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Dermot O’Leary had an eventful start to his coverage of Soccer Aid on Sunday night as the presenter found himself ambushed by a group of celebrity football players live on air. As the annual UNICEF fundraiser switched from Old Trafford to the London Stadium, Dermot was joined by former England international and Strictly star Alex Scott who be his presenting partner for the charity event.

Fans tuning in to watch the annual Soccer Aid charity match for UNICEF were eagerly anticipating Liam Payne's pre-match interview. Liam, who is captain of England in the England vs World XI game on ITV, were wondering what his accent would be after his famous chat from the Oscars earler this year.

Soccer Aid is back on our screens as England go head-to-head with the World XI FC. The UNICEF game is hosted at the London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford with broadcaster and former footballer Alex Scott returning as pitch-side reporter alongside Dermot O'Leary.

A star-studded line-up will once again be pulling on their football boots as Soccer Aid returns for 2022. It's just under a year since a bunch of singers, reality stars, and former footballers took to the pitch and raised a record-breaking £13,014,769 for UNICEF.

The stars of stage, screen, and sport will once again be ditching their day jobs to become footballers for one game - and one game only. That can only mean Soccer Aid is back for another year.

Good Housekeeping that her daily fitness regime typically involves "10,000 steps minimum".She added: "I [also] run several times a week [and do] boxing classes... I love getting out of my comfort zone."Her action-packed trip to the South American nation followed news that her first full season on Football Focus was a wrap.Last weekend, the beaming star wrote on Instagram: "FOOTBALL FOCUS ITS A BIGGY!" (sic)She continued: "My 1st full season completed presenting this iconic show every Saturday afternoon."A Huge Thank you to everyone who tunes in and shows support.To all our guest and reporters each week…and to everyone who works across the show behind the scenes putting in all the hours to bring it all together a MASSIVE MASSIVE THANK YOU." (sic)The jubilant star, who had previously been an Arsenal player, added that it was "going to be a huge summer for women's football across BBC".@mervyncowdell4837 wrote: "Well done Alex.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC One has given the greenlight to a second series of Alex Scott-hosted quiz show The Tournament from QI producer QITV.

ITV show came to a conclusion tonight after five nights of exciting sporting events, with the 12 celebrities taking on a string of events including Women's and Men's Speed Climbing, Women's Weightlifting and both the Men and Women's 100m race in their final fight for the crown. As the show wrapped this evening, Love Island star Wes bagged the top prize for the men whilst singer and songwriter Chelcee found herself at the top of the leaderboard for the women.

It was the penultimate episode on Thursday night and the stakes were getting high among the celebrities taking part in The Games. And after a row between two of the contestants earlier in the week, there was more controversy as the 12 famous faces took to the velodrome.

Lucy Mecklenburgh hilariously revealed that fiancé Ryan Thomas had suffered a second unfortunate wardrobe malfunction on Thursday's episode of ITV's The Games.Taking to Instagram, the former TOWIE star, 30, who sweetly surprised her husband-to-be in the audience, shared a picture of Ryan's, 37, ripped shorts following the live track cycling race in the Velodrome, where he finished in first place and had a nasty fall off his bike. It comes after Ryan was left red-faced on Tuesday's episode of The Games after his yellow swimming trunks slipped off during his dive.

Mel B's daughter Phoenix Gulzar-Brown and Chelcee Grimes laughed off their heated exchange on Wednesday's episode of ITV's The Games. In an explosive preview clip released ahead of the instalment, it saw Phoenix, 23, accuse Chelcee, 30, of "shoving" and "pushing" her during the 100m hurdles on Monday's opening show. Phoenix was also left annoyed when she learnt that The Games wanted to re-check the results of the 50m breaststroke on Tuesday after a tight finish between her and Chelcee.

Olivia Attwood got emotional on Wednesday's The Games as she admitted that she has layers to her that fans won't have seen. The reality star, 31, confessed that although she is herself, she also plays a "character" that people have "bought into" since appearing on Love Island in 2017. Olivia got emotional as she joined her fellow contestants in javelin training, where she admitted she felt "embarrassed" after it didn't go to plan.

Coronation Street actor Colson Smith has been told he's his co-star's hero as he takes on a huge challenge away from the ITV soap. The 23-year-old is currently appearing in ITV's new show, The Games.

Ryan Thomas was left slightly red-faced after his The Games wardrobe malfunction was captured on camera. The former Coronation Street star is currently competing in the ITV show, a reboot of the Channel 4 programme last aired in 2006.

Ryan Thomas was left red-faced on Tuesday's episode of The Games after his yellow swimming trunks slipped off during his dive. During the latest instalment, the former Coronation Street star, 37, took part in the synchronised diving where he suffered an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction.

Known for playing the loveable Craig Tinker in Coronation Street, Colson Smith has been putting his sporting skills to the test in ITV’s brand new show The Games. After debuting on Monday night, Tuesday’s episode really endeared the soap star to viewers.

ITV’s shiny new celebrity sports day-esque programme The Games seemed all too familiar for many viewers. Fans of a certain age will be able to remember a very similar format which could be seen on TVs almost a decade ago.

Eurovision host and radio presenter described the single the band released after their Eurovision win, The Land Of Make Believe, as quite bizarre and distressing for him to hear when he was younger.Scott said the song contains a ”really weird” nursery rhyme, which would terrify him so much, as a child, that he would run upstairs.He explained: “It’s supposed to sound magical and it’s got lyrics about Superman, but at the end, there’s a really weird nursery rhyme by a child.”The 48-year-old added: “My mum says I used to run upstairs.”“This used to be on the radio all the time,” Scott told NME in April, speaking about the Bucks Fizz track he remembers from his childhood.Buck’s Fizz famously won the Eurovision song contest back in 1981 with their song Making Your Mind Up.The pop group included members, Jay Aston, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan, Bobby G.The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant is hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which is being held in Turin, Italy.Rylan will be joining him as co-host of the contest’s semi-finals, while Graham Norton will continue to host the final for the UK coverage for the 66th edition of the show.In 2021, Rylan was forced to cancel his appearance due to illness and was replaced by Sara Cox.Pop singer Mika has also been announced as one of the hosts this year and he spoke to Ronan Keating and Alex Scott on The One Show about his role on Friday. Scott admitted in the interview that there is one song he “no longer listens to”.The song he mentioned was (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, saying he “just can’t bear it”.Scott, who has been a radio presenter since he was 16 years of age, explained the reasoning behind his choice: “I worked at a lot of

The Games hit screens for the very first time on Monday night (May 9) for a bumper hour and a half special. The new live ITV show sees twelve super-fit celebrities battling it out in a range of sporting events while racking up points and being placed in either gold, silver or bronze medal position.

Chris Kamara is making a return to ITV as he takes his place on The Games. The new ITV show will see twelve super-fit celebrities battling it out in a sporting spectacular event across a week of live programmes.

Twelve famous faces will be pushed to their sporting limits across a week of live shows on ITV. The Games, hosted by Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff, will see celebrities go head-to-head in events including 100-meter sprint, diving and cycling.