❤️— Ndidi Wilfred (@Ndidi25) February 25, 2022
Cricket
🤣 Great signing! 🙌🏼 https://t.co/MuFN8xz6ep
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) February 25, 2022
Time flies!
[xdelx]
The season cannot come soon enough for Northamptonshire.
Is it April yet? 😫 pic.twitter.com/KxYU9yjZCH
— Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) February 25, 2022
Ian Bell was on the red carpet.
Great night @ThePeakyBlinder premiere in Birmingham last night! #PeakyBlinders First photo cred 📸 Farrell/Backgrid pic.twitter.com/ftAcjjn0vm
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell) February 25, 2022
Darts
Oops.
"𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚?!" 🤯
A moment of madness from Ron Meulenkamp as he inexplicably busts his score with a 180! pic.twitter.com/ToJB2tax7e— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) February 25, 2022
Rugby Union
England paid tribute to their record-breaker in waiting ahead of his 115th cap.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙚𝙣 🌹
Some of the best @benyoungs09 England moments 🎥 pic.twitter.com/0UmTMxpmeU— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) February 25, 2022
Motor Racing
Formula One’s colours were on display at pre-season testing.
Our final day of pre-season running in Barcelona! 💫#F1 pic.twitter.com/PEmZ5t8yRV
— Formula 1 (@F1) February 25, 2022
Papped 📸📸📸📸 pic.twitter.com/t4ufokIgVh
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) February 25, 2022
Boxing
Josh Taylor was ready for war.
Weigh in ✅ time to fuel up and get ready to dish out some serious pain tomorrow #AndStill 🏴🌪 pic.twitter.com/cpSud1KnfA
— Josh Taylor (@JoshTaylorBoxer) February 25, 2022